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USB devices in DOS (Users)

posted by Misha , RU, 31.10.2010, 04:50

> I played JFduke only short time but I didn't recognize any problem with
> controls.
There are no problems indeed, and average human won't see any difference, but I am no average (nobody should take this as an offence ) and I notice the input lag in all windows games I ever played.
> I think
> higer resolution has a sense. Of course sprites and textures itself are
> very limited but if object is placed in far distance then it looks better
> in high res. Also edges of buildings are smoother in hires. So if possible
> I choose native resolution of my LCD (1600x1200) but most of dos games
> supports only up to 1280x1024 so it's then better select 800x600 and let
> scale it up by 2:1 integer ratio.
Yes, right, higher res is better, but at the times of Duke's popularity computers were mostly 486 or Pentium I and higher res means significant slowdown and no significant improvement to the picture.
And you are lucky with your monitor , and I am still locked inside my LVDS in DOS on my netbook.
BTW, the only info I was able to find about the 'external monitor' problem resides in the VESA VBE/SCI standard (function 4F sub-function 15H) but I am not even sure whether it is applicable to my netbook and I am still a complete 'zero' in assembly. But at least I started to read books on it, probably in a year or two I will be able to do something myself :)

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    • USB devices in DOS - Misha, 27.10.2010, 04:21
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      • USB devices in DOS - Rugxulo, 27.10.2010, 23:39
        • USB devices in DOS - RayeR, 28.10.2010, 21:16
          • USB devices in DOS - Misha, 30.10.2010, 10:06
            • USB devices in DOS - RayeR, 30.10.2010, 22:23
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                  • USB devices in DOS - Misha, 31.10.2010, 18:01
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