Re: Help how to connect pwr LED and hdd LED + turbo LED config

Posted on 2018-03-29, 14:29

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by konc

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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Your led display follows the common approach. Read this to get an idea how these displays are configured in general and then experiment with yours: http://www.amsky.com/~cirkuit/comptips/speddisp.html Here's an example for a single "line", it might help you grasp the logic easier Filename Capture. …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2018-03-26, 18:47

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I'm not sure everyone understood that you posted a different game just by reading "fine", I'd guess that most of us had already resigned and didn't bother any further with the new image. I'd like to know the title of the previous one though. You repeatedly insisted on how good of a game it is and I …

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Re: Do dosbox mount and image mount allow portable relative paths?

Posted on 2018-03-24, 23:08

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by konc

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But these work exactly as expected under Windows: mount c: . mount c: .. mount c: ..\..\ mount c: ..\..\..\..\ [if that directory actually exists, of course] mount c: ..\..\DIRNAME [again, if that directory actually exists] And yes, "." is the directory containing DOSBox.exe and ".." is the parent …

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Re: Do dosbox mount and image mount allow portable relative paths?

Posted on 2018-03-24, 20:46

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by konc

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A relative path of what? And what does "/" and "\" have to do with relative paths? Those are 2 different things. Yes, a "mount c c:/" works on a windows system. No, a "mount c ../" doesn't (obviously) work. Do a .. of what? dosbox' executable?

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Re: MS IntelliMouse 1.1A Serial Support?

Posted on 2018-03-24, 14:51

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by konc

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Most probably no, because usually those mice that supported serial had it written on the label. But of course don't count on my answer, it's only a guess.

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 memory problem

Posted on 2018-03-19, 20:37

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by konc

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Elia1995 wrote: If I enable both HIMEM.SYS and EMM386, EMM386 will crash with a compatibility error between the two, you can't run both HIMEM and EMM386 in DR. DOS 7.03 Another reason to go back to MS-DOS then 🤣 Anyway, I don't know about DR-DOS but what I wrote definitely applies for MS-DOS.

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 memory problem

Posted on 2018-03-19, 20:27

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by konc

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You need to understand that the version of DOS you're using makes no real difference for what you're after, run games. There is no need to try a dozen of them in case one magically "fixes" your issues, because it won't. There are way too many things wrong in your configuration files, but let's start …

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Re: Having Trouble Removing Permanent Marker from Computer Case

Posted on 2018-03-18, 17:21

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by konc

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This one requires special tools. Like a kitchen sponge for non-stick surfaces, slightly wet so that it's not dripping, nor fraying either. 🤣 Seriously now, just try one of those.

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 memory problem

Posted on 2018-03-18, 17:14

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by konc

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I hope he also realize that there's not a single question in his post. :dead: Yeah I was just trying to reply politely and not with something like "so what exactly should we readers answer to?" :lol: No. I mean, yes, technically it does, because it is not 100% identical, but so far no one has …

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 memory problem

Posted on 2018-03-18, 12:50

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You realize that you didn't tell us how much conventional you end up with and that you didn't post the contents of your config.sys, autoexec.bat and mem /c output, right? 🤣

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Re: Alternatives to VGA Passthrough cables for 3D-only cards

Posted on 2018-03-16, 16:46

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by konc

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Are you in search for the best quality pass-through there is, or do you just need a cable that doesn't suck? If it's the latter, and because you wrote "most of the ones you can find new are too long", you can always give these cheap splitters a try. Not the best but not terrible either, they're OK ( …

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Re: Every game veeeery slow at loading

Posted on 2018-03-15, 19:22

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by konc

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DMA status cannot turn a couple of seconds thing into a 10' thing. Unless the 10 minutes mentioned is an exaggeration of course.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-03-10, 15:39

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wonder why these were discarded... Just guessing here of course, but the 1000 series had a huge issue with drivers. For many models there were no drivers for anything past windows XP. For some models you could get basic functionality on Vista & 7 using other drivers and tricks, but only for 32- …

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Re: Help To Find Manual For Motherboard For Turbo Button

Posted on 2018-03-10, 15:20

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by konc

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Yeah I was joking assuming you knew about suspend/"sleep". Your m/b doesn't have turbo functionality, like most socket 7 boards. What the manual says is that if your case has a turbo button, you can repurpose it as a suspend button.

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Re: Help To Find Manual For Motherboard For Turbo Button

Posted on 2018-03-10, 14:39

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Apparently only as a "suspend" button 🤣 Filename Untitled.png File size 60.3 KiB Views 220 views

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Re: Any broken sound cards due to OC ?

Posted on 2018-03-09, 14:53

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AGP= 120-130MHz safe ? Stock 100 PCI= 40-50MHz safe ? Stock 33 I won't use "safe" or "not safe", I'll just say that this range is on the extreme side and many, many devices will have problems at this speed if they work at all. Now I don't want to hear from anyone "I had card x working at yyyMHz", …

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Re: 386 dx 33 running at 40 mhz

Posted on 2018-03-07, 20:04

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by konc

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If the BIOS gives you options to change wait states, which most probably does, increase them step by step and check with some utility the result until you reach the dx/33 level.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-02, 10:20

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keropi wrote: this Hyundai HMM-1401 amber MDA monitor Sweet! You got a matching monitor for, among others, the Super 16TE desktop model

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Re: Increase window size

Posted on 2018-02-28, 12:39

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by konc

in DOSBox General

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Just a stupid idea, but are you sure you're editing the correct .conf file? Add something dummy in the [auotoexec] block for example to make sure it's the one used

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Re: RAM + Virtual Box

Posted on 2018-02-27, 18:24

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by konc

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You worry too much I think, but in any case you can always just restart...

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