Re: Windows Game - Gex Enter The Gecko

Posted on 2014-07-16, 03:35

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by Jorpho

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I have examined iv5setup.exe and there is indeed a ir32_32.dll inside it (among other things). a4orce84 wrote: The error can be worked around without manual install of the codec by doing this in a batch file: If you want, you can just manually type those two lines on the Linux command line.

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Re: Thoughts on Emulating BBS Door Games with Node.js?

Posted on 2014-07-16, 03:24

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I wonder, back when they were run from phone lines, was it possible for multiple people to connect to one at the same time, or did they have to wait and take turns? If you had multiple phone lines, multiple people could connect at the same time. This was however a rather costly prospect for most …

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Re: Windows Game - Gex Enter The Gecko

Posted on 2014-07-15, 22:23

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by Jorpho

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I don't understand what gave you that idea.

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Re: Windows Game - Gex Enter The Gecko

Posted on 2014-07-15, 19:45

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Huh. Maybe it is a codec problem after all. (See for instance Win 3.1 game, can't get VfW or redbook audio working .) I doubt it's impossible to install the Indeo codec in Wine, however. A quick Google reveals https://code.google.com/p/winetricks/issues/detail?id=302 .

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Re: Windows Game - Gex Enter The Gecko

Posted on 2014-07-15, 19:05

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Like I said, it's possible this copy of the game is missing a file that it is trying to play. It is also possible that it expects to find the movie on the root of a CD drive instead of C:\Games\Gex. (I suspect a different error would occur if it was an Indeo codec problem.)

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Re: Windows Game - Gex Enter The Gecko

Posted on 2014-07-15, 15:38

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Obviously, I don't have the CD, and am just downloading the file. Illegally downloaded games are not supported here. Legal issues aside, the version you downloaded could very well be corrupted or otherwise incomplete, such that attempting to diagnose the problem would be futile. Perhaps you should …

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Re: Cant get the midi section of sound blaster live to run

Posted on 2014-07-15, 15:28

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I wrote during the installation . Maybe you didn't install the drivers correctly. I have no idea, as there is very little information to work with here. So: when you installed the drivers , did you get any other error messages? And , is your SoundBlaster Live otherwise working correctly? I see you …

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Re: Cant get the midi section of sound blaster live to run

Posted on 2014-07-15, 13:17

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Do you mean http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=512 ? Did you get any error messages during the installation?

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Re: How to copy content from txt to DosBox window

Posted on 2014-07-15, 03:00

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There are many guides out there regarding the installation of XP in a virtual machine; see for instance http://www.pcworld.com/article/2139983/compatibility-with-security-how-to-run-windows-xp-in-a-virtual-machine.html . Alternatively, your DOS program will probably run just fine in the 32-bit …

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Re: Cant get the midi section of sound blaster live to run

Posted on 2014-07-15, 02:16

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I asked you two questions. Please say which ones specifically you downloaded. Also please state what specific model of Soundblaster Live you are trying to use. It should be written on the edge of the card – CT4620, SB0100, something like that.

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-07-15, 00:29

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By the way, what is the proper way of pronouncing 68000? "Sixty eight thousand" seems like the most obvious thing, except that supposedly it's supposed to be pronounced "sixty eight oh oh oh" or something. :P I call it the sixty-eight-kay. I don't think I've ever tried to talk about more specific …

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Re: Cant get the midi section of sound blaster live to run and not reconized in multimedia list

Posted on 2014-07-15, 00:24

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Thank you. Now please answer my other question: What drivers did you try to install, specifically? And where did you get them from?

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Re: Cant get the midi section of sound blaster live to run and not reconized in multimedia list

Posted on 2014-07-15, 00:17

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erm, im used to the forum has a image uploading function and this forum doesnt, so im a little lost on how to. Just attach the image as a file. Click where it says "Upload attachment" below the text entry box. but i managed to get this out ''a soundfont capable device is needed to run this …

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Re: Cant get the midi section of sound blaster live to run and not reconized in multimedia list

Posted on 2014-07-14, 21:00

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it says there is no device that can do the soundfonts What is "it" ? What exactly is saying there is no device that can "do" the soundfonts? what i meant with the multimedia list where the section where you pick what midi driver and soundcard etc.. What multimedia list? How did you get to this …

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-07-14, 19:36

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Four and four twenties and six. Just kidding. Eighty six.

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Re: Cant get the midi section of sound blaster live to run and not reconized in multimedia list

Posted on 2014-07-14, 19:35

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You're not making any sense! What drivers did you try to install? What "multimedia list" are you looking at? Where are you trying to select something as a sound card?

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Re: Building a machine for DOS & win95-98

Posted on 2014-07-14, 15:36

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by Jorpho

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Then it doesn't really matter what kind of computer you get, does it? Windows 95 and 98 will run on anything from an old 486 to a Pentium 4. (It gets increasingly impractical beyond those extremes.) Just pick one.

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Re: Thoughts on Emulating BBS Door Games with Node.js?

Posted on 2014-07-14, 14:53

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I spent a moment Googling and found http://www.toxicbbs.com/about.php and http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?cat=87 .

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Re: How to copy content from txt to DosBox window

Posted on 2014-07-14, 14:49

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by Jorpho

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There is a horrible kludge described in Re: Printing & clipboard-exchange - kludgy workaround for DOSBox under Windows .

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Re: Building a machine for DOS & win95-98

Posted on 2014-07-14, 14:47

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by Jorpho

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Indeed, if you want to run "all games" then you are probably going to spend far more time messing around with ancient hardware than you will ever spend actually playing games. So, what specific games do you want to run? And more importantly, why don't you want to run them on whatever computer you …

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