Re: Games that justify building a Windows XP PC

Posted on Today, 03:08

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by Jorpho

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https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33253 Microsoft dropped support for DirectX for Visual Basic in Vista/7, so any program that uses that interface won't run. I'm not sure if it's possible to get such programs to run just by copying the DLLs from an XP installation, though, or if all such …

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Re: SBLive Retail DOS Drivers and BSOD

Posted on Yesterday, 19:31

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by Jorpho

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If I uncomment those lines, then the system boots. But commenting out the CTSYN, BLASTER, and SBEINIT lines causes the BSOD. CTSYN and BLASTER are just environment variables, aren't they? Do you still get a BSOD if you leave in those lines but comment out the SBEINIT line? What if you leave in the …

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Re: DVD drive won't open (it's not what you are thinking).

Posted on 2020-09-16, 04:01

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by Jorpho

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

When I encountered this problem, one of the tiny gears turned out to be cracked. It was much more subtle than a missing tooth.

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Re: Windows 95 ISO

Posted on 2020-09-11, 15:18

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by Jorpho

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I'm looking for Windows 95 ISO file to emulate Windows 95. I got some on winworldpc but they had a bug with sound. the virtual machine would make loud beeping sounds. Your question is unclear. The term "ISO file" is generally used to refer to a CD image. If you are looking for an image of a Windows …

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Re: Enough CPU power for calculating disk space / disk sizes.

Posted on 2020-09-10, 23:31

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by Jorpho

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Thallanor wrote on 2020-09-10, 23:25: I can tell you from personal experience that an IBM 5150 w/ a 1 GB CF is _not_ acceptable when it does the free space calculation. 😉 How would you even get an IBM 5150 to recognize that..? Wouldn't you need a version of DOS that exceeds the system requirements …

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Re: CTSB16.SYS , CTMMSYS.SYS and SB16SET

Posted on 2020-09-07, 22:40

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by Jorpho

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I would try a soft reboot but for some reason every since I put this machine together years ago the ctrl-alt-del does not work. Maybe there is something in the BIOS that needs to be switched to fix that? Strange indeed. I'm not familiar with any means of disabling that in the BIOS. I suppose you've …

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Re: CTSB16.SYS , CTMMSYS.SYS and SB16SET

Posted on 2020-09-07, 19:26

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by Jorpho

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Is between 549K to 582K of conventional memory enough for games? If you never encounter a game that requires more conventional memory (possibly because you've stuffed this box in a corner to collect dust), then yes, you have enough conventional memory and you should stop worrying about this. Is …

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Re: LAN Build Project - Is Microsoft Hearts Network possible in XP?

Posted on 2020-09-07, 04:20

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by Jorpho

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but the comment referenced an older post on a defunct website. Of course archive.org is always a solution for such things. https://web.archive.org/web/20080309000420/http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win95/t1044520479 The solutions listed above to play MS Hearts on an XP LAN WILL work at least …

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Re: I don't know which is ESS-Maestro2E driver for ms-dos for my Dell Latitude CPx

Posted on 2020-09-07, 03:01

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by Jorpho

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Good call! jtchip wrote on 2020-09-07, 00:03: and a copy of mstrinf.ini, which causes the "Please use Windows Sofware Applet to enable" if it's missing. Unfortunately it appears the file is binary and not human-readable, meaning there's no easy way to change it without reverse-engineering it.

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Re: LAN Build Project - Is Microsoft Hearts Network possible in XP?

Posted on 2020-09-07, 02:57

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by Jorpho

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I'm going to take a wild guess and ask: did you enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP?

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Re: EMM386 - What am I doing wrong here?

Posted on 2020-09-06, 03:38

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by Jorpho

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There is a virus that is known to stop everything from loading into upper memory. Perhaps you accidentally infected your system in the process of "cramming it full with dos and early windows games"? (If so, it would be very useful for posterity if the particular culprit could be identified.) See for …

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Re: Disney Interactive's Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow Patch

Posted on 2020-09-04, 19:48

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by Jorpho

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-09-04, 10:07: It also works well inside DOSBox. You mean DOSBox with Windows 3.x, or DOSBox directly?

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Re: How to create fake modem over serial line for DOS/WIN 3.11 on Linux or Dosbox?

Posted on 2020-09-03, 20:17

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by Jorpho

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Would using Twinsock on Win 3.x via tshost on your Linux machine be worth considering? Or is that too much of a hack?

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Re: best way to move a Win98 install to different partition?

Posted on 2020-09-01, 15:49

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by Jorpho

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Instead of installing a boot manager, you can also just toggle the "active" flag manually using any old partition manager. (Norton Ghost's "gdisk" is very convenient.) That way you don't have to worry about messing up your boot manager and rendering your computer unbootable. Or you can just use the …

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Re: Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow, Toy Story, etc. (Emulate Windows 95)

Posted on 2020-08-31, 02:51

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by Jorpho

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Perhaps GOG is just running it in Dosbox running Windows 9x That would require them to somehow have a license to redistribute Windows components, which is completely unthinkable. If they're using an open source alternative like BoxedWine or WineVDM or something, then it would be interesting to know …

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Re: Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow, Toy Story, etc. (Emulate Windows 95)

Posted on 2020-08-31, 01:53

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by Jorpho

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Your contribution is much appreciated. Do you know where WDIR62F.DLL and PMPRO62F.DLL originally came from? Perhaps your fix could be useful for other games that were built similarly. Also, if the compatibility problem relates to 16-bit code that got blown up, how did GOG get it working? https:// …

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Re: old program help

Posted on 2020-08-31, 00:25

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by Jorpho

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Akuma wrote on 2020-08-30, 20:08: I've seen multiple posts coming along in my time here, but shouldn't this be a sticky ? What makes you think it isn't a sticky?

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Re: Retail Windows 95-Windows XP(DX1-8.1, Glide, WinG) games which work on Windows 7 and later [User Input is Required]

Posted on 2020-08-30, 20:13

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by Jorpho

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Discrete_BOB_058 wrote on 2020-08-29, 06:10: New update: A lot of useless data are removed Don't you think it would be preferable to maybe keep updating the first post without bumping this thread every day?

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Re: old program help

Posted on 2020-08-30, 20:07

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by Jorpho

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I just don't understand how our IT did it because it works extremely well on Windows 7 on the company provided image. As noted above, you can easily examine the "company provided image" and determine what changes were made to DOSBox. A very long time ago someone posted a custom version of DOSBox …

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Re: MS-DOS games with nice graphics

Posted on 2020-08-30, 03:06

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by Jorpho

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There is already a massive thread about this currently in progress. Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

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