Re: muti boot idea for windows 3.x

Posted on 2021-03-17, 20:11

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by Robhalfordfan

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thank you for more possible programs to use for ideas/builds but jorpho is right - looking to muti setups for windows 3.11 in same pc in same dos 6.22 install like the same style with the dos boot menu with different autoexec and config file but with windows 3.11 files instead

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Re: muti boot idea for windows 3.x

Posted on 2021-02-24, 00:08

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by Robhalfordfan

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i did give both of the programs a try and still quite understand what they do as i only got the out of memory issues when i have use memmaker with ems off and optimise for windows and when trying open some programs and seen to be fine when turn ems and optimise for windows

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Re: muti boot idea for windows 3.x

Posted on 2021-02-22, 17:46

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by Robhalfordfan

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For Windows 3.1 Memory issue prevention I've used a program called 1MBfort for about 2 going on 3 decades now. Seems to do the trick. I've got a Windows 3.1 installation right now that saw regular use for the past 5 years and I have yet to get a single "out of memory" error message in it, and I'm …

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Re: muti boot idea for windows 3.x

Posted on 2021-02-22, 17:40

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by Robhalfordfan

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i thought since dos needs as much as possible when running dos games and software and windows 3.x is basically a dos shell where it wasn't as integrated as windows 95 - ME Even for DOS games that use DOS extenders, conventional memory isn't necessarily as important as total memory. There are …

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Re: muti boot idea for windows 3.x

Posted on 2021-02-22, 12:48

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by Robhalfordfan

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and thought could windows 3.xx have the same idea to free up as much conventional memory as possible What makes you think conventional memory is important when running Windows 3.x? i thought since dos needs as much as possible when running dos games and software and windows 3.x is basically a dos …

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Re: muti boot idea for windows 3.x

Posted on 2021-02-21, 22:02

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by Robhalfordfan

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will maybe one do a proper muti windows 3.x boot but for now all i done was have run with win/n command and made a bat file to start net.exe and boot windows with normal win command and it works for now as i dont alwasy need the net loaded each time

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Re: cpu upgrade (penitum 200 mmx)

Posted on 2021-02-19, 20:12

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by Robhalfordfan

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f1_fan wrote on 2021-02-19, 18:02: Robhalfordfan wrote on 2021-02-17, 14:52: photos took on my phone and it automatically went to Marco mode but if it actually is - i have no idea but hopefully these will help you Perfect! Thank you very much! Now it looks more possible to run K6-II 266 on my ver 1 …

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Re: cpu upgrade (penitum 200 mmx)

Posted on 2021-02-17, 14:52

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by Robhalfordfan

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f1_fan wrote on 2021-02-17, 13:11: Robhalfordfan wrote on 2021-02-16, 12:41: a pic of original mobo (without bits on them) or the replacement with bits on them The second one. With soldered Q1 and U27 bits. Macro photo if possible. photos took on my phone and it automatically went to Marco mode but …

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Re: cpu upgrade (penitum 200 mmx)

Posted on 2021-02-16, 12:41

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by Robhalfordfan

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got the mobo (with appropriate parts already there) and over a month later working no problem Hello, сould you write or take a photo the missing parts? https://forum.ixbt.com/post.cgi?id=attach:4:137129:14348:1.jpg I plan to restore dual power VRM, so needs the markings on it a pic of original mobo …

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Re: Bios parts meaning

Posted on 2021-02-10, 17:05

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by Robhalfordfan

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ok thank you and i am not in voodoo any this build as this is pre real-3d era and i dont see any different with edge/level (that i notice so far but could mess about and see if it does make a different

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Re: Bios parts meaning

Posted on 2021-02-10, 16:18

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by Robhalfordfan

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i was also wondering that on the 3rd pic - what dos pci irq activated means and which is better option level or edge would it matter which one and would they make a different also wondering - i am aware on pc from penitum era onwards that the graphic card is normally on the top most pci slot but on …

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Re: Bios parts meaning

Posted on 2021-02-08, 17:28

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by Robhalfordfan

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ok and i will see what block mode is like what on and off and see which works nest for me i have noticed any different with byte marge on or off and seem to work fine with it on maybe this one config that hidden refresh doesn't work

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Re: Bios parts meaning

Posted on 2021-02-07, 12:10

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by Robhalfordfan

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thank you for your help it deffo explains more and understand better i should leave the shadow rom settings where it is -leave the the isa i/o recovery on -turn on pci fast back to back -i did try the hidden refresh and the system hangs during post - so maybe best to leave that off as i am use a cf …

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Bios parts meaning

Posted on 2021-02-05, 20:01

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by Robhalfordfan

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Allo all I was just wondering if some people could help me in understand what some parts in my bios mean and if they will help in performance or not The pics are at bios setup default settings expect for ram timings and parallel port part The areas where I am not sure are circled The specs of this …

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Re: QuickTime 2.12 - windows 3.11 problem

Posted on 2021-01-30, 15:02

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by Robhalfordfan

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i did download and try that version and did what is said the txt file and it "work" with s3 virge card but without qt control panel in v1.1 can't really say

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Re: QuickTime 2.12 - windows 3.11 problem

Posted on 2021-01-29, 13:57

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by Robhalfordfan

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ok will have a look out as some old fmv games that run on this machine, does stuggle with video streaming and/or frame skipping and specs wise for those games is well above the what is needs and the min specs

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Re: QuickTime 2.12 - windows 3.11 problem

Posted on 2021-01-29, 13:43

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by Robhalfordfan

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ok mmmm - ebay searching 🤣 what would best cirrus card for a 486 dx4-100 WT, pci based mobo and good amount vram to run games from mids 80s (286-386 era) to about 1995/1996 ish (for late dos games eg: duke 3d and pre penitum games)

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Re: QuickTime 2.12 - windows 3.11 problem

Posted on 2021-01-29, 13:18

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by Robhalfordfan

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thank you and i try a different version of drivers for the card i was using which was an s3 virge dx - 4mb and same thing i did try another card - the one that came with pc - which is diamond Stealth 64 DRAM T pci and that works fine i am guessing the virge is maybe too "new" for quicktime to work …

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Re: QuickTime 2.12 - windows 3.11 problem

Posted on 2021-01-24, 23:26

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by Robhalfordfan

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Jo22 wrote on 2021-01-22, 10:02: Hi, you can try to configure QT in Control Panel. QT supports many video output methods.. Maybe the detection went wrong somehow. thought that but when go open the qt in the control panel - same result above, freezes up system and crashes pc

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Re: muti boot idea for windows 3.x

Posted on 2021-01-21, 16:16

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by Robhalfordfan

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I think it's doable, 3.x is mostly just text-files for the ini files and most of them are similar in format to Config.sys and Autoexec.bat. Probably could reference various configurations using menu commands - however, that means you might lose your logo part of the way through boot - when it opens …

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