Comments on: Volfied http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:47:22 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: How to run DOS games from GOG.com, a practical guide for noobs « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-5488 How to run DOS games from GOG.com, a practical guide for noobs « The Tar Pit Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:33:11 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-5488 [...] of heading over to ye olde abandonware site to download a thirty-year old game, like you did with Volfied for example, you have to pay Gogu and Ubisoft for the privilege to do so. But alas, that's just how [...] [...] of heading over to ye olde abandonware site to download a thirty-year old game, like you did with Volfied for example, you have to pay Gogu and Ubisoft for the privilege to do so. But alas, that's just how [...]

]]> By: FEZ « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-4870 FEZ « The Tar Pit Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:48:01 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-4870 [...] I suppose I'm just from another age. ↩ [...] [...] I suppose I'm just from another age. ↩ [...]

]]> By: Hill Climb Racing 2 « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-4087 Hill Climb Racing 2 « The Tar Pit Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:50:44 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-4087 [...] or Hill Climb Racing to replace the Boulder Dashes, the Arkanoids, the Incredible Machines and the Volfieds of days old gone, just like there's no Kentucky Route Zero capable of replacing Day of the [...] [...] or Hill Climb Racing to replace the Boulder Dashes, the Arkanoids, the Incredible Machines and the Volfieds of days old gone, just like there's no Kentucky Route Zero capable of replacing Day of the [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-4083 spyked Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:48:55 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-4083 <blockquote>Anyway, the latest incarnation of RPi is no PC of any sorts;</blockquote> I'll second that thought with the observation that trying to copy large amounts of data between two external USB hard drives seems to reset... the whole USB interface of the Pi. Not just the source port and not just the destination port, but *all* the USB ports! I don't know how any folks can claim to use this machine as a proper PC. If you've had more luck than I, please share your thoughts here. Maybe I am indeed a fool who has no idea how to use computers, I'm certainly open to this interpretation assuming someone can teach me how to use the thing without running into these kinds of problems.

Anyway, the latest incarnation of RPi is no PC of any sorts;

I'll second that thought with the observation that trying to copy large amounts of data between two external USB hard drives seems to reset... the whole USB interface of the Pi. Not just the source port and not just the destination port, but *all* the USB ports!

I don't know how any folks can claim to use this machine as a proper PC. If you've had more luck than I, please share your thoughts here. Maybe I am indeed a fool who has no idea how to use computers, I'm certainly open to this interpretation assuming someone can teach me how to use the thing without running into these kinds of problems.

]]> By: Notes on OpenBSD device drivers « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-3450 Notes on OpenBSD device drivers « The Tar Pit Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:04:36 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-3450 [...] the very popular Raspberry Pi single-board [...] [...] the very popular Raspberry Pi single-board [...]

]]> By: Super Auto Pets « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-1214 Super Auto Pets « The Tar Pit Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:32:38 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-1214 [...] is by no means a "desktop" operating system, much less a gaming platform. Yes, I am aware that DOS games run perfectly well on it, but all that under the dubious assumption that you've managed to get the [...] [...] is by no means a "desktop" operating system, much less a gaming platform. Yes, I am aware that DOS games run perfectly well on it, but all that under the dubious assumption that you've managed to get the [...]

]]> By: Diablo III « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-524 Diablo III « The Tar Pit Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:42:30 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-524 [...] alive. Well, this one is essentially the same thing, a sort of nostalgic return to the glorious '80s, except with orders of magnitude more shiny. Otherwise -- precisely the same [...] [...] alive. Well, this one is essentially the same thing, a sort of nostalgic return to the glorious '80s, except with orders of magnitude more shiny. Otherwise -- precisely the same [...]

]]> By: On the tangled ball of music that is rock « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2020/volfied#comment-498 On the tangled ball of music that is rock « The Tar Pit Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:52:29 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=400#comment-498 [...] Stones and The Beatles, those who took this "blues"/"rock" thing and put it on the pedestal of high art, sprinkling upon it the spices of the East -- which is why the so-called "progressive" rock, the [...] [...] Stones and The Beatles, those who took this "blues"/"rock" thing and put it on the pedestal of high art, sprinkling upon it the spices of the East -- which is why the so-called "progressive" rock, the [...]

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