Re: A question about speed

Posted on 2009-07-13, 17:21

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by archsan

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The problem with trying to mimic the speed of specific CPUs (as I'm sure has already been mentioned) is that some operations are faster than others on different CPUs, and DOSBox doesn't try to emulate that difference. Yes--i have not familiarized myself with the DOSBox way of emulation. And i …

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Re: A MONSTER arrives... HELP (me build a DOS box!)

Posted on 2009-07-13, 10:19

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by archsan

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update news... "ANOTHER -- :oops: -- TWO OTHER MONSTERS HAVE ARRIVED!" One Monster Sound MX300 came today in a neat little white box package. Very clean and in good form. Very cheap too at $5 ($14 total shipping from Northport, NY). Great item, great seller. Along with the former Monster, a Monster …

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Re: A question about speed

Posted on 2009-07-13, 08:36

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by archsan

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Unfortunately my Athlon system seems unable to disable the L1 cache with the BIOS setting 'disable internal cache', as it remains way too fast. Shame. I never tried it too with Athlon or P4. I also read that Intel Pentium II, III, IV, Celeron, Xeon + VIA C3 CPUs are factory programmed (locked) for …

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Re: A question about speed

Posted on 2009-07-13, 08:32

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by archsan

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::syndicate hijack start:: That is a nice syndicate website indeed. Good to see such websites are not all gone as the games grow older. Agreed. Best presentation i've seen so far from dedicated fans, of any title. And then rumour has it that EA is going to revive the franchise :shocked: That--after …

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Re: A question about speed

Posted on 2009-07-12, 11:20

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by archsan

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I've tested the four titles i mentioned previously: just found an old EA Games bonus CD-ROM from my old SB16 containing... PAGAN/Ultima VIII, Syndicate, Strike Commander, and WC2!! This CD is a gem. Four CLASSICS in one! The catch with these titles is that you have to properly setup your memory in …

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Re: A question about speed

Posted on 2009-07-12, 10:31

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by archsan

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no one's rushing us... 😀

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Re: Yet More Complementary System Parts Questions

Posted on 2009-07-12, 10:30

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by archsan

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retro games 100 wrote: good post. 😀 FWD to those MSFN guys, they rock! I just happened to know the keywords to google it out 😁 I've never used my ol' Audigy for DOS myself so i may give it a try too.

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Re: A question about speed

Posted on 2009-07-12, 10:23

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by archsan

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retro games 100 wrote: ...so in theory a slow P2 would probably be ideal, but I've not tried that yet. What P3 you're using? If the multiplier is low enough maybe you can use 66MHz bus?

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Re: Yet More Complementary System Parts Questions

Posted on 2009-07-12, 06:27

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by archsan

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I don't really get what you're asking for, but these may give you a start, if you got lost in google... :happyhappy: A review which clearly says it has out-of-the-box support for Windows 98SE. If you're looking for good examples of EAX, find titles that support EAX AdvancedHD--a good example is JK2: …

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Re: A question about speed

Posted on 2009-07-12, 05:30

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by archsan

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Also discovered: with a no-cd patch, and copying all installed files(+rest off the CD), you can actually get a portable/archivable retail version. :happyhappy: Hey...:happyhappy: bestemor, that's what we (me at least :)) 're looking for. So it's a 1999 game, DirectX 6, Pentium-class (300MHz …

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Re: DOS problem with SB16 Vibra CT4170 and Monster 3D

Posted on 2009-07-11, 18:21

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by archsan

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Oh yeah, forgot to mention, since i moved the SB to last slot, it went back auto to the usual 220h, IRQ 5, DMA 1, MIDI 330h... which of course is NOT THAT IMPORTANT... 😀 oh well, i should get a sleep...

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Re: DOS problem with SB16 Vibra CT4170 and Monster 3D

Posted on 2009-07-11, 18:04

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by archsan

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You're right gerwin, thanks a lot! So it's just memory problem after all. I tried booting without EMM386 and now with Syndicate, when i do the explosion and quit, the sound will continue at the start of the next in-game mission, but won't lead to crash. The WC installer now runs fine too. I had …

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Re: DOS problem with SB16 Vibra CT4170 and Monster 3D

Posted on 2009-07-11, 17:39

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by archsan

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OK, i will try that, but i should have pointed it before, that when i forgot to enable EMS with EMM386, i had the in-game sound quickly disappear.

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Re: DOS problem with SB16 Vibra CT4170 and Monster 3D

Posted on 2009-07-11, 17:24

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by archsan

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Sorry, have been messing with the soundcard--i plugged it back to the same slot (2nd of 3), but the BIOS didn't detect it. Same with the other slot--i thought it was dead, so i plugged it to the third slot carefully, and the BIOS found it--phew... (got no spare card at this moment). I also tried …

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Re: DOS problem with SB16 Vibra CT4170 and Monster 3D

Posted on 2009-07-11, 15:09

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by archsan

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Thanks, i've tried pulling the soundcard out, and the mojo.exe problem still there. That's not a major problem though. I'm trying now running the soundcard without the Monster 3D, even though i doubt the Monster to be the problem, as Voodoo add-on cards use no IRQ.

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DOS (memory) problem

Posted on 2009-07-11, 14:39

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by archsan

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Hi everyone, I played with DOS on my P3 PC for a while, and I frequently get hangs or crashes/failures with this message "CPU Error. Incorrect opcode. Killing process." in these cases: 1) When trying to run mojo.exe from Diamond Monster 3D driver package version 1.08. With another version of mojo ( …

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Re: A general question about VIA chipsets

Posted on 2009-07-09, 05:53

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by archsan

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So it's a "general question about VIA chipsets"-- for any processor , isn't it? I had a socket A ABIT KT7-RAID, 750MHz T-bird Athlon, (with Audigy SB0090 installed) as my main system for a quite a while.. and it was fine. I'd build it again right now if i had the parts. If you are considering to …

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Re: Why build a 486 system?

Posted on 2009-07-07, 11:08

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by archsan

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Luckily i was too young to have fond memories of the 386 (and later 486) PC my father had for work at home in the early 90's. All i remember is just some Frogger, Pac-Man, then the mysterious Who Framed Roger Rabbit (was it a visual bug that prevent me from playing through?), me and my neighbor …

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Re: Slowing a P2 on 440LX: 120/60MHz, 100/50MHz possible?

Posted on 2009-07-07, 10:45

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by archsan

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...XP runs now with the clock of an ISA Slot! That was hilarious indeed. That jackbomb guy from that 180MHz Vista PC link was using P2-300, which i guess is similar to leileilol's 233MHz Klamath story on the BX thread (3.0x limit). I bet your Deschutes, for example, would do a better job here. I …

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Slowing a P2 on 440LX: 120/60MHz, 100/50MHz possible?

Posted on 2009-07-07, 05:35

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by archsan

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I read my old ASUS P2L-B manual and it shows 60MHz FSB setting. So, if you want to slowdown a P2 (Deschutes), 440LX seem to be a better choice than 440BX, since most of BX boards only support 66MHz bus at the minimum. Then I came to this THG review of 440LX boards while searching for viable 440LX …

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