Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2024-05-24, 01:43

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by gerwin

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I'm thinking of modding one of my Tillamook 266 CPUs, but after skimming through the thread, it's still unclear to me if the 4x multiplier mod would actually lock it to 4x (as in, without the possibility of selecting lower multipliers, which would be unacceptable to me). FYI, I'd like to use it on …

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Re: Terminal Velocity/Fury3/Hellbender modern port WIP

Posted on 2024-05-22, 19:51

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by gerwin

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You'll be happy to know that TerminalFury supports SideWinder joysticks. In fact, it's what I use during development. The Sidewinder 3D Pro to be specific, with a USB converter. Good to hear that. It is also ironic that the Boosted Edition malfunctions in this way (since the last patch, that is), …

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Re: Terminal Velocity/Fury3/Hellbender modern port WIP

Posted on 2024-05-13, 16:43

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by gerwin

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Glad to see your project is still going. I thought maybe it had fused with the "boosted edition". From what I see your version adds many neat features. And since the boosted edition does not like my Sidewinder Joystick, it is good to have another option in the future.

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Re: AMD Radeon R7 250 Dell Windows xp question

Posted on 2024-05-07, 16:51

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by gerwin

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There is a power saving feature called "Link State Power Management". Or what I tend to call PCI-Express Lane idling. Meaning that what you see in that GPU-Z field changes according to workload. I once had a combination of Motherboard and Geforce GT 710 that did not quite work well in this regard. …

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Re: No sound from wavetable header on CT2290 in MS-DOS

Posted on 2024-05-01, 14:19

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by gerwin

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I figured it out! For some reason, this sound card just does not like the first daughterboard I was trying it with (DreamBlaster x16GS). As soon as I switched over to the other daughterboard I have on hand, the DreamBlaster X2GS SE, it instantly started working. Maybe some kind of power delivery …

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Re: Why The Internet Archive Is In Danger Right Now...

Posted on 2024-04-30, 19:00

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by gerwin

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Was thinking. Why didn't they (archive.org) separate the low risk and the high risk services? Put it in separate organizations, like three parts: The website page-crawling, the book related things and the user uploads. That last part will taint the website archive, and possibly make things go down …

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Re: VOGONS github

Posted on 2024-04-30, 18:00

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by gerwin

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Some time ago I tried 1oom-fork-v1.8.0. But I am having trouble configuring it to my previous preference, regarding starmap versus GUI scale. The starmap remains in the same resolution as the GUI, instead of a more zoomed out view of previous 1oom enhanced editions. I tried a bunch of settings …

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Re: Installing soundcard dos drivers

Posted on 2024-04-01, 15:49

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by gerwin

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The sound card looks very similar to a Terratec Maestro 16. The Terratec has a Compumedia ASC-9308 controller chip. This site lists "AD-based card Drivers: Win 9x" for it. That package has a DOS installer inside called GSetup.exe. https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/Manufacturers/terratec.php

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Re: Lin-Lin adapter documentation

Posted on 2024-03-29, 05:35

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by gerwin

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There is only one slotket that can transform VCC supply voltage, it is from PowerLeap. All other slotkets and stacked Lin-Lin adapters can only do one thing in that regard: Send a voltage request signal to the Motherboard regulator at computer startup. And then assume the motherboard obeys, and …

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Re: Dune II Refuses to Run on Win98SE

Posted on 2024-03-28, 19:58

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by gerwin

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I removed SBEINIT and EMM386 and it lets me run the game with OPL music and the closest I got was it saying "Dune" at the title screen (without the subtitle despite using the US version), and then no other digital sounds after that. I later found out that this was because I'd removed the SET …

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Re: Lin-Lin adapter documentation

Posted on 2024-03-28, 17:50

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by gerwin

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Ok so no matter what slotket is plugged into the motherboard, VSS always reads 1.57v. I think maybe it goes to the proper voltage when under load? There is only one slotket that can transform VCC supply voltage, it is from PowerLeap. All other slotkets and stacked Lin-Lin adapters can only do one …

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Re: Dune II Refuses to Run on Win98SE

Posted on 2024-03-28, 16:47

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by gerwin

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I'm running a dual sound card setup with a SB Live! Value for Windows games and General MIDI (and certain DOS games like Jazz Jackrabbit and Epic Pinball) and a SB Vibra16 for DOS and FM Synth stuff. I've been setting all the sound device stuff for Dune II to Sound Blaster Pro (there's no SB16 …

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Re: Dune II Refuses to Run on Win98SE

Posted on 2024-03-28, 01:32

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by gerwin

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I did some tests. With normal means I can run and play Dune2, with sound and music, from within Windows 98, with these conditions: - Set music to FM. Do not set it to Roland General Midi, for it will require even more base memory, and fail at startup. - As I wrote earlier I do not use EMM386 here. …

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Re: Dune II Refuses to Run on Win98SE

Posted on 2024-03-26, 17:55

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by gerwin

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IIRC Windows 9x does not need Emm386 to emulate EMS memory. So you could even remove it from autoexec.bat. I had to habit to configure my systems to boot into real mode DOS, without EMM386. (EMM386 sets the processor in protected mode already) Then running Dune 2 from within Windows 98, to supply it …

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Re: "Miles" Sound Updates

Posted on 2024-02-01, 20:47

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by gerwin

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But the issue is, that the new setsound.exe does not update the sound.cfg of the game. So when I start the game, it will still use whatever was saved there. I guess it will use the other new files now. But unfortunately it makes no difference in how it sounds. That is true for both setups. You got …

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Re: ESS Solo-1 DOS Compatibility Testing on Multiple Systems

Posted on 2024-01-28, 17:18

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by gerwin

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I find it odd that this affects the Yucatan FX since it's a modern clone of the Cancun FX. Although maybe this was an issue with the original as well? Unfortunately I don't have an original to compare with. Cancun FX behaved the same as DB50XG in that regard. As was written in the old 2007 topic …

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Re: ESS Solo-1 DOS Compatibility Testing on Multiple Systems

Posted on 2024-01-28, 02:36

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by gerwin

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The wavetable header is stereo reversed. I imagine the card could modded similar to the Yamaha Audician 32 to correct this issue, but I haven't attempted it yet. Note that these two well-known daughterboards have their stereo left and right wired differently: Yamaha DB50XG Roland SCB-7 So it …

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Re: Anyone use a Terratec Maestro?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 19:37

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by gerwin

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16/95 is a completely different chipset, you need drivers for that specifically. Odd thing is that I did open the driver package, that I linked to in the other thread, and I noticed '924' in the file names. Which would match the Opti 82C 924 chip. Still no joy... Again, I don't have this card, so …

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Re: Intel GMA 500 for retro, what can and can't be done? XP lowest? PowerVR useful?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 19:32

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by gerwin

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Imho the problem for Intel was most probably the lack of a time updated own GPU which let the early Atoms totally alone without a better GPU acceleration even for the new 2D GUIs before 3D gaming. Also if I remember correctly some SGX version didn't even have the old style 2D acceleration but more …

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Re: Intel GMA 500 for retro, what can and can't be done? XP lowest? PowerVR useful?

Posted on 2024-01-26, 18:57

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by gerwin

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What about an S1-AT5NM10E? Atom D525 with Nvidia Ion 2 (I think it was 2) graphics. No clue about W98 drivers, but everything works under XP if I recall correctly. Lets see if that can take on the E-350.... Nope. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-e-350-atom-d525-nvidia-ion-2,2905-19.html Of …

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