Re: How to (manually) align a FAT filesystem?

Posted on 2020-02-04, 19:07

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by Dochartaigh

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I think you're well beyond my experience level...but I failed at doing this. I wanted to format my SSD's and SD cards (have IDE adapters for my older computers for these) with 4K partition Alignment and couldn't get it to work. Everybody says to just use a modern Linux system, but honestly, who has …

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Re: Can you run DOSBox in Windows 98 (NOT run Win98 in DOSbox!)

Posted on 2020-02-03, 21:23

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by Dochartaigh

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

To run on Windows 95 or NT4 without Active Desktop requires a modification to DOSBox so that it doesn't store the dosbox.conf in the user profile, see my thread here where I am wiriting guides on compiling DOSBox: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=55706 Thanks! This is absolutely awesome …

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Re: Crusader No Remorse - Black screen in DOS, will NOT boot!

Posted on 2020-02-03, 14:51

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Software

What soundcard are you using? Try running without sound. I once had problem with Crusader No Regret and a 440BX mobo with 256MB RAM. Limiting the available memory by using the xmsdisk utility which creates a RAM drive enabled me to play on pure MS-DOS 6.22. I always had an ISA AWE64 in this system. …

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Can you run DOSBox in Windows 98 (NOT run Win98 in DOSbox!)

Posted on 2020-02-03, 14:26

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by Dochartaigh

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

Probably been asked a million times but no matter how I search I find posts asking how to run Windows 98 INSIDE DOSBox - when I want to be able to r un DOXBox on a computer running Windows 98 ! Is this possible? I'm slowly going through my list of games and there's a very small number that I can't …

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Re: Crusader No Remorse - Black screen in DOS, will NOT boot!

Posted on 2020-02-02, 22:41

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Software

Since you didn't mention your graphics card in your first post, I was just throwing that out there to cover the bases. It's possible there's some issue with the GF4, and Univbe won't work with it (it's too new and should already have Vesa BIOS Extension support). It is kind of an overpowered …

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Re: Crusader No Remorse - Black screen in DOS, will NOT boot!

Posted on 2020-02-02, 20:22

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Software

It runs in SVGA, so depending on your graphics card you may need univbe to help out. My computer has a GeForce 4 ti 4600 AGP video card. I've run about 50 other DOS games and they've all been fine so far (besides the system being too fast for a small handful of older games). Do GeForce 4 ti cards …

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Crusader No Remorse - Black screen in DOS, will NOT boot!

Posted on 2020-02-02, 19:19

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Software

Yeah, yeah, I know there's FOUR PAGES of search results for this game just in this DOS subforum (and another ~20 pages in the DOXBOX forum), and I know this very well because I've spent 3 hours (no joke) trying everything and I STILL can't get this to work.... All I get is a black screen when …

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Re: Is there any version of dosbox that supports super resolutions (2560x240,etc)?

Posted on 2020-02-01, 19:19

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by Dochartaigh

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in DOSBox General

I would see if there's any enterprising souls who have used GroovyMAME/CRT Emudriver to this effect. Yes, that's named after MAME but people use it for any number of emulators - it does all those super resolutions to great effect. The GroovyMAME forum is: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/ I use this …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-02-01, 18:26

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Sound

With the DOS driver pack installed, you'll get full SB16 support in the Windows 98 DOS prompt as well as in pure DOS that you enter via "Restart in MS-DOS mode". And yes, you will need to initialize the card using "audigy12.exe" every time you boot into pure DOS (but not under Win98). Think I just …

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Re: Can't finde Phils Starter Pack for MS-DOS 6.22

Posted on 2020-01-31, 20:35

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Software

but I’m still interested why this site doesn’t opened here, in Russia I tried several providers and several computers/mobile devices Many times in cases like this the nameservers pointing to a certain website will be down/unavailable from a certain part of the world. If you had a VPN and could use …

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Re: DOS Compatibility with NEC LCD2190 1600x1200 LCD Monitor?

Posted on 2020-01-31, 16:09

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Video

can't help you with that specific one, but I think I have a 2170NX. I got that one specifically because I prefer VA over IPS I don't even know if this one has VA - just know it's TFT. Have you had any problems with DOS resolutions on it? [hr] 2090UXi and 2190UXi are practically identical (feature …

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Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2020-01-30, 23:35

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is there a list of which types of motherboards allow the different cache's to be turned off? Just looking to learn some rule of thumbs here. For example, if I aim for a computer with a 200mhz and below processor will those (almost?) ALWAYS have these different cache options available for me to slow …

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DOS Compatibility with NEC LCD2190 1600x1200 LCD Monitor?

Posted on 2020-01-30, 16:23

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Video

Has anybody used a NEC LCD2190 (think they go under LCD2190UXP and LCD2190UXI too) 1600x1200 4:3 LCD monitor for DOS use? It's a TFT active matrix, which can do 50 to 85Hz (I've read that although IPS has better color, most won't do 70Hz which many DOS games are in). I know DOS compatibility can be …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-01-28, 15:08

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by Dochartaigh

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You need to run it with the Roland switch in order to get General Midi to kick in. So, open an DOS prompt and start the game with: monkey2.exe v mo r Thanks, but I tried that before - missing some sounds when run inside of Windows. Like the very first copy protection screen, when the monkeys come …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-01-27, 18:31

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks, I'll look into the other things you wrote when I get home. I did some testing and only about 6 out of ~30 or so DOS games had proper Sound FX and Midi sound when played through windows (Doom 1 & 2, Duke3d, Hexen/Heretic and Quake all worked in Windows). The others (when played inside Windows …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-01-27, 16:06

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Sound

Here's my notes for the ~15th? time lol I'm installing the DOS drivers for the Audigy 2 ZS. It finally worked! - you don't have to read the massive wall of text below, but just in case my notes help somebody else: Super long notes to install Audigy 2 ZS DOS Drivers in Windows 98 SE --Formatted new …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-01-26, 00:22

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Sound

Thank you once again for the directions! so if I even like the sound of the default/stock soundfonts, am I going to be able to use this Audigy in pure DOS mode, and STILL get it to use the soundfonts and sound like I can get it to sound through Windows? The Audigy's default .sf2 soundfont which it …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-01-25, 21:24

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Sound

Getting the Audigy 2 ZS SB16 emulation to work is complicated even with just a single card. I imagine having an additional card present and competing for resources would make the situation even more complex. Thank you for the instructions. I ordered another cheap hard drive so I'll try again once …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-01-25, 06:12

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Sound

To use that SB16 Audigy 2 ZS pack, you need to have VxD drivers installed, not WDM drivers which is what the CD installs by default. Here is the method that I got from browsing various threads on this forum. Note that the Audigy's SB16 legacy device will require A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 and I don't think …

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Re: 1st 'new' Sound Setup Questions: ISA/ESS for DOS, PCI/Audigy 2 for Win98

Posted on 2020-01-24, 18:56

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by Dochartaigh

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in Marvin \ Sound

I'm not very familiar with ESS cards as I never owned one, but from what I understand, they emulate OPL3 FM synthesis, meaning they sound close to the original SB16. On the other hand, the Audigy can emulate a Roland SC-55 if you use the proper sound font, and that was the device which most …

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