Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2023-12-26, 21:17

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by MichaelWeaser

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I have a quick thought about the graphics in the book 8088 and the possible use of only using a LCD controller for graphics? I know there is a new version of the book 8088 that uses a real VGA controller. I only found out recently about the new VGA version and had this thought before I knew the VGA …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2023-12-23, 02:44

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by MichaelWeaser

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I have a quick thought about the graphics in the book 8088 and the possible use of only using a LCD controller for graphics? I know there is a new version of the book 8088 that uses a real VGA controller. I only found out recently about the new VGA version and had this thought before I knew the VGA …

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Re: Having a problem with installing Windows XP pro sp4 when post-SP4 is added

Posted on 2019-12-14, 17:53

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by MichaelWeaser

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Windows XP pro with just SP4 slipstreamed , installs perfectly fine , and only when Post-SP4 is slipstreamed to a previous Sp4 installation disc is when I have problems. It should be obvious that you can not slipstream official and non-official updates combined, since due to the lack of awareness …

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Having a problem with installing Windows XP pro sp4 when post-SP4 is added

Posted on 2019-12-11, 19:10

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by MichaelWeaser

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When I try to install Windows XP pro SP4 with post-SP4 added to the installation disc , the installation freezes during the install. It freezes when it gets to the Installing network part of setup, which is near the end of the Windows XP setup. I have to hold down the power button down to get the …

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Re: using bootmagic 8 to boot dos from 2nd primary partition problem

Posted on 2018-06-05, 21:10

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by MichaelWeaser

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Never worked with bootmagic but i will tell you in a abstract way what i do on BootIt NG. The bootit ng allow me to edit the mbr for all hds for each boot entry on the menu,and have more than 4 primary partitions on a single drive. So assuming that you are working on a single drive, and you …

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Re: using bootmagic 8 to boot dos from 2nd primary partition problem

Posted on 2018-06-05, 13:13

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by MichaelWeaser

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I don't know if this is the case, but all boot partitions of any MS DOS (up to and including 6.x) should be in the first 8GB of a given HDD, if I remember correctly. The second requirement is, if you boot DOS from a non first primary, then the preceeding primaries should be setup as hidden (if not …

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using bootmagic 8 to boot dos from 2nd primary partition problem

Posted on 2018-06-05, 02:59

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by MichaelWeaser

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I am having problems with bootmagic 8 to getting it to boot dos from a 2nd primary partition. I have been messing with bootmagic 8 to try to get 2 different DOS versions to boot on different partitions. I have ms-dos 6.22 on the 1st primary partition and than ms-dos 5 on the 2nd primary partition. …

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Re: restore partition for DOS / Win 3.1x/ 9x based computers?

Posted on 2018-05-26, 17:22

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by MichaelWeaser

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Partition Magic or similar is probably the easiest Norton Ghost was another round that era. Good thing is Dos/Win9x is pretty simple/dumb. as long as io.sys rules are followed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IO.SYS then everything else doesn't really matter how its copped across/recovered I'm …

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Re: restore partition for DOS / Win 3.1x/ 9x based computers?

Posted on 2018-05-25, 00:41

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by MichaelWeaser

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Partition Magic or similar is probably the easiest Norton Ghost was another round that era. Good thing is Dos/Win9x is pretty simple/dumb. as long as io.sys rules are followed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IO.SYS then everything else doesn't really matter how its copped across/recovered I'm …

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Re: restore partition for DOS / Win 3.1x/ 9x based computers?

Posted on 2018-05-20, 20:21

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by MichaelWeaser

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debs3759 wrote: It's not too hard to do without a separate boot manager. Take a look at http://www.mdgx.com/osr2.htm#2BOOT. thats not going to work, that's only for if you want ms-dos 6.22 and windows 9x on the same partition, I need separate partitions.

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Re: restore partition for DOS / Win 3.1x/ 9x based computers?

