Re: Can't allocate more than 64K under DOSBox and Turbo C (malloc fail)

Posted on 2020-04-01, 13:49

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by BloodyCactus

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farmalloc should work. https://www.drdobbs.com/using-large-arrays-in-turbo-c/184402289?pgno=1 under dos, if you want large chunks reliably, use dos int21h function 48h and cast it as a far pointer with MKFP. just be aware of starving other functions that might allocate memory punching SBRK if you go …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-29, 18:49

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ran new version from front page. I get several different results. one, I get two sound cards, neither selectable. https://i.imgur.com/5FL13eX.jpg then I might get one selectable https://i.imgur.com/VbovpfA.jpg still no ram detected on awe32 https://i.imgur.com/m1vuEmZ.jpg I ran the GETPNPRS, the …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-28, 12:30

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It no longer hangs but still only prints the 1st CSN. pnp nodes show correct still. still says 2 csn. Perhiperals shows Gus as my sound card but I cant select it to see any detailed information.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-28, 00:50

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

this explains much https://i.imgur.com/Yj2GVas.jpg

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-27, 23:03

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

PnP Nodes print ok. Motherboard is correct again. still locks up printing CSN 1.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-27, 21:56

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

no, it wont CSN2 anything. 2 csn, 13 nodes. https://i.imgur.com/ERwFYA1h.jpg no node info https://i.imgur.com/vOAntPhh.jpg 1 csn, locks up. https://i.imgur.com/6ODqno6h.jpg even under old version, it would print csn with detail and not show csn 2. (you can see in my logs I zipped a few pages back).

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-27, 20:09

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

the latest 603 from front page suddenly gets my motherboard wrong (it was previously correct). its now a 'FIC AZ31' when it should be 'FIC PA-2013'. from mainboard -> bios -> plug n play, still doing the 2 CSN's but can only see 1 and wont show the second csn. If I select it, machine locks up. under …

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Re: Universal PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.65b (UNISOUND)

Posted on 2020-03-24, 21:48

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Ill try and check it out on the weekend. Will it enable more than one sound card? I have GUS PnP and AWE32 in one machine and I have to run iwinit and ctcu/diagnose..

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-22, 02:09

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ran into trouble trying out the version you have in the first post of this thread on my Gateway 486, trying to run it fails with a "Program too big to fit in memory" error. Which doesn't make sense because that 486 has 16MB of RAM and the same disk works on a 386DX with 8MB of RAM. 16mb ram, aint …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-21, 14:58

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

when it correctly finds 2 CSN's in pnp; testing the new build, it shows 'Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE64' in my perhiperals screen but 0 bytes dram. going to mainboard gives out of memory error, it filles the L3 cache line in and out of memories. this is with 590kb base. I managed to get 593kb and …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-20, 19:19

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I did a few runs, and sometimes it wont see my second PnP CSN. sometimes it will.. I attached log where it shows; log1 - 2 csn's, correctly lists awe32+ gus pnp log2 - 2 csn's, only lists gus pnp both times it does not show more than one sound card on the perhiperhals screen. even when it shows two …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-20, 13:25

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

the blinking is because I think, its trying to go into 'ice' colour mode. I dont know its real name. But it uses blink as hi-colour in text mode to give you extra background colours.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-20, 12:37

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

my system roughly; FIC PA-2013 v2.1 motherboard, VIA MVP3, k6-2+ 500mhz. 512mb ram. 1 AGP (Matrox G400 MAX) 1 PCI (3COM 3C905C) 2 ISA (Gus PNP, AWE32 PNP) I tested with hwinf602.ziop mainboard : it misses my third level cache of 1mb on my motherboard, with my amd k6-2+ which has 1st + 2nd level …

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Re: Sound Blaster AWE32 ram ?

Posted on 2020-03-13, 17:41

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

does this model need the dram jumper enabled?

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Re: Micro ATX 486 - what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-03-12, 18:56

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Im doubtful. JD just copy-pastad Sergey's designs for the NuXT thats stitched together by the isa bus. Throwing in a complex 486 chipset , non isa bus etc, PCI and its chipsets... thats a lot of work. Way more than what went into NuXT. I dont really see the point.

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Re: Suggest an ISA sound card for DOS games that sounds as good as DOSBox?

Posted on 2020-03-10, 15:35

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have an AWE32 (real OPL) and a Gravis Ultrasound in my k6 box with a midiman card hooked to my midi modules. ticks all my boxes 😀

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Re: Xi 8088 by Segey Kiselev

Posted on 2020-03-08, 13:29

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

umb will present itself as ram in the c000 to efff space. you can use a driver to map it.

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Re: Any recommendations for a midi Selector, switch?

Posted on 2020-03-06, 17:33

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I found a midi patcher from MOTU, the Motu timepiece, as cheap as 30 to 50 euros. Does anyone have experience with this one? Is it possible to use it without connecting it to a PC? The device I need for my setup should definitely have buttons to select the midi ports. timepiece or timepeace AV? …

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Re: Any recommendations for a midi Selector, switch?

Posted on 2020-03-05, 13:46

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Ok, I stand corrected... Most of the cool electronics are in the US AND Japan. I was just searching for the Edirol UM550/880. The UM880 looks so beautiful and does exactly what I need. It's like love at first sight. The problem is the ones on eBay are mostly from Japan with 100v. On Kleinanzeigen …

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Re: Any recommendations for a midi Selector, switch?

Posted on 2020-03-04, 20:34

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by BloodyCactus

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

no the mpu 104 is an input selector, so eg: you could connect your ryzen 90000, your xp, your k6, your pcjr and your atari st to it. (it has 5 inputs, 1 output) the mpu 105 is an output selector, all your modules plug into it (it has 1 input, 5 outputs). you can activate none, 1, or all outputs at …

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