Re: Looking for a CP look alike Mod Player

Posted on 2015-09-02, 04:34

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Found a forum posting with this same question. http://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=10259 The OP claims he eventually found XTC-PLAY by the demogroup Sanction serves as a good replacement for it and even OpenCP. https://files.scene.org/view/demos/groups/sanction/xtcp097c.zip http://i61.tinypic.com/ …

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Re: Covox Sound Master Reverse Engineering / Replica

Posted on 2014-08-28, 23:35

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GAL16V8-25LNC (x1) (whoever can contact someone who used to work at Covox try and see if we can get the programming information needed for that one) Well, I found this: http://doc.chipfind.ru/lattice/gal16v825lnc.htm If no one from Covox has any information, perhaps one could contact someone from …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-08-24, 07:34

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http://i58.tinypic.com/2extpx0.jpg This is my current workspace in the corner of my bedroom. Clipped desklamp is quite useful when working on the innards of the machines. Hanging from it is a cheap monaural headset microphone. http://i59.tinypic.com/2q8wsqc.jpg My main/modern rig is underneath the …

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Re: Diamonds in the rough (a.k.a. some trash finds)

Posted on 2014-08-24, 06:44

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http://i57.tinypic.com/9zlzwh.jpg Had some trash finds recently myself. Also have yet to test them. 32MB Matrox G450 DualHead AGP 3Com Etherlink XL PCI 10/100 BASE-T4 NIC 16MB 3DFx Voodoo 3 3000 AGP (already have a couple, though) 4MB Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 [S3 ViRGE/325] PCI (already have one as …

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Re: What would be a nice, cheap joystick for DOS games?

Posted on 2014-08-14, 03:21

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I personally use the Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro Plus. Got it a thrift store a couple years ago for $3 USD. Thrift stores are a great place to look for DB-15 controllers. Has rudder and POV hat. 8 usable buttons in game. Surprisingly solid, as with many other SideWinders. MS seems to make better …

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Re: Is it just me, or do the DOS versions of Elite suck?

Posted on 2014-08-01, 01:15

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It is very good to document these bugs and ways to build source ports in general. Have you tried the "cycle accurate" PCem to play Elite? Edit: also, is Oolite comparable to the original Elite versions? I agree, and I may try that. Love Sarah's PCem. Will compile the latest bitbucket snapshot later …

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Re: Is it just me, or do the DOS versions of Elite suck?

Posted on 2014-07-31, 09:40

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:) Used allegro 4.2.3. I believe the 4.2 branch or lower is dos compatible, though perhaps there is a WIP code base for 4.2. After compiling allegro, then I modified the newkind makefile-linux file so LIBS conformed to the dos based allegro library. I don't recall making other changes. I would …

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Re: Is it just me, or do the DOS versions of Elite suck?

Posted on 2014-07-31, 09:04

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Please test the attached binary that I compiled with djgpp. Holy crap, it actually worked! Well, for the most part. The original source release claimed it needed some W.I.P build of Allegro, did you use that, or was it fine with the latest from DJ Delories FTP? Also, besides removing references to …

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Re: Is it just me, or do the DOS versions of Elite suck?

Posted on 2014-07-31, 02:02

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They sure did. Although there are a lot of worthwhile space flight games for DOS, none seem to have the trading/economic element that Elite had, nor did you often have the chance to just cruise around in space, relaxed. Don't get me wrong, action is great, though! :happy: The Frontier games were as …

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Re: What kind of music do you guys listen to when working on computers?

Posted on 2014-07-18, 09:10

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Chiptunes, tracker music, MIDI music (mostly from games). Right now I'm listening to my YM tunes collection. Very nice :happy: Same here for the most part. I have a lot of Protracker and Scream Tracker III modules from BBS archives on cd.textfiles.com Also a variety of MIDIs, ranging from game …

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Re: Novell Netware and networking in DOS with ISA NIC

Posted on 2014-07-13, 02:18

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That Delta chip is just a DC-DC converter (inefficient too, ~75%), so the manufacturer can likely have replaced it with whatever was available and matched the specs. The LAN7236 is just the magnetics / lowpass filter package, also as generic as it gets. To really know what model ethernet controller …

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Re: Novell Netware and networking in DOS with ISA NIC

Posted on 2014-07-12, 16:39

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Word of warning NE2000 is just a standard and some manufactures did a better job then others at compatible so if you can find the actual card's drivers you may have better luck. I did a quick google on Delta LANF7236G and found this page http://forums.justlinux.com/showthread.php?119553-Getting- …

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Re: Novell Netware and networking in DOS with ISA NIC

Posted on 2014-07-12, 06:06

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Looking at the NDS NLM management tools, it seems a lot more pleasant to work with than Windows Active Directory. Anyway, probably should have mentioned, but there is an RJ-45 jack right next to the BNC connector. Could the RJ-45 be for 1BASE5/StarLAN? I hope not, thats even slower than 10BASE2.

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Novell Netware and networking in DOS with ISA NIC

Posted on 2014-07-12, 05:23

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Hopefully Marvin is okay for this, being older PC related. I've recently been messing around with Novell DOS 7, which is a variant of DR-DOS bundled with Personal NetWare and some other additions. Its a tad difficult to get full advantage of its networking capabilities, because you not only have to …

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Re: Best Linux for 386 class machine.

Posted on 2014-06-02, 17:19

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Missed out on sliderider's post earlier, and turns out he is right. Debian hasn't supported 386 chips since Sarge. The "i386" distribution ships with i486 and i686 kernels and packages. I also hear problems about kernels newer than 2.6.18 on 386es having panics and dumping out exceptions when …

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Re: My COMPAQ Proliant 2500 beast

Posted on 2014-06-01, 07:27

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Oh my.... This is a beautiful system. I would love to have something like this. You should probably go with Windows NT 4 Workstation. DOS and 9x won't take full advantage of the hardware you have. Sure, you won't have much in terms of Direct3D acceleration (forget about the unofficial DX5 patch, it …

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Re: Best Linux for 386 class machine.

Posted on 2014-05-30, 17:09

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Kernel 3.8x dropped support for the i386. Also, most mainstream distros ship with the kernel compiled for either i486 or i686, so you may have to compile the kernel yourself. In addition, although X.Org can and will run on a 386, it will not run very well, even with possible hardware acceleration ( …

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Re: ASUS I-A16C Sound Blaster Vibra 16C

Posted on 2014-04-08, 17:16

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The Asus OEM card has a different stereo audio amplifier than the Creative one. The one on the Asus, manufactured by STMicroelectronics, has support for a gain of 45dB, where as the one on the Creative is only 20dB. However, that doesn't necessarily mean one has higher output quality then the other. …

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Re: Yamaha YGV611 & YGV612

Posted on 2014-04-05, 21:19

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These look pretty neat! Any info on OpenGL compatibility or performance? Or perhaps a comparison with other cards at the time such as 3dlabs GLINT? Interesting piece of hardware. Thanks for the info, NitroX and Stiletto!

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Re: Can you identify this Geforce 256 SDR from any known brand or is it really just OEM?

Posted on 2014-03-03, 04:30

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It's a Prolink PixelView GeForce 256 (Model MVGA-NVG256AL) Pretty obscure Taiwan brand. http://www.prolink-usa.com/english/driver/vga.html

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