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MY CUSTOM TWEAKS FOR RENOISE TRACKER

MY CUSTOM TWEAKS FOR RENOISE TRACKER

UPDATED ON: 2022-05-21 Today i want to share my custom made 80s theme for Renoise tracker. RENOISE `84 [v0.4b] [GRAB IT FROM MEGA.NZ] To install it just double click on downloaded XRNC files. Renoise will launch and install theme automatically. Also, i’ve figured out how to change internal font and set custom mouse cursor. Tracker doesn’t provide GUI for such options. All settings related to current skin could be found here:
FULL MOTION VIDEO ON A 1981 IBM PC WITH CGA VIDEO ADAPTER

FULL MOTION VIDEO ON A 1981 IBM PC WITH CGA VIDEO ADAPTER

One more demoscene post if you don’t mind. Awesome technology to play full motion video with in sync audio on very slow puters using text mode or very low res. Courtesy of Trixter [Jim Leonard] / Hornet 8088 CORRUPTION [2004] [Demo page] 8088 DOMINATION [2014] [Demo page] 8088 CORRUPTION VS 8088 DOMINATION THIS IS HEAVY!!!! COMPREHENSIVE DETAILS ON FMV TECH Trixter confirmed that he was inspired by Spaceballs demo called State of the Art.
THE MOST AMAZING DEMOSCENE PRODUCTS OF THE FADING ERA

THE MOST AMAZING DEMOSCENE PRODUCTS OF THE FADING ERA

It is pretty strange that i didn’t cover this topic in previous posts. So, i stand corrected and posting it now! @ FIRST: [WHAT IS DEMOSCENE?] In this quick breakdown i’ll point to the most coolest demoscene stuff out there. ▓ IBM PC [DOS/WIN] In early 90s finnish coders from [Future Crew] brought phenomenon of demoscene to masses. FUTURE CREW - SECOND REALITY [1993] Demo size: 2Mb [Demo page] [The Black Lotus] are Swedish Atari/Amiga hackers.
STOP USING UGLY GOOGLE AND HAVE SOME DIGNITY

STOP USING UGLY GOOGLE AND HAVE SOME DIGNITY

I recommend you to use alternative search engines like [Searx.me] or [Duckduckgo] not because g is mining your data and then resells it to marketing agencies for targeted ads, but because if you say something restricted or will be “lucky” to be banned by their anti-spam bot you can lose access to your data forever. Three years ago i had YT channel with [tracker music] where i posted stuff almost daily, also i had [trackers database] hosted on their blogger platform.
BEST UNIGINE 3D MARKS

BEST UNIGINE 3D MARKS

Benchmarks created by Russian company Unigine, which can easily compete with [MadOnion works] of the past. SUPERPOSITION [2017] [DOWNLOAD] VALLEY [2013] [DOWNLOAD] HEAVEN [2009] [DOWNLOAD] TROPICS [2008] [DOWNLOAD] SANCTUARY [2007] [DOWNLOAD] spacedrone808 @Adobe spacedrone808 @Freepik
COMPREHENSIVE WINDOWS 7 FAQ PLUS CATALOG OF PREVIOUS LINKS RELATED TO TWEAKING

COMPREHENSIVE WINDOWS 7 FAQ PLUS CATALOG OF PREVIOUS LINKS RELATED TO TWEAKING

I’m very satisfied that I covered such a large topic and pretty sure that it is the most complete Windows 7 tweaking guide ever. But due to the lack of spare time it is still in unfinished state, so consider it as a stack of knowledge. Document contain all information [posted here] plus loads of more detailed stuff. [DOWNLOAD DOCX VERSION] Maybe, if i have more free time, i’ll return back to the topic to clean things up someday.
THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE [1993] ▀ TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE [1993] ▀ TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

UPDATED ON: 2022-04-27 Added Even More Contraptions Excellent time killing game with a noticeable profit to grey matter of your brain. Game where every click is satisfactory. I recommend to acquire [The Incredible Machine Mega Pack] released by GOG store, which includes 4 game parts in a one solid package. My favourite is [Incredible Machine III] for Windows 95/3.X. ░▒▓█LIKE IT FOR NEAT PIXEL PERFECT SVGA GRAPHICS█▓▒░ GAMEPLAY PERSONAL CAMCODER SAMPLE
ESSENTIAL ANDROID SECURITY & PRIVACY APPLICATIONS

