On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:40:34 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

Today my Windows 11 Home PC made updates.
Now QSL 1.1.4 stops working.
The error message says:
I Failed To Load mixlib.dll in my home directory!
The Error Reported Was: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization
routine failed.
If I manually substitute the mixlib.dll, I obtain the same error.
If I try to reinstall QSL, I obtain the same error.
If I use a PC not connected to the Internet and Windows not updated,
QSL works.
So the problem is the windows updates, but what happened?
How can a windows update affect a file mixlib.dll which is in a
QSL folder?
It is an unpredictable error or mixlib.dll for some reasons is
willingly not supported by windows 11 Home?

qsl 1.1.4 runs normally in windows 11 24h2 by setting "compatibility mode" under properties to "windows 7" . . . this became necessary only recently

qsl isn't getting any younger but most (forsooth not all) legacy software might still run in windows with the right settings . . . recommend search
for relic software e.g. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pong+video+game+for+dos
for tips and tricks on getting abandonware to cooperate with the ms cabal

p.s. this vintage video game emulator runs fine in windows 11, and mimics
the original quite impressively (the oldest video game that i have tested
and runs under windows on dosbox is "chess c.4", 1980 trs-80, 1981 ms-dos, which can be downloaded here https://www.myabandonware.com/game/chess-1q2)

(using Tor Browser 14.5.5)
https://oldgamesdownload.com/pong/

Publishers Atari
Developers Atari
Release date 1972
Genre Sports
Game rating
Game Description
Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games. It is a table tennis sports game
featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. The game was originally manufactured
by Atari, which released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training >exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell based the
idea on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavox Odyssey; Magnavox
later sued Atari for patent infringement. Bushnell and Atari co-founder Ted >Dabney were surprised by the quality of Alcorn's work and decided to manufacture
the game.
Download Pong
We might have the game available for more than one platform. Pong is currently
available on these platforms:
Emeritus Pong (Pong clone) � Windows (2007)
Pong_Win_RIP_EN.zip (256.3KB)
Choose how you want to complete your download: >https://www.mediafire.com/file/utzeh3k9ku36jyg/Pong_Win_R_EN.zip/file (Pong_Win_R_EN.zip / 260 KB), extracted . . .

(\Pong_Win_R_EN / 464 KB / 10 Files, 2 Folders)

How to play on Windows
Download the "Pong_Win_EN.zip" file from the link above.
Open the downloaded .zip file and extract the "Pong_Win_RIP_EN" folder to your
desktop. You will need to use a software such as WinRAR to do this.
Open the extracted "Pong_Win_RIP_EN" folder and then open the "Game Files"
folder.
Double click on the file called "empong.exe" and your game should now launch.
Enjoy the game!
Additional files, patches and fixes
Pong Manual (English)
Pong Screenshots
Windows
...
empong.txt
*** Emeritus Pong v0.91 Copyright (C) Mateusz Viste 2008 ***
- Overview -
Emeritus Pong is a clone of the good old "Pong" game. It tries to be >relatively close to the original, therefore no fancy graphic or astonishing >sound effects there. Emeritus Pong is written to be able to run on any modern >PC. There are three versions available: DOS, Windows and Linux.
- Graphic -
Emeritus Pong may run in any usual resolution, between 320x240 to 1280x1024, >fullscreen or windowed. If you would like to use any other video mode (not
available from the game's setup), you can edit the empong.cfg file by hand. >- Sound -
The sound is very simple. Windows and Linux versions require a sound card
for sound, and DOS version simply uses the internal PC Speaker.
- Hardware requirements -
The game is programmed to run flawlessly on any modern PC, but it will run on >older architectures too. A 90 MHz CPU and 2 Mb of RAM should be enough. The >video card has no importance, as far as it supports at least the VGA 320x240 >graphic mode.
- Some history... -
Pong is a video game released originally as a coin-operated arcade game by >Atari Inc. on November 29, 1972. Pong is based on the sport of table tennis >(or "ping pong"), and named after the sound generated by the circuitry when >the ball is hit. Pong was the first video game to achieve widespread >popularity in both arcade and home console versions, and launched the initial
boom in the video game industry.
I hope you will like it!
Mateusz Viste <mateusz.viste@mail.ru>
http://mateusz.viste.free.fr/dos

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On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:54:33 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:

qsl 1.1.4 runs normally in windows 11 24h2 by setting "compatibility mode" >> under properties to "windows 7" . . . this became necessary only recently

Thank You.
It worked!
It is a mistery for me what happened with windows update,
but at least I can still use QSL.

at least for now . . . after windows xp, vista (2007), 7 (2009), the popular jbn (jack b nymble 2.1.4) faced obsolescence with: "component 'ztray.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: file is missing or invalid" also "comctl32.ocx" . . . and "regsvr32.exe" didn't solve the problem either, so hello w7 goodbye jbn . . . fortunately, omnimix was there to save the day,
and this unmaintained qsl (quicksilver lite 1.4.4) is still working, for now

historically, windows updates have strictly adhered to the industry standard "embrace, extend, extinguish" mantra which is really how all big governments
(i.e. military, industry, congress, ad infinitum) have always conducted them- selves throughout the world . . . it is their planet, after all, caesar divi



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