Re: Win9x Quick Slipstreaming Utility
Posted on 2019-09-12, 03:16
Yep, and yeah so long as the tool can point to an iso/dir of the updates that's fine.
Re: Win9x Quick Slipstreaming Utility
Posted on 2019-09-12, 01:49
Could you slipstream the 2004(final) update to Win98? That would be of interest.
Re: The Star Wars Build
Posted on 2019-09-12, 01:38
Windows9566 wrote: I have that same case that has a Windows XP machine in it. As do I. In fact, it *is* my WinXP/Win7 build. It's a nice case.
Re: Any advantages to Voodoo 5 AGP cards ?
Posted on 2019-09-12, 01:33
The Voodoo 6000, which is unobtainium. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/362751530027 This is very likely a scam. According to this list the card with this serial number (1V6J) belongs to Surrimugge from Switzerland. He has confirmed he's not selling. The pictures are identical to those on this website . …
Re: Any advantages to Voodoo 5 AGP cards ?
Posted on 2019-09-11, 19:33
V5 runs half life with AA very well. The medium AA setting does in fact have minimal performance impact.
Re: Ensoniq SQ80 lives again via a free VST
Posted on 2019-09-11, 07:29
Re: Ensoniq SQ80 lives again via a free VST
Posted on 2019-09-11, 02:14
Awesome!! Does this work with the Falconsoft Midi Player? What is the benefit of VST3? And finally what do the expansions do?
Re: Retro OSes for retro computers
Posted on 2019-09-11, 00:01
MSDOS 4.0 is on the weird/worth a try list.
Re: How to wire a toggle switch to a jumper?
Posted on 2019-09-10, 08:11
@mdog69 thanks, I have no idea it would be this complicated. The jumper is just two pins, I.e. open close. I was hoping I could just find a simple toggle switch but they almost all have three connectors. It seem I underestimated the humble switch.
How to wire a toggle switch to a jumper?
Posted on 2019-09-10, 02:55
I want to wire a on/off toggle switch onto a jumper (actually the address selector jumper on the PCMIDI card). I suppose it applies to any other jumper you want to be able to easily open/close. I have attached a photo of an example switch. There are three connectors obviously....do I connect 2 of …
Re: For Duke Nukem 3D/classic first person shooter fans
Posted on 2019-09-10, 02:47
Strangely I fired up Serious Sam Fusion Beta last night as it just appeared in my Steam library for no reason. I started playing SS1HD and...wow it is really, really good. Nice graphics, punchy fast-placed shooting action. Kind of like a mix between original doom and duke3d. I played SS back in the …
Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
Posted on 2019-09-09, 20:14
Well yes....but this is not some kind of hack but just how AWE32/AWE64 works in MIDI emulation mode. It just works under Win98 with soundfonts, under DOS you need to do aweutil /EM:GM to load soundbanks. You can also apply reverb/chorus. The big advantage of midi emulation mode over native AWE is it …
Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
Posted on 2019-09-09, 19:35
Well the awe32 is a midi synth in it's own right. It is more than a mpu401. The sort of games that are fixed at 330 do not have native AWE support. I do not intend using AWE32 for waveblaster or gameport midi, you are right I would use PCMIDI exclusively for that. So one thing the PCMIDI mpu cannot …
Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
Posted on 2019-09-09, 11:45
Many games are hardcoded to use 330. Suppose I want to load sbk into the awe32 then use midi within the game, it often must be at 330. But in any case having the musicquest and awe32 both at 330 is probably not good. If I can switch the musicquest to 300 before initializing the awe32 at 330 that …
Re: OEM PC Recommendations
Posted on 2019-09-09, 08:06
I've never heard anyone fret about the length of retro video cards before.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-09, 02:34
Intel486dx33 wrote: Fixed my Macintosh color classic with NEW logic board more ram and a NEW larger hard-drive. Fresh install of Mac OS System 7.5.3 Works great now. Display is like NEW. Is there anyone here who sees old Macs of this generation and *doesn't* associate them with high-school?
Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
Posted on 2019-09-08, 20:00
@Keropi: a suggestion I made before that I still think is useful....if the address (300/330) was selectable at the top of the card using a DIP switch would make it much easier to have this exist alongside another card with onboard MIDI like an AWE32. Many games don't allow this to be changed and are …
Re: Browsing the past with Wayback Machine
Posted on 2019-09-08, 19:09
Yeah the file archiving is pretty awesome. I use it heavily for drivers/bios from companies that no longer exist. I need to check out some of dem demos as well 😁
Re: The Star Wars Build
Posted on 2019-09-08, 09:27
The vortex should not conflict with the ISA card if you don't install DOS drivers for it. I would give it a try at least. And the AWE doesn't really give you anything over the yamaha IMO...most games with AWE support likely have GM support as well. Unless you are really keen on loading special …
Re: The Star Wars Build
Posted on 2019-09-08, 08:50
You're not swapping out sound cards to play different games I hope? Windows should do a good job of assigning IRQs to the devices anyway. And the AWE64 does very good midi out, not sure where this lackluster idea comes from.
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