Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-02-03, 18:47

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More results: Pentium II 166mhz 440BX: http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/pi6.jpg http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/PI7.jpg AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2GHZ: http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/pi8.jpg http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/ …

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Re: AWE 64 Gold and Pure DOS GM Emulation issue

Posted on 2012-01-27, 00:36

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Some games use a different MPU-401 mode to what the emulation uses. Also, according to AWE64FAQ.txt, if your motherboard doesn't have NMI (non-maskable interrupt), you can only use FM synthesis in DOS games.

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-24, 01:07

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Mod 1.5/XS uses kernel functions that got introduced in Win2K. I assume that's why mine crashes? Not sure why it crashed. Ftr, you're using 9x? As I wrote in maddmaxtar's other thread, this version of SuperPi has 2 bugs in it. One causes a crash (I added a fix in the zip file that maddmaxtar re- …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-23, 23:08

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elianda wrote: Mod 1.5/XS uses kernel functions that got introduced in Win2K. I assume that's why mine crashes?

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-23, 21:55

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Results from my Intel Core I7-720QM (: (not exactly retro, but what the hell) http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/pi1.png http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/pi2.png http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/pi3.png http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/ …

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Re: AWE32 and SW60XG together - not working

Posted on 2012-01-23, 19:50

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by AdamP

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I'm probably clutching at straws here, but: Do the games have a Wave Blaster driver? If so, try that. Else, try installing the Microsoft MPU-401 driver and reboot.

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Re: AWE32 and SW60XG together - not working

Posted on 2012-01-23, 18:36

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by AdamP

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I assume you're setting the games up for MPU-401 General Midi at port 300? Or is there only a driver selection and no resource configuration? Did you disable the Vortex 2's MPU-401 emulation?

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Re: AWE32 and SW60XG together - not working

Posted on 2012-01-23, 18:09

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Which games are you trying? Some games have resource configuration. Have you tried disabling the AWE32's MPU-401 emulation? Also, I assume you mean the emulation is at 330? The AWE synth is usually at 620. Are you using Windows 98's drivers or Creative's drivers? I think you can have more than one …

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Re: What are you playing today?

Posted on 2012-01-22, 04:43

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Operation: Inner Space http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/MWSnap011.jpg http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/MWSnap020.jpg http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/MWSnap012.jpg http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/MWSnap019.jpg http://i825. …

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Re: If you could only choose 12 games...

Posted on 2012-01-21, 05:13

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For PC: Operation: Inner Space Theme Park Theme Hospital Dungeon Keeper Lands Of Lore The Throne of Chaos Heroes of Might and Magic II Heroes of Might and Magic III Zombie Wars Discworld Unreal Tournament Simon The Sorcerer Gearheads Why? Because they're all great games and these are amongst my …

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Re: Windows 3.0 refuses to run in standard or enhanced mode

Posted on 2012-01-16, 16:05

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I used 3xstart to get 3.1 running on DOS 7.1. I don't know if it's necessary for 3.0. For Windows 1.x and 2.x, setver can be used to get them running on newer versions of DOS.

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Re: Windows 3.0 refuses to run in standard or enhanced mode

Posted on 2012-01-15, 18:32

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I also noticed that DOS tries to load Windows 98's ifshlp.sys even when using the "Network" configuration. Is there any way to stop it from doing this? DOS=NOAUTO in the config.sys. I changed the auto in the dos= line to noauto and that seems to have worked. Thanks I discovered here that standard …

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Re: Windows 3.0 refuses to run in standard or enhanced mode

Posted on 2012-01-15, 16:55

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Windows complains about missing himem.sys if it's not loaded. Unfortunately, I can't try an earlier version of DOS as the hard disk is FAT32. I probably should have mentioned that I'm using the "Network" configuration. I added d=48 to the emm386 line as suggested by the readme, but it didn't work. I …

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Windows 3.0 refuses to run in standard or enhanced mode

Posted on 2012-01-15, 03:37

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Hi, I know that Windows 3.1 will run in DOS 7.1, and I'm trying to get Windows 3.0 working as well. It runs fine in real mode, but when I try standard mode, I get this: http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz180/adamplenty/SCREEN01.jpg And when I try enhanced mode, it just goes back to the command …

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Re: DOS + Win95 in dual boot possible?

Posted on 2012-01-15, 00:15

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And the problem is, windows 3.11 doesnt use fat32. I believe win 3.1 uses dos for disk access, so it supports whatever dos supports. You can have win 3.1 on a fat32 partition if you use dos 7.1. It also works for win 1.01, 2.03, 2.1 and 3.0. They even recognise my 4gb usb stick (that I can't get …

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Re: Is my PSU dead if it flickers on power-up then goes off?

Posted on 2012-01-11, 15:00

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You can test the PSU with a multimeter or PSU tester. It is generally not recommended to try to repair a PSU. It's far easier, cheaper, and safer to just replace it. About the pfc: http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/faqpfc.html

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Re: Heroes of Might and Magic maps

Posted on 2012-01-11, 03:59

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by AdamP

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Just found another place that has HOMM1 maps.

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Re: Help setting up external midi devices

Posted on 2012-01-10, 03:21

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chinny22 wrote: I just tested windows & it does the same as dos. Do you mean you've tried the game in Windows or tried to use the SC 55 in Windows? Also, when you tried it on the AWE32, did you disable its MPU-401 emulation?

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Re: MediaVision Pro AudioSpectrum 16 studio - forgets its settings, and SFX are silent

Posted on 2012-01-04, 22:51

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by AdamP

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Are both cards set to the same resources and are there any conflicts? Have you tried moving it to a different slot? (I'm assuming your 386 motherboard has several ISA slots?) Have you tried the card in Sound Blaster compatibility mode?

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Re: Heroes of Might and Magic maps

Posted on 2012-01-03, 22:16

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The Windows version of HOMM1 does have a level editor.

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