Re: Smoke coming from PAS16
Posted on 55 minutes ago
I wouldn't be plugging it in with that low resistance between VCC and GND.
Re: SVGA/VESA programming
Posted on 56 minutes ago
I gave your reply more attention than any reply to a dead, two-year-old thread deserved.
Re: SVGA/VESA programming
Posted on Today, 06:39
I do not think it's true. Page flipping, virtual pages and virtual scrolling worked the same way in VESA 1.2 banked modes as in VESA 2.0+ LFB modes, albeit slower. There were no special functions added in VESA 2.0 regarding virtual scrolling. Or what do you mean exactly by 'panning' that required …
Re: SVGA/VESA programming
Posted on Today, 03:32
And the trains and aircrafts had the highest priority. And the rest simply didn't move at all. Except when scrolling. Do you not see how the individual windows all follow their respective vehicles as they travel? That's not color cycling. You could fill the screen with those and it wouldn't have …
Re: SVGA/VESA programming
Posted on Yesterday, 23:50
rasz_pl wrote on Yesterday, 23:43: I dont think VESA even had any panning standardized in early versions (1-1.3). It doesn't work with those versions, it requires 2.0 with a LFB - either from the card's BIOS, or via the embedded version of univbe.
Re: Quake DOS page fault and other jankeroo
Posted on Yesterday, 22:34
CWSDPMI doesn't like working with SB PCI cards when they use high IRQs (10/11). You can replace it with HDPMI32 instead as a workaround.
Re: Smoke coming from PAS16
Posted on Yesterday, 18:43
Don't forget though the primary fault was the original chip blowing its top, so the replacement acting the same isn't a strong indicator for it being fake.
Re: SVGA/VESA programming
Posted on Yesterday, 17:52
Color cycling doesn't explain how it can scroll the entire map so smoothly. Panning and a lower framerate does.
Re: Smoke coming from PAS16
Posted on Yesterday, 05:51
It does sound like the chip is operating in the wrong mode, with one or more of the multi-function pins operating as outputs when they're intended to be input only. But that's probably just a symptom of VCC being almost shorted to GND; I'd say there's still more bad caps to be found.
Re: Windows 10 on Core2Duo
Posted on 2024-05-17, 19:51
It takes a bit of effort to find an up-to-date browser supporting windows 7. It's a shame because windows 10's memory usage is bloated and it doesn't really run acceptably with only 4GB, which rules out using windows on machines that are still fairly usable but have a fixed amount of RAM e.g. …
Re: Is it possible to copy the Warcraft 2 CD?
Posted on 2024-05-17, 18:43
Are you sure the physical CD drive can read burned discs properly? Copying a mixed mode CD is not difficult, nearly any burning software should be able to do it.
Re: Plextor optical drives are stuck and won't open. Fix?
Posted on 2024-05-17, 15:28
It is almost certainly the belt either worn loose or stuck in the "default" shape that it's been sitting in for so long and not wanting to rotate. Some people report boiling the belt in water helps tighten it up. I usually just take them off, roll them between my fingers a bit and put it back on …
Re: Warcraft 2 DOS Version: Disc Access Error at installation
Posted on 2024-05-15, 16:20
Except in this case the name was chosen by the user, not MS...
Re: SD to IDE adapter not recognized when SD-card is inserted
Posted on 2024-05-14, 19:54
Do you have the unused slave channel set to "none" in the BIOS instead of "auto"?
Re: Dr.Pool 3d (help me running this)
Posted on 2024-05-12, 10:52
vetz wrote on 2024-05-12, 10:26: Interesting stuff. I can't imagine the software uses any special capabilities of the card, seems more like a hardware lock as it is OEM software. Sounds like the card has basic MPEG-1 hardware decoding so that could be a factor, given the box art...
Re: Texture filtering - yay or nay?
Posted on 2024-05-12, 09:24
leileilol wrote on 2024-05-11, 07:09: Quake2's software renderer screws up transparent textures Would that be because it happened around the ugly time period where bilinear filtering was a thing, but using pre-multiplied alpha was not?
Re: Max Payne 1 on voodoo 3 3000 error "FPU precision assumed to be 53bits"
Posted on 2024-05-11, 19:57
Re: GA-586HX REV1.56 PS/2 header and troubleshooting
Posted on 2024-05-11, 13:50
Does the board have a genuine Dallas 12887 fitted? There are minor differences between Dallas 12887 and other brands (Odin etc.) as well as other Dallas models - for example the DS12885 and DS12887 A both have an RCLR pin, which will reset the saved contents when grounded (but not the calendar). …
Re: USB 2.0 keyboard not recognized in USB 1.x ports. - Solutions?
Posted on 2024-05-11, 03:19
It looks like it's missing a boot protocol interface, which is the simplified protocol designed specifically for BIOSes to be able to use keyboards and mice.
Re: Xbox 360 Marketplace closing
Posted on 2024-05-08, 06:54
As someone who has just recently gotten into Xbox 360 gaming, this sucks. Worst of all, it may also drive up the prices of physical games, which are dirt cheap at this time. This is inevitable for every console. The best time to build your collection is after the next generation comes out and the …
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