Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX
Posted on 2020-07-13, 20:26
Sorry if that question has already been asked: I already own the Dreamblaster X2 which is great. What are the advantages of using Reptile Paradise vs the X2?
Re: [HOWTO] Running DOS games natively with perfect 4:3 aspect ratio @ 70 Hz over DVI
Posted on 2020-07-11, 18:46
For completeness' sake, here are attached the EDIDs for 1440x1080 and 1600x1200 (both 60 Hz and 70 Hz)
Re: Promise Ultra133 TX2 plus Jmicron JMD330 (IDE to SATA) under W98SE
Posted on 2020-07-11, 15:05
Excellent! Thanks 😀
Re: Promise Ultra133 TX2 plus Jmicron JMD330 (IDE to SATA) under W98SE
Posted on 2020-07-11, 14:48
Many thanks Darry. Do you know if this adapter is still available for sale? I had a bad personnal experience with a PATA2SATA adapter so I gave up on the possibility it could work, but I guess I was wrong 😉
Re: what power rail does AGP slot and molex connector -> GPU use?
Posted on 2020-07-11, 08:42
I am building a Socket A PC and have an eye on my power consuption. I've got an XP 2000 which will use 70watts on the 5v rail, one IDE HDD, one IDE DVD drive, one 120mm fan. My PSU can do 35amps on the 5v rail = 175watts (lets be safe and call it 130?) I decreased the load on the 5V on my system by …
Re: 70Hz in pure DOS at 1600x1200 (or other) over DVI on an old card (FX5900) with modern monitor is possible
Posted on 2020-07-10, 19:21
Many thanks Darry for your tests. Am I correct to assume the Geforce FX 5500 should be able to accept 1600x1200@70 Hz, considering the max. resolution is 2048x1536? If so, then I suppose the BIOS is for some reason rejecting this custom resolution even though the hardware is capable of handling it. …
Re: [HOWTO] Running DOS games natively with perfect 4:3 aspect ratio @ 70 Hz over DVI
Posted on 2020-07-10, 19:21
Hi Darry, Thanks for pointing out your thread to me! I was not aware of it, your experiments are very interesting. I have replied to you in that thread 🙂
Re: Outputting 720x400@70Hz with the ATi R300 DVI output in DOS
Posted on 2020-07-10, 18:05
I tried changing the preferred modeline to 1280x960 60Hz and machine will not post if that resolution is available in EDID . Next I will try setting 1024x768@70Hz as preferred resolution . If that works, it avoids need for EDID emulator and preserves 4:3 aspect ratio. Darry, I have hacked a HDMI …
[HOWTO] Running DOS games natively with perfect 4:3 aspect ratio @ 70 Hz over DVI
Posted on 2020-07-10, 18:03
As noted by myself and others, feeding the VGA output from 320x200 games into a LCD most often leads to extra duplicated horizontal pixels which is due to LCD deciding to sample VGA as 720x400 instead of the correct 640x400; see this post for example pictures of the problem: https://www.vogons.org/ …
Re: finding a working IDE DVD drive
Posted on 2020-06-05, 15:00
DeadnightWarrior wrote on 2020-06-03, 09:33: Any advice on brands / models to check? I was in the same situation as you and then found the NEC ND-4570A and NEC ND-4571A. There were manufactured at the beginning of 2006 and work fine with a variety of discs. All units that I bought turned out fine. …
Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card
Posted on 2020-06-02, 20:01
I found the Terratec Gold-16/96 (ES1868F) to have very reasonable output levels and almost non existent noise. It's slightly more expensive than a basic 1868F though. for the volume levels issue, make a batch file that runs ESSVOL with your initial mixer settings (Say RESETSND.BAT) and run it after …
Re: Outputting 720x400@70Hz with the ATi R300 DVI output in DOS
Posted on 2020-06-02, 18:52
Unfortunately I don't know enough about the VBIOS modes to help you further :( you could however port my assembly patch from the 9600 Pro to the 9700 in order to force ignoring the EDID modes. After a lot of testing with various LCDs and modes I came to the personal conclusion that for 320x240 the …
Re: Outputting 720x400@70Hz with the ATi R300 DVI output in DOS
Posted on 2020-06-01, 07:17
Yes, that would be surprising. I would suggest booting Linux and try setting your desired modeline with xrandr, while keeping an eye on X.org log messages.
Re: Outputting 720x400@70Hz with the ATi R300 DVI output in DOS
Posted on 2020-05-31, 07:57
I haven't looked into the details of how the BIOS chooses the modes from the EDID, sorry. I just disabled the whole portion of code that does this choice in order to force the use internal modelines. I suspect the pixel clock for 1600x1200@70 Hz could be higher than the card's acceptable range and …
Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+, ESS AudioDrive ES1868F, GeForce 6800 GT
Posted on 2020-05-30, 15:21
A SDRAM stick decided to give up and while doing so caused a shortcut in a small SOIC component below the RAM sockets, which gave smoke and the package is now bumped. Looking at it I read: HC26 FD8 (or FDS) 8958A. The FDS8959A is a "Dual N & P-Channel PowerTrench MOSFET" that can work at up to 30V …
Re: Sound Blaster Issue - works but no sound
Posted on 2020-05-30, 10:42
Sorry to wake up an old thread but I had a similar problem with my SB16 (CT1740) and the solution could be useful to others. In order to get sound from audio CDs in DOS I bought an MPC-2 to JST PH 2.0. But I did not get any sound from the CD (which did produce sound, as tested with an ES1868F). As …
Re: Good 4:3 LCD Monitor
Posted on 2020-05-29, 10:56
The result: 1600x1200 in 4x3 at 70Hz over DVI /HDMI under pure DOS and without apparent frameskip !!!! I realised I actually do notice frameskip when paying attention. That's really awesome! It reminds my of the BIOS hack I did for the 9600 Pro to force 70 Hz for 1280x1024, but your solution seems …
Re: Good 4:3 LCD Monitor
Posted on 2020-05-27, 19:17
Real and available 4:3 monitors are small, is there some 24+ LCD with which can force 4:3 mode for everything and simply dont run as wide screen in any case? Or is there some magic box like DVI emulator to make such thing happen? There are some gaming monitors that do just that. I have a AOC …
Re: Silicon Image 3114 BIOS flash
Posted on 2020-05-26, 20:22
I haven't encountered your issue, got to flash the card under DOS with the standard method (it's a noname SI3114 bought on eBay). I remember it working fine under DOS/Win98/WinXP (driver slipstreaming required)/Linux. However I decided to drop it because of the large amount of low memory it required …
Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS
Posted on 2020-05-21, 08:52
cyclone3d wrote on 2020-05-17, 01:41: Can somebody point me to a signature that causes issues? I use mine for usefully links. This is what your signature looks like on a mobile phone, it takes a lot of screen estate: Filename Screenshot_20200521-104951.png File size 254.95 KiB Views 1491 views
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