Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2020-03-26, 05:14

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by Dochartaigh

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These chips are work without problem both on CRT and LCD/TFT: Trident 3Dimage9750 (975) Trident 3Dimage9850 (985) S3 Savage4 Pro (86C397) S3 Savage4 Xtreme (86C398) S3 Savage2000 (86C410) ARK Logic ARK2000PV (with UniVBE) nVIDIA chips between RIVA TNT2 and GeForce3 Ti 500 are also very good (I have …

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Re: Trying to get ESS 1868F working on DOS and Win98SE

Posted on 2020-03-25, 18:28

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by Dochartaigh

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I'm bumping this because I have a VERY similar issue: earlier MMX 200MHz Windows 98 SE 2x different ESS ES1868F's (with Dreamblaster S2 for General Midi). --Can't get sound in Windows AND DOS games at the same time. My problem is I need to have the ESSCFG/ESSVOL + SET BLASTER variables loaded in …

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Re: Turn of the Millennia Win98SE Build

Posted on 2020-03-25, 02:22

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by Dochartaigh

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You can go higher then 800 :) my T500 has a 1Ghz CPU, Post test is funny as it shows T@00, Dell obviously only allowed 3 figures everywhere else shows the correct details. It wouldn't be period correct though! People are telling me that even my 800MHz isn't period correct since Intel didn't start …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2020-03-23, 22:22

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by Dochartaigh

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Okay, let me try to explain as simple as possible: Thank you for the explanation! Looks like nothing I have to worry about for gaming. I actually got in my two ESS ES1868F cards today. Any noticeable differences between them? I'm going to use a Dreamblaster S2 on one of them, and maybe try to get …

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Re: Why is Voodoo 3 so popular?

Posted on 2020-03-23, 22:01

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by Dochartaigh

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They're also usually cheaper than a Voodoo2 12mb (the more common Voodoo3's at least), cheaper than a Voodoo2 + regular video card (since the Voodoo2 can't be used by itself), and way cheaper than buying 2x Voodoo2 for SLI (which are roughly equivalent to a s single Voodoo3 for Glide).... The …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2020-03-23, 17:31

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by Dochartaigh

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Duplex is playback and recording at the same time, mainly needed for voice chat and the like. There's half-duplex and full-duplex. The ES1868 supports full-duplex, it can do playback and recording in CD-quality at the same time. Who told you the ES1868 does not support duplex? Almost every sound …

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Re: Turn of the Millennia Win98SE Build

Posted on 2020-03-23, 17:26

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by Dochartaigh

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I've got something similar right now, but it's a 440bx-2, 500 mHz. I don't know about yours, but this one has integrated Yamaha audio...I was planning on using my Vortex 2 card, but I've been playing Build engine and other DOS games, and the MIDI on this thing sounds a lot more awesome than what I …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2020-03-23, 02:23

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by Dochartaigh

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Hope asking a related question a couple months later is OK (no need to start another topic), but does not having duplex on the ES1868F cards matter if you only use them for gaming? Google says this that Duplex is mostly for how you can't record and play sound at the same time, but digging deeper it …

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Re: Slowing down my first computer + Turbo & Case Questions

Posted on 2020-03-22, 22:58

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by Dochartaigh

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My MMX system does not have L2 cache on the motherboard, so my results are naturally a little slower, but yours may be able to be disabled through the BIOS or with setmul, which should get your speeds down a bit more. Just try those setmul TR12 parameters (regardless of whether your motherboard has …

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Re: Slowing down my first computer + Turbo & Case Questions

Posted on 2020-03-22, 20:33

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by Dochartaigh

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Turbo on means FAST of course. Turbo off is for slowing down. I've been reading people argue this point on quite a few posts. Seems like for some people that depends on the case and/or MB combo as Turbo on (contrary to what that logically means) seems to slow down some peoples computers...which …

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Re: Slowing down my first computer + Turbo & Case Questions

Posted on 2020-03-22, 19:26

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by Dochartaigh

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But you can test it by yourself: 1) Configure optimal settings and disable Turbo (via jumper on the mainboard) and run a benchmark. 2) Use same BIOS configuration, but disable L1 cache (= internal cache, L2 cache does not matter with L1 disabled) and run a benchmark. I guess it is in the same range …

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Re: Turn of the Millennia Win98SE Build

Posted on 2020-03-22, 19:22

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by Dochartaigh

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Nice, The 700R is is fairly uncommon in my experience, The 500 is common in slot form then faster systems are usually the socket370 based PC's Only difference is the CPU and case badge but does make yours a bit different. This one actually has the T500 front panel on it now - the T700r has an …

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Re: Slowing down my first computer + Turbo & Case Questions

Posted on 2020-03-22, 18:50

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by Dochartaigh

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Using the "Turbo" button and "Setmul" ( Set multiplier ) utility I can slow down my 486dx4-100 computer to a 286@10mhz. and it runs fine. My build: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=71265 I would leave the Pentium 200mhz build alone. Mosts stuff will run on the 486dx4-100 or at 286@10mhz. …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2020-03-21, 23:46

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by Dochartaigh

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S2/X2: For games with general midi music, SoftMPU is not needed, as waveblaster cards are supported directly, usually. Still you can use SoftMPU if you want to use MT32 mode, and/or intelligent mode, with your S2/X2. Thank you again! So there's a select number of games listed on the SoftMPU wiki, …

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Turn of the Millennia Win98SE Build

Posted on 2020-03-21, 20:19

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by Dochartaigh

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I wanted a brand name computer (for the aesthetic), built to the highest specs during my college days (thus no main parts released after 2000), which I could play late DOS and early Windows games on (just like I did back then!), with some modern convenience upgrades. I went with a Dell Dimension XPS …

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Re: Slowing down my first computer + Turbo & Case Questions

Posted on 2020-03-21, 18:02

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by Dochartaigh

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Sorry I didn't get to this last weekend. I just tried Setmul on the 200MHz MMX and with the External Cache turned off through BIOS, the lowest 3dBench2 score I could get was 17. Still too fast for Wing Commander. Phil says around 9.8 is ideal for that game, but I just can't get it that low and it …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2020-03-20, 02:02

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by Dochartaigh

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For MT32 modus in games, you will need softmpu. it simulates intelligent mode, which is required by many games that support mt-32, and you also need to use /MT32 option (at least support by this version : https://github.com/pdewacht/softmpu), so that softmpu uses the correct midi control value (127 …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2020-03-19, 16:46

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by Dochartaigh

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The variation is a different mapping of mostly the same sounds, not a completely different soundbank. by setting ctrl 0 to 127, and then executing a program change, it uses MT32 mapping instead of General MIDI mapping. a special build of softmpu supports /mt32 option, which will automatically use …

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2020-03-19, 02:55

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by Dochartaigh

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I'm wondering what "VAR127" means. I just saw that the .txt doc with Buran says "this version 1.0 now also supports MT32 (through variation 127)", then when I searched this topic came up which the OP mentions "VAR127" several times. The one thing I didn't like about using something like the …

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Re: First haul: 486DX4 100MHz + MMX 200MHz! Questions about what I have.

Posted on 2020-03-13, 19:14

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by Dochartaigh

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The gifts keep on coming! Opened up the keyboard and it's a brand spankin' new Magitronic FK-2001 (seen these sold under Focus brand as well - I don't know which is the OEM manufacturer). Think these are supposed to have "White Alps Mechanical Switches" in them? (non-super loud bucking springs at …

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