Re: TCP/IP over DOSBox Modem?

Posted on 2008-12-18, 20:00

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by valnar

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And what is my local network setup inside DOSBox? That's the information I am looking for. You have the ability to make DOSBox operate like VMWare with a hard disk image. In that way WFWG 3.11 Networking works. However, with your application (I haven't looked at it much), you may be able to make it …

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Re: 486

Posted on 2008-12-18, 13:45

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by valnar

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I still don't understand the need to build a "killer" 486 system. If you need it to be that fast, then make a Pentium instead. If you're concerned about speed sensitive games, a 486DX4-100 is not the CPU to use. If you want to play games that are from the SBPro era, a slower 486 or 386 would be …

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Re: Could this be the ultimate fastest system with pure dos sound support?

Posted on 2008-12-17, 00:26

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by valnar

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Malik wrote: I have seen a DFI P2XBL being sold locally. Any idea about this board? I don't know anything about the board, but I have a Core2Duo X38 chipset DFI board now and love it. Do I know if the board will support anything above it's intended PII design? No. It may support the Powerleap. …

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Re: Could this be the ultimate fastest system with pure dos sound support?

Posted on 2008-12-16, 15:24

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by valnar

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I guess I'll build another 440 based system for use with my dos and windows 9x. I highly recommend the ASUS P2B or P3B variants with a Powerleap adapter and a 1.4Ghz Celeron. http://homepage.hispeed.ch/rscheidegger/p2b_procupgrade_faq.html http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=celeron+powerleap+1.4GHZ&_ …

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Re: Could this be the ultimate fastest system with pure dos sound support?

Posted on 2008-12-16, 13:51

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by valnar

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Tried some dos games on a p4 industrial board with isa slots and the sound still worked but those things are just too silly fast for dos games. Just get a nice old socket 370 p3/celeron with an isa slot and a kvm switch or multi input monitor :) I agree. Malik, if you want a "high-end" DOS machine, …

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Re: Heatsinks - do you need them?

Posted on 2008-12-15, 22:47

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by valnar

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Pentium heatsinks are usually 50mm square - both heatsink and fan (and CPU, for that matter). I wanted to replace the fan on mine, but I can't find any 50-70 or 50-80mm fan adapters. Any heatsink bigger than 50mm for my motherboard would hit a nearby capacitor. A P166 may not need a fan, but I don't …

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Re: TCP/IP over DOSBox Modem?

Posted on 2008-12-15, 16:02

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by valnar

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User h-a-l-9000 has a version of DOSBox somewhere on his homepage that includes a virtual network card. I also recommend this version. I'm using his 4.1 with no problems. You have to create an image and load it with DOS & WfWG 3.11 to get it to work because of the config/autoexec boot files. (At …

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Re: very old windows game goes too quick

Posted on 2008-12-15, 13:59

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by valnar

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A Windows 95 game that is speed sensitive? Wow, that must be one of the few. Can anyone also confirm?

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Re: Pentium 60

Posted on 2008-12-14, 20:04

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by valnar

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And if you really want to build yourself a 386 or 486, get a SCSI card anyway. At least then you can dumb down modern SCSI drives to work with it. IDE back then was..... yep.... archaic.

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Re: How to increase CDrom speed in DOSBOX

Posted on 2008-12-14, 19:52

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by valnar

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rcblanke wrote: Yes, detection is incorrect. This can be circumvented by using '-2' as parameter when starting. Huh, I wasn't aware of that bug. Is it a detection issue with DOSBox, or just the game?

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Re: Pentium 60

Posted on 2008-12-14, 19:48

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by valnar

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This CPU is pure POS, a 486DX4 100 is as snappy as the Pentium 60 in everything I've tried. So my conclusion is: Pentium 60 = waste of time....just produces alot of heat for nothing Shoot... I could have told you that! I remember when they came out. Everyone I knew skipped right over it until the …

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Re: CDROM Speed - CAV vs CLV

Posted on 2008-12-13, 15:48

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by valnar

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Other than Plextor, there were few brand name CDROM drives back then. Well they all had a "brand" of course, but no models became sought after classics other than Plextor. For that reason, it's difficult to recommend a specific model. I do know most of the earliest drives were CLV, and 2x 4x 8x type …

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Re: CDROM Speed - CAV vs CLV

Posted on 2008-12-13, 14:18

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by valnar

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Regrettably, I think your requirements are a bit impossible. Fast drives won't be quiet, and slowdown utilities won't work in DOS. Are you referring to older drives from the 90's, or buying one brand new?

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Re: Roland RAP-10

Posted on 2008-12-12, 22:03

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by valnar

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Wow... you act like you have a choice in the matter. 😮 Send them my way if you find any and don't want 'em! 😁

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Re: Serial Port question

Posted on 2008-12-09, 20:17

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by valnar

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Or try MS VirtualPC with DOS. It supports serial ports too. That won't get around the problem that you need some tsr/driver for it to work. Perhaps I don't understand the OP's original application, but I believe VPC just presents the mapped serial port like it was on the "box". I have run Qmodem …

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Re: Serial Port question

Posted on 2008-12-09, 19:33

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by valnar

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The program doesnt have its own serial port drivers. I cannot get the radio and PC to communicate in Windows due to the speed of the PC. These radios are 15 years old it doesnt like the 3.0ghz PC :-) I have the serial turned on in the BIOS, it shows up in the device manager as well. I've slowed the …

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Re: very good reason why packard bells sucked

Posted on 2008-12-09, 13:25

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by valnar

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I used to sell... and fix Packard Bell computers. They did indeed suck. Just because some people don't have problems doesn't mean they are good computers. It was always a lower class of hardware and compared to their Gateway/Dell/Ares/Zeos peers of the time, it always performed worse... sometimes …

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?

Posted on 2008-12-07, 13:24

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by valnar

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Anonymous Coward wrote: My two biggest gripes are the lack of integrated multi I/O, and the lousy PCI performance. Poor CPU compatibility doesn't help much either. And the PVI-486SP3 doesn't have these issues?

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Re: The Creative Labs CT models reference?

Posted on 2008-12-07, 02:14

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by valnar

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This may or may not help, but it's worth reading. The most phenomenal thread about Creative Labs sound cards I've ever read. It's in my bookmarks --- http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php/topic,2175.0.html

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Re: Korg Midi Daughterboards

Posted on 2008-12-05, 20:37

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by valnar

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Consider yourself fortunate. I have been looking for the Media Vision Korg daughterboard for a long time. I haven't even seen it come up for auction. I'd gladly trade one of my Roland or Yamaha daughterboards to get some variety.

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