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AWE-DIP-01-ENG by Creative Labs engineers
/code/hardware/audio/adip.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
708,753 bytes
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| Rating: 
| Examples and API for using the AWE32 - And people wonder why there's not much SB support. The information in the packet is contorted. I could go on this for days. Comments like /* main - here's where the fun begins */ are misleading. The fun actually began several hundred lines ago (starting at line 134). It's late. I'm not exactly bored, but this bit of code is frustrating. I wonder why CL even bothered. There are no technical docs of any sort and the code that is here *REEKS* of bad style. For extra frustration, I unzipped the file which had a self extracting .exe in it, which gave me 4 zips which when each extracted with the -d option finally gives me the SDK. Kneebiter - at 1:30 in the morning. Need more tea...
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CPUID for intel by Doctor Sludge
/code/hardware/cpu/cputest2.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
10,953 bytes
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| Source to detect which intel chip is in a computer - Detects the processor for sure, but does it by checking for invalid opcodes. If you need to detect CPU type, I suggest /code/hardware/processor/cpuid3.zip.
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Intel docs by ?
/code/hardware/cpu/intel.doc
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
114,654 bytes
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| Rating:
| A complete listing of the 80x86 opcodes - Great reference for those learning assembler and those needing to double check opcodes. Dubious clock listings (none for pentium.)
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Pentium Stuff
/code/hardware/cpu/pentium.zip
| 01 Jul 1997 (catalog date)
164,896 bytes
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| Rating:
| A collection of files on Pentium optimization. Some of these files look very useful, especially for optimizing information and truly esoteric stuff for the terminally curious.
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Collection of ASM sources by ? of Blue Nose Productions
/code/hardware/general/asm_good.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
118,612 bytes
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| Rating:
| Lots of ASM sources, mostly for hardware and BIOS routines - It's somewhat difficult to find what you want, but the comments tell you what you need to know (but not what you have to do) to get everything compiled. Looks like a great source for the cut & paste coder. Given the nature of the routines, I'd say that was the intended purpose of this release.
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Keyboard handler by Patch
/code/hardware/keyboard/kbdhand9.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
26,409 bytes
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| Source for making a keyboard handler (int 9) and reading the keyboard from the handler - Doesn't tell you much, but is a good demonstration. I'd suggest for those needing to write a keyboard handler is to get a hardware reference for the keyboard and see what other options are available and how the code works.
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Flat Real by Herman Dullink
/code/hardware/memory/flat.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
11,758 bytes
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| A flat real mode interface - For those who'd rather kludge real mode than switch to protected mode. Conceivably useful for 4k intros which may need a quick and cheap entry into a flat memory model.
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Flat Real Mode Interface by Juanito
/code/hardware/memory/frmi_150.exe
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
38,210 bytes
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| Rating:
| An interface for flat real mode from BC - Has some docs on xms and comments explaining how the interface works itself. I didn't test to see if it works. Doesn't work in v86 mode, meaning most programs made with this will require a reboot.
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Virtual Memory Management by Flux
/code/hardware/memory/fxvmm210.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
112,232 bytes
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| A virtual memory management interface for BC - Once again, I didn't test this. This system is much more complete than the above and certainly much more useful. From the code, I'd say I'd like to work with this guy. :)
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Flat Real Mode by Nix of Massive
/code/hardware/memory/mass-frm.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
8,248 bytes
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| Rating:
| A flat real mode interface - For those who'd rather kludge real mode than switch to protected mode. Conceivably useful for 4k intros which may need a quick and cheap entry into a flat memory model.
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Real Memory by Chatter
/code/hardware/memory/realmem.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
10,850 bytes
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| Rating:
| Supposedly gets you past the 64k barrier in real mode - I have no clue what compiler this is supposed to compile for. It uses opcodes not allowed in BC's inline assembler, watcom doesn't use that kind of inline assembler (and doesn't need this extender anyway), and this is pointless for djgpp which only compiles 32bit pmode apps. I have neither TC (but considering that's a sub-set of BC I can assume it won't work) nor Quick C (but that's so old, it's inline assembler's probably incomplete too).
