Re: Tandy 3 Voice Sound - SN76489 ISA Soundcard Project

Posted on Yesterday, 21:28

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by mothergoose729

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I got congo bongo working! There is an option in the menu to press x for "external audio" which actually enables tandy sound. Terrible name for what it is, but sounds great!

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Re: Tandy 3 Voice Sound - SN76489 ISA Soundcard Project

Posted on Yesterday, 21:20

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by mothergoose729

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carlostex wrote on Yesterday, 21:18: Where did you get the patches? From the FTP server in the OP

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Re: Which Win version for late 90's games?

Posted on Yesterday, 15:56

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by mothergoose729

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If you want a no fuss setup don't install windows 98. Seriously, it's the masochists' OS if there ever was one. It makes linux fans seem like they love themselves.

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Re: Which Win version for late 90's games?

Posted on Yesterday, 02:48

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I would use dosbox and windows xp. The mainline version is pretty no fuss and works on windows XP just fine. PC gaming is still PC gaming, but you won't have to do as much patching on XP as you will on later versions of windows. With that said, the quake games generally run fine on modern windows or …

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Re: Ultimate Dosbox

Posted on Yesterday, 02:12

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by mothergoose729

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The voodoo banshee is pretty fast in DOS, but in terms of which is "fastest" that is hard to say. Most people aren't trying to use modern systems in DOS because of all the weird issues you can expect to run into. You maybe a bit pioneer in this area. It will be up to you to find out what works best …

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Re: Tandy 3 Voice Sound - SN76489 ISA Soundcard Project

Posted on Yesterday, 01:24

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by mothergoose729

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I just got the lpt version and I have had a lot of success! I am most interested in the DOS games that predate adlib/sound blaster and a lot of them are working great. Another nice thing about the lpt version is that with USB power the output is super clean. No noise what so ever. Sounds crisper …

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Re: Ultimate Dosbox

Posted on 2021-04-11, 22:14

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by mothergoose729

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You will want to use fastvid and mtrrlfbe in order to get the most out of your CPU: https://www.philscomputerlab.com/dos-graphics-boost.html Sometime around maxwell nvidia removed a bunch of legacy VESA modes from the firmware. Everything you see on a 1050ti will be scalled in hardware, which …

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Re: Ultima VII Frame Limiter Patch

Posted on 2021-04-10, 04:48

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by mothergoose729

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This community is awesome. A 30 year old game patched. Major kudos to you sir!

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Re: Which Version of XP for a Tualatin 1.4 Ghz with 512MB RAM? (98 SE/XP Machine)

Posted on 2021-04-09, 21:39

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by mothergoose729

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I installed SP3 on my slot 1 board, and while I haven't spent a lo t of time with it, it seems to be fine. I would be warry of the "black edition" or custom builds as they tend to install later versions of .net which may or may not be a problem.

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2021-04-08, 17:13

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Wow, thanks for the very fast response ! I actually pm-ed you regarding the image group idea because I believe that might feasible at low cost and wanted to be sure you saw that . What are your thoughts on this idea ? Apparently I can't reply here yet anyway, I must have posted too little 😊 I think …

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Re: First computer-related job?

Posted on 2021-04-08, 16:59

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I worked fast food in high school and college. My first job with computers was a programming … um... internship? Basically they needed something and they could only afford me. I developed a pretty shitty web app in like two weeks that ultimately went no where, and then I did something kind of cool …

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Re: Ultima VII Frame Limiter Patch

Posted on 2021-04-08, 15:27

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This couldn't have come at a more perfect time for me! I'll give this a shot soon... I am waiting on a sound card to arrive for my slot 1 machine.

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Re: Best sound/music option for DooM?

Posted on 2021-04-08, 05:37

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by mothergoose729

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Since doom was composed for general midi you can use an sc-55 imitation font like patch93 and it will sound great. I have experimented with the patch93 sound font a little bit, using Doom tracks to compare to recordings of the real thing, and it sound really good. Spot on. Personally I use the …

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Re: 98se problems on a one partition 250gb hdd?

Posted on 2021-04-07, 23:22

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by mothergoose729

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-Win9x has problems using more than 137gb on a single HDD. Those problems can be somewhat overcome with patches and drivers. Additionally fdisk has problems with creating/formatting drives larger than 32(?)gb. There are alternavties to fdisk and patches for fdisk to solve this problem. -Older IDE …

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on 2021-04-07, 21:36

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by mothergoose729

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I kind of feel the pre-95 "golden age" is exaggerated because that's when I Started. Few at my school knew what Monkey Island, Commander Keen, or Ultima was - they were at home playing Street Fighter, Sonic, and Super Mario Bros. Today it's made out like a lot of games and software of that time was …

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Re: Are Slot-A mobos good for DOS gaming?

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:06

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Any board with ISA can be a good DOS machine. You can disable L1 cache and get a pretty spot on 386. Hitting 486 speeds or anything slower than a 386 can be done with a combination of throttle and moslo with varying degrees of success. The biggest issue with socket A is finding the right power …

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Re: Advice using OSSC with Windows 98 PC

Posted on 2021-04-06, 18:37

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by mothergoose729

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Display -> settings -> advanced -> Adapter properties. That may be driver dependent but I have been able to set the refresh rate of windows desktop that way.

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Re: Carmageddon with Voodoo2 SLI

Posted on 2021-04-05, 20:08

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Cameggedon requires a patch for 3dfx. You can find it here: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix You might need to run in in pure dos mode though. I haven't yet got around to trying it on my voodoo 2 setup.

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on 2021-04-05, 19:26

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There is no golden age of computers. I love my 90's gaming gear and my 80's micros, but not because they are better or they represent a more ideal time. Old computers have limitations, and working around those limitations is fun. I like to explorer history and culture through old software. I also …

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Re: Best PCI sound card to work on DOS natively

Posted on 2021-04-05, 16:41

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by mothergoose729

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ESS SOLO-1 is probably the best PCI sound card for DOS. I think it does need a TSR though. They all do because of DMA I believe.

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