Re: Confused by EMS and EMM386

Posted on 2023-03-04, 16:59

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I'm perplexed! I have SuperStardust 96 - it requires EMS to run. On my 486 running DOS 7, it runs with EMM386 running - fine (but, as it seems to be a rather buggy game, it crashes after the second tunnel sequence) So, I thought I'd run it on my P3 also running DOS 7 However, I couldnt get EMS …

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Re: Abit KT7A-RAID - Capacitors?

Posted on 2023-02-25, 17:38

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I fully recapped a KT7-RAID (without the A) several weeks ago. I used all Panasonic FR capacitors except for three 1500uF/6.3V caps near the AGP slot because the FRs are too tall - 16mm height is required. (Remainder omitted for brevity) This is perfect, thank you! I've already taken a photo of the …

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Re: Abit KT7A-RAID - Capacitors?

Posted on 2023-02-24, 12:18

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Cyclone3d, I think doing so you risk causing a short and irreversibly damaging a hard to repair component like the VIA686. I wasn't being serious. In any case, the one I bought was also a brand new KT7A. Looked perfectly fine. Powered it up and it sounded like a few .22 bullets were fired right …

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Re: Abit KT7A-RAID - Capacitors?

Posted on 2023-02-23, 19:54

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These are the well known brands I know I use for recapping, depending on availability: - Nichicon HM/HN - Rubycon MBZ and ZL - Chemicon KZE - Panasonic FL Fantastic, thank you! Of them, I know Ruby and Pana are generally held in high regard. Do you have a preference, or are they all of equal …

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Abit KT7A-RAID - Capacitors?

Posted on 2023-02-23, 18:08

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I recently bought a "new"/unused KT7A-RAID v1 motherboard as a present for myself for my birthday. It was one of the many bits of hardware I've owned in years gone that I thoughtlessly discarded long ago, and which I've sought to reacquire. It's kind of been my holy grail motherboard straddling the …

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Re: Can you configure Dos 7.1 independently from W98?

Posted on 2023-02-09, 20:46

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Alright thanks. I’ll try it out that way. f it doesnt work I’ll buy a CF or SD card adapter maybe. Or I might try to install Dos 6.22 or 7.1 on the same disk *after* installation of Windows 98SE. I did this on a CF, both 98 and 6.22, but use PLOP boot manager which can hide the partitions from each …

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Re: My 3DfxVoodoo Banshee died apparently without a reason...

Posted on 2023-01-15, 15:46

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I ended up tossing away the card to the garbage bin Chances are you're going to end up regretting this. Lots of us have thrown out parts we regretted later. (Off-topic) A KT7A-RAID, GUS Classic, Awe64 Gold, and a PCI Voodoo3 2000... I cry a little every time I glance at a certain auction site to …

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Re: ESS 1938 under DOS

Posted on 2022-04-01, 12:37

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Maybe some1 should hit phillybuster up to update that on his page to avoid wasting tons of others time since his page floats up to the top for that driver. Oh I forgot he has pretty much zero contact info no email, no twitter, no nothing :X https://twitter.com/philscomputerlb He's not that active …

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Re: what projects have you yet to get to?

Posted on 2022-03-21, 09:51

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There is lots that I never ended up doing, the most important one is learning how to solder (and I mean really, not just solder 2 wires together and that kind of stuff) and getting the gear needed to do repairs. And like some others here, I got plenty parts (and cases) still left to test and work …

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Re: Best Midi player Best Mod player

Posted on 2022-03-02, 15:14

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For modern Windows I use foobar2000 ( https://www.foobar2000.org/ ) for all my audio files; there are plugins for just about every format you can imagine, and its interface is fairly customizable. It's been my go-to player since the early 2000s, when Winamp started getting a bit crappy. I don't …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F freezing

Posted on 2020-05-28, 23:35

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I had an Audigy back in the day, and it was finicky as all get out. Same symptoms as you, random freezes under Windows 98 (and later, bluescreens under XP). I kept up with Creative's drivers, even used the kxProject drivers. I vaguely remember the bulk of my problems stemming from the PCI slot I had …

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Re: Modern PSU for Pentium 3 what 5V xxA ?

Posted on 2020-05-16, 08:53

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Should manufacturers start making these 5V 30-40A PSUs again and make them more common ? https://www.bequiet.com/en/psucalculator That seems extremely unlikely, as there's been a push by Intel to eliminate the 3.3V and 5V rails with the ATX12VO spec. https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3568-intel- …

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Re: SB0010D and SB0060 Compatibility

Posted on 2020-04-27, 08:51

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Hi guys, I own an SB0060 sound card that I use with my 98SE system. I want to get the Live Drive front panel thing for it, but they are quite hard to find. I managed to find a couple of SB0010 Live Drives on eBay, but I am little confused since there seems to be a few different models. From the …

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Re: Using VIA VT8231 southbridge for sound blaster pro emulation (edit : sound blaster emulation available using softwar

Posted on 2020-04-12, 14:13

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I disabled the SB Legacy mode in the BIOS setup and tried to run VIAUDIO.COM. As expected, it told me to enable it in the BIOS first: Nothing to contribute to the discussion, but I wanted to express my surprise at seeing someone else using Sunil's DEXE! That's been a staple of my DOS toolkit for …

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-01, 12:02

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Set vid_wait 0 and vid_nopageflip 1. I assume you mean that I should enter in Quake console? It should affect my other systems based on 440BX/I815 also, as they ran the benchmark with same settings but producing way higher fps. Try running one of the write combine enabling programs before starting …

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Re: What would be better for Windows 98-era gaming?

Posted on 2020-03-17, 14:18

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WIN98se.. May 5, 1999- SLOT 1 Coppermine @ 700MHZ -August 2000 (maybe a little underpowered for 98 do you think?) I ran 98SE on my Pentium 233, before upgrading to an Athlon 750 in '01. Considering 98's minimum system requirements of a 486/66, I think your P3 700 is more than adequate, although …

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Re: Retro PC Hell

Posted on 2020-03-17, 02:09

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I feel your pain. I'm trying to put together a trio of machines, one each for DOS, 98 and XP. I haven't done anything foolish, yet, but I came close trying to attach the heatsink to my 462 board. Screw driver slipped a few times, thought I hit the mobo, fortunately I only dinged the chassis. Worst …

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Re: Programming the VGA chip in C/C++ for 16 bit DOS - help writing my own routines

Posted on 2019-09-08, 23:06

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that only works for 386 and up, -3s, -3r etc. you cant do it with -0 to -2 for 8086/286 code. Since he was targeting -0, you have to do use the -ec# switches. I stand corrected. 20+ years, and I learned something new. :-). Thanks! Although, in fairness, I really only used Watcom for its 32-bit …

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Re: Programming the VGA chip in C/C++ for 16 bit DOS - help writing my own routines

Posted on 2019-09-08, 12:55

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You should add a .gitignore to your repository, ignore obj, exe, err etc... Someone mentioned earlier; Watcom defaults to its own calling convention where the first four parameters to a function call are passed in registers. Other compilers use the default of passing all args on the stack from right …

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