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386 power by Lorenzo Micheletto
/code/hardware/pmode/386p_101.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
117,845 bytes
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| Rating:
| A DOS extender for pmode asm programming - Has docs for useage and some extra miscellaneous routines that could be used for game or graphics programming in pmode. Honestly, if you want to do 100% asm development for pmode I'd suggest DOS32 or Tran's pmode. The author here credits Tran for some backbones to his system.
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FreePack DOS extender by Narech Koumar of Supernar Systems Intl.
/code/hardware/pmode/dos32a.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
520,938 bytes
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| Rating:
| Another DOS extender option. I didn't test this for usefulness. I doesn't look any more difficult to learn to use than Adam Seychell's (sp?) Dos32 or Thomas Pytel/Charles Scheffold's Pmode/w. How well it functions is another story. Full documentation available. Comes with a tetris clone presumeably made using the extender. No source.
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Eclipse operating System v3.05
/code/hardware/pmode/e_os305.zip
| 30 Jun 1998 (catalog date)
1,442,821 bytes
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| Rating:
| A combination of a dos extender and a demo library containing a lot of useful functions. It's very useful for intros because the tiny version is very small (including a sb and gus modplayer). C, Assembler
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Kernel 1.30b
/code/hardware/pmode/krnl130b.zip
| 26 Jun 1997 (catalog date)
314,227 bytes
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| Rating:
| A Pmode kernel program with some extra libraries. Has a sound library and many other extras to make up for the fact that it's rather new and things such as midas, GUSPlay, or whatnot won't work with it. It's picky about assembling (tasm32+wlink only). No real documentation to help you get started.
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System 64 by Simm of Analogue
/code/hardware/pmode/s64.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
61,037 bytes
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| Rating:
| A DOS protected mode extender - Comes with full source and looks fairly complete including real mode call back support. Worth giving a look at if you'll find it easier to use than Tran's pmode or DOS32.
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Xi Development System by Fysx
/code/hardware/pmode/xids0815.zip
| 19 Jan 1998 (catalog date)
43,131 bytes
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| Rating:
| Xi Development System, a pmode extender. Uses tlink in the end, but works from watcom and tasm. Possibly a contender if you're writing a 64k intro and need a pmode extender. I'm unsure of it's stability, but it's small.
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Asychronous communitcations code by Lord Logics
/code/hardware/serial/ll_comm.zip
| 10 Jan 1997 (catalog date)
56,754 bytes
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| Rating:
| Source for "asynchronous" comm connections - A library meant for opening COM lines and other serial line connections. It's supposedly asynchronous (but maybe in a later version for this only supports one). Not too demo scene relevant, but it could make for great modem-modem networking in a game.
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3DS converter by MRI of Doomsday
/code/utils/3d/3dsco20.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
14,233 bytes
| Download FTP scene.org
| Rating:
| Reads a 3ds file and outputs an easier to read format. Good utility with full source for reading .3DS files. It's easily tweakable (with a #define) to read from a file or memory and not that difficult to tweak for your own 3d structures. It's also done well enough that adding support for more features of the .3ds format should not be that difficult from a coding standpoint. Specs are admittedly hard to find.
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Boot by ? of Ooze
/code/utils/boot/0l_boot.zip
| 25 Aug 1997 (catalog date)
81,135 bytes
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| Rating:
| Reboots & boot sector util. A utility that'll reboot your computer (which isn't terribly useful) and to read/write boot sectors. It's a good, hard to find utility for someone just poking into that sort of stuff.
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Metabolic Virtual File System 1.0 by Slater of Metabolic
/music/programs/unusual/mvfs.zip
| 12 Jun 1997 (catalog date)
36,850 bytes
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| | MetaBolic Virtual File System is a set of DOS-based utilities which allow a user to create virtual links to files. This way a file can be present many times on your harddisk while using diskspace only once. The system is transparant to existing and future applications. Virtual files can be accessed just as if they were real files.
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