Re: GUS emulation with AWE cards

Posted on 2019-07-19, 14:58

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Are there any high profile games that warrant this mad demand for GUS cards? See the following: https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/tic,1/ti,20/1992/ https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/tic,1/ti,20/1993/ https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/tic,1/ti,20/1994/ In that era, GUS …

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Re: GUS emulation with AWE cards

Posted on 2019-07-19, 12:42

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Are there any games that support GUS but not AWE32 anyway? Yes, many - GUS came before AWE32, and was easier to support in software. See eg. the original Doom release: GUS supported natively, but AWE32 only works as a SB16. Native AWE32 was added later, in the Ultimate Doom. People seem to be …

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Re: 386 SX-40 - Is this CPU actually good for anything?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 14:00

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When introduced the 386SX was the middle option, with the 386DX above and the 286 below. Yes. But never at the top. on a sidenote, did the 386SX stay around longer than its DX counterpart? Who knows... As a CPU for regular PCs, probably not - see that Compudyne ad I mentioned earlier: 386DX still …

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Re: 386 SX-40 - Is this CPU actually good for anything?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 11:05

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I mean similarly specced machines, which were MUCH more expensive from high-end brands like Compaq and IBM. OK, but no matter which brand you choose, within that brand late 386SX boxes were the cheapest, so again, LOW-END. Heh, in that PC Mag 26 jan 1993, I've found some "Compudyne" ad, and the …

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Re: 386 SX-40 - Is this CPU actually good for anything?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 09:42

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So I also wouldn't be surprised if the most expensive 386SX you could find, would be more expensive than a cheap 386DX/486SX machine. Sure, if somebody really wanted it, it was possible to order a 386SX with 16 MB RAM, a huge HDD (even SCSI), TIGA graphics coprocessor, 16-bit sound card, and so on …

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Re: 386 SX-40 - Is this CPU actually good for anything?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 09:23

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Yes, that's precisely what I've written. Still, find some computer price list from eg. 1993... At the top, you will find 486DX2/66 machines - therefore high-end. In the middle, various 486DX, 486SX, 386DX stuff. And at the very bottom, 386SX boxes - so... yes, low-end!

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Re: SX-40 - Is this CPU actually good for anything?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 09:05

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There is no such thing as a "high-end 386SX board". Sure there is. You're both right, just in different sense... 386SX/40 with cache is the fastest of 386SX systems, so in this category, it can be called "high-end". BTW: 386SX boards with VLB do exist, so the real ultimate 386SX machine would be …

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Re: 386 SX-40 - Is this CPU actually good for anything?

Posted on 2019-07-18, 07:48

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And ultimately, why? Why did such things as a 386 SX-40 exist? Was there demand for such high clockspeed bandwidth starved crippled CPUs at the time? Maybe for business purposes? Sure, 386SX machines were mad popular in the era. They were considered "386 for the price of 286" - this also explains …

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Re: List of soccer DOSes

Posted on 2019-07-17, 13:31

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As usual, the best way to find such things is MobyGames: https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/sp … tball-european/

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Re: ATI Graphics Solution

Posted on 2019-07-16, 11:39

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VileRancour wrote: I haven't seen evidence that any game ever supported the InColor See Sierra's 3-D Helicopter Simulator - there's the "Hercules In Color" option in some menu.

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Re: Which CGA/MDA combo card is this program for? (ST100A.COM)

Posted on 2019-07-15, 14:08

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I would rather associate the "ST" with STB, they had various graphics cards in the era, see eg. STB Systems ISA 8bit Bard

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Re: ATI Graphics Solution

Posted on 2019-07-15, 14:00

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Oh, and there's that "super CGA" graphics in Amstrad PC1512, with one commercial game supporting the 640x200x16 mode - https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2016/04/ … ble-pc-for.html

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Re: ATI Graphics Solution

Posted on 2019-07-15, 09:17

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Only CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr and AT&T 6300 were ever used in games afaik. Don't forget about Hercules, and not just the original HGC - there is at least one game with support for Hercules In Color. Also, there's a game using BGI, which contains the PC3270 BGI driver - it's an amateurish game, so I …

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STB VGA 640 with CHIPS F82C451 A

Posted on 2019-07-14, 18:04

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I'm looking for software for STB VGA 640 card, based on CHIPS F82C451 A chipset. I've found the following line in some BBS file listing from 1992: 640UTIL.ZIP 41339 10-30-91 VGA 640 utilities/Demo. ...but the file itself is nowhere to be found. Any help?

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Re: GLX Player the only XT player ? Check Mod Master...

Posted on 2019-07-13, 05:22

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So it's dropping channels when there's not enough CPU power... Consider lowering the mixing rate instead - that what eg. Visual Player does.

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Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?

Posted on 2019-07-10, 02:04

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This is on my to-do list, after I finish up an ankle-biter project I'm working on now. Will I ever get to it? Who knows. Will anyone care when / if I do? Probably not. More than likely I'll post a thread and get half a dozen replies about others who did it first and probably better. But it sounds …

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Re: Gravis UltraSound on a 8088 4.7 MHz PC ?

Posted on 2019-07-10, 01:15

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You already can :blush: . My IBM XT clone has a built in trident SVGA card. Trident chipsets for ISA aren't accelerated, can't do anything special with them. With an accelerated chipset, however, it might be possible to do smooth animation despite the slow CPU. Just imagine: a game in 640x480x8bpp, …

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Re: Gravis UltraSound on a 8088 4.7 MHz PC ?

Posted on 2019-07-09, 15:02

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Oh dear... Now I'm waiting for somebody to install in such a machine some SVGA card with hardware BitBlt (and maybe some other functions), and run some software that makes use of them. And then use both SVGA and GUS at the same time!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-09, 14:30

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oeuvre wrote: Can I see a picture of this contraption? That sounds crazy Pics taken from https://allegro.pl/oferta/karta-wifi-symbol-s … adka-8283090774 - apparently still for sale...

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Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?

Posted on 2019-07-09, 12:29

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HanJammer wrote: Also I would be interested in covox-on-ISA card. Some Sound Galaxy cards emulate Covox Speech Thing and Disney Sound Source.

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