Re: Opinions on Perfect XP Machine

Posted on 2016-08-14, 18:23

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by keenmaster486

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Gpu wise id go for a AGP card just to try and be period correct. Yeah there were pcie cards then, but that wasnt around when XP released. I don't see the point of making it "period corect", because Win XP "period" is 2001-2007 (2001 - XP release, 2007 - Vista release). You could even streched "XP …

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Re: Keen Game Engine: A Clone of the Galaxy Engine, with VGA!

Posted on 2016-08-14, 14:33

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Oh crap! I'm sorry, I forgot to update the readme file, so everything in that is old. Yes, just run Engine.exe, and the sound is enabled by default (SB 2.0+ effects, Adlib music). Sorry about that 😊

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Re: Ps/2 two ports to one? Keyboard is not working

Posted on 2016-08-14, 04:49

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by keenmaster486

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Sounds like you need a new keyboard. And try plugging your mouse into your Pentium laptop to see what happens.

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Re: Opinions on Perfect XP Machine

Posted on 2016-08-14, 04:46

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by keenmaster486

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Core 2 Quad, 4GB RAM, and I have absolutely no idea about the graphics card (except that maybe it should be VGA-compatible? 🤣)

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Re: KGE4 - VGA@256c DOS 2D Platform scrolling game engine BETA

Posted on 2016-08-14, 04:35

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by keenmaster486

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And here's another update, probably the last for a while since I'm headed off to college and won't have much time for this sort of thing. A lot of stuff was implemented in this version, so it's easier now to list the things that aren't implemented yet. Features that aren't yet implemented: -World …

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Re: [DOS]Changing drive and directory in one line?

Posted on 2016-08-13, 03:18

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by keenmaster486

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Depends on whether or not your keyboard has a very large enter key next to a very small backslash key (and the pipe key) like mine does. I'm constantly doing things like: xcopy d:\A_LOT_OF_FILES c: [here I accidentally press enter while attempting to press backslash] Result: dir c: C:\ contains too …

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Re: Bulding a DOS gaming box based on everyones suggestions here, what do you think

Posted on 2016-08-10, 19:52

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by keenmaster486

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but the K6-III+ and the Voodoo 3 are waaaaay overkill. I assume the idea of using the K6-III+ is that it can be easily and controllably throttled to an arbitrary degree using software. (Not that I have any idea how well that works.) Correct. But that assumes he wants to run both DOS and Windows 9x …

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Re: Bulding a DOS gaming box based on everyones suggestions here, what do you think

Posted on 2016-08-10, 17:53

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by keenmaster486

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What you're building would be an excellent late 90's Windows 98 games machine. DOS games would work of course, but the K6-III+ and the Voodoo 3 are waaaaay overkill. You'd be better off (for DOS, that is) building a Socket 5 machine with a Pentium and a Trio32/64 or something. Edit: The SB16 is …

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Re: Where can I find the Toshiba Diagnostics disk ?

Posted on 2016-08-08, 19:11

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by keenmaster486

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Is this it? From the Toshiba support site, says "Windows utilities for Satellite 330". Filename 330utl98.exe File size 1.26 MiB Downloads 87 downloads

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Re: Trouble getting Commander Keen to work with sound on my Pentium 3 PC.

Posted on 2016-08-08, 19:00

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There were several different versions of Keen 4 released and you might want to make sure you have the last one. You can also try an alternative interpreter like Commander Genius if you're so inclined. Aye. You have version 1.1, the latest version is 1.4 and since Keen 5 works, it's probably a bug …

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Re: 40in TV

Posted on 2016-08-08, 02:59

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by keenmaster486

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Probably capacitor plague. Replace all of the large electrolytics and it may work. Oftentimes the caps in TVs and LCD monitors like that will be bad even though they're not bulging.

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How do I tell if my laptop screen is about to die?

Posted on 2016-08-04, 02:14

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by keenmaster486

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I have this laptop, vintage '96 or thereabouts, and lately I've noticed some strange effects going on at the top of the screen, like several pixels up there went bad at once: Filename image.jpeg File size 1.84 MiB Views 292 views So does this mean I should worry about my screen, or not?

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Re: Pentium 133MHz in Socket 5

Posted on 2016-08-03, 16:29

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by keenmaster486

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It works! Filename IMG_0258.JPG File size 732.8 KiB Views 1229 views YES! Instant bump in framerates, now Descent 2 is quite playable at 640x480. Nice.

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Re: Sound Blaster Prototype on eBay

Posted on 2016-08-03, 13:29

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by keenmaster486

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Wow. I wonder who bought it?

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Re: Anyone else collecting cassettes?

Posted on 2016-08-02, 19:19

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by keenmaster486

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Hullo, Elbereth. How have things been lately in Valinor? 🤣 Anyway, welcome to the forums. Elbereth wrote: magnetic tapes are going to all be disintegrated and degraded to the point of illegibility at some point and that will be the end of the end. NOOOOOOOO!!! 😲 😲 It must never be allowed to happen …

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Re: Disassembling a Toshiba 480CDT

Posted on 2016-08-02, 19:10

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by keenmaster486

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Yeah, check minuszerodegrees or Google for the service manual. I have a 460CDT and the hard drive just slides right out of the front when you take off just one screw - maybe yours is different?

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Re: Trying to make soundblaster/OPL music, feedback appreciated.

Posted on 2016-08-02, 18:42

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It is possible to make the OPL3 chip sound that good. Try downloading Adlib Tracker II and play through all the demo songs, there are a few of those that really knock your socks off (for example, one of them is a cover of the Duke Nukem 3D theme, and sounds like there are actually a couple of guys …

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Re: Pentium 133MHz in Socket 5

Posted on 2016-08-02, 18:39

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by keenmaster486

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I'm not sure there was a Voodoo patch for Descent2? I do know that D2 needs a LOT of cpu to run smooth at anything higher than VGA. It still gets a little choppy in spots with my POD 200MMX. In my experience, almost any DOS game ran too slow in SVGA at P133 speeds. But this is on a Triton chipset …

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Re: Pentium 133MHz in Socket 5

Posted on 2016-08-02, 17:07

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by keenmaster486

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OK, sounds good, I'll try that later today... As for the video card, right now I'm using an S3 Trio64. All I'm doing with it is DOS games and Windows word processing (no Windows games right now). But in games like Descent II, I can't crank up the resolution past 320x240 without severely reducing the …

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Re: DOSBOX fork with better FM synthesis?

Posted on 2016-08-02, 03:15

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by keenmaster486

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I've found "fast" OPL3 emulation to sound more like the original, that is, when you set all the frequencies to 49716 Hz.

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