Re: OS of choice survey (DOS).
Posted on 2014-09-24, 03:38
Thanks I will try that utility out as soon as I get a 7.10 install to play with, hopefully tomorrow.
Re: OS of choice survey (DOS).
Posted on 2014-09-24, 03:11
All good points, thank you all for your info. I guess my biggest gripe with DOS 7.10 is that it's not a complete DOS the way 6.22 is. I just have a thing for using defrag to get my folders in order and I hate folders out of order when i do a dir command hehe. Maybe i'm just OCD? Anyways I'm …
OS of choice survey (DOS).
Posted on 2014-09-23, 20:42
How many people here are purists and just stick to MS-DOS 6.22 vs Windows95/98 or just using the DOS 7.00/7.10 from Windows 95/98? For those sticking with MS-DOS 6.22 have you really felt trapped with a maximum 2GB partition size? I mean if we are only playing DOS games 2GB sounds like a lot to me. …
Re: Awesome DOS Game Poster
Posted on 2014-09-23, 03:14
Nah it's gonna look good. I did a test print on 8-1/2" x 11" @ 72-DPI on the lower left corner and I think it was great. It gets all of "UFO: Enemy Unknown", A small sliver of "Ultima" to the right, three-quarters of "The Elder Scrolls" above it. To me it's fitting. I mean this is DOS... low …
Re: Awesome DOS Game Poster
Posted on 2014-09-23, 00:29
I'm not sure who to credit for the image. Some love and care went into that for sure. Glad you liked it. It made my day when I saw it yesterday.
Awesome DOS Game Poster
Posted on 2014-09-22, 14:38
This is a high resolution JPEG (4437x4762, 7.8MB) image of 100 DOS games. Gimp is telling me that it is 72-DPI and 60" wide x 66" tall. This would be pretty awesome printed out and I know a place in town that can do it fairly inexpensively. I have just the place to hang this beauty too. I did a …
Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?
Posted on 2014-09-21, 23:41
Well let me help you Mau1wurf1977. This should be educational so, please close pay attention. We all know that Smurfs and Lemmings are the actual 'goblins' that the Japanese manufacturers secretly put inside of all products that they export to the outside world. They have done this for centuries and …
Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?
Posted on 2014-09-21, 19:51
Well I was able to find a CT2900 on ebay from a seller with several refurb cards in stock. $12USD including shipping. That takes care of having a SB16 on hand.
Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.
Posted on 2014-09-21, 07:19
Thanks again.
Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?
Posted on 2014-09-21, 07:05
I'm seriously thinking about grabbing a SB16 to have on hand. I have read that the lowest noise ones are with the Vibra chipset and that of those the CT2940 and 2980 are the most desirable. To complicate matters I have read that maybe not all CT2940's are the same hardware and not all have real …
Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.
Posted on 2014-09-21, 06:57
Thanks Phil, I have several Intel MMX CPU's if needed and I will bench it once it is all together and see what's best. I am currently using MS-DOS 7.10 with your files. The things that bug me, and I know they may seem trivial, are there is no defrag to put everything in order when using dir command …
Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.
Posted on 2014-09-21, 05:36
Well I thought this project was going to be simple, I was wrong. I have decided that I want a box that is much more capable than what I first envisioned and the Geode platform was too limiting for several reasons. Only two PCI and two ISA slots, complete lack of L2 cache, so that when I disable L1 …
Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600)
Posted on 2014-09-20, 17:18
Fine, I won't do it. It was a bad idea. The data sheet does talk about bypassing the adjustment pin for better performance. peace out
Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?
Posted on 2014-09-20, 06:11
It's funny you say that. I ran across this card today in the junk bin of a local computer shop. It's mine now hehe and I will try it out soon. It looks like a Packard Bell version of the Sound Galaxy Pro II 16 with a modem tossed on it. Has a real OPL3, Aztech AZT2316 and Crystal CS4231A. Edit: …
Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600)
Posted on 2014-09-20, 04:21
Circuit off the board on small PCBs, no hot lm317 tab touching ground and shorting out No LDO because of stability Bypassing adjustment pin effects wide band noise as here http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/regulators_noise2_e.html
Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600)
Posted on 2014-09-19, 21:31
The plan is I will make one up and take good pics with information and details. Then if someone could replicate it from the instructions and have test equipment to measure noise before and after, that would be great. All I can do is subjective listening without measuring equipment. This is not a …
Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600)
Posted on 2014-09-19, 17:31
I had a chance to try out my new Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600) for a little while this morning and I like it. First, I would like to know how to identify which revision it is and how many revisions are there known to exist? I do not have headphones to try out currently (need a new cable) and I am not …
Re: The Grand OPL3 Comparison Run!
Posted on 2014-09-19, 02:25
I know... I'm digging up an old thread but... MaxWar, or anyone that is truly interested, would you like to add the YMF718-S based Audician 32 Plus card to the list? I would be happy to send a card if someone will do the testing.
Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?
Posted on 2014-09-18, 23:39
So nobody has yet voted for or mentioned the PC speaker;) Maybe I'm crazy. I got the Roland SCC-1 in today and had a little time to listen. It sounds great but I only had time to listen to Duke Nukem 3d and Doom. I actually think I prefer the OPL3. Maybe it's the nostalgia or maybe my brain just …
Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.
Posted on 2014-09-18, 18:27
The Roland SCC-1 has arrived. Still waiting for Sound Blaster Pro 2.0.
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