Re: Creative Sound Blaster PRO 2 (CT1600) and Mitsumi CD ROM?
Posted on Yesterday, 18:40
Classic 40 pin cable without a twist/tap (1:1) ? 80 "pin" ATA cables don't work, I believe.
Re: I'm really struggling with windows 98
Posted on Yesterday, 18:36
Ah thanks, conclusion is I'm just using too modern hardware. I do recall trying windows 98 on a pentium 3 733mhz, voodoo2 sli and a creative live and I had no issues which confirms the above. Our family PC in 2000 was a Pentium III 733 Mhz, too. It shipped with Windows 98SE, some nvidia graphics …
Re: Old scsi peripherals on modern PC?
Posted on Yesterday, 18:12
Hmm, so if I understand correctly, there is no easy way to connect a SCSI device to a more modern rig except for the USBXchange USB1.1? I wonder if it has any quality penalty except for lower speed? More or less, I guess. These old USB-SCSI dongles were primarily made to allow Macintosh users to …
Re: SATA optical drives - why no audio interface?
Posted on Yesterday, 13:05
Hi there. I think it's because by the time SATA was around, Windows had learned to playback music CDs directly (by reading the audio tracks and streaming the PCM data to soundcard). Previously, Windows merely told the CD-ROM drive to play back a certain audio track. This also worked in DOS, OS/2 and …
Re: Old scsi peripherals on modern PC?
Posted on Yesterday, 12:51
Beware. SCSI is a real bus, not just an HDD/CDD interface. Flat bed scanners used SCSI, too, for example. Adaptec USBXChange is an USB-SCSI converter dongle, I believe. But keep in mind that USB 1.x is slower than 8-Bit SCSI. Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APn4IhaYAlc
Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)
Posted on Yesterday, 11:20
Quick update. I'm making a little pause. 😴 There surely will be updates in near future, though. I have still some projects to complete. 🙂
Re: Help installing ESS Solo 1 in XP
Posted on 2023-06-05, 05:31
Hi. Did you try renaming ES1969.inf to es1969.inf ? Maybe there's an uppercase/lowercase problem. 🤷
Re: Edsun CEG (Continious Edge Graphics) RAM DAC
Posted on 2023-06-05, 02:54
Thank you. 🙂👍 User derSammler has a bit experience with CEG hardware, I believe. His Schneider VGA AT System 70 CEG has the CEG upgrade.: My Schneider AT Towers CEG would be extra nice on modern LCD monitors. 🙂 Aliasing makes things look so unpleasant.
Re: Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy
Posted on 2023-06-04, 14:55
anetanel wrote on 2023-06-04, 12:37: I'm out of ideas... Help? 😀 Super PC/Turbo XT BIOS 3.1 ? 🙂🤞
Re: Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy
Posted on 2023-06-04, 13:55
anetanel wrote on 2023-06-04, 12:37: I'm out of ideas... Help? 😀 2M-XBIOS? Good luck. 🙂🤞
Re: Windows 95 - memory leaks? Memory issues
Posted on 2023-05-29, 19:16
- Windows 95 (B/C) runs beautifully on Pentium/Pentium II/Pentium III era hardware, it is technically Windows 98 (or Win98 is Win95 with changes) No, it's not, even though it may look indeed that way. Windows 98/SE has an overhauled memory management (in the link it's being explained in detail). …
Re: "Doom" on Intellivision?
Posted on 2023-05-28, 18:29
@unknown Thanks for the ViC-20 tip. I've found an entry for the game here: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Vicdoom Here's a demoscene production for Intellivision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUx-f686Wg4 It's not faux, according to the comments. The graphic abilities of the '79 Intellivision were not …
Re: Noisy HDD. What other solutions are there?
Posted on 2023-05-28, 15:17
The thing is, I do remember HDD's being noisy back then, but this noisy? It makes my head hurt in a couple of minutes. Maybe there is something wrong with it, although it does seem to work fine. If it's merely the noise.. There are noise-dampers made of rubber. They keep the HDD's vibrations away …
Re: Windows 95 - memory leaks? Memory issues
Posted on 2023-05-28, 14:10
Hi there. I didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings here, my apologies if I did. 😥 I rather explained my point of view, which isn't necessarily correct. However, I also can't deny what I know/remember from back then. Windows 3.1 and Win32s were available to developers before Windows NT 3.1 and Windows …
Re: painting a Commodore 64
Posted on 2023-05-28, 12:13
Do you have a photo/s? Hi, yes. I've painted an old C64 just recently and remembered your question. Pictures attached. My other "works" are stored in cardboard boxes.. PS: The painting was done with cheap acrylic paint here, because I'm used to it. Automotive paint or another highwr quality paint …
Re: "Doom" on Intellivision
Posted on 2023-05-27, 14:46
You might need to alert that it is an April's fool joke when you post it on any other day... Ah, I see. Thanks! It wasn't obvious to me, really. I'm simply not used to April fools that simple, I guess. Or I simply don't unterstand US humor. 🤷♂️ It's a shame the author didn't at least try to work …
Re: The Joy of MMX
Posted on 2023-05-27, 14:12
MMX as a Matrix Math eXtension was useful for all sorts of DSP applications, I think. Unlike x87, it was using Integer. It was a fine complementary counterpart to x87. Both working together would have been awesome (I'm repeating myself, I know). Being a SIMD, MMX could multiply a set of values …
Re: The Joy of MMX
Posted on 2023-05-27, 08:39
kolderman wrote on 2023-05-27, 08:15: The joy of disabling the FPU. Yes, sadly. x87 and MMX would have been a nice duo if they could have worked in tandem. Too bad dual-CPU systems didn't support using X87 on one CPU and MMX on the other, simultaneously. That would have been interesting.
Re: Wacky Wheels with higher FPS?
Posted on 2023-05-27, 08:31
I think the same. Try fixed cycles, maybe. "Auto" uses higher cycles for Protected-Mode stuff, I vaguely remember. Like Windows 3. 1 or DOS games using DOS4GW. Skunny Kart or Whacky Wheels are Real-Mode, though. Maybe with 32-Bit i386 instructions mixed in. Try typing cycles=fixed 9000 at DOSBox …
Re: Did early sound cards actually process all the sound effects?
Posted on 2023-05-27, 06:57
The Amiga for example, had 4 independent mono channels that could pan to left/center/right and run at different sampling rates. Not quite accurate, Amiga has the 4 x channels, but the panning is two permamently panned to left and two to right, one cannot choose where a particular channel pans to. …
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