Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2022-05-13, 12:58

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by leonardo

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What about config file parameters to have it boot into DOS by default and then type “win” to have it boot into Win95 ? What config file parameters do you need for this ? ( autoexec.bat and config.sys ) I've now got your question covered in a new section called Tips & Tricks. See the appended …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2022-05-12, 13:45

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by leonardo

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2022-05-12, 11:38: What about config file parameters to have it boot into DOS by default and then type “win” to have it boot into Win95 ? What config file parameters do you need for this ? ( autoexec.bat and config.sys ) Good idea for an addendum! I have those notes somewhere …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2022-05-12, 09:42

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by leonardo

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More news for Windows 95-fans: It turns out there are some compatible beta drivers that enable us to use ATi Radeon series cards all the way up to the 9800-series (with a possible limitation of being only able to use Direct3D-rendering for games)! See this post from asdf53 for more details. …

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Re: Matrox G450 on Windows 95

Posted on 2022-05-11, 15:16

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by leonardo

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Did you install DirectX 7 before installing the video card drivers? I had not, but I gave it a shot. Still nothing. Maybe you have some rare revised/upgraded revision of the card and the older driver is missing the device IDs for it? Have you checked the contents of the .inf file for the older …

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Re: ATI Radeon 9200 AGP card in Windows 95?

Posted on 2022-05-11, 13:40

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by leonardo

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Wow... the previously linked driver confirmed working on Windows 95 OSR2 and a Radeon 9200 / 9600 Pro / 9700 Pro! Haven't tested OpenGL yet, but will report back. Even with just D3D, this is a huge win for some higher-end Windows 95 configs!

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Re: Windows 95 Build Question

Posted on 2022-05-10, 20:24

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by leonardo

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There's tons. ATi has the Rage-series (both PCI and AGP). Rage 128 Pro is probably on the faster end of all that. Anything with S3 plastered on it is period correct, if not always completely desirable. Matrox has the Mystique and Millennium series with the G200 likely being the top of what you'd see …

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Re: Matrox G450 on Windows 95

Posted on 2022-05-10, 18:14

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by leonardo

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I have a Matrox G450 I'd like to use on my P200 Windows 95 machine. Matrox still distributes the drivers, and says that 6.23 is the latest driver for Windows 95 https://www.matrox.com/cs/video/apps/drivers/graphics/previous/legacy/older_operating_system On a fresh install of Windows 95 OSR2.5, …

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Re: C&C on a 233MMX runs poorly

Posted on 2022-05-09, 21:16

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by leonardo

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I could not make C&C slow down on a P166 back in the day. There must be something wrong with the OP's config. Maybe the motherboard has no L2 cache? Some cheapo systems were shipped that way. Also, if you run the Windows 95-version, - this was back when DirectX was at like version 2.0 or 3.0, so …

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Re: ESS SOLO-1 configuration problem.

Posted on 2022-05-08, 15:07

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by leonardo

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I own 3 of these, all on ESS ES1938S chip and I was testing all 3 and I experience odd issues. On one of my machines it gets IRQ3 for PCI device and IRQs 5 3 5, on other devices it gets no IRQ for PCI and IRQs 5 1 5, in both situations I have SB music and no SB FX, any way to fix it? For some …

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Re: Day of the Tentacle keeps locking up - CPU too fast?

Posted on 2022-05-06, 22:02

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by leonardo

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This might sound all wrong, but since your computer is already too fast (we're talking about a game that's supposed to run in DOS on a 33 MHz CPU or something like that), you might as well just use ScummVM. I use it on Windows 95 for these really old games and it works swell, especially if you …

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Re: Having extreme difficulty with installing Windows on Pentium II retro build.

Posted on 2022-05-04, 20:53

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by leonardo

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... - Startech IDE to CompactFlash card (8GB). ... Did you use the Win95/98 FDISK to partition the CompactFlash Card with a FAT32 primary partition? If you have OSR2, FDISK will ask if you want to enable large disk support when you run it. If you have the original release of 95, it will not support …

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Re: Ports and connectors missing on a salvage mobo (ASUS TXP4)

Posted on 2022-04-19, 09:58

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by leonardo

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note that the two connector options you posted are mutually exclusive. If you find the original USB/MIR bracket, all the better - that should be rather straightforward. If not, there's the PS2 parallel combo thats also proprietary ASUS, the other manual snippet. But, if you'd like to use any other …

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Re: Ports and connectors missing on a salvage mobo (ASUS TXP4)

Posted on 2022-04-18, 21:11

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by leonardo

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There are lots of these on Ebay, but you'd need to add the missing components to have a PS/2 port. I was going to go for the one with the PS/2 and IrDA-ports already present, since that seems to be easier. However I ran into some unexpected trouble today. I tried swapping the EDO SIMM-modules …

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Re: Ports and connectors missing on a salvage mobo (ASUS TXP4)

Posted on 2022-04-16, 20:44

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by leonardo

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On mine I never bothered to find serial or parallel port connectors since I never use either, but I used the basic PS/2 and USB adapters found on Ebay instead (some rewiring may be necessary but it is easily done). Or you could buy one of these - the price is right, but the shipping they charge is …

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Ports and connectors missing on a salvage mobo (ASUS TXP4)

Posted on 2022-04-16, 17:54

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by leonardo

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I recently came upon a junker on the way to the graveyard and decided to look into what it was and if I could give it a new life as someone's retro-hobby. The mystery rig would not POST, but the motherboard had both AT- and ATX-power cable sockets so I plugged it into a spare PSU I had lying around …

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Re: In-game AVIs - no video

Posted on 2022-04-08, 21:14

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by leonardo

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I hate it when something like this goes unsolved. "Reinstall Windows" isn't the type of advice people like to hear... At least you fixed the problem. Well yeah I agree. I only reinstalled Windows because I had to, not to "fix" my problem. I'm just hoping that once I have everything back on the …

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Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?

Posted on 2022-04-07, 19:19

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by leonardo

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The Pretender

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Re: In-game AVIs - no video

Posted on 2022-04-07, 16:38

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by leonardo

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I hate it when something like this goes unsolved. "Reinstall Windows" isn't the type of advice people like to hear... At least you fixed the problem.

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-04-06, 10:04

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by leonardo

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Your answers leave nothing to be desired. 😀

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Re: Voodoo 3 problem with 3D Mark 2000

Posted on 2022-04-05, 22:18

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by leonardo

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No, I'm most definitely using 3D Mark 2000. First benchmark is a military helicopter (Apache?) and the second is the medieval town. I don't know where I got that dragon part from but I clearly remember it from the past. Weird... The 3DMark2K medieval town has no dragon, it's just a fly-through. The …

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