ESSENTIAL ANDROID SECURITY & PRIVACY APPLICATIONS

Super quick breakdown of the most essential security applications for Android OS. [ADAWAY] ► Effective hosts adblocker [AFWALL+] ► Root-based firewall based on Linux ip-tables [EXODUS] ► Check your applications for telemetry trackers and secure your privacy [YET ANOTHER CALL BLOCKER] ► quality open-source call blocker Forked mod for Russia region . spacedrone808 @Adobe spacedrone808 @Freepik
LIST OF THE BEST GAMES EVER [2022]

LIST OF THE BEST GAMES EVER [2022]

No bla-bla-bla here. Just a little breakdown of best computer games ever. [Fallout 1/2] [X-COM: Enemy Unknown] [Transport Tycoon Deluxe] [Tyrian 2000] [Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl] [Civilization II] [Diablo I] [The Incredible Machine III] If you would like to play these games on modern computer you are in luck, coz most of them were forked to open-source or remastered versions. [Fallout Restoration] [OpenXcom] / Extended version [OpenTTD] [OpenTyrian] [Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl OGSR] [Civilization II:Test of Time] [Diablo II: Resurrected] And yeah, no cyberpunk 2077 here.
TEXT WEBSITES ▀ WEB 1.0 ERA IN 2022

TEXT WEBSITES ▀ WEB 1.0 ERA IN 2022

Some nostalgy rant about convinience of older websites and absense of uneeded crap. Don’t you remember? Here is some fine examples of modern sites, which try to match older web in terms of ergonomics and overall perception. [HACKER NEWS] [COMMAND LINE RADIO] [PLAIN TEXT SPORTS] [RANDOM TEXT WEBSITES] spacedrone808 @Adobe spacedrone808 @Freepik
OBS STUDIO STILL SUPPORT WINDOWS 7 & THIS FACT IS NOT ADVERTISED

OBS STUDIO STILL SUPPORT WINDOWS 7 & THIS FACT IS NOT ADVERTISED

UPDATED ON: 2023.02.17 Version 27.2.4 is the very last to work on Windows 7. 28.x builds require sytem dlls which can’t be found in Windows 7. [How to run version 29.x on Windows 7] . OBS is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Just want to let you know that latest version [27.2.4] runs on Windows 7. Works without any hickups. Using it on daily basis to capture the desktop screen with audio.
CLASSIC VINTAGE OPERATING SYSTEMS DIRECTLY IN YOUR BROWSER

CLASSIC VINTAGE OPERATING SYSTEMS DIRECTLY IN YOUR BROWSER

I suppose that many of you will be interested in looking at the most important operating systems of the past. Today it is possible even withour virtual machine. You can observe vintage operating systems right in your browser. [ATARI ST] [MACOS 7] ||| [ver II] [MACOS 8] [AMIGA OS] [WINDOWS 98] BONUS PART [CHIPTUNE.COM] chiptune tracker music site heavily inspired by Amiga OS Workbench v1.3. spacedrone808 @Adobe spacedrone808 @Freepik
SOULSEEK ▀ MUSIC SHARING NETWORK

SOULSEEK ▀ MUSIC SHARING NETWORK

If for some reason you are unable to find wanted music and you already looked it in oldschool [Emule] and didn’t get satisfactory results i suggest to try out Soulseek P2P network. Pretty big chance that you’ll find what you are looking for. [DOWNLOAD SOULSEEK] spacedrone808 @Adobe spacedrone808 @Freepik
BEST MAD ONION 3D BENCHMARKS

