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    From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.com to rocksolid.shared.general on Tue Jan 7 13:49:07 2025
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    I'm currently messing with creating a games plugin for rslight.

    Not so much a plugin, but an addon, or whatever you want to call it.

    Anyway, I currently have two games as a test online and I will add more.
    These are old DOS games, which is nice to be able to play again!

    If you want to mess with it, try here: https://www.rocksolidbbs.com/common/games.php

    Note: You can NOT save games. If you close the page, the game will
    restart next time you return to it. To avoid that, keep the page open in
    a browser window.
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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.com to rocksolid.shared.general on Sun Jan 12 13:02:19 2025
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    On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 13:49:07 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

    I'm currently messing with creating a games plugin for rslight.

    Not so much a plugin, but an addon, or whatever you want to call it.

    Anyway, I currently have two games as a test online and I will add more. These are old DOS games, which is nice to be able to play again!

    If you want to mess with it, try here: https://www.rocksolidbbs.com/common/games.php

    Note: You can NOT save games. If you close the page, the game will
    restart next time you return to it. To avoid that, keep the page open in
    a browser window.

    I have changed this to a different DOS emulator and link: https://www.rocksolidbbs.com/common/plugins/mydos/

    Now it is possible to add your own programs or games to the DOS session.
    You can save your disk in your browser to use next time. The very first
    time you visit, it takes a bit longer to download the full disk for you,
    then it is faster after that.

    I've add the few games already existing on the old setup, and added
    GWBASIC and Turbo Pascal (not games, yes). You should have a little bit
    of familiarity with DOS to at least be able to use the file manager.

    You can add, install new programs as you wish, then 'Save Drive' so you
    an return to your DOS Computer on the site.

    It's all for experimentation but hopefully at least someone enjoys it!
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  • From Anton Shepelev@anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com to rocksolid.shared.general on Thu Feb 6 15:57:53 2025
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    Retro Guy:

    I have changed this to a different DOS emulator and link: https://www.rocksolidbbs.com/common/plugins/mydos/

    When I press /Start Computer/ while it is already starting,
    the page shows the error message "Unsupported data type" .

    Does the emulator support something like the pixel-perfect
    patch for DOSBox ? --

    <https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49160>

    See also:

    <https://git.launchpad.net/ppscale>
    <https://tanalin.com/en/articles/integer-scaling/>
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  • From Retro Guy@retroguy@novabbs.com to rocksolid.shared.general on Thu Feb 6 06:40:55 2025
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    On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 15:57:53 +0300, Anton Shepelev wrote:

    Retro Guy:

    I have changed this to a different DOS emulator and link:
    https://www.rocksolidbbs.com/common/plugins/mydos/

    When I press /Start Computer/ while it is already starting,
    the page shows the error message "Unsupported data type" .

    Don't press /Start Computer/ while it is already starting :)

    Does the emulator support something like the pixel-perfect
    patch for DOSBox ? --

    <https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49160>

    I do not know, but the base project says, "It is based on the newer
    DosBox-X codebase", so it may. Take a look here: https://github.com/nbarkhina/doswasmx

    and maybe it can answer some questions.

    I'm much more of a text-only enthusiast, so I never thought much about
    graphics in most set ups. Even in my BBS days way back, I was the guy in
    the discussion groups while others played the games :)
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