Re: config.sys?
Posted on 2006-01-17, 02:55
What does trust have to do with it? It either works or it doesn't. If I'm not mistaken, RAWrite should do the trick. http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm
Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode
Posted on 2006-01-13, 00:54
OK. Great. There is HOPE that I can get the awe64 finally working with DOS games on a win98 based PC. Only trouble is, how do I go about installing dos 6.22 on a fat16 partition? Can someone explain how I can do this in dos (google is not always your friend). I think DOS 6.22 might have trouble …
Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode
Posted on 2006-01-12, 18:14
Yes, installing the drivers under a "real" DOS version is the only method that has worked for me. I haven't found out what the install program checks to conclude that a Win9x version is installed (I've moved the Windows directory, deleted the env variables, played around with SETVER, exchanged the …
Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode
Posted on 2006-01-12, 13:31
Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode
Posted on 2006-01-11, 16:40
As recently discussed on another thread, the Creative install program for the DOS drivers will detect a Windows installation even if it isn't running, and will abort. Someone mentioned that you can get the drivers and utilities individually and make them work, though. Actually, as I recall the key …
Re: Windows 9x Versions Guide
Posted on 2005-11-29, 00:56
Hmm. Looks nice, but I can say there's at least one error: Windows 98 SE introduced improved support for WDM drivers, and there's no patch you can download that will add that feature to Windows 98 "Gold". (I think this is why Acrobat Reader 6.0 will not install under 98 Gold, as well as at least one …
Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode
Posted on 2005-10-25, 05:58
It's a pain... You will have to download a few things from Creative to get it working, I can say that much. Here's an old AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS I have lying around. AUTOEXEC.BAT SET CTCM=D:\AWE64\CTCM SET SOUND=D:\AWE64 SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D3 H6 P300 E640 T6 d:\AWE64\CTCM\CTCU /S SET MIDI= …
Re: Windows 98 vs ME
Posted on 2005-10-23, 21:07
Still, 95C is FAR faster on a 486 than 98SE. 95C comes with IE3 built-in but it's just nothing like what happens when IE5 is built-in among all the other extras in 98SE. Isn't that IE4 in 95C? It's too bad that Firefox is such an UNBELIEVABLE dog on even a overclocked Pentium Pro 200 1MB @ 233 (I …
Re: Final Fantasy VII (FF7) PC (Windows)
Posted on 2005-10-23, 04:42
Not too long ago there was an unoffical (and of course entirely illegal) "Ultima Edition" of FF7 floating around the Internet, with all patches applied and recompressed to fit onto two CDs. Of course, you're on your own if you want to track that down.
Re: I just made a freaking cool discovery, partly by accident!
Posted on 2005-10-23, 04:40
Yeah, GRUB is perhaps the most useful component of my Linux installation. Of course, it still sucks that you have to manually edit an obscure text file if you want to make significant changes, but Linux is like that generally. ;) Before I installed GRUB I actually started toying around with GDISK to …
Re: Windows 98 vs ME
Posted on 2005-10-23, 04:34
Win95C is best for 486. It's a ton faster cuz IE isn't really integrated yet. Installing IE6 may ruin this advantage though. No, you pretty much have to go back to Windows 95A to be free of IE integration. This is why 98Lite uses the Shell files from 95A in its fastest modes. (Was Windows 98 …
The KX Project
Posted on 2005-10-03, 16:59
I only just learned about the KX Project. It sounds most intriguing; if nothing else, it would seem to be free of so much of the bloat that affects Creative's drivers. Does anyone here still use it? Is it generally less problematic than Creative's drivers for older games? http://kxproject.lugosoft. …
Re: Windows 98 vs ME
Posted on 2005-10-03, 16:56
Aside from the often-problematic System Restore (which can be disabled) and the lack of real-mode DOS (which can be fixed by a patch), has it ever been definitively shown that Windows ME is genuinely less stable at its core? http://www.mdgx.com has a nice little program that will upgrade Windows 98 …
Re: Bug in Apogee games
Posted on 2004-09-13, 03:09
I seem to recall that Epic Pinball had a similar feature that could be enabled; specifically, you pressed Esc during gameplay and pressed F9. Apparently the ability to display this border is monitor-dependent.
Re: Joe and Mac - Caveman ninja PC DOS - Control problem
Posted on 2004-05-07, 13:07
Thanks! Replacing my old PREFS.DAT file with that one makes everything work perfectly.
Re: Joe and Mac - Caveman ninja PC DOS - Control problem
Posted on 2004-05-06, 16:46
Could you attach your PREFS.DAT file to a message?
Re: Joe and Mac - Caveman ninja PC DOS - Control problem
Posted on 2004-05-05, 02:04
Not as far as I could tell... Actually, the second player can be controlled with the numpad or arrow keys, but there doesn't seem to be any Attack button.
Re: Joe and Mac - Caveman ninja PC DOS - Control problem
Posted on 2004-05-04, 23:39
That is indeed unfortunate... I shall see if the preferences can be changed using a joystick. In the meantime, why not look for the arcade or Super NES versions (which are no doubt far superior anyway)?
Re: Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom
Posted on 2004-05-04, 23:05
Thanks for replying. The game does indeed freeze up completely when I try to run it using a DOS bootdisk, but I definitely remember that it ran properly back on my old 486 or so. If Zone 66 (which was very strongly dependent on features in old hardware) can be made to work, perhaps getting this to …
Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom
Posted on 2004-04-24, 23:20
Motherboard: ASUS TUSCL-2 Processor type and speed: Celeron 1.3 GHz Amount of RAM: 256 MB Video board: ATI All-in-Wonder Pro, 8 MB Sound board: SoundBlaster Live Operating system: Windows 2000 The bosses do not seem to be appearing in Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom. (I've tried 2.5 …
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