Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2024-04-18, 19:56

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psaez wrote on 2024-04-18, 17:26: I think it was after installing your custom service pack. Your assumption is correct. You should omit the service pack in this case and use "FIX95CPU_V3_FINAL.ZIP" instead, to get at least the most important (language independent) fixes.

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Re: ESS1868 compatibility issues

Posted on 2024-04-14, 19:01

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Keen Dreams does not have any music. Effects should work though. Privateer: There exists a Midi patch for the CD release of Privateer that addresses Midi slowdowns if no joystick is attached to the soundcard: https://hcl.solsector.net/ Not sure if that helps in your case. According to the manual, …

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Re: DOS 7 IO.SYS File Format and possibility to remove included logo.sys and other data to reduce file size

Posted on 2024-04-01, 05:45

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The link inside this Posting still works: Re: DOS 7 IO.SYS File Format and possibility to remove included logo.sys and other data to reduce file size You'll find IOPAK8.ZIP there

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Re: Dune II HD port at last!

Posted on 2024-03-08, 08:45

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gameflorist wrote on 2024-02-24, 22:00: [*]Multiplayer & Skirmish improvements: Add teams and AI to multiplayer and skirmish. You can now setup matches with up to 6 teams with completely custom human/AI player configurations. Thank you for that neat feature!

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Re: DirectX 6 - audio issue in Win98

Posted on 2024-01-29, 22:30

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Maybe that helps. Try using at least DirectX 6.1 as it introduced DirectMusic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectMusic

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Re: What Sound card built 94-96 and has bug free daughter board connector, and has good audio quality?

Posted on 2024-01-28, 08:15

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There's also a software solution available for fixing the hanging note bug: FixMPU: Software solution for "hanging note bug" on SB16 with DSP >v4.06

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Re: What Sound card built 94-96 and has bug free daughter board connector, and has good audio quality?

Posted on 2024-01-27, 19:15

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A 16/96 Gold for example can be initialized easily with Unisound.

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Re: What Sound card built 94-96 and has bug free daughter board connector, and has good audio quality?

Posted on 2024-01-27, 15:39

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Have a look at Terratec cards

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Re: [Win98SE] Notepad display corrupted when scrolling

Posted on 2024-01-14, 17:44

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Try the tip in the very last comment https://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread. … Text-in-Notepad

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Re: MOO2 - Ran fine for weeks, suddenly started having stuttering problems

Posted on 2024-01-13, 08:45

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You can try these two options to narrow down the issue: 1. You can also play MOO2 (Windows version) nativley in Windows (use Orion95.exe, although it might require the 1.5 community patch if I recall correctly). Maybe you don't encounter slowdowns here and you can at least continue with MOO2. 2. Try …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2024-01-12, 12:52

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I had planned on doing the "nightmare difficulty" version of the guide that would source and link every update individually, explain their dependencies, and the correct order to install them - but I've been so lazy I never got around to doing it. This would be a good starting point if you want to …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2024-01-10, 09:50

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MS System Information & System Tools Is there a standalone installer for this somewhere? I would rather not use the "unofficial service pack". Not directly, but you have 2 options: Check only the "MS System Information 4.0 & System Tools" option when stating the unofficial service pack installer …

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Re: Win98 drivers again

Posted on 2024-01-07, 19:17

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ElectroSoldier wrote on 2024-01-07, 16:58: It wont shut down properly, which is a problem but I cant believe a 7100GS actually works in Win98. You'll need this regarding the shutdown issue and Nvidia: Windows 98 SE Shutdown Issue With The Last NVidia Driver

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Re: Win98 drivers again

Posted on 2024-01-07, 09:27

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Since you are using a PCI-E mainboard, you will need a different approach to get your PCI-E Nvidia card running: Windows 98SE PCI-E graphic card support

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Re: Win98 drivers again

Posted on 2024-01-06, 08:41

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For the chipset, look for "VIA Hyperion Pro Treiber 5.24a"(multilanguage), as it supports the VIA P4M900.

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Re: WIN98SE memory problem

Posted on 2024-01-05, 21:36

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Doesn't Cacheman fiddle around with custom disk cache and file cache sizes? Maybe this 3rd party tool itself is the issue by reserving too much cache in system memory? These kind of tools will always make you feel miserable.

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Re: Startup screen issue after installing Win98 unofficial SP3

Posted on 2024-01-05, 21:19

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Unfortunately, the English version is very bloated by now, so you would be better off using an earlier version or even version 2.x by the original author "Gape/ Alper Coskun": https://web.archive.org/web/20100206184838/http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html This may be the culprit in your case: …

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Re: w95 - UI framework for building web apps in the style of Windows 95

Posted on 2024-01-05, 10:53

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Wow, this is so cool! Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Simple Arduino based PS/2 to Serial Mouse Adapter

Posted on 2023-12-20, 08:35

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Resurrecting this thread to report that the adapter works flawlessly with A4 TECH OP-620D mouse. The cheap one that's also sold on Amazon? Nice touch as it does not even mention PS/2 compatibility anywhere. I guess you also used the "usual" USB-> PS/2 plug for that to attach it to the adapter? ps2. …

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Re: WinGroove lives again (in soundfont form)

Posted on 2023-12-05, 13:19

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Just in case anybody wants to check out the other WinGroove versions like "wg0a4_e.exe" - WinGroove version 0.A4 Beta-2, get them here: https://patpend.net/ftp/emulators/wave/ By the way, the registration data from version 0.9E is still valid in 0.A4 Beta-2.

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