Re: Green thinking still companies change computers every 3 years.

Posted on 2020-02-18, 18:58

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by Oetker

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

We compile a large code base and there the 3 year cycle makes some sense, as growing core counts and faster ssds, things you don't really notice for normal/gaming usage, do make a difference. On the flip side, the brand name work stations we need to buy to get that kind of stuff are incredibly …

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 with LCD and DOS games

Posted on 2020-02-18, 07:38

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by Oetker

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Well a 5:4 1280x1024 display will never display 320x200 properly; 320x200 needs to be stretched to 4:3, not 5:4. And not stretching it but just upscaling it to e.g. 1280x800 will result in a horizontally squashed image. Even if you have scaling settings in your monitor settings or video card drivers …

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 with LCD and DOS games

Posted on 2020-02-17, 20:25

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by Oetker

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What's the native resolution and aspect ratio of your lcd? I use a 20" 4:3 1600x1200 display and it's ideal for 320x200 games.

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Re: Recommendation for a pci sound card that will work with a SC-55

Posted on 2020-02-17, 07:16

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by Oetker

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In pure DOS, do PCI sound cards need a driver/TSR if you only want to use the game port's MPU401, no digital audio? If I use the VXD drivers the digital sounds fine but I don't get any midi information going to the sound canvas. Maybe it's just a matter of picking the MPU401 in the Windows midi …

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Re: To Voodoo2 or not Voodoo2? Or use wrapper? Or use faster non-Glide video card? (and some new setup questions)

Posted on 2020-02-16, 01:19

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I was definitely confused. So this means that some games can ONLY be played on a Glide-compatible card, unless you have the Glide wrapper (assuming 3rd party?) update/hack/add-on installed, they simply can't be played on a non-Glide card? This confuses me because I've tried a whole bunch of Glide- …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:04

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I've given up on this card for now, it's either broken or hates my PC. I thought that maybe the issue was with my Voodoo 3 but removing that made the card somehow behave even worse, hanging its init tool and even the whole PC if I tried to go into BIOS setup.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2020-02-14, 19:46

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I put some more effort into DOS. Apparently the sound volume is just extremely low (I can hear the Duke3D sound test if I turn up my speakers). Alsinit.exe should apply volume settings but doesn't always, apparently. Running alconfig.exe and exiting it fixes things, though sometimes alconfig.exe …

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Re: When did General Midi and Sound Canvas support fall off for big budget releases?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 18:29

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I was just looking through my games, and it seems as though Blood, released in 1997, is my newest game with support for GM and SC. Amulets and Armor from 1996 is another example, and it also supports CD Audio. Is it a fair assessment that around this time, game music was moving to CD audio and …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2020-02-14, 07:48

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by Oetker

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What DMA channel is the card set to use? 8-bit DMA 1, 16 bit I've tried 5,6,7. I'll add trying another 8-bit DMA to the list of things to try, although I've been using DMA 1 with other cards with no problems. Also, has anyone tried using the SB16 Windows drivers and/or the Creative SB16 DOS mixer …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2020-02-14, 07:27

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It might be due to a resource conflict. Under Win98 go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Information > Hardware Resources and check the IRQ, DMA and Address sections to see if anything shares those resources with the ALS100. Under DOS, disable the game port and the MPU-401 via alconfîg.exe …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2020-02-13, 20:11

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I got my hands on an ALS100 card (doesn't have any markings other than Made in Taiwan, unfortunately). However I run into very strange behavior: -In DOS after I run alsinit.exe, the card will be detected by Duke3D setup but no sound will come out. If I run alconfig.exe sound is restored, so maybe …

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Re: Games that absolutely, positively cannot be played except on original hardware

Posted on 2020-02-10, 11:40

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POD, since it uses some weird mode for graphics that was dropped at some point. Also Shadow of the Empire, which is 3dfx-only. Though it probably works with a Glide wrapper. What do you mean regarding POD, there are patches for D3D, Glide, and I think even more 3D apis. Do you just mean the …

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Re: To Voodoo2 or not Voodoo2? Or use wrapper? Or use faster non-Glide video card? (and some new setup questions)

Posted on 2020-02-10, 08:06

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by Oetker

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1) I don't think the brand of ram on the cards matters. 2) Any slot is fine 3) No idea, sorry 4) 2d elements in 3d games are still drawn by the 3d cards, a HUD element in a 3d game will be drawn on a rectangle made up of triangles with alpha blending/testing enabled to cut out transparent pixels 5) …

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Re: Options by IBM ISA soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-17, 19:29

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Did you actually try it? Last time I did test DN2 on a 82C931, sfx didn't work just as expected. I don't have any card with the 82C930, but I don't see why the 82C930 would work when the 82C929 and 82C931 don't. The datasheet says "IMA ADPCM" support, but I'm not certain that this is the same ADPCM …

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Re: Options by IBM ISA soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-16, 18:59

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I have this exact card, I can confirm it's OPTi 928 based. The midi interface isn't MPU401 compatible, I couldn't get stereo to work, and I believe the audio quality was crappy as well but I'm not sure. Also, no Win95/98 drivers.

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Re: I desperately need help choosing an ISA sound card.

Posted on 2020-01-16, 08:40

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by Oetker

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That is by far the most hassle free combination you can go for, and you can have both pieces of hardware new. Unless you are going to invest in a MIDI Tower setup or some other such prohibitively expensive investment into MIDI music, I would get a known hassle-free ISA card with a genuine OPL3 or a …

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Re: Issue with Voodoo 3 at 320x200

Posted on 2019-12-08, 19:46

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by Oetker

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I know this is an old thread but I have been struggling with this issue as well, on my PCI Voodoo 3 3000. Horizontal lines skipping around in Duke3D vga mode, and a staticy image in vesa mode. Also, lines in Quake. The lines are fixed by using MTRRLFBE in either 'WP' or 'WT' mode. Uncached and 'WC' …

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Re: Packard-Bell sound card - worth it?

Posted on 2019-12-08, 18:24

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by Oetker

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[*]I presume that you are in SBPRO mode and not in WSS mode? What sound card are you selecting in the game's setup menu? Your DMA channel must be 1. Is your SET BLASTER environment variable properly defined in your Autoexec.bat file? Make sure you select the same DMA & IRQ settings as what your …

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Re: Packard-Bell sound card - worth it?

Posted on 2019-12-08, 10:42

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by Oetker

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Arrgh. The issue with the 1st gen. cards with the AZTSSPT0592-U01 chip is the MPU-401 isn't compatible for MS-DOS, except for Windows 3.11 (95 and higher won't work with it, I believe). Actually, the MIDI port on these 1st generation cards aren't MPU-401 compatible at all. They are, however, …

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