Yesterday I did some more work on the Principia for Windows XP builds. libcurl is now built with mbedtls meaning it supports the modern security stack required by the community site, and an up-to-date CA store is also bundled with the game.

I also made an installer just like with the official Windows builds that will register a protocol handler. Preferably you would use a backported browser such as Supermium when browsing the community site.

Made a release on the repo with the current state of the builds. Disclaimers about a lot of dialogs being unimplemented in the Dear Imgui backend still apply, but I hope it will be of interest regardless:

https://github.com/rollerozxa/principia-xp/releases

#retrocomputing #winxp #gaming

ncpp: Как создать самодостаточную экосистему на С++98 в 2026 году, которая запустится даже на железе со свалки

Современная разработка удобная, все сделано для программиста - последние версии компилятора, последние версии ОС, удобный синтаксический сахар. Однако что если ли у вас нет доступа к последним новшествам? Если у вас на руках только кусок металлолома 20-ти летней давности? А все вендоры и поставщики давным-давно от вас отвернулись? Давай почитаем, какой велосипед нагородили

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1033350/

#с++ #gcc #gcc49 #clang #winxp #linux26

Yes! Ich konnte mir für meine Retro-Sammlung jetzt auch eine eigene Bonus-CD der GameStar 03/05 sichern. Bisschen zerkratzt, aber 2026 nimmt man ja, was man bekommen kann. Soweit ich weiß, war das hier der letzte physische Release des "Dirty Little Helper '98", bevor das Programm im Jahr danach endgültig eingestellt wurde.

Hier gibt's das ISO: https://archive.org/details/gamestar_0305-bonus

#Retro #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #GameStar #CDROM #DLH98 #DirtyLittleHelper #2000s #WindowsXP #WinXP #90s #90er

The i5 3570k in this PC uses Ivy Bridge technology which is apparently the final Intel CPU architecture to support Windows XP, so you already know what had to be done

#retroComputing #windowsXP #winXP #ThrowbackThursday

#Help #Fedipower!!!

Is there actually anything that doesn't work on #Mint/#LMDE6-32 that already worked on #WinXP?

I want to rip #sVHS tapes using a #Canopus connected to the #Firewire/IEEE1394 port.

But neither #Shotcut nor #Kdenlive offers this feature. 😭

#anyideas???

#Hilfe #Fedipower!!!

Sollte tatsächlich irgendwas unter Mint/#LMDE6-32 nicht gehen, was bereits unter #WinXP ging?

Ich möchte #sVHS-Cassetten mittels eines #Canopus am #Firewire/IEEE1394-Port auslesen.

Doch weder #Shotcut noch #Kdenlive bieten dieses feature. 😭

#werweisswas???

Windows Update Restored
This project restores the update functionality for Windows 95 through Windows XP, including Automatic Updates. Our goal is to bring back the convenience of the original Windows Update and Microsoft Update websites, letting users relive the classic experience.

https://www.windowsupdaterestored.com/

#Win95 #WinNT #Win98 #WinME #Win2000 #WinXP #Win2003