Compressed digital soundformats

Posted on 2018-04-22, 09:58

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Hi! I was wondering which compressed sound formats there have been around 1995 and which are working now on a 486 DX2/66 For example a lot of games from Blizzard, Revolution Software, Westwood etc. have been using uncompressed Wav files or cda in these days, but there existed other formats as well …

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Re: Converting .TTS, .TTI, .94B/.94K/.94I to SF2?

Posted on 2018-04-22, 09:09

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While we are talking about converting... Did anyone find another program to convert from SF2 to the EWS64XL Banks? I tried Ed!son, and like bristlehog said it was... not was I expected. The few banks which are out there are the best choices right now. It is probably possible to create really good …

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Re: A list of sound engines found in DOS games

Posted on 2018-04-21, 16:27

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Sometimes I should read more and think less... :D The riddle of the different names is solved, at least for the SOS 4.0 Version: SOSW1CR.LIB SOS Watcom 10.x C language Register based calling SOSW1CS.LIB SOS Watcom 10.x C language Stack based calling SOSW1PR.LIB SOS Watcom 10.x C++ language Register …

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Re: A list of sound engines found in DOS games

Posted on 2018-04-21, 14:16

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Because of the my search for the Miles Sound System SDK ( https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=59575&p=663678&hilit=Miles+Sound+System#p663678 ) I came across some of the libraries mentioned in bristlehog's post. I've updated the list, regarding the sound libraries I've found. (SEAL, DWT, …

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Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2018-04-10, 11:18

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could you please post the mem /c /p output or send it to me? Would like to know, what is happening 😉

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Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2018-04-09, 20:49

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Okay first: There are 3 Areas of memory: Conventional memory, which is always the memory up to 640 kb (or 651,264) Upper memory, which is always the memory from the first 640kb to 1 mb The Conventional memory is also called LOW, the upper memory HIGH Then there is the Extended memory which is …

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Re: Miles Sound System SDK for Dos

Posted on 2018-04-09, 19:41

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Yes, I found it, after I created this thread. Nevertheless, the thread doesn't point to any SDK and there are just 2 big libraries mentioned. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=54318 I will contact bristlehog who did a list of different sound engines there. The MSS is listed there with " …

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Miles Sound System SDK for Dos

Posted on 2018-04-09, 12:30

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Hello, I would like to know if someone knows about an old SDK (except the AIL 2 version provided by Miles himself) which is floating around the net. Preferable around 1995-1998. I'm not talking about the libraries, provided by the games, but the code itself or any information about using the dlls, …

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Re: Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 + Audician 32 = static sound

Posted on 2018-04-08, 09:47

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Where is your Soundcard located in your build? Near one of those vlb cards? If it is working fine in DOS and give you statics in Windows , it is likely not a hardware but a software problem, espacially if it doesn't play any sound at all. The wait states/delay etc. should also be a problem if your …

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Re: EWS64XL - Mono Sound and more problems

Posted on 2017-08-12, 12:53

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UPDATED Post: Hello again... Some Updates regarding the EWS Problems: I managed several things: DOS: Stereo Sound SB16 Stereo Sound EWS64XL (Using SBPro or WSS, had to use the Port 534 not 604) Stereo Sound at Midi2 ( EWS Daugterboard) Stereo Sound at Midi1 (Using SoundSet) Not Tested again Midi 1 …

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Re: old video formats for pentium 1

Posted on 2017-07-09, 13:37

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by Karm

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The problem with audio and video is the compression. If you think: Oh, why is my large video file lagging, because I'm just adding a much smaller mp3 file to it... well it's because the file is so small, because it is highly compressed and has do be decrompressed "nearly" in realtime (with a little …

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Re: DOS 6.22 onto hard drive from different computer

Posted on 2017-07-03, 22:45

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Tried something similar, while trying to get Win95 and Dos working on one machine. Ended up just using bootable floppydrives for the MBR :( You can run the sys command using files from a specific location (like your harddrive). Chinny22 wrote the syntax down. But if I recall correctly, it was still …

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Re: Slowest Pentium v Fastest 486

Posted on 2017-06-28, 08:18

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Second that. I think the DX4 100 were available in 1994 so one year later. The pentium 60 was available in 1993. And in comparison to a pentium the 486 DX2 is not a match. The differences between the 66 and 60 I thought was, that the 60 versions were 66 with a lower clockspeed, because they don't …

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Re: Slowest Pentium v Fastest 486

Posted on 2017-06-27, 23:48

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Look at the post above please(486 Benchmark Comparison), before asking such a question ;) would choose the AM5x86 133/P75 (or P75+) (486 with 4x multiplier) over the Pentium 60. (Cyrix is not a real 486 in my eyes) But if you really want to build a 1993 machine... don't use either a Pentium nor a …

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Re: Cooling AT Case - L2 Cache

Posted on 2017-06-27, 21:41

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@Richo: do you've got a picture of the p1 coolers you are talking about? in general I think a heatsink should be enough for cooling them, a fan would be even better. the solution with the fan looks really nice, if it fits somehow, I will definitely try it ;) @meljor: the heatsinks look very squared, …

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Re: Starting recommendations

Posted on 2017-06-27, 16:14

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it really depends on the timeframe. If you want to use 9x software you should go with a Pentium II, a Pentium I MMX would also be good. A Pentium III may be a little bit too much, because it will run to fast so you will get problems with older games. I wouldn't consider a SB16 for this purpose, …

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Re: Cooling AT Case - L2 Cache

Posted on 2017-06-27, 16:02

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I'm waiting for this right now 😉 is ordered, but not delivered... Would be mad, cooling everything incl. L2 cache but not the CPU 😉

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Re: Cooling AT Case - L2 Cache

Posted on 2017-06-26, 18:21

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I feel the heat after some seconds and they are nearly as hot as my CPU, without Heatsink or cooler (AM5x86 ADZ no heatsink/cooler req) I hope not that it is a short... I'm just a little bit worried, because if I would put a long ISA card there the card also could get really hot because of the L2 …

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Cooling AT Case - L2 Cache

Posted on 2017-06-26, 13:12

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by Karm

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I noticed, that my L2 gets really hot, when I'm using my 486 build. Also the case is rather small (well a normal AT with 2x 5 1/2 and 2x 3 1/2) Because I have a lot of cards in it, I was wandering if there is a cheap easy way to cool down the case inside and the L2 Cache. I'm using a VL/I-486SV2GX4 …

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Re: Problems with storage space on a Windows 98-era retro box.

Posted on 2017-06-23, 01:22

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Very few will indeed fail running, but a few won't output any CD audio. It just realized that games with CD audio tracks are rare, I'll probably copy the ones that have audio tracks on the hard disk and leave the rest on SD card. There should be really few games which needs the D: Letter as CD-Rom …

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