Re: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM and 'Can't find X-Wing CD' / problems with MX300
Posted on 2008-08-30, 10:03
What drivers are you using? I have the 1.02 beta package. Maybe I will try older ones or generic Vortex 2 drivers.
Re: Baby AT cases or alternatives
Posted on 2008-08-29, 20:18
I was looking today also for AT cases :) I am looking for old Highscreen cases (sold by Vobis). They had nice Big Towers, (you could pull out a cage with the MB, also you could open one side of the case without using screwdriver.). They also had this Colani designed cases. There were also some …
Re: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM and 'Can't find X-Wing CD' / problems with MX300
Posted on 2008-08-29, 16:20
I solved the DOS problem part. There was a problem with the CD-ROM driver. I checked the CD-ROM manufacturer and it was a Hitachi CDR-8235 and downloaded their driver: http://www.hitachi.us/Apps/hitachicom/content.jsp?page=index.html&&path=jsp/hitachi/support/Drivers/ I copied all the settings the …
Re: How do I use an external wavetable within dos applications/games?
Posted on 2008-08-29, 11:32
Yes, but locks up only in Windows, even if I remove from autoexec.bat the au30dos.com driver...
Re: How do I use an external wavetable within dos applications/games?
Posted on 2008-08-29, 09:34
Has anyone experience such problems with daughterboards in Windows?: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM and 'Can't find X-Wing CD' / problems with MX300 (the second half of the post). Or maybe someone could upload iso images of the MX300 driver CD, because I only own the card and can't find all these demos …
X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM and 'Can't find X-Wing CD' / problems with MX300
Posted on 2008-08-28, 21:09
I have issues with X-Wing. My hardware: 440BX Iwill MB, 2x128 MB RAM, PIII 450, Voodoo 5500, Diamond MX300 (Vortex2) with DB60XG daughterboard. I try to get it working under Windows 98 SE in pure DOS. These are the configuration files: CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386 …
Re: How do I use an external wavetable within dos applications/games?
Posted on 2008-08-28, 16:19
Maybe you know, whether a Vortex2 board is able to expose its WaveBlaster header in pure DOS, not in a windows dos box?
Re: Recommend a MIDI soft synth
Posted on 2008-08-25, 19:07
Well, I recommended Yamaha synths for old computers (Win95, Win98). Any computer capable of running XP will be happy with timidity++. Just though I mention it for people, who would buy FF7 and would be disappointed it does not work in XP. Was S-YXG70 the synth in FF VII? At least in my edition (the …
Re: Recommend a MIDI soft synth
Posted on 2008-08-25, 15:43
Hmm I have ff VII I thought that it was only a special mode to use a soft synth, not that it was included on the discs. I do believe you though, So I've had a nice soft synth on my shelves for all those years and never used it... :( The one included with FF7 is S-YXG70 and it is not compatible with …
Re: 486s seem to be a bit thin on the ground these days!
Posted on 2008-08-25, 12:10
I clicked on a random item; "Generic 486 Tower PC" Shipping cost = US $542.33 :shocked: Try to find a seller in your country. Of course you need to be patient, but from time to time you can find really good offers. I recently bought a very nice, clean and complete 386 - working 'out of the box' and …
Re: Guillemot Home Studio 64
Posted on 2008-08-22, 09:39
Sigh....too many potential good cards have been suppressed by the Creative monsters. If only game companies have made efforts to support other proprietary sound technology, we would have been exposed to a wider selection of sound cards. Yes, it was nice, here: http://web.archive.org/web/ …
Guillemot Home Studio 64
Posted on 2008-08-21, 19:00
Just lost the bidding for a Guillemot Home Studio 64: http://www.allegro.pl/item417086800_profesjon … studio_pro.html Please, tell me it wasn't worth the money... 😢
Re: MT-32/SC-55 on an MX300
Posted on 2008-08-20, 10:19
Guess I will have to try if it works. Will there be problems if I connect the Yamaha DB to the Waveblaster header and an MT-32 to the gameport if the game will send sysex commands? Or when I connect the old version of MT-32 to the 'thru' port of a CM-32L unit and run a game, which can't handle the …
Re: MT-32/SC-55 on an MX300
Posted on 2008-08-15, 22:54
Thanks for reply. I begun to lose hope, that someone will answer :). But I have another question. I read about the MT-32 on this forum and I have found many posts suggesting to use it with those MPU cards. Is it really necessary? Are there games which won't work through a GamePort? Also, are there …
Re: very bad disc problem
Posted on 2008-08-08, 21:33
You can try Displex . Although it explicitly states on the it, that it is not intended for CD's, I gave it a try, and my badly scratched CD is like new. (The scratches prevented it being read by everything - more than a half of the songs were unplayable. After polishing it I ripped it with Exact …
Re: Windows 98SE and Large Hard Drives
Posted on 2008-08-07, 21:19
On most drives you can use a jumper to cap the available space. I know that you lose some space, but drives are today extremely cheap and 127 GB is still a lot. I always hate installing drivers for IDE controllers because I always had troubles with OSs installed on non-generic controllers. …
Re: Creative CT6710 (Nvidia Riva TNT 16mb)
Posted on 2008-08-05, 18:19
It won't unleash its full potential with a Pentium. But if there aren't any compatibility issues it shouldn't be a problem.
Re: The ultimate video card?
Posted on 2008-08-02, 18:53
Oh yeah, I remember this advertisement. Quite funny 😀
Re: Throttle CD-ROM drive speed in DOS?
Posted on 2008-08-01, 20:49
Plextor writers had the possibility to throttle called 'Silent Mode'. You could use their tools in Windows to set the read and write velocity. The changes were written to the burners flash memory, so it was persisted even in another PC. I use it with my Plextor Premium - throttled it down to 8x, but …
MT-32/SC-55 on an MX300
Posted on 2008-08-01, 10:15
Will I be able to use the MT-32 or the SC-55 on a midi cable attached to the GamePort on a Diamond Monster Sound MX300? Won't it conflict with a DB60XG board attached to the WaveBlaster header?
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