Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2022-01-01, 22:52

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Yeah, latest fdoomt50.exe(and 52 too) flickers like crazy in DosBox, in every build and fork I tested. But since it's working fine on almost every real video card, not a big deal I guess? Interestingly, there's no such issue in DosBox-X. Speaking about 'real' video cards, fdoom50 / 52 are also not …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2021-11-30, 05:18

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Also, is it possible to use the gameport for midi output in dos instead of the built-in GM? I have both an SC-7 and an RA-50 to use with it. In true DOS - no. For DOS apps running under Win98 - yes. Same case with Line-In, in true DOS it's disabled and I couldn't find a working DOS mixer app for …

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Re: Floppy 3 & 4 without BIOS support

Posted on 2021-11-22, 17:52

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That's great. Using a 1542 as a secondary FDC is actually what motivated the project Thank you a lot for your effort, both on the driver and sharing the details. There is suprisingly few information on this topic, basically just a page mentioned above, but none of its solutions had worked for me (I …

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Re: Floppy 3 & 4 without BIOS support

Posted on 2021-11-22, 14:37

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Yes, there is this driver https://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum/technical-support/vintage-computer-software/74244-dos-file-level-access-to-secondary-370h-fdc-driver/page3?73055-DOS-File-Level-access-to-Secondary-%28370H%29-FDC-Driver=#post919840 But you need a proper secondary controller which allows …

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Re: Looking for "Sound Blaster Series Hardware Programming Guide" that includes AWE cards too...Has this ever been relea

Posted on 2021-09-28, 20:40

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I was digging for the same in a while, guess the following links may be of use to you: Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 Developer Information Package AWE32/EMU8000 Programmer’s Guide The example of direct EMU8000 control (c) Grinus/ToM The Un-official Sound Blaster AWE32 Programming Guide by Vince Vu …

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Re: My K6-III+ Socket 7 project

Posted on 2021-07-29, 12:07

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One of my boxes is similar, please let me couple of comments: +1 for adding forced cooling of a Voodo3 PCI. After some uptime they really become unstable or start displaying artifacts w/o any overclocking. And it would be a pity to damage such card keeping in mind their current prises. ASUS 430TX …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2021-07-22, 20:51

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Thanks for the reply - yes it's strange, this is a long standing setup I'm using that sounds fine with all of the other games I have installed. I use SETUPSA but have tried Tiido's util too, same result. MBF digital FX are maybe half as loud as stock DOOM. My SETUPSA mixer is up as far as it will …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2021-07-22, 09:11

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I'm trying this out for the first time and it's very cool - I love the high res option. I'm not having much luck with sound though, specifically the volume is low and seems to be variable - sometimes it's so low that I can barely hear anything. I'm using a socket 7 machine in pure DOS 7, with an …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2021-07-19, 17:35

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Strangely, with MBF HPDPMI32 version posted above, running in pure DOS, not DOSBOX, not Windows, I'm always getting "segmentation fault" on loading even the stock Doom 2 WAD. This version loads, the demos play, but always "Segmentation Fault" when I go to start a new game. With the previous DOS …

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Re: Audigy 2 ZS interfering with RAID controllers?

Posted on 2021-05-02, 19:14

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Oh, yes, I checked for IRQ conflicts, both by making sure that the RAID controller and Audigy are in slots that don't share IRQs when automatically assigned, and then also by manually assigning their IRQs in BIOS. Unfortunately it didn't seem to help. I were struggling with similiar RAID/sound …

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Re: Audigy 2 ZS interfering with RAID controllers?

Posted on 2021-05-02, 12:19

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Has anyone else ever had these kinds of issues with an Audigy 2 ZS not playing well with a RAID controller? Like, is this a known thing, and I just haven't heard about it somehow? Yes. Possible root cause is IRQ sharing: make sure that interrupts assigned to the RAID controller and Audigy2 are not …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2021-04-19, 22:41

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Have anyone here tested how the Audigy 2 compares to Audigy Vortex 2 when it comes to DOS compatibility and compatibility? I have the choice of using either one in my Win9x/WinXP system. I did. In Win9x, both are fully functional (with VXD drivers), difference is in the supported standards: Vortex2 …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-11, 15:25

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Thanks for the feedback. Yes, running with -r is expected to automatically create the report file and terminate. HWiNFO now doesn't use BIOS PnP services on your board to avoid the issue, but it's using its own direct low-level PnP serial isolation to enumerate PnP-capable boards. That seemed to …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-11, 10:39

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Thanks. Can you please try the attached build if it doesn't crash now and also recognizes your mainboard? HWINF613.ZIP Thank you very much! This build is not freezing anymore, however When I'm running it with "-r -d", it creates reports and immediately terminates - is this expected behavior? It's …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-09, 21:59

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Maybe if you could send me the BIOS content I could have a look inside if I can see something. You can use the attached tool to capture the actual BIOS content, but please avoid loading the PNPFIX driver in this case so I can see the original BIOS structures. GETBIOS.COM.zip UPDATE: I just had a …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-09, 17:27

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Thanks. Looks like you'll need to disable the "Skip PnP BIOS Calls" option in Setup -> Configuration menu. This motherboard has a graphical "windows-style" AMI BIOS, and unfortunately it doesn't contain such option. Diving deeper into the matter, I have found an unofficial M919 guide and another …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-09, 08:10

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Mumak wrote on 2021-04-08, 17:01: Thanks. Could you please repeat that sequence with debug mode (-d switch) and attach a new DBG file? Maybe it will tell me more why BIOS PnP services are causing such issue. Of course, here is the result.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-08, 14:21

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Thanks. Does the system have a PnP-compliant BIOS? It seems to return an erratic number of PnP devices in system. Can you check in the Mainboard screen -> BIOS -> PnP, what is shown there? Btw, pressing F2 will save the current screen into HWINFO.LOG file. BIOS information screenshot is attached, …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-08, 13:50

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Mumak wrote on 2021-04-08, 09:48: Can you please run "HWINFO -d" (in debug mode) and after reset grab the HWINFO.DBG file and post here? Sure - here it is.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-08, 09:37

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In my 486, "Peripherals info" gets stuck on "Checking: PnP sound cards", and it's hanging on this screen infinitely. The system does not seem to be totally frozen, at least soft reset is working, but I could not find other means to exit the application when this happens. Tested it with the lates …

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