Re: Need help installing VIA VT8237A/VT8251 HD audio controller in Windows 2000
Posted on 2024-09-13, 01:53
I'll check that out (maybe tomorrow) and post back what driver version I'm using.
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2024-09-13, 01:52
A bit of an off-topic tangent: As much as I understand the nostalgic appeal, I strongly recommend against accessing the internet from Windows XP. That OS hasn't received security updates in over a decade. And neither Chrome nor Firefox support it anymore, so you can't get up-to-date versions of …
Re: Drive A invalid in DOS after installing Windows 7 on a multi-boot system
Posted on 2024-06-26, 14:13
As I noted, it works fine in Windows 7. It is DOS/98 where that somehow gets broken but only after adding a Windows 7 installation to my multi-boot hard drive.
Drive A invalid in DOS after installing Windows 7 on a multi-boot system
Posted on 2024-06-26, 12:39
I've been working on and off for months now on a dual-video card, multi-boot system that will include DOS, Windows 98, Windows XP, and Windows 7. I've managed to fix most of my problems (mostly resource conflict issues) and have each individual OS working how I want, but one lingering problem …
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2024-06-17, 22:21
No luck - it is still breaking joystick compatibility. I downloaded the latest version and used the /MCOM1 flag. Upon using that, the summary screen said that the MPU address was still 380 (my understanding of how it is supposed to work is that it should have defaulted to 3F8). So I used the /P flag …
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2024-06-17, 20:08
That was my thinking too, but I can't find any flags for that in the readme.
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2024-06-17, 19:51
I have a question I'm hoping somebody can answer. I'm using a CMI8738 sound card (specifically, a PCI card made by AOPEN - the AW840). I have SBEMU working just fine and am getting audio as expected, but my 15-pin gameport is not correctly configured for use as a joystick port (games won't recognize …
Re: T1200 memory expansion
Posted on 2024-05-03, 01:46
It looks like it has 1 MB soldered on and that can be doubled by adding a 1 MB expansion ram card. The official part number for the expansion card is PC-PA7139U. But good like finding any info on it. Internet searches are pretty sparse. My later Toshiba T4900 uses a slightly more standard memory …
Need help getting rid of an entry in my boot manager
Posted on 2024-05-02, 15:46
I have set up a dual-video card system that runs Windows 98, Windows XP, and Windows 7. I installed 98 first, then XP, then 7. I further have Windows 98 configured to give you a separate menu where you can boot directly into DOS. Everything works great, with just one problem. The initial boot menu …
Re: Motherboard Resources conflict in Device Manager (Windows 98 SE)
Posted on 2024-01-23, 14:50
I've run into this same problem with a few different socket 775 motherboards whereby one lone motherboard resources entry says resource conflict where there is no apparent conflict. However, in my case (and I suspect may be the same with yours), if you scroll through that list of input/output ranges …
Re: System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-26, 15:31
What I eventually figured out is that this motherboard does not play nicely with any kind of solid state drive. Hyperdisk 32GB disk-on-module (40-pin IDE), 2 different branded 32GB CF card (industrial) over 2 different adapters, all of this caused nothing but problems and I never succeeded at …
Re: System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-25, 20:26
Ok, so a Norton Ghost imaged drive will NOT work. What is Ghost doing that breaks this? Plugged the drive I used to create the image back in and it works fine. I've never, ever encountered this problem with the numerous different pieces of Windows 98 hardware I've set up through the years.
Re: System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-25, 19:43
Well this is interesting....SUCCESS maybe? 1 - Boot to DOS floppy disk 2 - FDISK (create a primary partition of 17GB and an extended partition with a 1.5GB logical drive) 3 - FDISK /MBR 4 - FORMAT C-drive and D-drive (default settings) 5 - Boot into Hiren's XP. Copy Windows 98 CD contents to D-drive …
Re: System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-25, 19:13
re: paradigital - Yes, active. And your suggesting was actually the very first thing I had tried as my standard way of doing things is to use Hiren's XP to partition the drive into 2 FAT32 partitions, copy the Windows 98 CD contents to the latter partition, then boot DOS from Hiren's and launch …
Re: System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-25, 18:38
20 GB IDE mechanical drive is what I'm testing with since it is the closest thing to period-correct I have. So I created a Windows 98 startup floppy disk, booted to that fine and ran FDISK. It detected the IDE drive and allowed me to partition it. Ran Format command to format it, but now upon …
System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-25, 16:37
After about 5 hours of playing around and attempting to troubleshoot this, I'm about ready to throw in the towel. Motherboard: Compaq uWave CPU: Duron 900 Ram: 256MB PC100 Video: AGP (currently a GeForce2) So here is what DOES work: -Hard drive detected fine by BIOS -Machine will boot to a Hiren's …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-08-03, 21:46
After much headache, got Windows 98SE up and running on a socket 771 motherboard. Only bug I've all but given up on is that it hangs on shutdown and none of the usual patches help.
Re: Soundblaster emulation under Windows 95 from VIA sound chip?
Posted on 2023-07-20, 00:25
Yes, I'm familiar with VIA's driver portal. I know I didn't specifically reference it in my post - I thought it would be obvious that I've already tested a variety of drivers with that being the first obvious place to check. I'm looking for a little more specific information from anybody who has …
Soundblaster emulation under Windows 95 from VIA sound chip?
Posted on 2023-07-19, 14:04
I'm trying to get Soundblaster emulation working on a Wyse Vx0 thin client under Windows 95. I've thus far managed to get all the other hardware working properly, and also have sound working using some very old VXD drivers (but it only works for Windows sound, I get no sound or music in any DOS …
Re: FM801 card shows as SBLIVE
Posted on 2023-07-03, 21:11
I had the unfortunate bad luck of receiving a similar fake card today. Bought 2 of them on ebay (listed as FM801-AU) and tried installing on a 98/DOS system. In Windows 98, the included CD installed the drivers just fine and the sound works fine, as does the gameport. However, upon trying to install …
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