Re: ESS AudioDrive Volume Settings Not Working

Posted on 2022-03-18, 04:18

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by Pierre32

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Xmodule999 wrote on 2022-03-17, 15:31: Version 2.8 is the highest version of ES968.COM driver? I can't answer this. But if you're having issues configuring one of these cards, given that the ES968 is a PnP chip, Unisound is worth a look these days: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for …

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Re: Waveblaster Adaptor for IDE-HDD Swap Frames

Posted on 2022-03-18, 04:15

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Dude, this is a really cool idea, and well executed! I like having these mobile racks in a build. I guess you could even do a ghetto version of this by simply extending the cable into the drive bay, and having your WT board sitting in there loose. But I like all the functionality you've designed …

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Re: Evaluating V3 sound midi module for DOS gaming purposes

Posted on 2022-03-17, 22:42

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This has great sounding samples, especially the very natural sounding percussion. But for me there's an 'uncanny valley' effect as you ramp up the instrument quality on these retro compositions. They sound much more at home on the old gear IMO. One thing that amuses me is how cheap the old Star Wars …

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Re: Flytech Carry I, is it worth saving?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 10:54

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by Pierre32

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I'd say someone would be very keen to restore that. As far as I know these ranged from XT class through to 386. The integrated gameport and audio make this particularly interesting IMO. Don't send it to landfill 😀

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Re: Ess 1868F audio problem.

Posted on 2022-03-12, 02:45

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by Pierre32

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You should have something like this in your autoexec... Copy code to clipboard 1 SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 2 C:\AUDIODRV\ESSCFG.EXE /A:220 /I:7 /D:1 /B:330 /J:E 3 C:\AUDIODRV\ESSVOL.EXE /V:8 /L:8 /W:8 /M:0 /C:8 /S:8 /A:0

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2022-03-12, 01:02

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by Pierre32

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I'm not running Win3.1 at the moment, but I do a bit of emulation in DOS. I really dig this archiving effort 😀

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Re: Vietnam retro hardware gamers?

Posted on 2022-03-11, 06:03

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I just found this interesting old article: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/vietnam-in-photos/109636/photos--saigon-technicians-turn-old-computers-into-tv-sets.html I'm sure some people will reel in horror at those CRTs being dismantled, but that aside I really dig things being repurposed in general …

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Re: How do you all transfer files in ?

Posted on 2022-03-11, 02:17

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by Pierre32

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Getting Samba going (on a Pi) literally reinvigorated my love of this hobby. I didn’t realize how frustrating it was to sneakernet files via USB and how off-putting that was in practice. Same. There was a lot of "I'll get to that later" when I was facing a slow USB transfer, or burning a CD, or …

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gameport Header

Posted on 2022-03-11, 00:15

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by Pierre32

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Cuttoon wrote on 2022-03-11, 00:11: https://www.ebay.de/itm/255114425856 Cool. Yeah it does depend where you're searching from. Even searching 'worldwide' from Aus I don't get this result. Then there's the variety of terminology sellers might use in the title...

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gameport Header

Posted on 2022-03-11, 00:05

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I was looking for the same recently. At the time, someone in the UK was selling the official ones, but the price + shipping was insane to Australia. I ended up finding a generic one in my pile of junk, which shared a bracket with a DB25 connector. I was very happy to discover it worked - so it seems …

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Re: PCI Graphics Roundup - DOS

Posted on 2022-03-10, 12:59

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by Pierre32

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When you get to GF4 and GF5, DOS performance starts to go down. do you have some benchmarks for this? I thought all nvidia cards until geforce fx (5xxx) starting with riva128 shared the same 2d core. I remember I DOS-benchmarked my K6-3 with a matrox mystique, riva 128, tnt2 ultra and gf3-500 …

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Re: RetroNAS - open source server software for your retro machines

Posted on 2022-03-10, 02:09

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Cheers :) When I was discussing this on OCAU, Grant shared another tip on the topic. If you mount your shared volume to the Pi as 'msdos' instead of 'vfat', it will truncate the filenames in the classic way that we're used to. But apparently you need to be careful copying data onto this volume, as …

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Re: Outlook Express 6 in 2022

Posted on 2022-03-10, 00:16

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darry wrote on 2022-03-10, 00:01: I am curious as to why you are using Windows 2000 for this to begin with in 2022 . Me too, but I do think it's cool 😁 Personally I'd chuck War FTP on the laptop and Filezilla on the modern rig.

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Re: DB9 to MIDI Jack (5-pin DIN) - aka Music Quest MIDI cable

Posted on 2022-03-09, 09:32

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Welcome PapaLaz. One of the members here, keropi, sells modern clones of these cards (I have one and it's great). http://pcmidi.eu/pcmidi.html https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=43875&start=880 I believe the early models came with the adapter, but now they ship with a 3.5mm jack adapter …

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Turning a Saitek R4 Force wheel into an XP-compatible Microsoft Force Feedback Wheel!

Posted on 2022-03-09, 07:36

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by Pierre32

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I'll start with the short version: Open up your R4 and remove the link at J3. Job done. Saitek R4 mod.jpg What's this all about then... I wanted to connect my R4 gameport wheel to my XP machine. But Saitek didn't support them beyond Win98, so XP drivers don't exist. In my travels I came across this …

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Re: Freedos 1.3

Posted on 2022-03-09, 01:22

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Edit: IDK but it's giving me the "full on Linux support nightmare vibes" where you ask about something, get told to search it was asked a million times before, discover the only threads are people being told the same right back to an 0.8 version where you find out how it used to work 15 years ago, …

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Re: RetroNAS - open source server software for your retro machines

Posted on 2022-03-08, 09:39

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I wrote up a little thing demonstrating a scenario I've hit numerous times when transferring files via EtherDFS - and how to get around it using other available RetroNAS tools. Without moving one's lazy arse away from the DOS machine. It was originally drafted up as a forum post, but I decided to …

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Re: Network Booting (and some NetWare stuff)

Posted on 2022-03-07, 22:24

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by Pierre32

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Great thread. I've never done any reading on this topic, and this is an excellent introduction. Enjoyed poking around your site too!

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Re: How do you all transfer files in ?

Posted on 2022-03-07, 21:46

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by Pierre32

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I tried the subnet thing. I might have misunderstood what you wanted me to do, but on the routers settings page it did not allow me to set an ip out of range. I did set the router to hand my Windows 98 PC (which for some reason only shows up as Sunrich Technology on the client list) and hooked my …

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Re: EtherDFS - a network drive for DOS

Posted on 2022-03-07, 02:29

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by Pierre32

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And even then there would be a good chance of hitting issues using the protocol over wifi. Time to build a little Pi server 😉

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