Re: Bizarre Issue With Tyrian and Jazz Jackrabbit On My DOS Machine

Posted on 2015-05-10, 06:43

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I know this is a old topic, but since I've been surprised by the same problem on one of my old machines I investigated it and found out that Tyrian/Tyrian 2000 seems to have this behavior when you hame EMM386 with NOEMS in your config.sys. Interesting and thank you for sharing. :) No less …

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Re: SS7 cpu choice.

Posted on 2015-05-10, 06:21

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by dr_st

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I have a similar setup with a Super Socket 7 board. The CPU it came with is a K6-2, which may originally have been rated 450MHz or 475MHz, but it runs at 100*5=500MHz rock solid at the stock 2.2V voltage. It wouldn't do 550MHz at 2.2V (it would POST fine, but most of the time lock up in the middle …

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Re: XP Rig ahead!

Posted on 2015-05-09, 14:03

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by dr_st

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I'd say that would be because of the HDD's RPMs,but it also depends on RAM and CPU. No, it wouldn't. Not in that particular example, at least. RAM has nothing to do with it, unless you have so little of it that you are already running out before the OS finished booting. CPU speed and hard drive RPM …

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Re: XP Rig ahead!

Posted on 2015-05-09, 05:51

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Well, it may run smooth enough (depending on the tasks it performs), but boot time is one of the worst benchmarks for performance. It depends very little on raw PC performance, and much more on your exact configuration, and what HW/SW you have installed ,including things that interact with other …

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Re: Would anyone like to see a lapped P4?

Posted on 2015-05-07, 04:22

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It is funny how the first result when you google "CPU lapping" is this article . The article is great when it comes to detail and clarity of explanation, and in the end presents a meager 2.5C difference in temperatures. :P I bet the guy was quite disappointed with the results. Of course he tries to …

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Re: Socket 775 - obsolete for modern games/SW or not?

Posted on 2015-05-03, 13:53

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Don't feel bad about the Q9650, I got one in a trash find, and it runs HOT at load. The thing will idle at 45 or so, and then shoot up to even 60+ under load. Wouldn't dream of trying to push it further. And Q9650 is supposed to be all E0. My QX9650 (C0) idles at less than that, but at full load it …

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Re: Games completely outshined by their sequels

Posted on 2015-05-02, 07:55

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Putas wrote: I also did not like HoMM3 that much, but for different reason. The shift in style did not work for me, I prefer more fairy tale like artwork of prequels, the 256 color palette is awesome. That too. It's possible that subconsciously it also affected my opinion of HoMM3.

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Re: Best Doom ports for dos

Posted on 2015-05-02, 07:53

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For a 486, you'd do well to go with a patched up version of vanilla Doom with expanded limits and greater stability: Doom+ You know, I thought about this, and the thing is that any scene that could benefit from such a patch, because it exceeds the original limits, will probably be way too slow for …

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Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2015-04-30, 04:13

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Evert wrote: Well, there are advantages to using SATA drives over IDE ones, one of them being the newer SATA drive isn't likely to suffer from mechanical problems. AFAIK, you can still buy new IDE optical drives, although they are a bit more expensive than their SATA counterparts.

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Re: SBAWE32 Reboots computer when running certain games

Posted on 2015-04-30, 04:09

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by dr_st

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I use this: DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOSW\EMM386.EXE RAM I=B400-B7FF I=CA00-CBFF AUTO The more standard I=B000-B7FF causes problems with CDMAN 2.0 and I think a few other games.

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Re: Mortal Kombat 3 Sound and Moves in Dosbox

Posted on 2015-04-29, 16:58

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by dr_st

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Were you standing directly next to the opponent ("touching" him) when you released LP?

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Re: SBAWE32 Reboots computer when running certain games

Posted on 2015-04-29, 14:57

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I found that EMM386 is causing Jazz Jackrabbit and other games to restart the computer when launched. It may be a combination of exact HW and EMM386 switches. I know for a fact that on my old system, Jazz Jackrabbit works fine with EMM386. Try without the D=64 switch. Do you need it for something …

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Re: need help with batch file

Posted on 2015-04-29, 14:50

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This is indeed the case. You have to order the errorlevels in descending order.

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Re: Mortal Kombat 3 Sound and Moves in Dosbox

Posted on 2015-04-29, 13:20

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As I said: dr_st wrote: You need to be close to the enemy to perform this finish. Which means you have to start holding LP while away from the enemy, move closer, then press F-D-D-F, and release.

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Re: Mortal Kombat 3 Sound and Moves in Dosbox

Posted on 2015-04-29, 07:54

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My setting is cycles=max. You need to be close to the enemy to perform this finish. Which means you have to start holding LP while away from the enemy, move closer, then press F-D-D-F, and release. I input the sequence pretty fast, but not blazing fast. One thing I can think of is that if you press …

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Re: Mortal Kombat 3 Sound and Moves in Dosbox

Posted on 2015-04-29, 05:23

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Interesting, is it setting-dependent? I just tried DOSBOX 0.74 and could successfully perform Kano's fatality (Hold LP - F-D-D-F - Release LP) 3 times in a row without any issues. I wasn't pressing the keys particularly slow either. It's a standard USB keyboard, not wireless. SB16 music works as …

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Re: Any Thinkpad fans identify this model?

Posted on 2015-04-25, 18:08

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It's a T2x. T20: http://digichar.com/imgs/a/d/s/x/x/ibm_thinkpad_t20_laptop_20gb_hdd_256mb_ram_win_xp_sp3_ms_office_a_lot_software_1_lgw.jpg T23: http://philippthome.de/fotos/upload/2013/01/18/20130118234247-9f8c2fc8.jpg All T2x look basically the same, as you can see, and the picture is not sharp …

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Re: Help me choose the right sound card for 2 retro sets!

Posted on 2015-04-23, 13:02

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by dr_st

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alexanrs wrote: If you specify DOS=NOAUTO in Config.sys it wil not load anything automatically (HIMEM.SYS, DBLBUFF.SYS, IFSHLP.SYS and SETVER.EXE), so you can even go "conventional memory only" with DOS 7.x Awesome. I didn't even know that. 😀

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Re: Help me choose the right sound card for 2 retro sets!

Posted on 2015-04-23, 06:17

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by dr_st

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Windows will never be pure DOS. It's Windows, capable of doing some later type of DOS. Not pure DOS at all. For pure dos, you need eighter: MS-Dos, Novell-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS or Free-DOS. Those are the real deal, not Windows95/98/ME. Yes it can be used to launch DOS software. Still, not pure DOS. …

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Re: hey network guru's question for you

Posted on 2015-04-22, 20:19

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by dr_st

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All is good advice, and generally it is much easier to manage a proper router-based setup than an ICS-based one. However, I still believe that a correctly configured ICS can provide the desired security, and some tips to that end were given here. I still don't recall seeing a definitive answer to …

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