Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es
- the stuff i do
- https://netizen.club/~wildweasel
He/him. Puzzle-Adventure Hybrid with RPG Elements. Supports 3D Acceleration. He Is Essentially What He Believes. Just in case, 🔞, LGBTQ+ 👍, DOS 👌, 🐂💩👎.
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TIL this german american guy had a very very long name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Blaine_Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff_Sr.
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ghosts, screenshot, pc (1994) https://www.mobygames.com/game/7507/ghosts/screenshots/win3x/317053/
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Ashe (Overwatch) + Feathers McGraw
VS
Wampa + Shao Kahn
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Emmfoolery Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.
#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing
The humble tomato sandwich has once again come in clutch. It has not fixed *everything* wrong with me today but it has at least covered my base needs.
Now what the hell do I immerse myself in, so as to forget the rest of the problems?
The person, not the cat. Though I imagine cats would direct good films.
I feel like I only post here when I'm upset about things and I really need to break that. What have I got that's uplifting?
...Maybe a picture of someone's cat. I have forgotten the name of the person who had this cat. I was taking a film class with them.
I should eat something. I don't want to get out of the chair or decide what to eat, though. We have tons of leftovers and I want none of them. I do not know what I want instead.
My day started with us attempting to partially disassemble a NordicTrack treadmill to, ideally, sell off to another family we know. Unfortunately, we failed to get it out the door; just too bulky and too many things failing. So the choice was made to give up and "sell it with the house."
I don't think that's why I feel so exhausted, though. Physically, I'm tired, but spiritually and emotionally too. Mentally, my batteries are buzzing and need to be spent a bit. I'm out of sync with myself.
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⚠️ Call to action: Use your retro IBM-compatible PCs to help the MegaZeux DOS port! ⚠️
In the late 90s/early 00s, MegaZeux introduced a mode called "Super MegaZeux": using an undefined behaviour of enabling 256-color VGA mode in text mode, it allowed the use of 256 colors on some graphics chipsets.
We'd like to know which graphics chipsets these are. Legacy compatibility lists are very limited and of poor quality, so we're building a new one. Here's how you can help:
1. Get your retro PCs out. The only requirement is a VGA-compatible graphics chipset; any 8086+ laptops and desktops are supported otherwise.
2. Download and run SMZXTEST.EXE from https://asie.pl/files/smzxtest.zip
3. Take a photo of the screen! (If you want, take another photo after pressing A to see if an alternate undefined mode works better on your machine.)
4. Reply with the photos and a description of the machine (which graphics chipset/card it uses; for laptops, a model of the laptop is also welcome).
5. Once verified, I'll add it to the list at https://www.digitalmzx.com/wiki/Super_MegaZeux#Compatibility
Thank you in advance and good luck!
Pulling apart a random old computer the other day that had this mini-PCIe modem card in it. Yes, a dial-up modem, for a mini PCI Express slot. I didn't realize they still made dial-up modems for long enough that they'd go into those.
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Poll: Did you use Google Reader?
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#TodayInHistory 1995 - Be introduces the BeBox running BeOS. It features two 66 MHz PowerPC 603 processors, three PCI and four ISA slots, two MIDI ports, four serial ports, one parallel port, two joystick ports, and stereo input/output ports. Prices start at US$1600.
Production was halted in January 1997, Be sold around 1,800 66 BeBoxes.
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I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle https://gofund.me/6850175a3
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TYRE00B.ICO - Transport, Road
...Bowsers, Bus, Cars, Emergency Vehicles, Trucks, Tyres
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I like my Linux laptop that crashes once or twice a day. I like my Mastodon account where you can't really talk to anyone about anything but webdev or Rust. I like my Lenovo tablet that sometimes switches into Japanese for no reason. I like my Steam Deck that needs unique settings fiddling per game. I'm willing to put up with some friction & frustration from my computers & software. But what I can't ~abide~, and will twist my life into pretzels to avoid from my computers & software, is *malice*.
- the stuff i do
- https://netizen.club/~wildweasel
He/him. Puzzle-Adventure Hybrid with RPG Elements. Supports 3D Acceleration. He Is Essentially What He Believes. Just in case, 🔞, LGBTQ+ 👍, DOS 👌, 🐂💩👎.
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Joined Oct 2017
