Re: Monitor question

Posted on 2021-03-25, 23:22

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Video

CRTs have tolerance in all directions. The pixel clock is easier to talk about, because people usually aren't trying to run software at below VGA resolutions and refresh rates. The OP has a SVGA capable monitor, pre SVGA display types aren't particularly relevant. The short of it is, if you have an …

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Re: Keyboard Suggestion?

Posted on 2021-03-25, 22:38

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got a cherry mx g80 3000 and a matching cherry optical mouse. They both shipped with PS2 adapters. No issues so far. The keyboard is definitely n-key rollover. I got up to 27 simultaneous key presses before I ran out of hands and objects to place on the keyboard. It matches my setup great. I might …

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Re: Monitor question

Posted on 2021-03-25, 20:46

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Video

A CRT can display any arbitrary resolution so long as the pixel clock falls in a supported range. Which is huge. 320x200@70hz won't work but 320x200@140hz will. In DOS lower resolutions are scan doubled to higher ones to be compatible with 31khz displays. Your graphics card will limit what you can …

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Re: The quest for the right ISA sound card

Posted on 2021-03-25, 19:46

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Sound

Are you willing to consider ESS? There are great, affordable, and readily available cards. It isn't true OPL3 but it is probably the best clone chip out there. https://www.philscomputerlab.com/ess-audiodrive-es1868.html You can get a lot of intelligent mode games working with softMPU without needing …

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Re: Jazz Jackrabbit Vsync issues

Posted on 2021-03-25, 19:30

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by mothergoose729

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

A lot of people have trouble with vsync issues on DOSBox. It seems to be unclear what effects it. For me I have to use output="surface" and doublebuffering="true", and then in my nvidia control panel I have to set ultra low latency to "off" or "on" but not "ultra". Forcing vsync in your graphics …

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Re: CD Rom games not working without a CD Rom (486, DOS 6.2)

Posted on 2021-03-24, 23:56

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by mothergoose729

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[Does streaming data still work? Like redbook audio and FMV? FMV still works as it's just data files end of the day but redbook audio wont work. Some games like Warcraft or Age of Empires have midi music to fall back on if the CD was missing, others like C&C dont actaully use redbook. but yeh quite …

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Re: CD Rom games not working without a CD Rom (486, DOS 6.2)

Posted on 2021-03-24, 19:50

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by mothergoose729

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Don't know those exact games but in my experience The good thing for dos games is most don't have any copy protection. 9 times out of 10 if you copy the CD contents to your HDD and run the installer from there it maps back to the source files. Sometimes it needs the same file structure as the CD ( …

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Re: VIA C3 1.3ghz and 1.4ghz PGA packages - Do they actually exist?

Posted on 2021-03-24, 05:55

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Found this interesting resources. It looks like wikipedia may just be wrong. http://www.x86-guide.net/en/cpu/VIA-C3-1.3A-EBGA-(FSB133)-cpu-no1888.html The 1.3A models look to be EBGA - 368 not PGA 370. Some people apparently own one of the "A" models in 133mhz FSB and 200mhz FSB configuration - …

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VIA C3 1.3ghz and 1.4ghz PGA packages - Do they actually exist?

Posted on 2021-03-24, 03:54

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was browsing the VIA Wikipedia pages, looking at lists of CPUs (as one does) and I noticed some unusual CPU models I have never seen before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VIA_C3_microprocessors I have a VIA C3 1.0A and 1.2A - neither are that hard to find. What I haven't seen before are …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2021-03-23, 15:39

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by mothergoose729

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Yeah, no glide for me then. almeath's files are for 32-bit version of Intel macOS 10.4.x, what we need is 64 bit version for Intel Macs on Catalina and above (I'm on Big Sur). I'm a little late, but here you go. I was able to get glide pass thru working recently by downloading nglide, unpacking the …

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Re: Serial port with PS2 adapter.

Posted on 2021-03-22, 19:05

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hate to be that guy, but you can search for this stuff: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=70935 You need an active transcoder. There are projects in the community for that. I bought one a while ago but never got around to use it: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=65589&hilit=mouse+ …

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Re: Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?

Posted on 2021-03-20, 16:32

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For the purposes of running games it doesn't matter. Unlike windows 98, having more RAM doesn't effect system stability. I don't think you can find a game that will run on windows XP that will use more than 2GB of RAM, and even if you did, you could easily run that game on windows 10. VRAM address …

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Re: How to increase the lifespan of old hardware

Posted on 2021-03-19, 19:05

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Don't use it LOL. Very high quality post. Glad you are here mate. Watch the capacitors and change them out before they start leaking, be careful about ESD, and make sure your power supply is outputting clean power. If you are going to store the computer, put it in a closet in your house instead of …

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Re: Running two soundcards in one PC

Posted on 2021-03-18, 05:05

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by mothergoose729

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There is a way to save a configuration in device manager. When booting, all of your configurations will be presented too you and you can select one from a list. I have used it before as an easy way to manage three sound cards before. Each profile has one sound card enabled with the other two …

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Re: MPU-401 output

Posted on 2021-03-17, 20:16

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by mothergoose729

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in DOSBox General

Yes, don't know what you mean by break but it isn't new. Its port 330h by default, midi device "0", which for most people is microsoft GS software synthesizer. Fine for general midi.

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Re: How is Simon the Sorcerer supposed to sound like on a Roland MT-32?

Posted on 2021-03-17, 15:52

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by mothergoose729

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thanks! I have no idea what it was, but I just tried again today and it seems to play "correctly" now, maybe all the testing I did before somehow "accidentally" sent a midi command to the MT32 that changed instruments? I switched around a lot of stuff while testing, also switching midi devices …

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Re: Dungeon Keeper 2 on WIndows 10, black screen, process not responding..

Posted on 2021-03-16, 05:47

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by mothergoose729

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To be honest, running the game on a untouched VM is easier than running it on 'QEMU' or finding for solutions regarding "ntdll.dll crashing" in the 10th page of the search engine. He actually wanted solution but not an advice .lol Then be my guest and feel free to show him how you can run the game …

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Re: DOS 6.22 Games cut off screen

Posted on 2021-03-16, 01:16

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by mothergoose729

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You need to change the horizontal and/or vertical position. It sounds like an LCD monitor. Does it have an auto adjust button?

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Re: Looking for suggestions on a simple hardware (external) mixer

Posted on 2021-03-16, 00:54

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Sound

I have multiple sound sources that can be playing at any one time (a common problem in DOS games), and I also have a number of sound cards that I switch between with a hardware switch. Rather than a complex daisy chain of inputs and outputs that gets noisy and dumb, I thought a better solution …

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Re: Good value PC for Win98 - evading the RETRO TAX

Posted on 2021-03-15, 23:07

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Running the setup program again and selecting general midi would probably also work. If the setup program is included. You can play midi files on modern PCs just fine so it sounds like a configuration issue with the game. GM command fixed the sound. Crisis averted, Win98 machine may wait a bit. …

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