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Boiling Steam Hardware Review and Dedoimedo on DOSBox
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Boiling Steam ☛ Rayneo Air 3s Pro AR Glasses Review
In Brazil, we had monthly instalments’ payment options with no interest since I can remember, back then you would get something like a “reverse-cheque” payable in any bank agency (Carnê das Casas Bahia for example), and now you can do it with Pix, a Brazilian digital payment system that replaced Visa, Mastercard and most paper transactions in the country. But I digress, what I meant to say is that it was a no brainer to buy the cheapest XR glasses (< 250 USD), with 0% APR monthly instalments, the RayNeo Air 3s PRO (technically the non-pro is cheaper, but not for me at the time). In a sense, I blame Patola’s review of the nReal Air for bringing these kinds of tools to my attention.
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Dedoimedo ☛ DOSBox, Linux and sound problems in various games
Every few months (or years), I get a bout of nostalgia, and I revisit my old DOS classics. More recently, I've played the lovely Panzer General turn-based war game and the spectacular F-16: Combat Pilot simulator. In both cases, I used DOSBox installed in Linux. While the former doesn't really change much, Linux distros come and go, and they bring somewhat different levels of support for the emulator along the way.
Just days back, I decided to strap myself into the cockpit of WW2 planes in the amazing 1942: PAW simulator. In 2007, it worked splendidly. In 2025, I encountered a multitude of issues with both the sound and actual performance, which may sound surprising, but here we are. In today's tutorial, I would like to give you some tips on how you can enable music and sound in various games, especially if they have a somewhat flaky out-of-the-box experience. So let's commence.