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Does anyone have the cover art for Freddy's Rescue Roundup? (aka Roadrunner Rescue)

Posted on 2022-05-27, 19:06

It's an old IBM PCjr game. I can't find box/cover art for it online. If anyone has it or knows where to find it, I would like an image to turn into an icon for my dosbox shortcut of the game. Thank you!

Freddy's Rescue Roundup - stuck in cool color palette

Posted on 2022-05-27, 18:29

by tomexplodes

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Hitting F5 during gameplay in Freddy is supposed to swap the CGA palette back and forth from cool to warm, at least that's how it worked on PCjr a million years ago. With the freeware (yes really) DOS version I found, it's listed in the menu, but the key does nothing. I'm using Dosbox ECE, a …

Re: Jazz Jackrabbit locks up at the menu screen, even with TPPATCH installed.

Posted on 2020-11-08, 16:37

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ Software

ACTUALLY, in case anyone else runs into this problem, I realized it was auto-detecting the wrong IRQ. Make sure you do it manually if you're not at 7.

Re: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I from 1990

Posted on 2020-11-07, 05:35

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ Software

AHA! Thanks.

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I from 1990

Posted on 2020-11-07, 05:11

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ Software

How in the world do I quit the game? The manual tells me NOTHING. Maybe I'm missing a reference card or something somewhere. I've tried every key combination I can think of, the only one that for sure works is, y'know, CTRL+ALT+DEL.

Re: Jazz Jackrabbit locks up at the menu screen, even with TPPATCH installed.

Posted on 2020-11-06, 23:02

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ Software

I downgraded to a P90 and 16mb RAM, it works great now.

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-06, 22:12

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, after QEMM, everything runs jsut fine except for NFSSE and Jazz Jackrabbit so far. So, guess it was memory related? Don't know, losing ability to care anymore. EDIT NOPE. Stuff is still broken. So, that's it, I'm done. It's a Pentium 90 with 16mb of RAM now. The end.

Jazz Jackrabbit locks up at the menu screen, even with TPPATCH installed.

Posted on 2020-11-06, 22:00

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ Software

MS-DOS 6.22, Pentium MMX 233, 40mb ram, S3 Trio64 video, Vibra16 sound Anybody else have this issue and know how to solve it?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-06, 16:57

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yet another post. After more screwing around, I think Quake and NFSSE think I don't have enough XMS. It's possible there's nothing wrong with my CPU at all. I'm confused, though, since I have 32MB RAM and ehhhhhhhhhh I dunno what I'm doing wrong anymore. EDIT: So, out of desperation, I downloaded …

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-06, 16:01

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, I believe I've ruled out the power supply. Got my cable today, everything's plugged in and working, NFSSE still won't load even the installer, Quake crashed nearly immediately. Just for fun, here's a picture of the page fault from Quake, in case someone knows how to decipher it. I think, …

Re: So I bought a CPU for my 98 machine without realizing that my mobo only supports up to 1.3ghz

Posted on 2020-11-06, 02:04

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I found an ABIT NF7-S2G socket A board on ebay for around 42 or best offer, though it's "used and untested" and doesn't accept returns which makes me leery. Worth it? Leave it be? Post it here so someone else can grab it? HA.

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-06, 01:55

by tomexplodes

in Milliways

Duke3d,Blood,ShadowWarrior. Somehow I get bored after a couple of levels, so I switch it up. Strange thing is that I never had that with Doom.Anyone else feel the same ? Doom's first episode is my jam. Knee Deep in the Dead, ahh, how I love you. I played it shareware pretty much endlessly as a kid. …

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-05, 23:08

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yep, that will work. If you don't mind waiting a while, you can get them on eBay from China for $3.25 a piece though. https://www.ebay.com/itm/18AWG-20Pin-ATX-to-2X-6Pin-AT-PSU-Converter-Power-Cable-Cord-for-286-386-486-586/313021103999 There used to be a seller on eBay that sold the adapters that …

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-05, 21:36

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, that's almost without a doubt the issue here. A P55 CPU without internal 3.3V connection, and thus floating BF0, in an older mobo jumpered for 1.5x, will run at 2x. It can be kind of verified by jumpering for 3x multiplier, the CPU should end up running at 2.5x. Yup, that was the issue. I've …

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-05, 20:46

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What about an ATX PSU with an AT adapter? I don't really trust most AT PSUs anymore. This what I'd need? https://www.amazon.com/20-Pin-Power-Supply-Adapter-Cable/dp/B01EDGS0KI Yep, that will work. If you don't mind waiting a while, you can get them on eBay from China for $3.25 a piece though. …

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-04, 19:57

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-11-04, 19:13: What about an ATX PSU with an AT adapter? I don't really trust most AT PSUs anymore. This what I'd need? https://www.amazon.com/20-Pin-Power-Supply-Ad … e/dp/B01EDGS0KI

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-04, 19:04

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-11-04, 17:50: Common denominator is the PSU. Try a different known good PSU. Don't have another AT PSU that works at the moment.

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-04, 19:01

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Regarding testing: Try running a test program like GoldMemory or Memtest. Try with L2 cache disabled first to isolate the ram, and then with it on afterwards. Thatl root out any ram induced problems. Bad cache in particular can manifest as verious anomalies. I did passes with and without cache, RAM …

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-04, 17:12

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Welp, I tried a bunch of different configurations with the RAM, either it's all bad or none of it is. I downclocked the CPU to 200mhz, made absolutely no difference whatsoever. I'm going to swap it for a Pentium 90 I found with the motherboard I'm currently using, I'll try that and see if things …

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Posted on 2020-11-04, 02:16

by tomexplodes

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Turns out that only kind of helped. Duke3D still locked up after awhile. I could still CTRL+ALT+DEL at least. I'm at my f***ing wits end. Once on boot it locked up randomly while loading the midi synth thing, upon reset most of my files were renamed garbage characters, gone again on reboot. I've …

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Does anyone have the cover art for Freddy's Rescue Roundup? (aka Roadrunner Rescue)

Freddy's Rescue Roundup - stuck in cool color palette

Re: Jazz Jackrabbit locks up at the menu screen, even with TPPATCH installed.

Re: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I from 1990

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I from 1990

Re: Jazz Jackrabbit locks up at the menu screen, even with TPPATCH installed.

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Jazz Jackrabbit locks up at the menu screen, even with TPPATCH installed.

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: So I bought a CPU for my 98 machine without realizing that my mobo only supports up to 1.3ghz

Re: What game are you playing now?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?

Re: Put a Pentium MMX 233mhz CPU in my DOS machine, still reads as Pentium-S 120mhz. What am I missing?