Re: The YMU762 Research
Posted on 2021-07-14, 00:17
Also I think our russian opl2-to-MA3 translating friend is here, as kb77: Re: Need a DIY MIDI FM synth module
Re: The YMU762 Research
Posted on 2021-07-13, 23:18
Is there anywhere to reliably get a supply of MA-3/5/7 chips from? MA-7 is very poorly documented as well, the document I usually reference for Yamaha FM chip info ( https://gist.github.com/bryc/e85315f758ff3eced19d2d4fdeef01c5 ) can't find any detail about them. I'd also like to add that Deflemask …
Re: The YMU762 Research
Posted on 2021-07-11, 19:12
Please do figure out this chip! I've been fascinated by it since I learned of it. The YMF825 is extremely similar FM-wise, it pretty much seems to just be the FM synth from the MA-3, but without the voice-doubling in 2op mode. Not only does it have so many FM voices, it has a bunch of different …
Re: Does anyone here understand assembly and machine language? (for mod a bios file)
Posted on 2021-07-03, 08:47
Why not flash the original gts450 bios?
Re: Freelancer & Voodoo 5
Posted on 2021-07-03, 03:39
Hardware T&L will be emulated in software by DirectX even if your graphics card lacks it.
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-22, 08:39
I have a conjecture that a round trip time can be kept under 20ms and that would be good enough for anyone (except speedrunners) no? :) It depends where the server is located. At bare minimum you have to contend with the speed of light. New York to LA is 13 milliseconds at the speed of light …
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-21, 07:31
Unfortunately, emulation/virtualization is still horribly flawed. I tried playing Quake II, Far Cry, Doom 3, The Sims, and some other games in an XP virtual machine. Pretty much anything that wasn't based on the Quake III engine had severe problems. Current virtual machine solutions (VMWare, …
Re: Diamond Stealth 2500
Posted on 2021-06-06, 01:16
Alliance AT24, opinions?
Re: Movies for a 486 computer ?
Posted on 2021-06-03, 05:52
There's a version of It's A Wonderful Life on CD-ROM that's meant to be playable on low spec machines, as low as a 486sx with 8MB of RAM. I've played it on a 386DX-40. You can find it as "It's A Wonderful Life The CD! 1993" on archive.org
Re: All in Wonder RADEON 9800 SE better than GeForce 4 4200ti?
Posted on 2021-05-31, 00:39
9800 SE AIW is cut down from the 9800, as denoted by the "SE". AIW cards usually aren't cut down much from their original cards, if at all. I've been using a 7500 AIW as a Radeon DDR stand-in since "radeon ddr" is impossible eBay search terms and the core and clock are identical. However, the 9800 …
Re: Athlon64, Turion users: Why do you choose those processors?
Posted on 2021-05-28, 04:34
plenty of the boards support 98SE/ME That's a very interesting point. Athlon 64 came out in 2003, so if you're careful about board choice you can have a board with 98SE/ME drivers that can run a 2.6 or 2.8GHz processor. (Also a processor with that frequency that has IPC better than zero.. looks at …
Re: Athlon64, Turion users: Why do you choose those processors?
Posted on 2021-05-28, 00:21
I'm not an Athlon 64 chooser for any retro systems yet, but I did choose a late (XP3000+) Athlon XP system for one of my "early XP era" machines. I like that it's not just a boring old standard Pentium 4 like I have so many systems of, and the board is pretty thoroughly featured as opposed to a lot …
Re: The Saga of the Artist Graphics 2000i PCI
Posted on 2021-05-19, 23:11
What does dxdiag say?
Re: The Saga of the Artist Graphics 2000i PCI
Posted on 2021-05-14, 00:26
I'm on the lookout for any OpenGL or other 3D testing software that works in DOS or W95 if you know of any. GLQuake? :P Real answer: I guess you're looking for an OpenGL capabilities viewer? I poked around a bit but couldn't find one that works for 9x. GLQuake would be a very rough way to find out …
Re: Does anyone recognize this Sound Card?
Posted on 2021-05-10, 21:45
It looks it has dual OPL2 setup, and is probably SB compatible too, and probably is a reimplementation of SB Pro. It might be quite interesting to get if it is not expensive. I'm not so sure. If those two at the top of the cards are OPL2s, why do their stickers have different roman numerals on them …
Re: "...not a valid win32 application"
Posted on 2021-05-06, 21:26
If that 32 bit system does what you need, why not? A 64 bit OS requires a 64 bit mobo, plenty of perfectly good mobos are still in use that are not 64 bit compatible ...should they all be scrapped? A dual overhead cam, multiport, 500hp, V-12 engine is great, but not every car needs one. A 64 bit OS …
Re: Seeking maximum rendering performance on current hardware from DOS 3D app
Posted on 2021-05-01, 03:00
I bet the cache is gonna make that estimate a bit low relative to the actual difference. 32K instruction L1 cache, 32K data L1 cache, 256KB L2 cache *per core*, 8MB of L3 cache, etc are gonna make a huge difference. Depending, your CPU might have more L3 cache than your program would have used RAM …
Re: Do I Need to Dumb Down My System for Games?
Posted on 2021-04-13, 05:16
BF1942 has pretty much no performance sensitivity issues at all. I was running it without issue on my third-gen i5 and GTX 760 a few years ago. Your video driver might just not be playing nice for some reason.
Re: Creating a CD with freeware DOS games - Any game suggestions?
Posted on 2021-04-10, 18:35
FreeDOOM?
Re: How many working computers do you have right now?
Posted on 2021-03-31, 01:55
30something, I think? A decent chunk of that is laptops, and another decent chunk is Pentium 4 Dell Dimensions. It's less of a storage problem than it sounds since I tamed the situation with with some IKEA Omar units. Now, not all of those are working as well as I would like (very few are) but I can …
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