Re: Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2015-12-28, 19:49

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by clueless1

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That BIOS ID corresponds to a series of Intel OEM boards called Hillary. It could be one of 6 different boards but they all share the same BIOS and you already have the latest version. That answers my question--I've already got the newest BIOS. I count myself lucky that US Navy Fighters is the only …

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Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-28, 16:57

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by clueless1

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To be clear, the hanging note issue only appears when using the same Creative card for both digital PCM audio and MIDI. To avoid the issue at the present time, I have a CS4232 card with everything disabled except the MPU401 interface to host my DB. There is one youtube video that I could find …

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Re: Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2015-12-28, 13:01

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by clueless1

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I -think- it's a PB600 board which was used in a lot of models. I have a bunch of PB BIOSs on file, but not that one unfortunately. Here's a little info on the latest BIOS revision I could find: http://www.bios-drivers.com/drivers/15/15292.htm Thanks! The description for that BIOS cracks me up. The …

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Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-28, 12:53

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by clueless1

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IMHO go grab an Audician 32 plus off eBay real cheap and the latest drivers from http://www.philscomputerlab.com and watch his review of the card. It's a near perfect OPL3 card without hanging note bugs when running midi from it (via daughter board or external modules), its new old stock so its …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-12-28, 03:39

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Apparently it's from 1997 which makes it the newest Packard Bell I own in my collection (see below) http://orig01.deviantart.net/2fa9/f/2015/361/a/6/s2460013_v01_by_mad_king_corduroy-d9lomia.jpg The bottom one on the far left looks just like the Multimedia C110 I just converted into my DOS retro …

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Re: Issue with Voodoo 3 at 320x200

Posted on 2015-12-28, 03:17

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by clueless1

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I can confirm the issue on my system with the shareware version. I don't have that BIOS option either...:( Does it also happen in Quake (DOS version) at 320x200? Nope. Quake looks clean in 320x200. BTW, it turns out my Terminal Velocity floppies are of the shareware version. It doesn't say on the …

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Old Packard Bell BIOS updates?

Posted on 2015-12-28, 03:07

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by clueless1

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Running a Packard Bell Multimedia C110. I scored this as a freebie from a co-worker who was cleaning his basement out. My first DOS rig since about 1995. My sister shipped me a box of my old games that were in my room at my parents house...score! Yeah, there were inevitable floppies that wouldn't …

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Re: Issue with Voodoo 3 at 320x200

Posted on 2015-12-28, 02:47

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by clueless1

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I can confirm the issue on my system with the shareware version. I don't have that BIOS option either...🙁

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Re: Issue with Voodoo 3 at 320x200

Posted on 2015-12-28, 02:10

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by clueless1

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I'm trying to get my floppies working. Disk 1 is good. Disks 2 and 3 give me read errors. I can copy the 1.4MB files on disks 2 and 3 to the hdd if I Ignore the read errors. File sizes come out good but not sure the structure is intact. Trying to copy them back to good floppies now.

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Re: Issue with Voodoo 3 at 320x200

Posted on 2015-12-28, 01:49

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by clueless1

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I'd test on my system (Voodoo3 2000 PCI) but one of my TV floppies is bad. 🙁 Does it display normally in other resolutions? Any display issues with other games?

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Re: Ideal RAM amount for pure DOS

Posted on 2015-12-27, 19:49

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by clueless1

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Nice comments, thanks guys. I pulled out the two 8MB sticks and left myself 32MB.

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Ideal RAM amount for pure DOS

Posted on 2015-12-27, 16:23

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by clueless1

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What is the consensus for the ideal amount of RAM to put in a DOS 6.22 system? The system in question has a Pentium 120, Voodoo3 2000 PCI, and 48MB. My game library ranges from 1990 to 1995. The most demanding game is Cybermage (the only game I have that runs sluggishly on this system). Every other …

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Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-27, 16:06

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by clueless1

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For the CT2800 that's on its way, what is the recommended driver for DOS 6.22? I'm looking at my options here and there are lots of choices under SB16 drivers. Thanks.

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Re: Issue with Voodoo 3 3000 AGP

Posted on 2015-12-26, 22:59

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Got one for a dollar less than the broken one, works fine. Yay! I went through this with a Geforce 8800GTX. Bought it for $39 and the first one was bad. Sent screenshot of corrupted display and he sent me another one without question. Let me keep the old one too. Someday I might try to reflow the …

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Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-26, 15:39

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by clueless1

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No daughter card yet. It looks like the DreamBlaster S1 is the most cost-effective option, so that is at the top of my list at the moment. I'm going to wait til the CT2800 arrives and I confirm it's fully functioning and has the daughter card header before I move forward further. The SBLive in my …

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Re: Couple of DOS questions

Posted on 2015-12-26, 13:16

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1) DIRCMD environment variable. The command is "set DIRCMD=/og" for your example. 2) /L: command switch for MSCDEX. Others DOS cd drivers use the similar method but the switch may be different. Unfortunately there is no way to move cd-drive before FDD or HDD in DOS. And some game want cd-drive as D …

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Couple of DOS questions

Posted on 2015-12-26, 03:46

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by clueless1

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So I'm newly reacquainted with DOS retro gaming :) A lot of DOS commands are coming back to me after 20 years away from the OS, but a couple questions have come up for me: 1) is there a way to alphabetically sort the file/folder structure automatically with a "dir" command? I figured out "dir/og" to …

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Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-26, 03:26

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by clueless1

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In my experience (I own both YMF-71x, Aztech, OPTi cards and so on), Aztech cards, when coupled with a genuine OPL3 chip, are very compatible with everything you throw at them. And, unlike the Audician 32, can hold full sized daughterboards just fine. Unless he has issues with his games I'd just …

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Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-25, 03:33

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by clueless1

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Thank you everyone, especially gdjacobs for providing the drivers. I turned WSS back on and confirmed the 16 bit diagnostic passes. And my issue with Wings of Glory turned out to be those sound settings turned off by default. The only way to check/adjust the sound/music options in WoG is by hitting …

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Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-24, 21:24

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A few remarks: 1- MIDI is about the MIDI output for the daughterboard or external module. Without something connected it will not play anything. This is true for Creative ISA cards as well. 2- There should be an utility to set the EEPROM settings under DOS. Use it to check the ports/IRQs/DMA …

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