Re: What better way to emulate an old computer with good performance?

Posted on 2021-09-06, 18:48

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by jesolo

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I seem to recall being able to run up to a Pentium 100 MHz within PCem quite satisfactorily on my Core2Quad Q6600 (overclocked to 3 GHz) with Windows 7 32-bit. I presume you are using the latest version of PCem? You can perhaps also try one of the forks - PCem-X. However, the hardware on which your …

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Re: Core2Duo or Core2Quad?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 08:26

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by jesolo

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Bought a Core 2 Duo E8400 back in 2008 and that CPU served me well for a number of years. I upgraded to a Q6600 (that someone donated to me) around 2013 and used that as my daily driver until 2019. I did overclock the Q6600 to 3.0 GHz (1333 MHz FSB) without having to change any voltage settings - …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode

Posted on 2021-09-02, 17:40

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by jesolo

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I hardly could be the person who can reverse these proprietary .sbk AWEUTIL formats considering the fact that nobody else has done it for the last some 30 years...I think they were meant to be hard to reverse in order to keep the .sbk creators from possible stupid lawsuits for bank copyright issues …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode

Posted on 2021-09-02, 17:04

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by jesolo

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jesolo's desire for alternative 3rd party MIDI softbanks and/or converter from/to other formats is completely offtopic! I wasn't trying to detract from what you are doing here. Merely trying to encourage someone else from expanding the functionality of the existing Aweutil utility, as you've now …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode

Posted on 2021-09-02, 05:13

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by jesolo

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Very nice alternative if you have a much better sounding *.sbk file that you can load (by just renaming the default *.sbk GM file). Now someone must just write an Aweutil utility that can also load *.sf2 files... I use the default MT-32 sbk bank with the /EM:MT-32 aweutil option not with /EM: GM …

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Re: I making my new build 8088 xt with a vga card ( Some questions about this 8088 build and about my 386 build too )

Posted on 2021-09-01, 22:04

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by jesolo

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Have a look here - this list is not exhaustive, but should give you an idea what to look for: http://minuszerodegrees.net/5160/vga/5160_vga.htm & http://minuszerodegrees.net/5150/vga/5150_vga.htm I don't think it will make that much of a difference (for the two cards in question), since you are …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI emulation support for Protected mode

Posted on 2021-09-01, 21:21

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by jesolo

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Very nice alternative if you have a much better sounding *.sbk file that you can load (by just renaming the default *.sbk GM file). Now someone must just write an Aweutil utility that can also load *.sf2 files...

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Re: MS Sidewinder 3D Pro Plus on NT4 SP6 - need help setting up.

Posted on 2021-08-28, 20:07

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by jesolo

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So my 3D Pro Plus is out then. How about the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro, is that analog or digital? The only Sidewinder controllers that have an analog mode is the Microsoft Sidewinder Standard & the Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro. All Sidewinder controllers released after that were digital only ( …

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Re: MS Sidewinder 3D Pro Plus on NT4 SP6 - need help setting up.

Posted on 2021-08-28, 19:22

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by jesolo

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Windows NT 4.0 with SP3 or later supports most analog game controllers. However, it does not support digital game controllers. Take note that the Sidewinder 3D Pro Plus (also known as the Sidewinder Precision Pro - Part No. 97462) is not the same controller as the standard Sidewinder 3D Pro. It's a …

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Re: Windows 2000 on a dual 486

Posted on 2021-07-28, 20:32

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by jesolo

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Windows 2000 Professional's minimum system requirements is a Pentium 133 MHz with at least 32 MB of RAM. Microsoft back then recommend a Pentium II 300 MHz with 128 MB of RAM. If you could get Windows 2000 to install on such a dual 486 CPU setup, expect very poor performance. Installing it on a dual …

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Re: Mystery Sound Card, AD1848KP chip?

Posted on 2021-07-25, 20:44

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by jesolo

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I also have some Aztech cards - maybe I'll try this as a future experiment and see if I can get the two cards to work together. I normally prefer to only have one sound card (i.e., one with a DAC) in a system, since I have a number of systems to play with and I'm therefore fortunate enough to pick …

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Re: What Aztech sound card to buy

Posted on 2021-07-22, 17:10

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by jesolo

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- MMSN810. Probably the most feature-rich sound card, so highly ironic it's referred to as "Sound Galaxy 16 Basic". SBPro2, real OPL3 (or 1:1 clone, Aztech used both) and WSS codec (either AD1848 or CS4248 depending on what was in the last rubbish bin Aztech raided) The MMSN810 was the first sound …

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Re: What Aztech sound card to buy

Posted on 2021-07-20, 19:21

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by jesolo

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Disney Sound Source/Covox Speech Thing was a different sound standard in the late 80's to early 90's. I wouldn't be too worried about it as Sound Blaster was the de facto standard which was also more widely supported by games. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_Speech_Thing

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Re: What Aztech sound card to buy

Posted on 2021-07-20, 18:37

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by jesolo

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AZT2316 chipset is from the 3rd generation. Normally does not have reversed stereo with excellent Sound Blaster Pro 2 and Adlib support with fairly good WSS compatibility. Also has MPU-401 UART and most models comes with a Wave Blaster header. AZTSSPT0592-U01 is from 1st generation - no MPU-401 UART …

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Re: Aztech soundcards alongside a second sound card...HELP

Posted on 2021-07-20, 18:19

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by jesolo

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Thanks, but already done all that, that's why this is a mystery, by all account the resources should be free for the AWE. For detail anyway: The Aztech is fully working, and has it's resources reserved in BIOS. No other resources are reserved in BIOS, so PnP cards should have access to them. All …

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Re: Aztech soundcards alongside a second sound card...HELP

Posted on 2021-07-19, 21:12

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by jesolo

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Try to disable all COM and LPT (parallel) ports in the BIOS (unless you need one). You need to free up as much resources as possible. The Aztech card is part of the 3rd generation models, which means it is not a Plug 'n Play card. If your BIOS supports it, manually assign the Aztech card's resources …

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Re: Looking for a Philips P2230

Posted on 2021-07-19, 21:02

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by jesolo

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Depending on where you live, Craigslist, Amibay or place a wanted ad on your local Facebook community group.

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Re: Mystery Sound Card, AD1848KP chip?

Posted on 2021-07-15, 14:20

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by jesolo

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Well I have long sold PC's of that time period, so best I could do is underclocking. Making the Pentium 2 run at 133Mhz did not have any effect. but I suppose that doesnt really help anyways? Port 220 AdLib works fine but PCM audio still remains to only be pops and crackles. Try disabling L1 & L2 …

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Re: Mystery Sound Card, AD1848KP chip?

Posted on 2021-07-15, 13:18

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by jesolo

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If you are running this on a Pentium II, then that might be a possible reason why it doesn't work properly, since the PC is too fast. I have a couple of older sound cards from that era that starts to exhibit strange behaviour once I install it in a faster system (even a fast 486 CPU with L1 write …

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Re: Mystery Sound Card, AD1848KP chip?

Posted on 2021-07-14, 19:50

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by jesolo

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Welcome to Vogons. The AD1848KP, as you've stated, is a 16-bit CODEC chip, but it also has built-in Windows Sound System support. Seems like all the jumper settings are silkscreened on the PCB, which is a plus. This is probably some Sound Blaster Pro clone, but would be interesting to know which …

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