Re: A List of DOS Games with 16-Bit Sound

Posted on 2017-06-28, 23:12

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Wing Commander III does indeed play the cinematics in their native 16-bit mono @ 22kHz audio format, where the actual gameplay mixing/output is 8-bit stereo @ 11kHz. Thank-you for the heads-up! Cool. WC3 is a fantastic DOS title. Longbow's assets are 16 bit/22 kHz/stereo for the FMV bits, 8 bit/11 …

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Re: A List of DOS Games with 16-Bit Sound

Posted on 2017-06-27, 19:38

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It seems at least Wing Commander III's FMV assets are 16 bit/22 kHz/mono. Edit: Found some confirmation that is the spec for WC3's FMV format (MVE) audio: https://multimedia.cx/wc3movie.txt

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Re: A List of DOS Games with 16-Bit Sound

Posted on 2017-06-27, 17:14

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What I'm looking at are just the games' sound files, those where I know the tools to extract them.

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Re: A List of DOS Games with 16-Bit Sound

Posted on 2017-06-27, 13:49

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Thanks for a good start to a thread/project on this topic. That Longbow song rocks and it shows a pretty decent improvement. The thing that's usually pointed out most is that the audio data (sample format) is nearly always 8 bit before mixing. I think the big surprise is if the 16-bit subset here is …

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Re: AMD Athlon WinXP Upgrade Advice

Posted on 2017-06-25, 22:20

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It is pretty surprising if it's a PSU issue after trying those three. The load could just be too lopsided and that's why they fail to balance their voltages to spec(?), but it's probably something else in the system.

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Re: The PSU Matchup Thread

Posted on 2017-06-24, 19:47

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You can avoid any trouble by pairing the power hungry AXP's with specific boards that put their mosfets on the 12V rail, whenever that's an option. (Abit NF7, Epox 8RDA3+, Gigabyte 7NNXP, etc.) AGP slot powered cards tend to lean on 3.3V quite a bit. They could theoretically hit 5V for 10W tops; …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-06-24, 12:52

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The cost matters, but if it's close to the SIMMConn solution and takes less space, I'm sure 30-40 would move in a second and more over time.

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Re: Nude Sunbather Injured In Townsville After Eagle Mistakes His Testicles For Turtle Eggs

Posted on 2017-06-23, 21:04

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Australia. Figures. Even the birds bite you in the nuts.

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Re: Any ATX PSU with 30+A 5V rail?

Posted on 2017-06-23, 20:22

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You're lucky to get 25A. That would probably be enough for almost any setup, but leaves absolutely no headroom. I suspect that the voltages may go a little wild when you load a modern high watt PSU with more than 20A on the 5V rail while barely touching the 12V, regardless of printed specs. What you …

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Re: Mplayer.. is it possible today?

Posted on 2017-06-23, 20:08

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Other than Gamespy, which services were directly incorporated into game clients back in the day, making a fundamental feature of games inaccessible today? MSN Gaming Zone. It was a soft integration, though. They had exclusive deals and branding in many games, and the service was critical in …

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Re: Careful with this guy selling 3dfx cards

Posted on 2017-06-23, 15:17

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Really it's just the fact that shipping out of the US is expensive, and in the case of returns you're usually the one paying. European costs vary a lot but it's never as cheap as China or something, both shipping and items to begin with. It adds up. The associated costs are why the US is the last …

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Re: Help finding awxDTools for DAEMON Tools 3.47

Posted on 2017-06-23, 12:00

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Found a later v1.05 build on the web: http://www.grossmatten.ch/share-freeware/Tools/Daemon%20Tools/AddOn/awxDTools%20-%20UPDATED/ The site has also collected other v3.47 compatible addons in the parent directory. changes for 1.0.5 Build:072 …

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Re: Problems with storage space on a Windows 98-era retro box.

Posted on 2017-06-22, 22:38

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There are plenty of new/sealed 400GB IDE drives on ebay (at least US ebay) for ~30USD. That mobo should prolly recognize them without problems. I wouldn't do that with 98SE, unless it's the last resort. Using the first ~128 GiB of an IDE device or even multiple devices is fine, but going past that …

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Re: What is the oldest system that can run Steam/GOG?

Posted on 2017-06-22, 15:35

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appiah4 wrote: Ok, so the Athlon64 and Intel Core are the oldest that can run Steam then? SSE2 was first supported by Pentium 4's, so currently the oldest setup with official Steam support would be a P4 running XP.

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Re: Picking the right SIMMs for my 486 SBC

Posted on 2017-06-22, 11:40

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You can use a sound card with those things? That's interesting.

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Re: What is the oldest system that can run Steam/GOG?

Posted on 2017-06-22, 10:57

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I only use Steam on newer systems, but I seem to recall it requiring SSE2 nowadays, which would render the Athlon XP incompatible as well.

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Re: Win98SE K7 what HDD ?

Posted on 2017-06-21, 17:52

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133 MBps. Certainly 60-90 MB/s is achieved in use through ATA/100.

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Re: Need some help adding MMX capabilities to a P5-120 Gateway 2000

Posted on 2017-06-19, 17:49

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I believe mobile MMX Pentiums went all the way up to 300 MHz, which is a pretty big advantage over the 233 MHz ceiling on desktops. Wouldn't expect even 300 MHz to run GTA3 at 10 fps playable standards, though.

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Re: Tomb Raider PowerVR "Special Edition" Missing Levels

Posted on 2017-06-18, 20:11

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"Special Edition" indeed. I've seen "Limited Edition" OEM demos before, that's pretty funny too.

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Re: Anyone know what this mobo might be?

Posted on 2017-06-17, 07:10

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It was a long time ago, he says. Probably just confusing components between builds.

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