Posts by lunte161@todon.eu
 (DIR) Post #B1FS6P5daDx6vlToQ4 by lunte161@todon.eu
       2025-12-14T18:21:04Z
       
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       Any recommendations for interesting software/games/demos running on a 386SX-25 with 10MB RAM? Still have another 60MB free on that giant hard drive :) Soundblaster and GUS can be added.Current favorites already running:- mTCP- Windows 3.11- Norton Commander- Crystal Dream- Links 386- Stunts (barely playable)- Epic Pinball#retrocomputing #doscember #x86
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FS6WrOh3Jb1usYKm by lunte161@todon.eu
       2025-12-14T18:22:43Z
       
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       And yes, it does run doom ... at a quarter of the resolution, but at least at 15fps. Not exactly enjoyable tho.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FiHKuJ4cLSPUPmme by lunte161@todon.eu
       2025-12-14T21:40:06Z
       
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       @nazokiyoubinbou @m0xEE Doom is a lot heavier due to idtech. It literally gets 1.5fps on my machine (fullscreen, full detail)
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ITnpJUdxas8r6t6G by lunte161@todon.eu
       2025-12-15T21:20:45Z
       
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       @nazokiyoubinbou @m0xEE Just gave it a spin ... ROTT becomes playable at this window size, while Wolf3d plays quite nice 2-3 sizes under fullscreen (like 85% window size). Playable means 10-15fps in my case (that's how I played through Duke3D in the 90s). Doom gets 12fps on the smallest window size and low detail. So I guess Doom and ROTT are roughly on par in performance - even when the doom engine is a lot more complex and capable.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1IUs6kVrLhdKYLzBg by lunte161@todon.eu
       2025-12-15T22:14:36Z
       
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       @nazokiyoubinbou @m0xEE The 286 I have in fact is slightly faster at the same frequency ^^ The total lack of cache probably has quite an impact indeed.Also don't worry, I have one of the fastest Socket3 systems at hand as well. I'm just surprised how limited 286/386 machines were.There are ways to add level1 cache, clock doubling and even 486 instructions (486SLC2 - basically a 386 optimized as far as possible or a 486DX2 back ported to 386 boards, depending on your point of view) ... but those need specialized mainboards, as they use some pins which are unused on 386SX
       
 (DIR) Post #B1IUs9MW91I7R09Mhc by lunte161@todon.eu
       2025-12-15T22:40:19Z
       
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       @nazokiyoubinbou @m0xEE L2 must be done via the mainboard, which in my case isn't possible ... quite frankly I'm glad I could upgrade this one from 16 -> 25MHz by soldering in a faster CPU.On a positive side: Lemmings 2 seems to work quite nice.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1imvJdhVZQTvjYktM by lunte161@todon.eu
       2025-12-28T22:39:43Z
       
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       @lanodan @ptrc The fuck?! Who'd mistake Stirner for silly Engels?