Re: Help needed with Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2021-04-27, 20:01

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by akula65

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Remember that there are both AGP and PCI variants of the card. It would be a good idea to indicate which is of interest in the title, so you don't get replies from folks with the wrong one. Looks like there is just enough evidence in the photos to indicate that this is the AGP variant.

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Re: Microsoft PS/2 to serial pinout?

Posted on 2021-04-24, 23:52

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by akula65

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Obviously, it is important to determine the connections across the adapter(s), but it would be a good idea to make sure you also test for connected pins on the same side of the adapter and do this for both the PS/2 and DB9 sides of the adapter. As an example, connect one resistance probe to Pin 1 on …

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Re: Issues with 3-D Ultra Pinball 1 music

Posted on 2021-04-13, 15:47

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by akula65

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You might try this: The background music (MIDI) gets stuck in really slooooow play at the start of the second table, Mine. To work around it, keep music off or go to Preferences and toggle music off and back on. Source: https://github.com/juanitogan/rbxit/wiki/3D-U … -Pinball-Series

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Shrapnel Games winSPMBT and winSPWW2 2021 Upgrades

Posted on 2021-04-12, 15:44

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by akula65

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Shrapnel Games has released annual upgrades for winSPMBT and winSPWW2: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Workshop/MBT/MBT_page.html http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Workshop/WW2/WW2_page.html

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Re: DOS software for ISA IEEE488 GPIB card

Posted on 2021-04-12, 14:42

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by akula65

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Another possibility might be to see if any of the National Instruments drivers work: ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/gpib/doswin3/ You will have to burrow down and read the readme files to see if any correspond to your particular bus/chipset.

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Re: Searching game name with orange creatures on the front cover.

Posted on 2021-04-12, 13:56

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by akula65

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Just as a reference point, how do the creatures differ from Q*Bert: https://www.amazon.com/Q-bert-PC/dp/B00000K4L … 8235465&sr=8-10

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Re: Aleph One Version 1.3.1 2020-09-04 for Mac/Win/Linux

Posted on 2021-04-09, 21:22

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by akula65

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Version 1.4 has been released: Aleph One 1.4 @treellama Note: This release is not network compatible with Aleph One 1.3 and earlier. Changes: Adds support for Lua ephemera: optional scripted effects like precipitation or gore, that can be turned on and off without affecting saved games, films, and …

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Re: Sound Blaster Live! EAX issues in Need for Speed: High Stakes

Posted on 2021-04-08, 23:26

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by akula65

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Is the game patched to Version 4.50?

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Re: Best sound/music option for DooM?

Posted on 2021-04-08, 12:32

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by akula65

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I should also mention that ¥Weeds¥ recently announced Version 4 of his soundfont: Re: Weeds General MIDI SoundFont v3.0

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Re: Best sound/music option for DooM?

Posted on 2021-04-08, 09:10

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by akula65

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You might find this interesting as well (note the playback recommendation at the end of the listing): http://www.simpilot.net/~richnagel/#eternal_doom_soundtrack Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel is a VOGONS member, although I haven't seen him post as much as he used to.

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Re: OLD NOT NEW List of Free Games

Posted on 2021-04-04, 16:47

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by akula65

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I forgot to mention this in the previous post, but the files that Mr. Flibble and I have mentioned are qualitatively different from what you get if you follow DosFreak's suggestion to get the 3D Realms account and get the games that way (assuming they are the same as what you get in the 3D Realms …

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Re: MS SideWinder 3D Pro Win9x Drivers

Posted on 2021-04-04, 09:54

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by akula65

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Great to hear you got it working, and thanks for the info on which drivers work. If I had known your system specs, I would have suggested starting at the slow end of the drivers (higher folder numbers). Sound Blaster Live! (had Diamond Monster MX300 prior, it wouldn't work with that Cards Gameport, …

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Re: MS SideWinder 3D Pro Win9x Drivers

Posted on 2021-04-03, 22:52

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by akula65

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Right, persistently "Connected" means that the stick has entered Digital Mode and should be working fully. "Not Connected" or waffling between "Not Connected" and "Connected" states is a sign that the driver timing is off and the stick is failing to enter Digital Mode and can only be used in Analog …

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Re: MS SideWinder 3D Pro Win9x Drivers

Posted on 2021-04-03, 14:44

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by akula65

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I still have no idea what the upper bound is on the driver set. Most people who provide feedback are using systems slower than the fastest that I used for development. Don't jump to conclusions based on a handful of the drivers. You need to go through them systematically. It's tedious, but there is …

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Re: MS SideWinder 3D Pro Win9x Drivers

Posted on 2021-04-03, 13:53

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by akula65

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Glad you (and others) still find it useful. Thanks to VOGONS and Wing Commander CIC for continuing to host it for so many years.

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2021-04-02, 21:45

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by akula65

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Thread Cleanup #9999999 6.) 3D Realms games : (This was mentioned, but no link. Just create an account. Seven freeware DRM free classic games.) https://3drealms.com/catalog/ The 3D Realms FTP site still provides links for a large number of (mostly Apogee) freeware titles as announced over the years …

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Re: Absolute Pinball - friendly to emulators but a pain on real hardware?

Posted on 2021-03-20, 17:41

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by akula65

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You might want to see Martin Mathis' comments on this game: http://www.lastbandit.com/pinrevue.html?pbr_absolute I had a particular installation problem with the MS-DOS version and the install instructions are contradictive in a few places. To avoid too much detail, the standard installation refused …

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Re: PACIFIC AIR WAR Gold and digitised sound still not working fully - am i usiing JEMMEX right?

Posted on 2021-03-20, 01:45

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by akula65

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I don't know if there were different localized versions of PAW Gold, but apparently MicroProse did release different versions of the CD-ROM. There is a MicroProse file (pawgcd.zip) that is supposed to fix an issue if your copy had a particular volume label. Here is the README.NEW file from this fix: …

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Re: Nippon Safes Inc. Now Freeware (DOS/Amiga)

Posted on 2021-03-19, 17:50

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by akula65

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The ScummVM folks would probably like to know about that demo: https://www.scummvm.org/demos

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Re: PACIFIC AIR WAR Gold and digitised sound still not working fully - am i usiing JEMMEX right?

Posted on 2021-03-19, 14:07

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by akula65

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One question is did you use the so-called "optional" DSOUND.FT in truth_deleted's instructions. This is what the original README.TXT file says about this fix: DSOUND.FT 7,404 01-26-95 10:15a This is an updated digital sound driver for PAW 1942 from MicroProse, provided by the MicroProse Sound …

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