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Re: Windows 98SE 486 requirement

Posted on Today, 05:01

OK, but it seems that both 98FE and 98SE contain the same code for 386 support. The only difference is in the installation program. On the other hand, modern Linux kernels completely lack the 386 code - no way to compile a 386-compatible binary. I guess it was the same with OS/2 Warp 4 and Windows …

Re: Drivers/Questions about ESS488

Posted on Today, 01:48

Anonymoose wrote on Yesterday, 23:39: As for the cdrom port, could I just add an IDE cd-rom drive to it? Or would I have to stick it into the parallel port? No, that CD-ROM connector doesn't look like IDE. You can connect an IDE CD-ROM on the same cable as the HDD, just set the HDD to MASTER, and …

Windows 98SE 486 requirement

Posted on Yesterday, 15:49

I've just learned that Windows 98SE won't install on a 386 - the minimum is 486. Any idea why? Is this just artificial limitation, so that nobody complains that it runs sluggish on a 386 ? Or it actually uses 486 instructions somewhere? Is it possible to make it run on a 386 via some patch, perhaps …

Re: Drivers/Questions about ESS488

Posted on 2024-04-25, 01:08

Yes, some cards have jumpers to enable/disable the amplifier, close to the OUT jack - but I can't see anything there on your card. Also, FM music plays at normal volume, right? If so, then it can't be disabled amplifier. Try some other software, eg. Pinball Fantasies. In SETSOUND.EXE, try "Sound …

Re: Drivers/Questions about ESS488

Posted on 2024-04-24, 15:54

OK, so the FM synth does work. Now, try to play some .MOD file in Inertia Player: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=29208 In ISETUP.EXE, select the plain Sound Blaster, and try both AutoDetect and manual settings. At first, try Mixing Speed = 22 kHz, if you get it working you can try 44 kHz.

Re: Open source floppy disk imaging program(s)?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 15:35

Windows isn't free, but it somehow doesn't make it good for imaging diskettes... When dumping a diskette to a file, it's always a good idea to write-protect the diskette - no problem then. But can't write-protect when doing the opposite, and: - Windows 9x writes the "IHC" signature in the boot …

Re: Open source floppy disk imaging program(s)?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 03:56

There's dd.exe in Cygwin port of coreutils... dd if=somefile.img of=\device\floppy0 Edit: I tried it in Windows 11 with a USB floppy drive, and the following worked: dd if=somefile.img of=/dev/fd0 But it was slow. For good performance, larger block size is necessary, eg.: dd if=somefile.img of=/dev/ …

Re: Drivers/Questions about ESS488

Posted on 2024-04-24, 01:19

Anonymoose wrote on 2024-04-14, 01:28: I have an ESS ES488 card, and while it does work, some games/programs don’t seem to work with it? For example, Protracker II doesn’t emit sound and Doom doesn’t play music. So, what software does work? And what's the machine you're testing the card in?

Re: Windows 3.1 Must Have Software -

Posted on 2024-04-21, 16:55

in Windows
BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-21, 16:26: I think the TCPIP bundled with Internet Explorer 3 was fairly decent, though you did have to put up with the dialler popping up from time to time, I think it was every time a new thing opened a socket. It only supported dial-up, not LAN, right?

Re: Windows 3.1 Must Have Software -

Posted on 2024-04-21, 16:19

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Trumpet for TCP/IP (works better than Microsoft‘s one IMO. Also doesn‘t require Workgroups) Microsoft TCP/IP-32 supports DHCP, and should be faster than Trumpet, but requires WFW 3.11. As this topic is about Windows 3.1, then indeed, Trumpet Winsock is a must have. The best version seems to be 2.1F …

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