Re: Am5x86 running in WT L1 mode?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 12:21

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by zapbuzz

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It could very well be in the bios but hidden and need to enable or unhide it with an official bios unlocking and edit tools to enable your desired feature. What I am suggesting requires you to dump your bios into a file to edit the menu strings then flash it. oem's can be silly there are many bios …

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Re: Compaq EP650 with a Pentium III 700 MHz?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 12:06

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi there, so I was wondering, is it possible to replace the in-board Pentium III 650 MHz with one that's 700 MHz? Some games that I'd like to play, like AVP2, say that they work better with a P3 700 MHz, but, I don't want to order one if it's not gonna work on that computer. The board is a Compaq …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.78b

Posted on 2022-07-11, 11:48

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by zapbuzz

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in Marvin \ Sound

Hi there! I made a DOS tool for my own use some time ago, but I decided to release it, because I think it may be useful for someone else, so here it is: It is called "Unisound", or Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS. Current version is: v0.78b (Download link at the end of this post) . …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2022-07-11, 11:01

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in DOSBox Patches

I'm using the 64-bit SDL1 VS build. I've installed windows 98 se and the latest Voodoo1 V3.01.00 drivers. I've done the following steps to enable pass-through: 1. Added the following to windows' .conf file: [voodoo] voodoo_card=auto voodoo_maxmem=true glide=true lfb=full_noaux splash=false 2. …

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Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2022-07-11, 10:53

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in Milliways

OMF 2097 or on must fall 2097 a robot fighting simulation was a good dos paid version now deemed freeware (not abandonware) there was a sequel in windows later on too. Totally worth a go in terms of free games. Supports LAN matches i beleive. https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/one-must-fall- …

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Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2022-07-11, 10:08

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OMF 2097 or on must fall 2097 a robot fighting simulation was a good dos paid version now deemed freeware (not abandonware) there was a sequel in windows later on too. Totally worth a go in terms of free games. Supports LAN matches i beleive. https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/one-must-fall- …

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Re: Gigabyte i-RAM Power Adapter (Beta)

Posted on 2022-07-11, 05:10

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by zapbuzz

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm wanting a ram drive to run in the SSD slot with say DDR2 to 4 memory that i won't care about power loss to cache temporary files that'll speed up caching games and web browsers simply that it outlasts SSD modules anyhow and of such would probably need its own logic and bios to manage it. Intel …

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Re: Why does a floppy suddenly have trouble formatting?

Posted on 2022-07-10, 06:06

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by zapbuzz

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

aren't there disks with magnetic shielding?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-10, 06:01

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think it doesn't mean Golden Sample here, but GS as a model with NV42 GPU (110nm, 12pp, 5vs). The older NV41 was 130nm and used in the 6800. Both for PCI-E natively - for AGP was needed HSI bridge, natively for AGP was GPU NV40 (130nm, 16pp, 6vs). But I could be wrong. now i know why i couldn't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-09, 05:41

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by zapbuzz

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think it doesn't mean Golden Sample here, but GS as a model with NV42 GPU (110nm, 12pp, 5vs). The older NV41 was 130nm and used in the 6800. Both for PCI-E natively - for AGP was needed HSI bridge, natively for AGP was GPU NV40 (130nm, 16pp, 6vs). But I could be wrong. now i know why i couldn't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-06, 11:49

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm hopeful when get this it'll run at 4x on my Abit VP6 but I also have a P4 Prescott system to run it on to justify keeping it for useful computing. Fingers crossed it completes benches as ebay says its: Gainward Nvidia GeForce 6800 GS 512MB NA/6800GXTD52-PM8370 fortunately I have PCI-E power …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-06, 08:55

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by zapbuzz

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm hopeful when get this it'll run at 4x on my Abit VP6 but I also have a P4 Prescott system to run it on to justify keeping it for useful computing. Fingers crossed it completes benches as ebay says its: Gainward Nvidia GeForce 6800 GS 512MB NA/6800GXTD52-PM8370 fortunately I have PCI-E power …

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Re: What old hardware you own is yet not found a better modern equivalent ?

Posted on 2022-07-06, 07:35

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by zapbuzz

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I still use my Cooler Master Elite 332 ( Midtower case ) from was it 2009 ? CM did nice PC cases. Sheet metal is just too thin in modern cases. You could sit on top of old PC cases and they would withstand your weight without bulking. Oh and my brother has a Cooler Master Stacker 830 from 2006 ( …

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Re: What old hardware you own is yet not found a better modern equivalent ?

Posted on 2022-07-06, 07:32

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

CRT montors and my Mitsumi made keyboard will go to the grave with me. Most else has modern equivalence available though direct compatibility can be an issue i.e there isn't any modern DOS games compatible sounds cards (not counting most stuff made here recently, including some of my own, on the …

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Re: DOS Games crash under Windows 95

Posted on 2022-07-04, 15:05

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It looks like it's trying to run in protected mode (32-bit) while Windows is running. Normally, Windows doesn't allow the second memory manager to access Windows' protected register(CR0), which would break Windows if it did. The only option is to run in barebones MS-DOS in such a case. It's trying …

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Re: DOS Games crash under Windows 95

Posted on 2022-07-04, 13:22

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in PC Emulation

It looks like it's trying to run in protected mode (32-bit) while Windows is running. Normally, Windows doesn't allow the second memory manager to access Windows' protected register(CR0), which would break Windows if it did. The only option is to run in barebones MS-DOS in such a case. It's trying …

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Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-07-04, 13:15

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BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-06-30, 08:57: The 20th Anniversary of Vogons is here. Happy 20th! hip hip hooray! 😁

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Re: DOS Games crash under Windows 95

Posted on 2022-07-04, 13:01

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in PC Emulation

i've run an old version of dosbox on windows millennium before but i don't know about windows 95. Sometimes its not enough ram or gpu vram. in these modern times if i were adventurous i'd find a compatable dosbox to try especially if i had lots of ram. Like an upgrade to command shell that there may …

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Re: CPU test program for 8086 emulator

Posted on 2022-06-25, 12:49

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by zapbuzz

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Thanks for this its fun to play with 😀

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Re: DMA mode

Posted on 2022-06-25, 09:41

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in Windows

in Windows

because your adapter was designed for XT pc's and limited in support for DMA you need a smaller card to boot but have it running as non boot drive there needs to be interest shown to the manufacturers of these adapters they do have a sata version though.

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