Re: Sam & Max Hit the Road freezes

Posted on 2022-07-13, 22:25

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Thanks to everyone who replied! I tried those patches first with no luck. The game is apparently speed sensitive. Try running it with L1 cache disabled . https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=68485 This was it. setmul L1D did the trick. Oddly enough, other LucasArts games such as DOTT and …

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Re: Sam & Max Hit the Road freezes

Posted on 2022-07-13, 17:12

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😥 My machine is nothing too special, it's a 440BX PII system with an Orpheus for sound.

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Sam & Max Hit the Road freezes

Posted on 2022-07-13, 16:29

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Hello, I'm attempting to get Sam & Max Hit the Road working in Win98SE DOS mode. I can run the setmuse.exe to configure my sound settings, but then testing my settings causes my computer to freeze and require a hard reboot. With no sound devices selected in setup, running sam.exe also causes the …

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Re: Disabling parallel port on Asus P2B-F to free up IRQ

Posted on 2022-07-08, 17:20

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Ok. On Windows you can disable or remove the LPT1 port in Device Manager, allowing IRQ 7 to be used for the AWE64 Gold. You shouldn't worry about this in MS-DOS mode. This did the trick. If I re-enable LPT1, is Windows smart enough to assign it another free IRQ, or will it try to take over IRQ 7 …

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Re: Disabling parallel port on Asus P2B-F to free up IRQ

Posted on 2022-07-08, 16:17

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That option is there and is already set to disabled, but right below it is the "Parallel Port Mode" option that can only be set to "Normal" (currently set), "EPP", "ECP" or "ECP+EPP". With "Onboard Parallel Port" set to "Disabled" and "Parallel Port Mode" set to "Normal", IRQ 7 is still taken up by …

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Disabling parallel port on Asus P2B-F to free up IRQ

Posted on 2022-07-08, 15:56

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Hello, I'm currently trying to manage resources for both Orpheus and AWE64 Gold sound cards in my Asus P2B-F based machine. The Orpheus currently resides at: A220 I5 D1 H3 P330 - which is just fine. The AWE64 Gold currently resides at: A240 I10 D0 H5 P300 E640 I would like to move the AWE64 Gold to …

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Duke Nukem 3D installation from CD

Posted on 2022-07-06, 23:39

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I'm having a heck of a time getting Duke 3D to load without the CD. I've tried copying the entire contents of the CD to the installation directory and editing the cdrom.ini file to make it empty. I've also tried copying the contents of the CD to another directory on my hard drive and then editing …

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Re: Dream XP PC - ASUS P6T SE - I7 930 - Radeon 5870

Posted on 2022-07-05, 13:42

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How do you like that Thermaltake case? I have the opportunity to grab a NOS ThermalTake Tsunami Dream VA3000SNA (which appears to be very similar) for about $50 USD. I don't have an immediate use for it but thought that it could be a good case to house a future XP build.

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Re: PCI sound card with the easy installation for Windows 98 + DOS - Live/Audigy 1/Audigy 2 ZS

Posted on 2022-06-28, 15:56

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It looks like the gold plated SB0240 Audigy 2 cards can be had very cheaply. I will grab one of those and test the vxd drivers on a fresh install of Windows 98 and post my results with the CD Digital option. Hey all, I just wanted to provide a quick update. I just did a fresh install of 98SE with …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-06-13, 17:22

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Hey, my bad, that was it - the 3.5mm connector wasn't fully inserted. Thanks. That was a knucklehead mistake. 😀

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-06-13, 16:43

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I just got an X2GS and connected it via USB to my Windows 10 machine with the line out connected to the line in on the computer. When I go to play midi, the playback is only mono. Is this to be expected by design?

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Re: Ultimate* Pentium 4 build (* within reason)

Posted on 2022-06-05, 14:58

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Thanks for this information. What third party partitioning tools do you recommend that can align partitions? It would be great if there were Windows 10/11 native ones for ease of use when I just connect the SSD to my modern machine.

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Re: Ultimate* Pentium 4 build (* within reason)

Posted on 2022-06-05, 04:02

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Make sure you partition your SSD using a 3rd party tool and ensure your Windows XP partition is aligned to 4kb boundries. Windows XP setup will create the partition at sector 63, which means all reads/writes will be misaligned, which is not really healthy for the SSD. Can you explain more about why …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-06-03, 18:31

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So are you saying the X2GS and McCake are duplicative? If I understood correctly, the X2GS has a licensed Roland bank.

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-06-03, 17:37

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I'm also excited for one of these cards. I was thinking about having both an Orpheus and MK8330 in one machine; the Orpheus would have a X2GS on it and the MK8330 would have a McCake. Between the 2 cards, there would also be SB/SBPro/SB16/WSS support in DOS and Windows driver support from the MK8330 …

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Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX

Posted on 2022-05-27, 19:52

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If one has a X2GS, would there be any allure to getting a YucatanFX other than the beautifully kitschy pineapple on it? 😀

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-25, 20:25

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appiah4, I hope you feel better soon! Sending positive vibes.

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Re: PCI sound card with the easy installation for Windows 98 + DOS - Live/Audigy 1/Audigy 2 ZS

Posted on 2022-05-25, 16:48

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Hey, good catch. I can't believe I missed that - I definitely haven't had enough coffee this morning. :D It looks like the gold plated SB0240 Audigy 2 cards can be had very cheaply. I will grab one of those and test the vxd drivers on a fresh install of Windows 98 and post my results with the CD …

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Re: PCI sound card with the easy installation for Windows 98 + DOS - Live/Audigy 1/Audigy 2 ZS

Posted on 2022-05-25, 15:52

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Here it is, albeit from a current eBay listing. Filename s-l1600.jpg File size 164.38 KiB Views 1347 views

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Re: PCI sound card with the easy installation for Windows 98 + DOS - Live/Audigy 1/Audigy 2 ZS

Posted on 2022-05-25, 15:26

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BTW, it might be worth checking if the original (non-ZS) Audigy2 suffers from this problem. There is some indication that it doesn't. Interesting. It looks like the Audigy 2 (non ZS) exists as both model number SB0350 (which is the same as the ZS) as well as SB0240. Any idea what the differences of …

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