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Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2019-10-11, 09:45

in Milliways

in Milliways

I still lurk but rarely post these days. I've still got my old rigs but they don't get taken out of the cupboard very often. Since having a son and buying an old fixer-upper house I don't get a whole lot of free time. I'm sure I'll catch the bug again and pick the hobby up once I find the time for …

Re: Issues with ReelMagic EM7011 ISA card

Posted on 2019-07-10, 02:13

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I have completed the RealMagic version Return to Zork on my 386 and I didn't have any of the issues described here. You can see pics of my card here: Re: ReelMagic MPEG Decoder running Return to Zork Mine does use the VESA feature connector so perhaps the problems are related to VGA passthrough.

Re: Reelmagic/Realmagic MPEG games

Posted on 2019-07-05, 00:58

in DOS

in DOS

Thanks to exofreeze for finding one more REALmagic game - 'Entity' by Loriciel! Unfortunately I am not able to reply with private messages... Hang tight... I have acquired an extensive "Reelmagic" library and own several models of the elusive mpeg board. Out of town but once I get back I'll look …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2019-06-06, 21:42

in Milliways

in Milliways

I haven’t noticed any performance issues however I did upgrade my rig last year which probably helps. I’m playing on Very High settings with an I5 8400 and a GTX960 and seems to run pretty well.

Re: Old games that had CD Audio tracks?

Posted on 2019-06-06, 09:34

in DOS

in DOS

So is this list for 'any game that had at least one redbook audio track on the disc' or 'games that actually played redbook audio tracks for in game music'? Colonization That was only the (comparatively rare) Windows version. The DOS version just used FM or MIDI. King's Quest 6 - Heir Today, Gone …

Re: Help with my 286 board

Posted on 2019-06-06, 09:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Unfortunately it looks like all my photos are gone :( No idea about the serial port, I can't say I ever had that problem. A cursory google found one weird case where the user's fridge compressor would kick on and cause problems with their serial devices. Seems a long shot but maybe try unplugging …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2019-06-06, 09:18

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've started replaying Kingdom Come: Deliverance. A new patch and DLC dropped recently so I decided to start another playthrough. I really rate this game, reminds me a little bit of morrowind minus the fantasy and magic. Probably my favourite game to come out of the last few years after Prey.

Re: NOTICE FOR IBM XT OWNERS

Posted on 2019-02-10, 08:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've had a few tantalum caps explode, and they certainly make big racket, but those scorch marks are something else. Looks like it was actually on fire? Have you replaced the cap and does the card still work?

Re: CRT monitor whining

Posted on 2019-01-22, 22:48

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

A lot of CRT's whine especially as they get older. It can be coils on the PCB, the flyback transformer, the windings on the yoke... often the glue/lacquer used on these components has broken down and is allowing them to vibrate. One trick you can try to isolate the noise is take the cover off (being …

Re: About Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX

Posted on 2019-01-17, 09:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Try it and see. 2.8V should be OK if your voltage is fairly stable. It won’t hurt but might crash if it doesn’t get enough juice.

Re: Party like it's 1999 with a 6x86

Posted on 2019-01-17, 03:15

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in Australia computers were damn expensive, and people would run them for 5 years or more before upgrading. Seeing a Pentium class machine in regular use in 99/2000 was not unusual at all.

Re: sound cards - help me decide what to sell

Posted on 2019-01-17, 03:07

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Of your new cards, I'd sell all of them except possibly the YMF-724 as that supports wavetable synthesis. It's a subset of the Yamaha XG synth used in the DB50XG or MU50 but its still pretty good.

Re: sound cards - help me decide what to sell

Posted on 2019-01-16, 09:16

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I think its because they have a real OPL3, not CQM, and they supposedly don't have the 'hanging note' bug when using a WaveBlaster daughterboard or external MIDI module (but this is only true for DSP version 4.05 AFAIK, there are CT1750's with later versions). You have other cards that serve these …

Re: sound cards - help me decide what to sell

Posted on 2019-01-16, 08:45

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

IMHO, here's what I would sell: -One of the Pro 2's as they are basically identical apart from CDROM controller -The AWE32's as they are basically outclassed by the AWE64 - get a SIMMCon if you need more RAM for soundfonts -The Live! cards, the Audigy is better - you have better cards if you need …

Re: Update BIOS in 486 FIC Motherboard: from 64k to 128K

Posted on 2019-01-14, 08:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Can you peel off the sticker and read a part number for the BIOS chip? If it's a 27C010 then it will accept a 128KB ROM. If its a 27C512 then it is only 64KB and you will need to replace the ROM chip. If you have an AT29C010 handy that should work fine, just program it with the correct BIOS and plug …

Re: Why do PC first person shooters use checkpoints?

Posted on 2019-01-14, 08:35

in Milliways

in Milliways

FWIW I liked Soldier of Fortune 2's system, where you could save at any time but had a limited number of saves per mission (with fewer saves at higher difficulties).

Re: VooDoo2 card detected in Windows 98SE, but, not in DirectX Diagnostics, games, and Display properties (error)

Posted on 2019-01-07, 01:21

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Looks like you are having a similar problem to me. Faulty Voodoo 2? I haven't got a fix, but you can try the diag tools in that thread and see if that gives you any more info.

Re: NEC MultiSync XV14 CRT not actually a multisync monitor?

Posted on 2019-01-04, 22:23

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Yes, in the mid-90's MultiSync changed from meaning that the monitor can sync with a variety video modes, to simply being a model name. I've had a couple of later MultiSync monitors that were PC VGA only. I tried to get them to work with my Amiga or SCART-RGB consoles and they wouldn't. Basically …

Re: Faulty Voodoo 2?

Posted on 2019-01-01, 05:29

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I put both cards in and now I get a different result: sst1Init Routines: InitCode $Revision: 8 $ sst1InitMapBoard(): BoardsInSystem = 2 sst1InitMapBoard(): vAddr:0xde000000 pAddr:0xde000008 Dev:0xd Board:0 sst1InitMapBoard(): vAddr:0xdf000000 pAddr:0xdf000008 Dev:0x11 Board:1 sst1InitRegisters(): …

Re: Faulty Voodoo 2?

Posted on 2019-01-01, 04:46

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Many thanks for the response, I ran the mojo.exe utility and get this output: https://i.imgur.com/qiuelGdl.jpg Below is the log file: sst1Init Routines: InitCode $Revision: 8 $ sst1InitMapBoard(): BoardsInSystem = 1 sst1InitMapBoard(): vAddr:0xde000000 pAddr:0xde000008 Dev:0xd Board:0 …

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