Rudolph Loew apparently passed away in September 2019

Posted on 2019-09-19, 09:01

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Most people of the retro community might certainly know Rudolph Loew , creator of various famous Windows 9x patches. Apparently he passed away on September 11th. His website is already offline (latest archive.org link ) Quote from the original posting here : - PATCHMEM from rloew (website down at …

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Re: Ess1878 midi out

Posted on 2019-09-18, 19:01

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Windows drivers? But your screenshot shows a DOS tool... Unfortunately I don't have any sources for different ESSCFG versions.

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Re: The value of keeping a Windows 98 installation? (aka which games run poorly on newer OSes)

Posted on 2019-09-18, 14:05

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VioletGiraffe wrote: Could you please recall a game that is flaky on Windows editions later than 98? I'd love to give it a try on the different OSes and different computers around my house. Dungeon Keeper 2! It tends to crash randomly in Windows versions later Win98. (never tested WinME though)

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Re: Ess1878 midi out

Posted on 2019-09-17, 20:11

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Are you 100% sure your version of esscfg fits to your soundcard? Re: Sound Card Recordings retro games 100 wrote: I have tried various things, with the Yamaha DB attached. ... 3) Use esscfg (older version 1.9), and set MPU401 to Enabled ... […] Show full quote I have tried various things, with the …

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Re: Ess1878 midi out

Posted on 2019-09-17, 12:28

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It may be necessary to unmute / set volume to the MIDI part, e.g.: ESSVOL.EXE /A:8

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Re: How exactly does a Dreamblaster X2 work?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 12:23

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...when I get the Dreamblaster X2, I just need to install the board to the wavetable header, make sure MIDI is turned up / not muted in SBMIXER , and then in my games, such as Duke 3D I select 'General MIDI, Waveblaster, or Sound Canvas' and I will now hear music coming from the card's speaker …

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Re: Windows 2000 Disablded the CPU-1 Cache, does anyone know how to fix this please?

Posted on 2019-09-05, 15:21

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Have a look at: https://www.techarp.com/bios-guide/mps-control-version-os/ Microsoft Windows NT onwards already supports MPS 1.4. Therefore, all newer operating systems like Windows 2000 and Windows XP and beyond have no problem supporting MPS 1.4. Dan Isaacs reported that when you set the MPS …

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Re: Useful MSDOS utilities I may not know about...

Posted on 2019-09-05, 15:15

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emsmagic, SETMUL, HIMEMX

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Re: Windows 2000 Disablded the CPU-1 Cache, does anyone know how to fix this please?

Posted on 2019-08-27, 14:05

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Did you install the "Update Rollup 1"? Maybe this thread helps on the issue as well: https://msfn.org/board/topic/174127-info-on-w … r-cpu-machines/

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2/X3M

Posted on 2019-08-27, 13:45

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Love the "Roland GM" soundbank!

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Re: WinGroove lives again (in soundfont form)

Posted on 2019-08-26, 14:24

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Great project! That ancient screenshot triggered some old brain synapses - forgotten for a long time!

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Re: 98se custom boot logo

Posted on 2019-08-26, 13:23

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Cool! By which license would you like to see it distributed?

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Re: DOSBox add-ons for other products

Posted on 2019-08-21, 09:25

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Maybe you would also like to have a look at PCem als virtualization platform: https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ Useful tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkbhFDDPHjk

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Re: Windows 95OSR2.5 and Windows 98SE officially Dutch updates

Posted on 2019-08-20, 11:07

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Here you go: https://web.archive.org/web/20061230144515/http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/11956/W98/NL/273017DUT8.EXE There used to be a NL version of the Windows 98 SE SP: https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/962236/0 Maybe this will help you as well to get Win98 …

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Re: My Super Socket 7 DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2019-08-19, 15:30

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ShovelKnight wrote: I’m starting to believe this project is cursed, now the CPU was delivered to a wrong address and the courier company doesn’t want to admit responsibility. Maybe that's a hint to get a K6-III+ so you can set the CPU multiplier in DOS/Windows via software 😁

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Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z

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As you also requested 686 CPUs, I'd like to throw a K6-III+ in the ring... The mainboards own L2 cache is correctly identlfied as L3 cache with the K6 CPU The spec only misses the "Code Name" for the K6-III aka "Sharptooth" aka "AuthenticAMD Family 5 Model 13" Thank you for porting CPU-Z to Win9x!

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Re: Can you remove SP2 from an XP installation that includes it?

Posted on 2019-07-31, 11:33

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Solution: http://www.starshiptitanic.com/game/faq.html 1.7.1. Does it work on XP? Yes! Or rather, yes, it works until you install Service Pack 2, which upgrades the Cinepak® Codec to a special non-working version. The solution is to download Cinepak version 1.10.0.11 from the wonderful folks at …

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Re: ASUS P5A-B and P5A info and help.

Posted on 2019-06-24, 13:31

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Here's a similar approach on the P5A using a K6-III+ with various speeds: https://www.creopard.de/2018/02/Retro-PC-Spielereien-mit-einem-AMD-K6-III-unter-MS-DOS.htm (english translation: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creopard.de%2F2018%2F02%2FRetro-PC …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2019-05-29, 09:40

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Will MBF work with Romero's SI6IL MOD/WAD? https://www.romerogames.ie/si6il

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Re: Windows ME lags and fps drops in game with LAN card on

Posted on 2019-05-22, 15:17

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You may also try to switch the 3COM 3C905-TX-M LAN to another PCI slot for on your mainboard. Maybe the network card shares some system resources with the AGP card or the Sound Blaser Live! Value. (It is worth mentioning, that the issue could also be caused by the Sound Blaser Live! Card and the …

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