Re: NetWare - Ultimate Retro File Sharing?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 22:04

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RJDog wrote: Very likely (if not, exactly) the reason many DOS games of the time uses IPX as LAN multiplayer protocol. I never played through network card at Dos, had these games whole IPX stack everytime inbuild or you have to have already something (network driver, Netware) installed?

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Re: Dos / Dosbox / Dos VMs TCPIP ethernet networking guide - WIP, help needed

Posted on 2018-08-17, 20:15

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I almost read all articles which i found for my research and it seems that i even in comparison to other retro stuff they are outdated and i nowhere find anything about networking with new OSes (except FTP client / server which is running everywhere). I would say im still in middle (reading almost …

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Re: NetWare - Ultimate Retro File Sharing?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 19:59

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is there any valid comparison that would show how netware outperforms the other solutions? or what is meant by "much more lightweight than their competitors"? I doubt it because mTCP take afaik just take ~10KB of conventional memory, if is Netware better it has to be about features. I think that …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2018-08-17, 15:20

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Srandista wrote: Conroe865PE is not similar at all. Common, its blue MB from Asrock for Core 2, its enough.

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2018-08-17, 15:16

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Card without drivers, i wonder for what it is good for? I know there some modern program, which have only sound card stacks.. and maybe some music programs.. but as far i understand it, it will work with games, am i right?

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2018-08-17, 13:20

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I wonder if exist good unofficial bios for similar Asrock Conroe865PE i have few issues with it: - no Quad core support - i see 4 GB of ram in bios (4x1GB), but at boot screen i have only 3GB, i 64bit OSes too - integrated sata controller - is working only with enhanced mod, otherwise is not able to …

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Re: Its possible to get VIA PT880 chipset more than 2 GB of RAM? + VGA GEN1 Bioses.

Posted on 2018-08-17, 11:07

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Thx, unofficial Bios that is music for my ears.. in like to flash Bios with unofficial in the morning :) BTW, could you please try ESS Solo-1 on very similar board (4CoreDual-SATA2) in Win 98? I'm able to get sound on DOS 7.1, but not in Win 98 :-/ ESS-Solo 1 is exactly did i brother with this board …

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Its possible to get VIA PT880 chipset more than 2 GB of RAM? + VGA GEN1 Bioses, Multiboot debugging

Posted on 2018-08-17, 10:30

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I found at home Core 2 MB with VIA PT880 Ultra chipset: https://www.asrock.com/mb/via/4coredual-vsta/#Specification at first look it nice for retro PC - Core 2 Quad support, lost of slots etc.. but in specs is max. RAM only 2 GB, i tried the luck is not only problem of too old manual, but when i …

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Re: Gameport devices changing PC speed?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 09:01

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I have tried to this fix on my X58 machine (floppy version) with which im able to make 97% of 170 dos games working with Yamaha or Vortex1 soundcard, details: https://docs.zoho.com/sheet/published.do?rid=8mn7n8efd4da1b3034db1a04bf92a9209e034 I can with it go ingame, intro is playing with music on …

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Re: VMWare Player 5 + DOS Guest OS +...MIDI?

Posted on 2018-08-16, 21:46

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6 years later is still the same with Vmware Workstation 12.5, i found post where some Vmware employee is writing that he is doign it in spare time: https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2014/06/06 … #comment-200869

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Re: Vogons Post editor -add bookmark(archor) element would help a lot.

Posted on 2018-08-16, 20:19

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Stiletto wrote: Sure, but so can you! 🤣 Lets make a deal, i will not use this ugly hack, when you will contact Qbix:) From experience request from old member has better chance. cyclone3d: Thanks.

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Re: Vogons Post editor -add bookmark(archor) element would help a lot.

Posted on 2018-08-16, 18:55

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You misunderstand that this is something we coded in HTML/PHP. Vogons is instead a phpBB forum. You could always go to lowlevel, its more than 10 when is did something with phpBB, but i think that is possible in essense it still generating html. Anchors can be added as custom BBCode on phpBB 3.0+ …

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Re: Dos / Dosbox TCPIP ethernet networking guide - WIP, help needed

Posted on 2018-08-16, 13:34

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I have tested Broadcom 5721 with alternative shim - Caldera one its the same as with ODIPKT.COM v3.1 from Dan Lanciani. Here is driver installation output looks fine: Lsl: Novell Link Support Layer for DOS ODI v2.20 (960401) (c) Copyright 1990 - 1996, by Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. BUFFERS 6 …

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Re: Runtime error R6003 integer divide by 0 - real Fix for fast CPUs, no slowdown workaround..

Posted on 2018-08-16, 13:28

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Clipper is also mentioned i first post, i could make mistake by i tried to find this pattern in problematic games and no match. I personally mean that is because there not using clipper / there is more pattern to make this error to happen.

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Re: Gameport devices changing PC speed?

Posted on 2018-08-16, 11:35

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I know that this thread is old.. but i hope that someone who reads that you make to solve same problem with other games and perhaps it would be possible to write some patcher. Here is my thread with other problematic *.exes attached.. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=61677&p=689973# …

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Re: Runtime error R6003 integer divide by 0 - real Fix for fast CPUs, no slowdown workaround..

Posted on 2018-08-16, 11:26

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Roman78: Runtime 200 is solvable i did link to my package of solvers in first top, this thread is really about other error. Rawit: Thanks, i tried to search for such thread before my post.. lets hope that other games would be possible to fix too.

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Vogons Post editor -add bookmark(archor) element would help a lot.

Posted on 2018-08-16, 08:38

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Help, i missing one important feature in Vogons posts editor and that is bookmark.. When you trying to make longer post and some tutorials, some direct link to same part of text would be really helpful, to save a time and improve navigation experience (now when i want to "link it" - i have to give …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2018-08-15, 20:37

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I thing that its emulation SB Pro T4/T5, that is 8bit (lowdma) so there shouldnt be high dma at all its for 16bit cards. I know that somehow some games (Blood) are able to use it 16bit (or at least setup look like) on these card to, but only some.. or i dont fully understand how it works. Cards with …

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Re: NetWare - Ultimate Retro File Sharing?

Posted on 2018-08-15, 16:12

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Can somebody pleas point out Netware main advantages for Pure Dos? Does it have some multitasking workaround to remotely add or read data when user is doign something else that sit before some now - you can transfer files program screen, through some clever TSR etc? Or could it access to modern …

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Re: DOS 7.1 How to replace primary executable for command, which has executable as part of system, without real file replace

Posted on 2018-08-15, 15:21

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Hmm, if order would be bat > exe , it would be easy to create new bat to fix it. If path is not solution, maybe is there something for hiding the files, or virtually replace file name for 1 session or other workaround. I dont want to physically rewire or rename files, because you using same …

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