Re: Can I use a joystick and roland sc-55 at the same time by using SB16Vibra?

Posted on 2020-10-31, 11:17

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The DE15 connector was originally intended for interfacing the gameport only (in a PC). Electrically and logically, the MPU-401 and the gameport are two separate devices. They merely share that mechanical connector. Which means, that gameport spiltter cables likely do not care about the MIDI part ( …

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Re: HP T5710 windows 98 build

Posted on 2020-10-30, 19:19

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What about a stand-alone DOS, like Caldera DOS, FreeDOS or IBM DOS 7/2000? Does it work the same in this case as MS-DOS 7.x does? I have a working FreeDOS installation. It detects USB flash drives as ordinary hard drives, provided that they have been plugged in before the BIOS POST. Hi! Thanks a …

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Re: Floppy Disk DISK.ID

Posted on 2020-10-30, 19:16

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I am lost as well how do you install sb pro 2.0 drivers from a gotek floppy? The drive id is different and you cannot change the default floppy000 If you flash your Gotek with the FlashFloppy firmware you can just copy the image files to the USB drive directly, and the original label from the image …

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Re: HP T5710 windows 98 build

Posted on 2020-10-30, 08:01

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by Jo22

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What about a stand-alone DOS, like Caldera DOS, FreeDOS or IBM DOS 7/2000? Does it work the same in this case as MS-DOS 7.x does?

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Re: Text wrap in Infocom games-Please help

Posted on 2020-10-29, 08:49

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Hi! Speaking of alternative interpreters, there are also WinFrotz and Winfocom for Windows. At least the latter one can run on Windows 3.1 also, which in turn can run inside of DOSBox.. It's of course not as nostalgic as running the original Z-Machine interpreter, though. :( On the bright side, …

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Re: Getting graphical artifacts in a few games.

Posted on 2020-10-28, 07:39

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Quick update. I tested the game on an HP Thin Client. It runs Win98SE and has a Transmeta CPU and an ATI Rage XL on-board. DirectX is v8. 1. Interestingly, the effects seem to work just fine, but Jaruu rotates.. Maybe DirectX 9 automagically fixes this somehow? I tested in 400x300 and 640x480 pels …

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Re: MSDOS,Win 98, and New Deal Office issues with USB MOUSE and Keyboard.

Posted on 2020-10-27, 15:38

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I second that. In addition, PC GEOS can use both MS-Mouse mice drivers for DOS, as well as its own mice drivers. If you like, you can install USB mice drivers in DOS. They need more conventional memory than normal mice drivers, though. Here's an old thread with some USB mice drivers, for example. - …

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Re: Questions about Bios in low and high files

Posted on 2020-10-27, 06:07

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by Jo22

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"WinHex" hex editor also has several options to interleave, merge, split binary files. It works even in the shareware/trial version.

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Re: MT32-PI and Roland UM-ONE

Posted on 2020-10-25, 14:27

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FISHERMAN wrote on 2020-10-24, 20:35: Finally I was not doing anything wrong ....updated to o.62 and voilas!! Happy gaming I can confirm, no lame excuse. USB MIDI was broken for a moment (6 to 6.2).

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Re: Is there a way to make MS-DOS 6.22 prefer .bat to .exe?

Posted on 2020-10-24, 18:08

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It's a matter of the command line interpreter (CLI) . By default, DOS uses command.com, which uses this order: .com .exe .bat On Windows, there's PATHEXT= variable, also. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/605101/order-in-which-command-prompt-executes-files-with-the-same-name-a-bat-vs-a-cmd You may …

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Re: Some questions about a Hercules card

Posted on 2020-10-24, 17:56

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I suppose the CG jumper is not about "CGA" though, as other posters guessed, but is used to switch between the internal character set and the external character generator ROM. I think the same. The card's IC likely contains the standard CP437 code page already. The EPROM is meant to hold a copy of …

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Re: Why can't I send private messages?

Posted on 2020-10-24, 17:16

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15? 25? 42?

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Re: Soms is het beeld monochrome met mijn rident tvga 9000b

Posted on 2020-10-24, 16:57

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I never (rarely) got a Trident 9000 to work, either. 🙁 Had got several 8900s that worked fine, though. Edit: Re: Newer CRT On Pentium WIN95 PC... Anything I Need To Know?

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Re: MT32-PI and Roland UM-ONE

Posted on 2020-10-24, 08:23

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Is that Roland cable correctly connected? Re: Roland MT-32, CM-32L + General MIDI for $50 Building a MIDI box

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Re: Best and most compact compiler to build Freedos Kernel etc.

Posted on 2020-10-24, 05:37

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Good to hear! I also read that handbook from time to time, by the way. It's both entertaining and informative. And oddly, holds true still in many cases. ;) I'm just curious how the UPX compression works. Is the compression only relevant for file size on disk, or does it also affect program size …

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Re: Is old windows 95 software rare nowadays?

Posted on 2020-10-23, 14:34

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Software that was common in the era when computers were already ubiquitous consumer products just can't be rare. You're right. Normally not, no. Though it was very time consuming and tricky to track down older Win32s compatible versions of popular software. I experienced this myself when I started …

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Re: Direct3D gaming with a PCI videocard on an AMD K6-2 platform on windows 98se

Posted on 2020-10-23, 14:13

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Hi, I'd like to help, but my experience with 3D accelerators is limited. The FX5200, though, is something had experience with. I used it many years ago for my sister's PC, so she could get Win 7 running in Aero Glass mode (needs Shader Model 2). From what I can tell, the card is/was quite compatible …

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Re: Is old windows 95 software rare nowadays?

Posted on 2020-10-23, 07:44

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I came across some old win95 software from 1995-1997 on one of my burned CDs. It was from time period when I was a bad pirate. It made me wonder if someone does archive this kind of old software or if it is hard to find these kinds of software still? I recognized at least these software on the CD: …

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Re: Favorite win3.1 software?

Posted on 2020-10-22, 08:59

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Non gaming software... I miss some screen savers like After Dark , but I don't miss others like "Chickens from Hell" or "Hey, Macaroni". Ah, yes, good ol' Rhode Island Soft Systems . I remember their "Hollyear vs Teethson" screen saver too. Different times. Cool! I'm too young for After Dark I …

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Re: Planning to install SSD in my Windows 98 machine. Help, advice, suggestions, etc.?

Posted on 2020-10-21, 15:40

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@jmarsh fsutils of XP doesn't show "Bytes Per Physical Sector :" ; likely because the OS always expected 512, so it wasn't mentioned. 4ksectordiskwith512emulation.png 512ermwsteps.png Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/advanced-format-disk-compatibility-update It also …

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