Using Ethernet on Windows 9x/XP PCs without connecting to the Internet

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by Renaissance 2K

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Hey, everyone. I'm adding a new 95-era PC to the family. It came with a PCI ethernet adapter, which renewed my interest in getting my home PCs networked to save on sneaker ops. I already have a wired network at home for my modern PCs and PC-adjacent devices, both for inter-device networking and …

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Re: Windows XP: "Please insert the disc: 1" error during installation

Posted on 2024-09-13, 22:05

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Thanks for your reply. i've had a similar problem but not the same error when installing xp the install would stop at some point as it was unable to read a file from the cd, sometimes it would skip the error but i'd find important files missing from my installation, making installing software/games …

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Windows XP: "Please insert the disc: 1" error during installation

Posted on 2024-09-13, 15:54

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Hi, everyone. Lately, a few of the programs I've been trying to install on my Windows 98/XP machine have failed with the same error message: Please insert the disc: 1 . The installation gets nearly to the completion point, and then a Windows dialog appears at the top of the screen with the titular …

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Re: Win 98SE hangs on shutdown

Posted on 2024-08-16, 06:28

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I had this issue for months, and it randomly resolved itself last night after installing DirectX 9.0c to fix an unrelated issue.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-04-07, 17:04

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by Renaissance 2K

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[...] I'm sorry to annoy everyone with yet another tiny question, especially one that's probably in the docs somewhere, but how do I set the port when I call ORPHINIT? [...] all you have to do is go to this section: ; This controls the on-chip Crystal MPU-401-compatible UART. ; This tool has NO …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-04-07, 05:52

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in an ideal world muting wavetable like Shponglefan mentions would work - but games like to mess and/or reset mixer settings so the best bet is to create a dual-u setup by assigning WT HEADER to CSMPU using the jumper block and enable Crystal MPU with orphinit at port 300 Yes, this sounds exactly …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-04-04, 19:57

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I picked up an MP32L because I wanted to add some Roland magic to my setup (LGR is a helluva drug...) and connected it via the MIDI Out on the back of the Orpheus II. Got it all hooked up, and it's working, but it sounds both the MT-32 and the onboard wavetable (the one with the black PCB that came …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-03-20, 01:12

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Is there a foolproof DOS game you folks use for testing your GUS sound configuration? By "foolproof", I mean it works out of the box without any patching, manual configuration, etc. You just enter the game's SETUP program, pick "Gravis Ultrasound", and go. [...] DOOM pretty much works out of the …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-03-15, 20:09

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Is there a foolproof DOS game you folks use for testing your GUS sound configuration? By "foolproof", I mean it works out of the box without any patching, manual configuration, etc. You just enter the game's SETUP program, pick "Gravis Ultrasound", and go. I'm using the preinstalled Gravis package …

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Re: nView: Revert to single display mode from "Out of range" DualView mode

Posted on 2024-02-22, 22:29

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I managed to confuse nView enough to clear out my settings. I unplugged my monitor from the VGA out on my video card and my BVM from the s-video, and then plugged in the same monitor to the DVI out on the video card. nView cleared my settings, and I was able to restore everything to something …

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nView: Revert to single display mode from "Out of range" DualView mode

Posted on 2024-02-21, 08:59

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Hey, everyone. I'm using a Windows 98 PC with a Ti 4600. I have a Sony BVM with support for progressive resolutions, and was playing around with nView to see if I could clone the output to both my VGA monitor and the BVM. Long story short, I ended up selecting the DualView mode to output to my …

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Re: Tomb Raider + 3Dfx: Why am I always reseating my cards?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 23:52

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Perhaps it has to do with the PIII 1 GHz CPU? For earlier DOS Glide games where the API is integrated into the executable, it is too fast that causes problems. That distorted image also occurs when using the original Voodoo Graphics card on such fast computer regardless of which Glide game is being …

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Tomb Raider + 3Dfx: Why am I always reseating my cards?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 21:59

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Hi, everyone. I just finished a playthrough of the DOS + 3Dfx version of Tomb Raider on my retro build, which is a circa 98/2000 machine that I added a MS-DOS 6.22 partition to for good measure. I have the build details at the end of the post, in case they're relevant. At the advice of the Voodoo 2 …

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Re: MDK help

Posted on 2020-09-11, 19:13

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Resurrecting this long-forgotten thread since the OP and I have the same goal in mind: running MDK on Windows 98 SE with the Microsoft Force Feedback Pro. I have the aforementioned joystick, a retail MDK CD, and a W98SE PC with a gameport provided via an Audigy 2 ZS. I found the FF patch that …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2020-09-09, 05:51

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I think I'm in pretty good shape now. I adopted @crvs' interior decorating skills and moved my sound card to PCI 5, forced IRQ 10 for it in the BIOS, and DOS 6.22 booted up without a hitch. I heard glorious, glorious sound in Doom and OMF without issue. After adding back my Voodoo 2s and my PCI …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2020-09-09, 04:13

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Motherboard is an Asus P3B-F, which is the 440BX chipset I have the same MB, rev 1.03 LOL You should definitely try my package for DOS "as is". Install Audigy2 into the 5th PCI slot (counting from processor) and assign to it IRQ 10 in BIOS, I believe all should just work. Well, hot damn!! https:// …

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Re: SSD with winxp and ide adapter

Posted on 2020-09-08, 16:38

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I'm using the StarTech adapter for my 98SE/XP build. It randomly won't get detected during POST, but if it makes it that far, it runs fine in Windows. Haven't narrowed down if the POST issue is the fault of the drive, the adapter, or the motherboard, so I'm not sure if that's enough reason to write …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-08, 05:56

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Image quality comparison between the Datapath VisionRGB-E1S and the Datapath VisionRGB-PRO2. Captured at 640 x 480 from a Matrox G400 with a normal-quality VGA cable using the VCS software. Do you have a link to the cable you're using? I have an E1S and want to capture from VGA, but most of the …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2020-09-07, 22:28

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Motherboard is an Asus P3B-F, which is the 440BX chipset. I had the sound card in a different slot originally, but my BIOS seems to give PCI 1 and 2 a dedicated IRQ, while 3/6 and 4/5 share IRQs, so I moved the sound card to PCI 2. I also disabled the serial and parallel ports, but had to leave USB …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2020-09-07, 05:12

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Thank to both of you for your replies. I wiped my Windows 98 partition and reinstalled everything from scratch, following Joseph's instructions in the OP to the letter. At least in Device Manager, I got the end result I wanted - including the dual SB16 emulation devices, one of which has a conflict …

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