Forum: HOL suggestions and feedback
19 April 2024, 12:20
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Replies: 2
Views: 177
HOL running slowly?
Are there any issues with the HOL database at the moment? Pages are taking 10-12 seconds to open.
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
22 March 2024, 09:56
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Replies: 76
Views: 4,203
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Forum: EAB's competition
21 March 2024, 17:15
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,873
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Forum: EAB's competition
21 March 2024, 11:51
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,873
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
20 March 2024, 09:50
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Replies: 76
Views: 4,203
UFO - The PC version plays (depending on...
UFO - The PC version plays (depending on hardware, obviously) much more smoothly, and has better visual effects. The Amiga music was way better though, IMO.
Beneath a Steel Sky - the 256 colour...
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Forum: support.Hardware
20 March 2024, 09:33
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Replies: 4
Views: 287
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Forum: EAB's competition
19 March 2024, 16:23
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,873
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Forum: EAB's competition
19 March 2024, 10:51
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,873
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Forum: EAB's competition
19 March 2024, 01:20
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,873
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Forum: EAB's competition
15 March 2024, 17:50
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,873
I thought I'd give this one a go, though I...
I thought I'd give this one a go, though I usually played Populous II.
Genesis, 1544
I accidentally spawned a knight :banghead
I'll give BADACON a try either at the weekend or next week,
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Forum: support.Hardware
26 January 2024, 14:45
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Replies: 11
Views: 684
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Forum: support.Hardware
26 January 2024, 13:57
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Replies: 11
Views: 684
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
15 November 2023, 16:58
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Replies: 1
Views: 336
The pinball side closed a few months ago, so...
The pinball side closed a few months ago, so they'll be redistributed by now I expecyt. Annoying really, as I only found out about it a month or so before it shut, and never had a chance to visit.
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Forum: project.Sprites
13 November 2023, 17:50
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Replies: 81
Views: 40,488
Wow, incredible work.
Does this mean I need...
Wow, incredible work.
Does this mean I need to try and work on my GBA code again? :crazy
Seriously though, that's some excellent work. I tried using maptapper about a year ago to see if I...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
25 October 2023, 11:58
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Replies: 129
Views: 10,512
I deon't know how true this is. Certainly...
I deon't know how true this is. Certainly looking back through ST magazines, retailers were offering the Falcon in a 1MB configuration as early as the March 1993 editions ST Format - March 1993...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
20 October 2023, 10:43
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Replies: 129
Views: 10,512
It was also sold with 1MB RAM and no HDD (for...
It was also sold with 1MB RAM and no HDD (for £599), making it pretty much unusable.
And at the time the Falcon was selling in the configuration you mentioned, it cost £899
At the same time, a...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
18 October 2023, 17:21
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Replies: 165
Views: 22,730
I don't think it's as clear cut as that (Ocean...
I don't think it's as clear cut as that (Ocean saying no to a third floppy disk). Andrew Braybrook stated in an interview that the issue was due to memory and time constraints, not disk space.
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
11 August 2023, 11:00
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Replies: 285
Views: 28,502
The whole point of dedicated hardware, as you...
The whole point of dedicated hardware, as you well know, is to take the load off the CPU. Yes, of course the Amiga can play tracker modules using much less CPU time than the ST, whilst multitasking,...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
11 August 2023, 10:51
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Replies: 285
Views: 28,502
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
09 August 2023, 10:30
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Replies: 285
Views: 28,502
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
08 August 2023, 18:11
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Replies: 285
Views: 28,502
You're making no sense here.
You either mean...
You're making no sense here.
You either mean "sampler" in the usual sense (something that can digitally record a sound), in which case both the Amiga and the ST can do this with additional...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
07 August 2023, 14:18
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Replies: 285
Views: 28,502
I'm not quite sure what your claim is here? ...
I'm not quite sure what your claim is here? There were certainly a number of sampling cartridges available for the ST, and they were roughly cost comparable with parallel port based Amiga samplers.
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
29 June 2023, 17:48
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Replies: 51
Views: 3,482
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Forum: News
21 June 2023, 10:26
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Replies: 140
Views: 23,195
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
25 May 2023, 11:00
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Replies: 67
Views: 8,835
Gotta disagree there.
My first desktop was a...
Gotta disagree there.
My first desktop was a 486 DX4/120 in mid 1995, and it ran rings around my A1200, and that of my friends (with a 40MHz 040). Being able to play 3D games at seemingly...
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Forum: News
15 May 2023, 12:07
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Replies: 140
Views: 23,195
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Forum: News
04 May 2023, 15:34
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Replies: 140
Views: 23,195
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Forum: News
03 May 2023, 14:11
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Replies: 140
Views: 23,195
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Forum: News
03 May 2023, 09:47
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Replies: 140
Views: 23,195
I tried my DB9-USB on my MiST yesterday. It...
I tried my DB9-USB on my MiST yesterday. It seemed okay in WB initially, but I tried Shufflepuck Cafe, and noticed the mouse had a tendency to drift up or down after a second.
I then also...
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Forum: News
28 April 2023, 14:14
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Replies: 140
Views: 23,195
Mine arrived today, and I can confirm...
Mine arrived today, and I can confirm Boing-Ball's evaluation. Using the supplied USB dongle on Windows 10 it's fine, but via bluetooth the scroll-option is all over the place.
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Forum: support.Games
25 April 2023, 17:21
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,970
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Forum: support.Games
25 April 2023, 16:17
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,970
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Forum: support.Games
25 April 2023, 15:58
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,970
Strange!
I've tried a few different...
Strange!
I've tried a few different configurations on my MiST (so they may not correlate 100% with true hardware), and providing I have at least 512KB of Chip RAM and *some* Fast RAM (the smallest...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
18 April 2023, 18:21
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,199
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
14 April 2023, 17:38
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Replies: 285
Views: 28,502
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Forum: Amiga scene
10 March 2023, 13:19
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Replies: 3,803
Views: 508,382
More specifically, early TOS versions (1.0 and...
More specifically, early TOS versions (1.0 and 1.2) could read and write to MS-DOS formatted DD floppies, but the built in system formatter didn't format disks as DOS compatible.
There were third...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
24 February 2023, 18:09
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Replies: 51
Views: 6,989
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Forum: support.Apps
07 February 2023, 17:55
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Replies: 7
Views: 960
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Forum: Amiga scene
07 February 2023, 17:51
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Replies: 3,803
Views: 508,382
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Forum: support.Games
14 December 2022, 16:47
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Replies: 43
Views: 6,612
The first thing I thought of when reading this...
The first thing I thought of when reading this was a Harry Enfield sketch about Badfellas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao4-ViMMlBg
That's where I heard Muddy Funster, and from that, the English...
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