Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2016-01-07, 15:59

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Not to sidetrack this thread any further, but just wanted to give an epilogue on my issue getting Stargunner to run on my DOS PC. I've confirmed that it's my Voodoo3 2000 PCI that does not play nice with Stargunner (confirmed in multiple systems). And Univbe 6.7 does not support Voodoo3 so there you …

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Re: Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 16:00

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Great community here and I'm grateful for all the help. I don't believe this Packard Bell P133 is the ideal DOS retro rig, but it's been pretty decent so far. I do have two other boards to play with, though. I'm going to see if either of them have compatibility issues with US Navy Fighters or …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 15:47

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Before retro-fever hit me a couple months ago, the only games I ever played were Battle for Wesnoth (very addicting turn-based open source game) and occasional Minecraft. In the past couple of weeks since getting my DOS retro-rig up and running, I've been playing a bunch of old games, seeing which …

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Re: Voodoo3 won't POST on S7 AMDK6 III, other cards fine

Posted on 2016-01-06, 12:07

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I was wondering the same alexanrs. Perhaps during testing he is not screwing the cards down in the slots, and on that run the card was not seated fully?

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Re: The New Creative Labs Sound Blaster Drivers Collection. (Updated 6th Jan. 2014)

Posted on 2016-01-06, 02:07

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Just a note for future reference-- On the Sound Blaster 16 Vibra (CT2800) with a MIDI header, the SB16 Vibra-specific drivers don't seem to see the MPU-401 interface in DIAGNOSE.EXE. The latest SB16 (non-Vibra) drivers do. So if you have a Vibra, skip the Vibra drivers and go straight to SB16. 😉

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Re: Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2016-01-06, 00:26

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Thanks. Tweakbios shows amazingly few settings. Basically some DRAM, PCI, and L2 timings. I'm not motivated enough to pursue this further.

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Re: Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2016-01-05, 22:59

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NJRoadfan-thanks for the info. PCBONEZ-I appreciate the help you have provided. I'll give Tweakbios a shot.

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Re: Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2016-01-05, 19:59

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Thanks, JayCeeBee64. I will try it out.

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Re: Voodoo3 won't POST on S7 AMDK6 III, other cards fine

Posted on 2016-01-05, 19:02

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When the OP said In desperation, thinking I'd somehow scuppered my motherboard, I tried the simpler S3 Trio AGP card I had - and POSTed and got into Windows just fine! Strangely the screen through the S3 is slightly washed out and has a very slight flicker to it, but it's a cheap old card so might …

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Re: Voodoo3 won't POST on S7 AMDK6 III, other cards fine

Posted on 2016-01-05, 16:36

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Well that sucks. I wonder if some invisible electrical damage occurred to the mobo.

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Re: Voodoo3 won't POST on S7 AMDK6 III, other cards fine

Posted on 2016-01-05, 16:32

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I could not see that you tried a different PSU. Do you have another one to try? To me it sounds like a PSU starting to go bad (still can power the weaker S3, but not the hungrier Voodoos).

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Re: Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2016-01-05, 14:54

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Hi PCBONEZ, I've just come across another game (besides US Navy Fighters) that won't run on the Packard Bell--Stargunner. When I launch it, it goes to the Apogee splash screen, then plays the intro, then drops to DOS with a "Divide Overflow" message. If I run the SETUP program to configure the game, …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2016-01-05, 02:39

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If anyone tries to get Stargunner working in pure DOS, could you report your results here? When I run the .EXE, it falls back to the DOS prompt with "Divide Overflow". Also, the DOS character size becomes gigantic until I reboot. This is on a Pentium 133. I tried with and without SETMUL (disabling …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2016-01-04, 12:01

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If anyone tries to get Stargunner working in pure DOS, could you report your results here? When I run the .EXE, it falls back to the DOS prompt with "Divide Overflow". Also, the DOS character size becomes gigantic until I reboot. This is on a Pentium 133. I tried with and without SETMUL (disabling …

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Re: Which Sound Blaster drivers can I comment out?

Posted on 2016-01-03, 18:07

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I am just assuming clueless1 would rather have a single card solution than juggle with multiple sound cards in the same machine. Good assumption. ;) But I do have two available ISA slots, so that is not out of the question either (assuming I turn out to be unhappy with the CT2800/DreamBlaster S1 …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2016-01-03, 14:36

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If anyone tries to get Stargunner working in pure DOS, could you report your results here? When I run the .EXE, it falls back to the DOS prompt with "Divide Overflow". Also, the DOS character size becomes gigantic until I reboot. This is on a Pentium 133. I tried with and without SETMUL (disabling …

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Re: Which Sound Blaster drivers can I comment out?

Posted on 2016-01-03, 14:15

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I'll wait to see how much the hanging note bug affects me. I don't have Hexen, but I do have some of the other games mentioned as being plagued by the bug. But at this point I prefer simplicity. Having two sound cards doesn't sound too bad as long as everything is plug and play. If I have to buy or …

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Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2016-01-03, 14:09

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Kodai-- *Nodding head in agreement at your U8 criticisms* I too started on the Apple II, but I did skip some in the series. I started with Ultima 2 and beat it. Then I played and beat 3 on my brother's Atari 800XL. Beat 4 on the Apple. Played, but never beat 5 on the Apple. Never played 6 because …

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Re: List the CPUs you owned when they were new

Posted on 2016-01-03, 13:59

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I never purchased a new system. I have built all my computers myself, including my first one (celeron 300A, 1998). I see no reason to buy prebuilt computers. stamasd--I think most of us in this thread are in the same boat. Just list the cpus you owned during your years of upgrading. I realized for …

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Re: List the CPUs you owned when they were new

Posted on 2016-01-03, 13:56

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I think "new" can be defined as released within 2 years. I was usually at the end of the curve on my upgrades. I liked to target the highly overclockable budget processor and waited to buy til the next generation was out and prices dropped. And under those conditions, who cares if it was sealed in a …

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