Re: Games that play on LAPC-I but not mt-32 or cm-32l, on SCC-1 but not SC-55
Posted on 2016-10-21, 06:35
What is the situation in which the music for Frederick Pohl's Gateway fails to work when it should?
Re: 1997 DOS games with high system requirements
Posted on 2016-10-21, 06:26
Wing Commander IV Business Model Commercial Minimum CPU Class Required 80486DX4 Minimum OS Class Required DOS 5.0 Minimum RAM Required 8 MB Media Type CD-ROM Minimum CD-ROM Drive Speed Required 2X Minimum MSCDEX Required 2.23 Video Modes Supported SuperVGA, VESA, VGA Sound Devices Supported Adlib, …
Re: Which Vesa Local Bus graphics card?
Posted on 2016-10-21, 06:13
I have just learned from looking at the specs for 1997 DOS titles on Moby Games, that the VLB issue misses the point. The top DOS titles used the Glide API and required 3dfx PCI video cards.
Re: MS-DOS era processors
Posted on 2016-10-21, 06:10
I have just learned from looking at the specs for 1997 DOS titles on Moby Games, that the VLB issue misses the point. The top DOS titles used the Glide API and required 3dfx PCI video cards.
Re: 1997 DOS games with high system requirements
Posted on 2016-10-21, 05:57
Blood Business Model Shareware Minimum CPU Class Required Pentium Minimum OS Class Required DOS 6.0 Minimum RAM Required 16 MB Media Type CD-ROM Minimum CD-ROM Drive Speed Required 2X Drivers/APIs Supported Glide Video Modes Supported VGA Sound Devices Supported Adlib, General MIDI, Gravis …
Re: 1997 DOS games with high system requirements
Posted on 2016-10-21, 05:54
Carmageddon Business Model Commercial Minimum CPU Class Required Pentium Minimum OS Class Required DOS 6.2 Minimum RAM Required 8 MB Media Type CD-ROM Minimum CD-ROM Drive Speed Required 2X Drivers/APIs Supported Glide Video Modes Supported SuperVGA, VGA Sound Devices Supported Sound Blaster, Sound …
Re: 1997 DOS games with high system requirements
Posted on 2016-10-21, 05:11
For fallout DOS requirements to run HARDWARE 32-bit x86 CPU with math co-processor (or 100% compatible)* 32 megs of RAM with approx. 500k free conventional memory approx. 12 megs free hard drive space 2 for binaries 10 for saves 2x (Double-speed) CD-ROM drive PCI or VLB graphics card, 1024k VRAM, …
Re: 1997 DOS games with high system requirements
Posted on 2016-10-21, 04:38
Re: MT32 versions
Posted on 2016-10-21, 04:37
I'm trying to figure out why some games do not work in so called "UART" mode by first investigating what exactly "MPU-401 intelligent mode" is.
MPU-401 and MIDI beat clock
Posted on 2016-10-21, 04:34
I see that there is a MIDI Sync connector according to the wikipedia, does the MIDI out connector have a MIDI beat clock?
1997 DOS games with high system requirements
Posted on 2016-10-21, 04:25
Could anyone provide the system requirements for the following games, or any other good DOS games that came out in 1997: Fallout, Grand Theft Auto, Blood, Carmageddon, Dungeon Keeper
Games that play on LAPC-I but not mt-32 or cm-32l, on SCC-1 but not SC-55
Posted on 2016-10-21, 04:11
Re: Windows Millenium Edition machine emulated for WindowsBox
Posted on 2016-10-21, 03:48
. It's not ME, but why would anyone want that? In my experience glide API games need to be run in glide API mode or they stink. Glide API games do not work in XP without a patch. Glide API games want PIII not PII.
Re: MS-DOS era processors
Posted on 2016-10-21, 03:35
"The usual story is..." - Well, what if "the story" isn't true? Read the VESA specs and tell the story again! I think you need to make a distinction between the CPU speed and the FSB (front side bus) speed. The glitch is mentioned on the wikipedia, As bus speeds of 486 systems increased, VLB …
Re: Windows Millenium Edition machine emulated for WindowsBox
Posted on 2016-10-21, 03:29
I would add that the best Glide API card should be emulated, the never released Spectre 3000. What makes you think anyone will be able to emulate hardware that no one has ever seen and for which no drivers or other publicly available software exists? If the card is merely like a very fast voodoo 2, …
Re: MS-DOS era processors
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:52
The usual story is that an FSB speed of greater than 40 MHz breaks the local vesa bus. But I swear I once saw a 486-DX50 that had vesal local bus. This means some motherboard maker figured out how to fix the glitch. Does anyone know more about this? DOS had a protected mode that is 32 bit and I have …
Re: Which Vesa Local Bus graphics card?
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:17
Which vesa local bus card was the ultimate vesa local bus card, without any equal?
Re: Windows Millenium Edition machine emulated for WindowsBox
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:13
I would add that the best Glide API card should be emulated, the never released Spectre 3000. Also, I think Pentium 4 is also probably overkill. System requirements for running Windows ME[50] Minimum Recommended x86 CPU Pentium, 150 MHz Pentium II, 300 MHz Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now System …
Re: MS-DOS era processors
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:00
The Vesa Local Bus did not work with P5/P6 processors, so the Intel IntelDX4WB-100 is the best purely DOSy CPU.
Sound modules or keyboards with a MIDI Sync port?
Posted on 2016-10-20, 21:46
Did anyone ever make anything like this? Particularly something that retailed between 1984 and 1987.
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