Re: A CT3600 was de-CQM'ed today.

Posted on 2021-02-11, 05:29

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Thermalwrong wrote on 2019-04-27, 15:42: Thanks to your other thread on it, I de-CQM'd my CT2950 & CT3620 cards the other day 😀 I received CT3620 form eBay! guy made those changes already. I don't do that stuff, at least yet, but at least now I understand how it works! Thanks for the pictures!

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NeoMagic 128 and 256+. Shaking picture when scene is rolling

Posted on 2021-01-21, 05:59

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Anything I can do with shaky picture in games like Golden Axe? It is so bad in DOS games which use rolling picture/scenes Maybe someone fixed it? Thanks!

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SYBA SD-ATA133R and Windows 98

Posted on 2020-12-08, 18:08

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Hello guys. I'm trying to get this card working in Windows 98. It is working without driver, but obviously it has to be installed properly. It's ATA133 PCI Raid card. Works in DOS fine. When I tried it with Windows 98 it hangs at boot, so no Windows screen. Just stops before. When I delete …

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Re: Good version of FREE DOS for 8088 XT. Memory friendly

Posted on 2020-11-17, 15:31

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I'm using MS-DOS 6.22 with drivparm. I use also mobile rack. So one of the tray I have is 8gig hdd for backup purposes. Instead of doing 4 partitions, I thought maybe it would be good to do two partitions or something. I also discovered flash cards under 128mb are flying. 2 gigs I have is ok too, …

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Good version of FREE DOS for 8088 XT. Memory friendly

Posted on 2020-11-09, 02:42

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Hi guys. I'm looking for memory friendly version of free dos. Basic requirement from it is Fat32 support. I don't know if the first version does support fat32. But if you have some experience or can recommend me alternative for XT understanding Fat32 (bigger partitions as well) please respond. …

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IBM Thinkpad 390E and DMA mode in Windows 98. Dead Laptop.

Posted on 2020-10-10, 03:26

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I have Sony Vaio PCG-N505VE and IBM Thinkpad 390E. They share common things, BUT.... Sony is flying with boot (DMA on) but when I'm trying to switch on DMA in Thinkpad - next boot is dead and I have to do cold reset (I waited for 10 min and HDD LED always ON!) - windows resetting all registry to …

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Re: PX player: play MID and XMI files under DOS

Posted on 2020-10-06, 06:41

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That's great! Thanks for that. I'm enjoying it with TDYLPT!!! Perfect!

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Re: Tandy 1400 LT alternative storage

Posted on 2020-09-13, 22:53

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by kirikl

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Zip drive is not available since unidirectional LPT. I tried my best, but no luck. Card is kinda available if you solder, which I don't. Wondering if anything else out there.

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Tandy 1400 LT alternative storage

Posted on 2020-09-13, 05:15

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by kirikl

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Hi. Just quick question if anybody got luck with alternative storage option? IDE, CF or something else. If yes, how, where and etc. Thanks.

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Re: Tandy 1400LT. Copying and executing Command.com from RAM disk

Posted on 2020-09-11, 22:41

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Its working! With set path! Yes. Also I'm a cheater, I copied DC (Disk controller, NC analog to C:). Speed is amazing! Boot is longer, but not dramatically, probably 5 seconds more! Thank you!

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Re: Tandy 1400LT. Copying and executing Command.com from RAM disk

Posted on 2020-09-11, 22:38

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AlaricD wrote on 2020-09-11, 22:13: You might also need to set the PATH= variable to NOT use A:, in case you type a command and it's trying to find files on a diskette that's not inserted. What is the exact error message you are getting when you try this? no errors. Just asking A: still for command …

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Re: Tandy 1400LT. Copying and executing Command.com from RAM disk

Posted on 2020-09-11, 21:57

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Yes. But comspec doesn't work this way for some reason 🙁 still asking A: everytime I'll try to work around with later DOS

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Re: Tandy 1400LT. Copying and executing Command.com from RAM disk

Posted on 2020-09-11, 20:31

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What DOS version it started from? I'll try later today. I have tandy DOS (ibm?) 3.20 When I had a Tandy 1000 SL or similar, I think I was using 6.0 or 6.22 with my boot diskettes but the COMSPEC variable goes way back, it should be supported in older MS-DOS (and other) versions. I used the above …

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Re: Tandy 1400LT. Copying and executing Command.com from RAM disk

Posted on 2020-09-11, 19:25

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What DOS version it started from? I'll try later today. I have tandy DOS (ibm?) 3.20

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Tandy 1400LT. Copying and executing Command.com from RAM disk

Posted on 2020-09-11, 17:43

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Hello. I just want to know if it's possible to copy command.com to c: (ram drive) and THEN redirect it so laptop is not using FDD every time to execute commands. Executing command.com form c: after is ok, but it takes so much memory 😒

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Re: Parallel port switcher + LPT sound cards.

Posted on 2020-09-06, 10:04

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Yeah! Warm reboot is fine (quemm is quick) But is it ok for devices itself? I remember com and parallel ports were not intend to be hot swappable or something like that

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Parallel port switcher + LPT sound cards.

Posted on 2020-09-06, 08:16

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Hello guys. I have Covox, Adlib and Tandy now on my parallel and all of them in 4 way switch. So much fun! I want to know if I can switch it on the go. I obviously need to reboot system anyway to load TSR drivers. But can I just switch or I need to shutdown the computer first and then switch to the …

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Re: TDY LPT arrived! Now what?

Posted on 2020-09-04, 18:14

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I tried Music Studio (separate from DeskMate, found somewhere on the internet), but it doesn't recognize TSR Tandy... It goes via PC Speaker :( i guess it needs some patching, as you have no tandy it does not detect one and acts correctly. Note that Programs using Tandy DAC also would not work. You …

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Re: TDY LPT arrived! Now what?

Posted on 2020-09-04, 18:13

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I tried Music Studio (separate from DeskMate, found somewhere on the internet), but it doesn't recognize TSR Tandy... It goes via PC Speaker :( i guess it needs some patching, as you have no tandy it does not detect one and acts correctly. Note that Programs using Tandy DAC also would not work. You …

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TDY LPT arrived! Now what?

Posted on 2020-08-28, 03:09

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Hello guys! I received this device today. Sounds good, tried some games. Do you guys know what music program works with Tandy 3-voice synth? I tried Music Studio (separate from DeskMate, found somewhere on the internet), but it doesn't recognize TSR Tandy... It goes via PC Speaker :( Deskmate 2 I …

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