DOS ain't dead - CGA Game Timing Question

CGA Game Timing Question (Developers)

posted by KarlG, 21.05.2022, 20:41

> Well, it's just my own admittedly biased opinion,
> but, it seems to me that the only proper environment for developing and
> testing
> of a program intended for 'vintage PCs' with CGA graphics
> would be a vintage PC with an actual CGA graphics card booted directly into
> DOS.
> (how else could one possibly determine that said program
> will actually run as intended on the intended machines ?)

For sure. I can at least get a head start with what I have now, and test and tweak as needed when I have the hardware to do so (and/or find willing testers with vintage hardware). What actually put the idea in my head is learning about the HP_200LX pocket computer, which is apparently a fully XT-compatible system that runs DOS, and can do CGA graphics (on a 4-tone B&W LCD screen). Eventually I'd like to pick up one of those when I find a good deal, and I wanted to see if I could make something fun to run on it. :-D

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CGA Game Timing Question - KarlG, 21.05.2022, 18:16 (Developers)
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