Posted on 2018-05-20, 18:03

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by MichaelWeaser

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What will be your main OS? There are many ways to do it. Of course, a boot manager is the easiest solution. There is possibly going to be 2 OS, ms-dos 6.22 with WFW 3.11 and some version of windows 9x, either windows 95 OSR 2.5 or 98SE, not sure which . I do believe a boot manager would be easier …

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Re: restore partition for DOS / Win 3.1x/ 9x based computers?

Posted on 2018-05-20, 14:30

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by MichaelWeaser

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Yes, some companies had something like that even back then. It's not even hard to do. Create a dual-boot setup, one Live, one Recovery. Install all your stuff. Once done, boot the Recovery system and use a DOS tool like "Partition Image" (freeware) to dump your Live system partition as a file on …

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restore partition for DOS / Win 3.1x/ 9x based computers?

Posted on 2018-05-20, 02:40

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by MichaelWeaser

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I am wondering if Restore partition ever existed in the DOS / Windows 3.1x / 9x era of computers? I have known since windows xp and possibly windows 2000 some companies that sold computers, had a restore partition on the computer that you could reinstall the OS without the CD, But I don't know that …

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Re: Need help finding data/fax modem driver for windows 3.1

Posted on 2018-02-16, 22:23

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by MichaelWeaser

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Nothing online for Windows 3.1, just only Windows 95 or higher, unfortunately. Were 56K modems supported for Windows 3.1, or does it require Windows 95 or higher for that? The only modem I had back then was a 14.4K modem, and I have a 2400 baud in my Packard Bell (standard). I think 56k modems …

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Re: Need help finding data/fax modem driver for windows 3.1

Posted on 2018-02-16, 19:16

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by MichaelWeaser

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What I found out is, the modem is basically a winmodem, and only had drivers for windows 95 and up. How old is it though? Because I remember there were also winmodems that had dos and win3.1 drivers. The modem is from around 96-97 possibly , or maybe 98 , the laptop is from 1998. I found the web …

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Re: Need help finding data/fax modem driver for windows 3.1

Posted on 2018-02-14, 00:30

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by MichaelWeaser

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What I found out is, the modem is basically a winmodem, and only had drivers for windows 95 and up.

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Re: Looking for laptop that has gpu support for direct3d and also has gpu drivers for windows 3.1

Posted on 2018-02-12, 19:01

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by MichaelWeaser

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It's not the best, but there is little choice if you want it to be Win31 compatible. Perhaps the new Savage chips can be used in Win31 by forcing the drivers. Looking at the filenames and contents of the Savage4 driver for Win31 it seems to me it's a tweaked S3 Trio driver. Otherwise use the …

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Re: Looking for cardbus/Pcmcia driver for DOS and windows 3.1

Posted on 2018-02-10, 13:51

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by MichaelWeaser

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Had some success !! Yippe! Better make some notes before I forget... SCENARIO ======== 6200 series PLC-2 PCMK/A Dell C510 TI 1420 (Cardbus) MS-DOS 6.22 Cardsoft Drivers 3.1 mentioned by earlier poster CONFIG.SYS ========== DEVICE = C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS REM Pay close attention to the lst exclusion X= …

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Re: Looking for laptop that has gpu support for direct3d and also has gpu drivers for windows 3.1

Posted on 2018-02-10, 02:02

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by MichaelWeaser

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There is the Savage4 LT. Savage4 has Windows 3.1 drivers, but they might be picky which exact chip is used. I don't think that is the best 3d graphics accelerated chip, 50% slower than some other S3 graphics , and not alot of performance with 32 bit color graphics and also compatibility problems at …

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Re: Looking for laptop that has gpu support for direct3d and also has gpu drivers for windows 3.1

Posted on 2018-02-09, 02:45

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by MichaelWeaser

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Is there also a possibly that no windows 9x laptop exists that has 3d acceleration The question is more what mobile version of 3D chipsets existed between 1996 and 2001 (Windows 3.1 end of support date) that have sufficient power/compatibility to run the games you want . AFAIK, decent 3d graphics …

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