Re: (For PCEM) Will upgrading from an I7: 8700 to any I9 compatible with my 300 series chipset offer me any improvements

Posted on 2021-10-29, 21:36

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by Xanarki

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Contrary to what the other person said, in my experience, PCem runs Windows 9x games better than DOSBox-X. At least, games that requires a 3D card. I find PCem's Voodoo2 emulation better than DOSBox-X's Voodoo emulation. But everyone has different experiences. But to your original question: …

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Re: Older DirectPlay concerns, what else can I do to protect myself and others?

Posted on 2021-02-05, 02:05

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by Xanarki

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Sorry, I should've mentioned some programs I've already tried. GameRanger doesn't support most of the games we have. Same goes for Qtracker. I've never tried Hamachi, but, I've heard bad things about its advertisements and its latency. Also, I've tried a program called Kali (nostalgic overload), …

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Older DirectPlay concerns, what else can I do to protect myself and others?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 16:29

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by Xanarki

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I'd be grateful if anyone had some insight into something that I'm no expert on (networking). Long story short, me and a few friends get together to play some old Win9x games online (on Windows 10). A good portion of them utilizes DirectPlay (version 6 and older most likely). In order to play most …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2020-12-30, 21:16

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ Software

Thnx for the suggestions. I already had the 2 protocols installed, and a login. I managed to get IPX working, so at least that's a positive. :) But, a good chunk of the games I have instead use TCP/IP for direct connections, which utilizes DirectPlay. And since I'm getting a BSOD when trying to …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2020-12-29, 22:56

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ Software

I apologize, I should have mentioned that I grabbed the drivers already. However...you've prompted me to look at my Device Manager and my card is listed as a generic "Dial-Up Adapter". Upon re-selecting the Broadcom drivers, it says that the device isn't installed. So I'm assuming that I need to …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2020-12-29, 19:01

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ Software

DirectX is just a interface. Just as you need to install a separate graphics card driver you need to install a separate network card driver as well. quick google says you have a Broadcom 570X, quick google on "Broadcom 570X Win98" links back to OP's very own blog :) http://retrosystemsrevival. …

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Re: DOSBox vs PCem vs 86Box which do you prefer?

Posted on 2020-12-29, 07:42

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by Xanarki

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86box is great due to the constant updates and closer community (Discord, etc.) but PCem is more practical in other ways. I can basically run any vintage game up until early 2001/late 2000 on PCem, and I use Win98's MS-DOS Mode for anything older. I haven't touched DOSBox in years as it doesn't …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2020-12-29, 07:34

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ Software

This is a long shot if anyone still tinkers with these D600s, but, has anyone ever gotten LAN to work? I'm not trying to actually go online, but just wanted to connect it to other Win98 PCs for LAN gaming. For my D600, the DirectPlay feature in dxdiag causes a BSOD and the Networking tab is …

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Re: PCem v17

Posted on 2020-12-04, 17:29

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by Xanarki

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The Pentium II and Banshee implementation is awesome, but also of importance, I've noticed a performance increase from v16 to v17. On v16 my limit for a consistent 100% was with the p166, but with v17 I'm getting a consistent 100% with the p200 mmx. Which makes me think that performance was tweaked …

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Re: Does PCI-Express sound card with gameport exist?

Posted on 2020-12-04, 17:16

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by Xanarki

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Seems like it would be simpler to use a USB-Gameport adapter. There's nothing particularly good about a CMI audio chip, and it's almost certainly not superior to the sound already integrated into a modern motherboard. I would be quite wary of this. Usually the Gameport-to-USB adapters are junk, and …

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Re: Arabic theme games?

Posted on 2020-05-12, 15:27

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by Xanarki

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I'm surprised nobody mentioned Stronghold Crusader. A classic RTS from 2002.

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Re: Older Dell laptops' hard drives using "power saving mode"?

Posted on 2020-05-12, 01:40

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeh same site I found, and since I have no means to do the last step (save DCO), I can't save the APM setting. Guess I'll just boot into hdat2 anytime I wanna play a game for an extended period 🤣.

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Re: Older Dell laptops' hard drives using "power saving mode"?

Posted on 2020-05-12, 01:14

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@darry again thanks for the suggestion. By any chance, do you (or anyone lurking) know how to save this setting? Because after powering down, it reverts to default (enabled). I tried looking in the registry and I also tried modifying/saving the DCO (DCO area is not enabled though so it made no …

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Re: Older Dell laptops' hard drives using "power saving mode"?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 05:40

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I disabled the APM (value was at 80), and it seems to work fine now. Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully my hard drive won't crap out 10x quicker now though 🤣.

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Re: Carmageddon 2 on Windows 10

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:16

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by Xanarki

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Yeah Carma2 had numerous re-releases, and even more complicated when separated by region, too. Check out the numerous files here (the Superpatch V3 is the ideal download, it combines GOG, SCI, and fan-made fixes, but I think you'll need a wrapper ofc): https://rr2000.cwaboard.co.uk/pc-files

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Re: Older Dell laptops' hard drives using "power saving mode"?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 20:18

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I searched within the manual of hdat2 and didn't find any options for altering power saving but maybe it's worded differently? I haven't tried another hard drive. That was gonna be my last resort, as it took awhile to get my current configuration to be stabilized. Just wanted to note, this …

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Re: Volo's Gampad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (Do you need this thing?)

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:35

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think it's pretty cool, good luck on production, check out some Discord servers to advertise it (I'll toss a link in the /r/ emulation server for ya).

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Re: Older Dell laptops' hard drives using "power saving mode"?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:29

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ohp sorry, I should have mentioned that I looked in the BIOs. Nothing there though sadly.

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Older Dell laptops' hard drives using "power saving mode"?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 09:14

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by Xanarki

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been working on an old circa 2003 Dell Latitude (Win98 se). Whenever I play a game on it, most of them, will have a second stutter every so often when a new action is performed. Despite having a 1.5ghz cpu and a 32MB ATI card, even older games (pre-2001) have this issue. After doing some …

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Re: Does anyone have experience with DirectPlay on Windows 10?

Posted on 2020-04-22, 04:36

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by Xanarki

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So, I couldn't fix the problem. But if anyone else is searching online and stumbles across this post, maybe some of the things I tried above will help their game instead. I analyzed the packets via Wireshark, as soon as the other PC tries to connect and the DirectPlay protocol appears ("enum …

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