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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: Question about ATI cards and 4:3 display on a widescreen monitor |
| Riothamus |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 15:44
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| Oh, it isn't the DOS programs that insist on using the full screen. It's basically just Quest For Glory 5 and Nox (Diablo might too, I'm not sure), all of which require Windows 98 or later. For various compatibility reasons, I've been planning on running these on VirtualPC with Windows 98 installed,... |
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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: Question about ATI cards and 4:3 display on a widescreen monitor |
| Riothamus |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2011, 15:11
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| Thanks. Yeah, I plan to use DOSBox for some games. The issue is that not all of them are for the PC, so I'll need to use an emulator for them, which I was planning to run on Linux, although I can get it to run on Windows. The main concern is for the games that require Windows 98, so they won't run o... |
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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: Question about ATI cards and 4:3 display on a widescreen monitor |
| Riothamus |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2011, 17:11
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| Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm trying to play some very old games that use a 4:3 ratio on a widescreen monitor. Unfortunately, some of them don't allow you to play them in a window, and insist on running full screen. Most of the monitors I've been looking at have VGA connections, unfortunately. But ... |
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Forum: Hardware Discussions Topic: Question about ATI cards and 4:3 display on a widescreen monitor |
| Riothamus |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2011, 12:21
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| So since no one can answer my "childhood games" question in the "Request/Discuss Game Solutions" section, can you at least tell me this: I've read on-line that ATI cards have terrible support for displaying games which have a 4:3 aspect ratio on a widescreen monitor. But on other pages, I've read th... |
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Forum: Request/Discuss Game Solutions Topic: Help with childhood games |
| Riothamus |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2011, 06:14
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Replies: 1
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| Hello everyone. I'm not a hardcore gamer like most of you are, but I do like to keep around a desktop just for playing the old games that I grew up with every now and then (I use my laptop for the serious business). I've mostly been keeping around a very old computer for that just so there won't be ... |
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