Re: Sound Blaster Live VXD drivers red book support

Posted on 2021-01-04, 09:52

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by stealthjoe

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Hello Joseph_Joestar! So the understanding is that SB live VXD drivers wont work with mixed mode CDs unless using a physical CDROM cable. In the case of using Daemon tools, is there any other way apart from WDM drivers for SB live? (WDM for SB live seem to be underrated).

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Sound Blaster Live VXD drivers red book support

Posted on 2021-01-04, 04:56

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by stealthjoe

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Hello, I am planning to get a Sound Blaster Live card (SB0100) for my PC. As per phils page on the SB live review, he mentioned about VXD drivers being better than WDM in windows 98. My query is that would using VXD drivers for live disable red book support (i.e. no CD audio support for mixed mode …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 WDM Drivers (attached). Incompatible with DOS games. Please help.

Posted on 2021-01-04, 02:45

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by stealthjoe

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On Intel 440ZX with newest driver as linked, Win98, CT1740. A220 I5 D1 H5 M330 CD-Audio from mounted images work out of the box without settings change in D-Tools with these newest VxD drivers. Hello jaZz_KCS! Let me know if you are using any CD audio cable from your ide drive to the sound card in …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-01-02, 00:18

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by stealthjoe

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Glad I am inspiring you on trying to find one! I actually have a source of quite a bit of Brand New Old Stock peripherals that has probably well over 50 of these brand new. I plan on going back and buying at least a couple more just to hang on to for spares. 20200911_174821.jpg 20200904_112545_HDR. …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-01-01, 16:44

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by stealthjoe

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Glad I am inspiring you on trying to find one! I actually have a source of quite a bit of Brand New Old Stock peripherals that has probably well over 50 of these brand new. I plan on going back and buying at least a couple more just to hang on to for spares. 20200911_174821.jpg 20200904_112545_HDR. …

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Debug assertion failed error while trying to run a game

Posted on 2020-12-17, 12:58

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by stealthjoe

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Hello, I am trying to run Midtown Madness on my Win 98SE system (Geforce FX 5600 256 MB with 45.23 drivers installed). The initial splash screen loads after which the game crashes with a Debug assertion failed error. (it runs fine on my XP though). Debug Assertion Failed! Program:F\Midtown Madness …

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Re: ESS Solo-1 - pure PCI vs. SB-link

Posted on 2020-12-13, 16:38

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by stealthjoe

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On ICH-enabled Intel chipsets (i810 and up), the situation is worse, but you can get there by using a couple of tricks :) Here's my attempt on covering the ISA SBPro compatibility with this card as a single sound source on a Pentium III DOS gaming rig: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t= …

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Re: Bluescreen with VXD drivers on ESS 1938S Solo-1

Posted on 2020-12-12, 07:26

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by stealthjoe

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Hello aha2940! I had taken the VXD drivers from Philscomputerlab site. Tried moving the pci card to a different slot, but same issue. The card works fine with WDM drivers. However, I am trying to install the VXd drivers specifically for dos games music/sfx support. It looks like the issue is caused …

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Bluescreen with VXD drivers on ESS 1938S Solo-1

Posted on 2020-12-09, 10:39

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by stealthjoe

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Hello, I am trying to install VXD drivers for an ESS 1938S solo-1 card on my win 98 SE PC (P4 2.4 Ghz, 845GEBV2 mobo, 512 MB RAM). When the system is about to install the DOS emulation driver, I get a blue screen which states : A Fatal Exception 0E has occured at 0028:C0031B0A. The current …

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Re: Help with Prince of Persia 2 freezing

Posted on 2020-12-08, 15:30

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by stealthjoe

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Hello gaffa2002. Tried running the game in pure MS DOS. However, only the FM works and no sound effects despite setting the IRQ similar to Win 98 dos. I remember reading another Vogons post where a member had similar freezing issue with an ESS Solo-1 card. I tried running the game with an ESS Solo-1 …

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Re: Help with Prince of Persia 2 freezing

Posted on 2020-12-01, 02:44

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by stealthjoe

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I tried changing the IRQ to 5 as well as to auto detect for versions 1 and 1.1 but in vain. Getting the same freezing issue.

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Re: Help with Prince of Persia 2 freezing

Posted on 2020-11-30, 19:13

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by stealthjoe

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Prince of Persia 2 can indeed be finicky and suffers from sound-related freezes. Which version do you have? You can determined based on the main executable size IR (290,415 bytes), 1.0 (292,865 bytes) or 1.1 (259,583 bytes)? Does the CM 8738 emulate an SBPro? Prince of Persia 2 has a setup program …

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Help with Prince of Persia 2 freezing

Posted on 2020-11-30, 13:07

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by stealthjoe

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Hello, I have a retro pc setup with the following config : win 98/xp, P4 2.4 ghz, 845GEBV2, 160GB HDD, CMI 8738 pci sound. I have installed the VXD drivers for CM 8738 and with some fiddling, was able to get the music and sound effects for many DOS games working. List of games tested (within win 98) …

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Re: Help on choosing a graphics card

Posted on 2020-11-23, 05:38

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by stealthjoe

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I do not understand exactly what motherboard are you using: the one with DDR support or the one with SDR support - this is important because with Pentium 4 memory bandwidth is of critical importance. As for the video card if you want something with enough performance in XP and very good in 98 I …

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Re: Help on choosing a graphics card

Posted on 2020-11-23, 04:02

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by stealthjoe

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Both the Voodoo 4 and GeForce 3 are ridiculously overpriced on eBay and similar platforms. Performance-wise you wouldn't be happy with a Voodoo 4 anyway, and there is no official XP driver support. I'd recommend a GF 4 Ti 4200 which is readily available at a reasonable price point. My personal …

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Re: Help on choosing a graphics card

Posted on 2020-11-22, 15:53

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by stealthjoe

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benjamin91609 wrote on 2020-11-22, 15:35: A geforce 3 or Voodoo 4 would be very nice Thanks benjamin91609. I was thinking of choosing a one which has decent compatibility with both XP and 98. Let me know how a GF3 or Voodoo 4 fares in this regard.

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Re: Help on choosing a graphics card

Posted on 2020-11-22, 15:16

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by stealthjoe

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You have to make sure you get an AGP that supports 1.5v, yes? Avoid the cards that only have a front notch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port These were my favorite back in the day: https://tpucdn.com/gpu-specs/images/c/1816-front.small.jpg The Geforce 6600 was nice too Thanks …

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Re: Help on choosing a graphics card

Posted on 2020-11-22, 15:04

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by stealthjoe

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GF6 isn't a bad choice however compatibility isn't as good as the GF 4 Ti or FX cards. This post gives you an idea of what games will/wont work. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=73400 Thanks chinny22. I am now considering the FX 5600 AGP one (Aopen nVidia GeForce 5 FX 5600 256MB). Let me know …

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Help on choosing a graphics card

Posted on 2020-11-20, 08:26

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by stealthjoe

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Hello, I am building a retro gaming PC. My config is as follows: P4 2.4 Ghz, Intel 845GEBV motherboard, Cmedia 8738 sound card, 512 RAM & 160GB HDD with Windows 98/XP. Since the motherboard has an AGP slot, thinking of adding a graphics card. I have shortlisted the Geforce 6200 as it seems to be …

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Right Shift Key problem in DOSBOX 0.73

Posted on 2009-12-13, 17:36

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by stealthjoe

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Hi all dear friends....I am new to this forum....I have been using DOSBOX for quite a while and used to enjoy playing on it....With the latest version 0.73 I have found a problem...My right shift key does not work with the games....I have tried a lot of tweaks including the keymapper and even tried …

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