Re: Seeking owner of a 495SX 486 board
Posted on 2016-05-17, 20:41
This should be your motherboard: http://www.arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/m/C-D/35929.htm
Re: No sound output from Compaq Ultra-sound 32
Posted on 2016-05-17, 19:29
Update : Upon closer inspection, it would appear that some pressure was applied on some components of the card during shipping. It would appear that the transistor in the lower left corner of the card (refer pic in previous post), just above C147 and the 16-bit part of the connectors, has …
Re: Hocus Pocus, the AWE32 PnP doesn't go.
Posted on 2016-05-17, 16:00
The Sound Blaster 16/AWE32 based cards don't support the stereo sound output (for digital voices) of the Sound Blaster Pro or Pro II. Hence, games that specifically supported the Sound Blaster Pro or Pro II and that provided stereo (digital) sound will only produce mono sound on the Sound Blaster 16 …
No sound output from Compaq Ultra-sound 32
Posted on 2016-05-16, 20:09
I recently managed to get hold of a Compaq Ultra-sound 32 sound card. Card arrived and I instaled it in my 486 class PC (Asus PVI-486SP3 with a Pentium Overdrive P24T CPU currently plugged in). Upon booting up, the Plug 'n Play BIOS immediately recognises the card. I booted into Windows 95, it also …
Re: Hocus Pocus, the AWE32 PnP doesn't go.
Posted on 2016-05-16, 12:57
Forgot to add the E620 parameter as well (only applicable to AWE based cards). This one specifies the port address of the EMU8000 synthesis chip. Coming back to your error message: It seems the game doesn't like one of the parameters in your Autoexec.bat file. You could try (just as a test) to " …
Re: Hocus Pocus, the AWE32 PnP doesn't go.
Posted on 2016-05-16, 10:09
Some games refer to the "SET BLASTER" environment variable in your Autoexec.bat file. Make sure that the parameters defined in your Autoexec.bat file matches your sound card's actual settings. If the "SET BLASTER" environment variable is not present, just add it. For an AWE based card, the default …
Re: Dual Booting Windows 98 and DOS 6.22?
Posted on 2016-05-16, 05:34
If DOS 7 works just fine for games I'm good with that. I'll just set the system to bring up that boot menu and set the default option to DOS prompt (I assume this will make it boot into DOS 7.1 with Real Mode, I'll have to check on that). Yes, it will. You can specify the default choice with the " …
Re: Dual Booting Windows 98 and DOS 6.22?
Posted on 2016-05-15, 22:12
1. Yes, it should, provided you boot into MS-DOS mode and not try to run your DOS apps or games via the command prompt (from within Windows). Many DOS games requires "real mode" access. You can refer to this guide on how to set it up: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47863 2. Yes, you can. …
Re: Gamepad/Joysticks on vintage hardware
Posted on 2016-05-15, 06:40
Speaking under correction, but I think that, apart from the Sidewinder 3D Pro, all of Microsoft's joysticks and gamepads were digital only (the 3D Pro was a digital joystick, but had an analog emulation mode that it could fall back on). This means that they won't function under real mode DOS, unless …
Re: SC-88 vs SC-55 vs SC-50
Posted on 2016-05-13, 21:45
Here is some reading material (I asked the same questions some years ago, so I'd thought I'd provide a bit more info): Roland MT-32 and compatibles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_MT-32 Roland Sound Canvas (in general): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Sound_Canvas The SC-55: https://en. …
Re: CUS32PRO and JAZZ JACKRABBIT
Posted on 2016-05-07, 07:29
Thank you. Let me play around a bit and see how it goes. I found another set of files from this location: http://www.geocities.ws/presariohelp2000/compaq_drivers_oct00.html Just search for "Interwave" on the webpage. These files appears to be the files that are copied over after installation, but …
Re: CUS32PRO and JAZZ JACKRABBIT
Posted on 2016-05-06, 21:35
I just bought my first GUS and it happens to be also a Compaq Ultrasound 32. Since I'm a new owner of a GUS, and I know that these cards can be tricky to set up, I've just briefly played around with the card. I used the Compaq Ultrasound installation disk from Vogons drivers and installed it under …
Re: Windows 95 OSR 2.5 on Athlon K7
Posted on 2016-05-04, 11:54
My understanding is that the patch did not just apply to K6-2 CPU's (that were faster than 350 MHz) but also to other CPU's such as the Intel Pentium III (1 GHz or faster) and all Pentium 4 processors (at least, according to Microsoft - refer Q192841). I also found this link that provides more info: …
Re: Sound Blaster CT4750 sounds like garbage in DOS games...
Posted on 2016-05-03, 22:19
@Elia1995 You mentioned in one of your earlier posts that the motherboard you used for this setup is an Asus A8V-XE? Just my 5 cents worth, but I think the hardware you have is a bit over the top for playing DOS games on it (it's a very fast PC, compared to what was around in the last days of DOS). …
Re: Sound Blaster CT4750 sounds like garbage in DOS games...
Posted on 2016-05-02, 15:17
If your PC still has an available ISA slot, then I would rather swop out the PCI card for an OLP3 based ISA card, especially if you intend on playing old DOS games using FM synthesis for music playback. There are some PCI sound cards (with the Yamaha YMF7xx chipset) that has OPL3 synthesis built …
Re: Problem with ForceFeedback Pro
Posted on 2016-04-30, 17:14
The only Sidewinder joystick that is compatible under real mode DOS is the Sidewinder 3D Pro (refer this link: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47514). Unfortunately, it doesn't have Force Feedback and only functions as an analog joystick under DOS (with one or two exceptions). This also …
Re: Problem with ForceFeedback Pro
Posted on 2016-04-30, 15:00
The Force Feedback Pro is not compatible under DOS (real mode). Refer this topic: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=46822 Being a Force Feedback Pro, it requires a power source in order to drive the "motors" inside the joystick. I'm speaking only from experience with the Force Feedback …
Re: Core2 Q9550 Daily Driver
Posted on 2016-04-30, 09:23
@jesolo You could try to upgrade / mod it with a socket 771 cpu (with an adapter and BIOS mod) I upgraded from an E8400 to a Xeon 5450 (Q9650) for little money. I also used to have 3 Radeon 4850 that died one after another. After I got my refund I swapped it for a GTX480, runs great! I was actually …
Re: Core2 Q9550 Daily Driver
Posted on 2016-04-29, 19:40
Interesting thread. I upgraded my PC in 2008 and the specs were: Asus P5QL Pro motherboard. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 2 GB DDR2-800 RAM Sapphire Radeon HD4850 250 GB SATA HDD Windows 7 Pro with SP1 Everything else, I use what is onboard (sound, LAN, etc.) I upgraded the RAM to 4 GB, replaced the CPU …
Re: How to set up a start up (boot) menu under Windows 9x/ME
Posted on 2016-04-28, 21:28
Another method I used ever since I upgraded to Windows 95 was to create a shotcut to command.com on the desktop and modify the autoexe/config.sys in there and force to restart in MS-DOS mode Yes it does mean you have to start windows simply to double click the shortcut and PC will boot again into …
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