Re: Basic DOS 6.22 boot diskette ?

Posted on 2019-05-13, 08:57

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by zyga64

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Something like this... config.sys Copy code to clipboard 1 device=himem.sys /testmem:off 2 dos=high,umb 3 devicehigh=emm386.exe RAM 4 devicehigh=cdrom.sys /d:CD001 autoexec.bat Copy code to clipboard 1 lh mscdex.exe /d:CD001

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Re: top20 DOS utils/tools

Posted on 2019-05-02, 20:58

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by zyga64

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in Marvin \ Software

Speaking about image viewers I remember SEA was best in terms of convenience. Can be found here. And for image manipulation (also viewer which can be bound to F3 in Dos Navigator) - Image Alchemy - commandline tool.

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Re: Descent won't work in DOS

Posted on 2019-04-30, 19:35

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by zyga64

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in Marvin \ Software

CRT is the name of the unit in Borland/Turbo Pascal. It provides functions for screen handling , keyboard etc. Something like stdio.h in C or iostream in C++. In this unit somwhere there is a loop which causes overflow error on fast CPU (well faster than 200MHz). It seems that those games are …

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Re: JMS PS/2 port not working/recognized on socket 7 board

Posted on 2019-04-23, 06:50

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by zyga64

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When booting windows 98, I can see the laser in the mouse flicker some, but then windows complains that it can't find a mouse. That's good. It means that power supply is correct (+5V and GND are in their place). The only thing left is to make sure that CLK and DATA signals are also in place. …

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Re: CL-5446 being better than S3 Trio64v+ ?

Posted on 2019-04-13, 20:00

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by zyga64

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You know... Cannon Fodder crashing with and without UniVBE loaded. I know that this thread is a bit old but.. wbc's s3vbefix helps with Cannon Fodder on S3 cards ! Even those with VBE1.2 bios. At least it helps my S3Trio64V+ (1MB, VBE1.2). Not to mention 2.0 ones (I've tested S3Trio3d 2x and S3 …

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Re: Best way to transfer files over a network in Windows 95?

Posted on 2019-04-08, 06:21

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by zyga64

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I didn't even consider FTP!! I just setup a little server with Filezilla and was able to access it over the network with ftp.exe on the Windows 95 machine. Thanks for the tips guys. Try to use something more handy than ftp.exe. There are many options available. For example: Total Commander, Double …

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Re: Best graphic card for my voodoo 2 sli

Posted on 2019-03-24, 12:04

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by zyga64

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Well, I meant - among the mentioned cards. Uhm. Max Payne ? link After some experiments you'll be able to find drivers which are most stable and compatible for you platform. That's some sort of challenge.

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Re: Best graphic card for my voodoo 2 sli

Posted on 2019-03-24, 11:00

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by zyga64

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Matrox cards used to have best signal quality between cards from this period. They should be also faster than TNT2/M64 and Rage128, and have unique features like environment bumpmapping. So it is good choice for Windows. I don't know if it has AMD 3DNow! optimized drivers. S3 Savage is weakest in …

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Re: Best graphic card for my voodoo 2 sli

Posted on 2019-03-24, 08:59

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by zyga64

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For SS7 choose quality motherboard (and PSU). There's a lot of 'juice' needed on 3.3V line - all PCI and AGP cards. Also AGP implementation is far from perfect on this early boards. For graphics card I would say - choose the one which is most stable, and have best output signal. If you seek for less …

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Re: Adding my 486 to my Network

Posted on 2019-03-24, 08:34

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by zyga64

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It is still the same TCP/IP protocol, so everything should work ok. Another thing is SMB authentication... In my opinion, for file sharing, FTP is least troublesome. Just set up ftp server on XP machine (using Filezilla server), and you can access it with Total Commander 16 bit.

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Re: Sound Drivers for a compaq deskpro en

Posted on 2019-03-19, 20:35

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by zyga64

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Try those. For Windows 2000 choose WDM one. (VXD is for Windows 9x). I've used those drivers with Compaq Deskpro EN in the past.

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Re: is this eprom a compatible replacement for a eeprom

Posted on 2019-03-19, 12:58

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by zyga64

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thanks for the info yeah I think ill get a few :) I forgot to ask. Do you have access to eprom/flash programmer ? Check if this eeprom is on the list of supported devices. My programmer is TL866A (now discontinued) but there is newer version - TL866II plus which supports even wider range of devices …

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Re: is this eprom a compatible replacement for a eeprom

Posted on 2019-03-19, 08:48

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by zyga64

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Search for SST27SF512 on ebay. I can see pair for $2.2 including shipping. These are electrically erasable and programmable parts. I've bought and successfully programmed SST27SF256 for my S3 Virge (VBE 2.0 compatible BIOS).

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Re: Intel TC430HX missing 2 CPU config jumper pins (J10C1D) pin 1 and 4

Posted on 2019-02-15, 08:57

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by zyga64

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dkarguth wrote: Those parts are missing for a reason. I wouldn't go adding jumpers to you motherboard if I were you. Come on! You are a hacker, aren't you ? 😉 If you are interested in detailed photos of certain parts of motherboard, let me know. I have P200MMX (which is set up as 233) on it.

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Re: 486 system FreeDOS or MSDOS 6.22?

Posted on 2019-02-13, 20:10

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by zyga64

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I wold go Dos 6.22 path. Period correct and best compatibility. If you want fat32, consider using DOS 7.1 from Windows95/Windows98. Just create bootdisk in Windows, and there will be fdisk, and sys tools, and you are ready to go. With some tricks you can also run Windows 3.11 on top of it.

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Re: ALS120 ISA Card - Music volume balance issues with older DOS games

Posted on 2019-01-27, 18:49

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by zyga64

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Alhough I don't have ALS120 card, I had several ALS100 based cards. In one case I remember that setting volume to max (31) wasn't good idea. Value of 28 provided much better results. Another observation (from photos). Second (high) DMA channel (for 16 bit) is normally 5 for most cases. On your …

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Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2019-01-20, 09:54

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by zyga64

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In 2009 I’ve upgraded from pentium E2160 to celeron E3200. Now I have i3 3245 (upgraded from celeron G1620 in 2015). I’m thinking about moving to i5 3570k. No discrete graphics card, because I’m not interested in modern gaming.

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Re: 80GB hard drive on Pentium motherboard

Posted on 2019-01-18, 10:45

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by zyga64

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here you'll find patched bios for your motherboard. Up to 120GB is possible.

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Re: Power warning with old ASUS P3B-F with new gen EVGA 450W PSU

Posted on 2019-01-07, 08:22

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by zyga64

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't know about P3B-F, but for MSI BX Master you can disable monitoring for particular voltages and fans in BIOS. I did it for -5V, because my PSU don't provide it. Besides that board is working perfectly normal.

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Re: Removing windows xp boot menu.

Posted on 2019-01-06, 19:49

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by zyga64

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in Marvin \ Software

Boot to DOS command prompt and type: Copy code to clipboard 1 fdisk /mbr

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