Re: imac g3 - extended time manager

Posted on 2023-08-15, 18:40

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by Robhalfordfan

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Time Manager The Time Manager provides millisecond and microsecond timing facilities for Mac OS based computers. It was discovered that the Extended Time Manager was not drift free when used to scheduling regular interrupts for periods beyond 24 days. This condition has been corrected, and the …

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imac g3 - extended time manager

Posted on 2023-08-15, 12:48

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by Robhalfordfan

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hello all i know the it says this for old pc hareware but hoping someone could help i have an old imac g3 (early 2001) model with mac os 9.2.2 i am been trying to some old games but the is one that i can not get working on imac g3 the game is are you afraid of the dark the tale of orpheo's curse the …

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Re: Asus USB/MIR

Posted on 2023-07-24, 14:46

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by Robhalfordfan

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Got the USB/MIR 1.11 board and modded it. As expected, it works perfectly. Only did PS/2 since I got no use for IR, and no way to test it :) - Prepared the board by removing solder from the holes that were going to be populated. Used regular solder wick and some additional flux. - Bridged the L2 …

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Re: Asus USB/MIR

Posted on 2023-07-20, 13:02

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by Robhalfordfan

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thank you to everyone for advice and helping and maybe a small future project :D hopefully hear back from kaputnik and see how his theory goes :D Got the USB/MIR 1.11 board and modded it. As expected, it works perfectly. Only did PS/2 since I got no use for IR, and no way to test it :) - Prepared …

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Re: Asus USB/MIR

Posted on 2023-07-10, 22:25

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by Robhalfordfan

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thank you to everyone for advice and helping and maybe a small future project 😁 hopefully hear back from kaputnik and see how his theory goes 😁

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Asus USB/MIR

Posted on 2023-07-08, 13:50

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by Robhalfordfan

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Hello all i Have an Asus P5A-B Motherboard and noticed it can use Asus usb/mir breakout card i can find this card (with usb only) online quite easily i was wondering is it difficult to add ps/2 port and irda port on the card itself (voltages, resisters etc) and make or alter a ribbon cable for it as …

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Re: bugs bunny - lost in time install issue

Posted on 2023-07-03, 16:28

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by Robhalfordfan

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Pierre32 wrote on 2023-07-03, 11:10: Can you install DX5 manually beforehand? unfortunately no different as directx 5 detects the newer version and doesn't install as it not needing updating

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Re: Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-07-03, 12:35

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by Robhalfordfan

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RockstarRunner wrote on 2023-07-03, 11:39: Ah, good point, mine is a 1.4 maybe its a rev version bug as mine is 1.03 and the voodoo 1 is pci while riva tnt is agp

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bugs bunny - lost in time install issue

Posted on 2023-07-03, 10:40

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by Robhalfordfan

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hello all i am trying to install bugs bunny lost in time on my win95 pc the game install fines until it asked for directx installation if you say no the installer quits and deletes the games files from pc if i say yes then directx 5 installs but i already have directx 8.0 installed and the installer …

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Re: Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-07-03, 10:31

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by Robhalfordfan

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Riva TNT can work even with passive cooling. Why Win95, Win98SE is better for that MB and CPU? sorry for late reply, i was on holiday i already have a win98se build with a p4 1.06ghz that covers 98/99 ish to about 2002 ish this ss7 build is for windows 95 as the previous version (p233 mmx) was more …

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Re: Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-06-20, 14:33

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by Robhalfordfan

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DundyTheCroc wrote on 2023-06-20, 13:38: No power problems wit Riva TNT and TNT2. so everything should run no issues with specs above/old win95 build how hot is riva tnt chipsets ment to get

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Re: Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-06-20, 13:20

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by Robhalfordfan

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rasz_pl wrote on 2023-06-01, 09:45: lots of info here ASUS P5A-B and P5A info and help. >ALI AGP + TNT good luck. AT is fine, but there might be problem with AGP power in what way do you mean a problem with agp power

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Re: Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-06-01, 09:49

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by Robhalfordfan

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rasz_pl wrote on 2023-06-01, 09:45: lots of info here ASUS P5A-B and P5A info and help. >ALI AGP + TNT good luck. AT is fine, but there might be problem with AGP power Thank you I wil have a look

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Re: Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-06-01, 09:49

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by Robhalfordfan

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You can use either an AT or ATX PSU, the motherboard supports both. When using an ATX psu you'll have to hook up a power buttom to the front panel header. Some motherboards have a jumper for selecting AT/ATX power, not sure this one has tho. You can mount the board in either an AT case or full-ATX …

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Re: Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-06-01, 06:57

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by Robhalfordfan

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Dorunkāku wrote on 2023-05-31, 22:07: You will need a ATX power supply. The ASUS P5A does not have AT power connectors. I do apologise l, its the asus-p5a-b (I have edited the post to say that now) Here is a pic the mobo

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Question about SS7 mobo power

Posted on 2023-05-31, 20:09

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by Robhalfordfan

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Hello All I was wondering about a mobo that i will be getting and it has AT and ATX PSU i am thinking of swapping out the mobo of this build - https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=57294 The Only different will be: -Mobo (ASUS P5A-B - Rev 1.03) - CPU (AMD K6-2+) -Ram (SD Ram) -AGP Graphics ( …

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Re: Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Serrated Scalpel) music issue in dos

Posted on 2023-04-06, 17:16

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by Robhalfordfan

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The HOLMESFIX above doesn't work as it says something about cfg file every time you start the game after applying patch and doesn't matter if you set the setting with install.exe i have tried these options in real DOS: NOTE - Adlib/Tandy SL,TL,RL/Tandy TX,EX,HX,SX Options are greyed out for me Music …

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Re: Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Serrated Scalpel) music issue in dos

Posted on 2023-04-06, 13:12

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by Robhalfordfan

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This game seems very finicky about the sound setup. I have tried to setup the game with several soundcards and MT32, including Vibra16 CQM, MK8330 and Audician32. No way to have music with the Vibra16 or Vibra16+MT32 but sound works, no way to have anything with Audician32, MT32 only works with …

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Re: Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Serrated Scalpel) music issue in dos

Posted on 2023-04-06, 12:02

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by Robhalfordfan

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Try Martin Kiewitz's HOLMESFiX (a patch that addresses sound problems) to see if it helps. The txt file in the archive also describes why it might be working from within windows holmesfix.zip i will give a try and see if works and also will try with and without ems reading the txt file, i am …

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Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Serrated Scalpel) music issue in dos

Posted on 2023-04-06, 10:22

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by Robhalfordfan

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hello all, i have noticed there is slight issue with playing with music set to soundblaster in dos 6.22 when you start game and get ea logo jumping thing and the screen fades to gray and the music should start but it hangs and doesn't and only way to quit is to reset the pc. if have the music set to …

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