The SimCity Planning Commission Handbook

Re:The SimCity Planning Commission Handbook by Terr_ on Thursday September 03, 2015 @10:07PM (#10168503)

I have fond memories of the Simcity 2000 manual as well... I ended up reading the whole thing obsessively while waiting for a new computer that had the minimum specs. (VESA BIOS extensions.)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The SimCity Planning Commission Handbook by nitrogen on Friday September 04, 2015 @12:52AM (#10168865)

(VESA BIOS extensions.)

Was your video card not supported by univbe.exe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniVBE

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The SimCity Planning Commission Handbook by ant6n on Friday September 04, 2015 @10:47AM (#10170800)

"UniVBE (short for Universal VESA BIOS Extensions) is a software driver that allows DOS applications written to the VESA BIOS standard to run on almost any display device made in the last 15 years or so."

I wonder which 15 years this is referring to (i.e. ending what year)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The SimCity Planning Commission Handbook by nitrogen on Friday September 04, 2015 @04:07PM (#10172612)

I wonder which 15 years this is referring to (i.e. ending what year)

That line is in the very first revision of the page, from 2006:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UniVBE&oldid=4989...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The SimCity Planning Commission Handbook by DiabloD3 on Friday September 04, 2015 @05:23AM (#10169424)

Ahh, UniVBE, fixing weird VGA cards since forever. Funny how some of the most obscure parts of my childhood pop up.

[ Parent | on HN ]