BEST MAD ONION 3D BENCHMARKS

The most coolest benchmarks from Finish masters. Gradually Futuremark [which consumed Mad Onion] works had lost glitter of demoscene awesomeness and became just dry showcase room of current GPU technologies. And yeah, soundtrack of modern benchmarks represent boredom at it’s best. 3DMARK 1999 MAX [DOWNLOAD] XL-R8R [PRE 3DMARK 2000] [DOWNLOAD] 3DMARK 2000 [DOWNLOAD] 3DMARK 2001 SE [DOWNLOAD] 3DMARK 2003 OUTRO Simply put the best part of 3DMark 2003. 3DMARK 2005 OUTRO POETS OF THE FALL - LIFT ME UP Simply put the best part of 3DMark 2005.
EMULE ▀ VINTAGE P2P NETWORK TO DOWNLOAD OBSCURE OLD STUFF

EMULE ▀ VINTAGE P2P NETWORK TO DOWNLOAD OBSCURE OLD STUFF

Back in a day when torrents were in a non-existing state there was amazing p2p software called Emule. Some vintage computer geeks prefer Emule over torrents even today. Most of users are located in European countries like France, Italy, Spain. Rather unusual software for 2022, but i concur that application can be helpful in retrievement of rare and obsure stuff, which can’t be found anywhere else. Note that official download page is not updated anymore and latest 2021 version can be acquired from [community forum] or Githhub page only.
INTEL I9-12900 VS AMD R9-5950 ▀ FPU OPERATIONS

INTEL I9-12900 VS AMD R9-5950 ▀ FPU OPERATIONS

▒ FPU OPERATIONS COMPARISON Tested with the latest version of AIDA64 v6.60 / Windows 7 x64 ESU. FPU JULIA FPU SINJULIA FPU MANDEL QUEEN Z-LIB RAY TRACE 32 RAY TRACE 64 AES SHA 3 As you can see blue cpu’s eat dust in terms of FPU performance, but it is worth to note that memory wise we have backwards situation, thanks to shiny new DDR5 memory subsystem, which blue team is already exploiting.
NEUTRON ▀ AUDIO PLAYER FOR Hi-Fi & Hi-END DAPs

NEUTRON ▀ AUDIO PLAYER FOR Hi-Fi & Hi-END DAPs

Just a quick note to share high-quality Android audio player with all of you. Software is developed for hi-res hardware digital audio players like FiiO, Shanling, iBasso. The most important feature is bit-perfect OS independent decoding and audio processing. Speaking about bright sides of application: precise audio reproduction, loads of professional tools. However, there is one notable downside: user interface and ergonomics are very confusing to say the least.
PINEPHONE PRO ▀ EXCITING LINUX PHONE ALMOST READY FOR USAGE

PINEPHONE PRO ▀ EXCITING LINUX PHONE ALMOST READY FOR USAGE

UPDATED ON: 2023-01-24 After long consideration my interest is lost, due to understanding the fact that 4G module is 100% closed blackbox, which cancels all privacy benefits of the phone in one stroke. It’s a true thing for official version of the phone. On the bright side there is an [unofficial open-source project] of modem firmware in early alpha. Will report back if something good happens. I bet some of you are already tired of ugly g monopoly with their telemetric data mining platform os-called operating system.
COREL PAINTER 2020 IS NOT INSTALLING

COREL PAINTER 2020 IS NOT INSTALLING

UPDATED ON: 2022-03-06 Corel Draw 2022 confirmed to work on Windows 7, but w/o GPU acceleration. 2020 version also don’t provide GPU extensions, but you can ignore this if you have fast 8-16 multicore CPU. Just run into difficulties during Corel Painter 2020 installation process. Right after the first screen i can’t press [Next »] button. Problem was solved by dropping down security level in Internet Explorer 11 [!]
COMPLETE TWEAKING GUIDE FOR WINDOWS 7 SP2+ ESU

COMPLETE TWEAKING GUIDE FOR WINDOWS 7 SP2+ ESU

UPDATED ON: 2023-11-23 ¶ ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTION Finally I get up all one’s courage to compile and publish essential stuff regarding Windows 7 optimization. Note that full version of the guide will be released somewhere around early 2023. Check the warm place to stay on the edge. And now….Let’s dive into the tweaking process! All console commands should be executed from command line with with administrative privileges. Most of mentioned tweaks could be done via control panel, to enter it in a fast way just type in command line or execute Start Run:

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