Re: Dos 6.22 Antivirus Scanning

Posted on 2023-02-23, 06:48

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Tricky. Most modern antivirus software should still be able to do a boot sector scan, even if it's only meant for floppy disks or USB pen drives (those may use a boot record or Master Boot Record aka MBR, still) . On the other hand, MBR partition style HDDs are nolonger as common - people use GPT …

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Re: PC dos games on old crt tv?

Posted on 2023-02-23, 05:13

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You can also use an external converter box. Video quality depends on your TV and the converter and graphics card, of course. Here are some videos I took. It has a VGA card connected to the converter. Games are DOS games in 320x200 or close. https://www.youtube.com/@dreambyte7926/search?query=Cvbs

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Re: IDE/CF adapter causing screen corruption/missing characters

Posted on 2023-02-23, 01:53

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I don't think the same.: 3.3v is the prefered voltage, hence the regulators. 5v is a legacy voltage, CF cards care "5v tolerant". Devices that are "tolerant" of higher voltages usually only accept them as output, they don't output at those voltages. That is not the case with CompactFlash. The …

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Re: mobygames new interface

Posted on 2023-02-23, 01:09

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AFAIU the change was necessary to bring the website into this decade. The fuck does that even mean? The previous decade's website was working normally! Translation -> our nowadays customers are smombies. They favor "simple" UI (let's remember Metro Apps). Something they can smear with their fingers …

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Re: mobygames new interface

Posted on 2023-02-23, 00:46

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DosFreak wrote on 2023-02-23, 00:31: This applies: https://i.imgur.com/PuUBaVU.jpg ^Awesome! YMMD! (＾▽＾)

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Re: mobygames new interface

Posted on 2023-02-23, 00:03

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Didn't the same happen with English Wikipedia, too? The new interface is a mess and switching to the old layout requires an account. Gratefully, the German Wikipedia ist still the same. Anyway, that's the current trend, it seems. DeviantArt homepage used to be such a tidy, happy place. And very …

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Re: IDE/CF adapter causing screen corruption/missing characters

Posted on 2023-02-22, 21:35

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CompactFlash can work at both 3.3v and 5v. Neither is "correct." Some IDE adapters have a jumper to make a linear regulator convert 5v to 3.3v for the card's power, but that's pointless since the 5v IDE address/data lines are connected directly to the card's pins. I don't think the same.: 3.3v is …

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Re: IDE/CF adapter causing screen corruption/missing characters

Posted on 2023-02-22, 19:46

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If the motherboard BIOS isn't even ATA-2 compatible (it isn't) a lot of things must sound like gibberish to the CF card, so it reacts weird. Here's the crux - Pretty sure he said that the storage and video work when he runs the mobo at 8mhz and doesn't work when he runs it at 16 mhz. So if it does …

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Re: Best Windows ISA Sound card

Posted on 2023-02-22, 18:58

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this is a limitation of vxd drivers. wdm drivers, which are directsound compliant, use a virtual kernel mixer so it's possible for multiple applications to play sounds simultaneously. vxd drivers, unless directsound compliant (rare), operate in exclusive mode. the knock on wdm drivers is that the …

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Re: Finally found a card that's perfect for my Pentium build - AWE64 Value CT4500

Posted on 2023-02-22, 18:37

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Cool! The EMU8000 is also supported by a couple of MOD trackers. Impulse Tracker, most famously. Others are AMP for Windows or AWEamp et cetera ..

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Re: IDE/CF adapter causing screen corruption/missing characters

Posted on 2023-02-22, 18:26

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I do remember these enhancers! They really do work, at least for Award/Ami BIOSes. Haven't tested them with others yet. Some also shipped with those Year 2000 upgrade cards. After looking a bit at the end of that linked thread, I figured I'd check for an E-IDE card on eBay. There are only two ISA …

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Re: SounBlaster CT1740, where can i find rhe DAP chip?

Posted on 2023-02-22, 17:54

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News: the seller have send me a close pic of the are, i see 4.04.. is correct? is tha same of 4.05? The web says that DSP 4.04 is fine, too. No hanging note bug. https://dosdays.co.uk/topics/sb16.php and installing a proper modern waveblaster card is like to have a mt-32 ? Hi there. The waveblaster …

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Re: IDE/CF adapter causing screen corruption/missing characters

Posted on 2023-02-21, 14:45

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I do remember these enhancers! They really do work, at least for Award/Ami BIOSes. Haven't tested them with others yet. Some also shipped with those Year 2000 upgrade cards.

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Re: Several VESA video modes aren't working in DOS Box

Posted on 2023-02-21, 13:24

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0x006A (according to the Wikipedia article, this mode is the same as 0x0102) Seriously ? This is/was the most significant SVGA mode of all (800x600 16c). I'm really suprised it's not being in the list. On the other hand, SVGA and VBE are two separate things, strictly speaking. The 800x600 16c mode …

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Re: Best Windows ISA Sound card

Posted on 2023-02-20, 22:01

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MIDI is still important in the Win9x days so something that has strong MIDI support. 16 bit audio is probably more important then it is in dos as well, If it's actually noticeable is another question. I'd probably go with AWE64, in a way they are more useful in windows then dos with the protected …

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Re: Best Windows ISA Sound card

Posted on 2023-02-20, 19:29

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'Best Windows ISA Sound card' Windows Sound System ? 🥲 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_System

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Re: Software CDs -> Bulk archiving procedure & tool?

Posted on 2023-02-20, 16:31

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The size of the uncompressed scans at 600dpi is super fun :-D It's gigantic! 😃 But yeah, 600 dpi is definitely better. Back in the 2000s, it was the maximum/native resolution of my flatbed scanners, so I used it for scanning. I opted for this, because I wasn't sure how the optics etc. worked …

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Re: Software CDs -> Bulk archiving procedure & tool?

Posted on 2023-02-20, 15:59

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The fun part is scanning the CDs and accompanying stuff like inserts and covers. 300dpi is about minimum for good archiving and you don't want to compress the images either. 600 dpi, for scanning . From my personal experience. 300dpi looks okay at first glance, but details (text, outlines etc) are …

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Re: Software CDs -> Bulk archiving procedure & tool?

Posted on 2023-02-20, 15:54

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I used to use Nero's NRG for making backups of multi-session CDs. Sure, it's old, it's proprietary, it's weird.. But it does its job. Also, it can be read by most free virtual CD drivers. So its images can be converted to another format in the future, once there is something better than cue/bin.

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Re: Hard disk sounds and other stuff - my YT channel

Posted on 2023-02-19, 19:46

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Thank you! I'm planning to do my entire inventory of drives - I have around 50 of them :) You're welcome! I'm looking forward to it! :D If you like, or if you need more different sounds, you can run CheckIt, too. On my 20MB MFM/RLL HDD (a NEC?), when I tested it for errors (I was worried about its …

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