Re: Aureal Vortex 2 (Diamond Monster Sound Mx300)
Posted on 2009-02-06, 21:47
Their FM synthesis is awful, otherwise they are brilliant.
Re: Building a Vintage PC, Advice welcome
Posted on 2009-02-05, 11:33
There used to be instructions on the web of how to make one, but I haven't been able to find them. Found this though: http://www.forumapex.com/trading_post/41214-3 … _connector.html
Re: 1999 - Dream Machine
Posted on 2009-02-05, 11:32
Can banshee and v2 work together? Presumably you will have to play with glide file swapping. On games and dual proc's, I used to have a dual p3/866 system, using win2k. I think around that time only Quake 3 had code that could use dual proc's. I recall the diablo 2 played ok on it, but when i loaded …
Re: Windows 98 with Modern Motherboard
Posted on 2009-02-04, 23:48
There are win98se drivers for nforce2 chipsets (eg. for Abit AN7, but that's socket A and has no isa slots 😵 ).
Re: Yamaha DB50XG in DOS
Posted on 2009-01-30, 23:40
how do you activate mt-32 mode on the db50xg?
Re: Apocalypse 5D driver disc + cd bundle
Posted on 2009-01-29, 18:59
Hexen 2 demo can be downloaded from id software's site.
Re: Lemmings 2 - setting up memory in DOS
Posted on 2009-01-28, 22:46
Problem was copy protection. I downloaded l2-fix.com and that makes it run ok. Seems to be a crack, but I do have the full boxed original anyway.
Re: Lemmings 2 - setting up memory in DOS
Posted on 2009-01-28, 20:19
@5u3: It's FAT16, 2047mb. There's a couple of other 2GB FAT16 partitions on the same disk. @Amigaz and keropi: Do you mean the odd behaviour in terms of some menu items doing nothing, and not being able to get to higher levels, could be due to the graphics card? I no longer get the flicker mentioned …
Lemmings 2 - The Tribes
Posted on 2009-01-28, 10:20
So, time for another go at this. Was on the verge of chucking out an old machine, when I remembered my old Quantum Bigfoot was in it, with Lemmings 2: The Tribes. Hah, maybe machine can stay after all, I like the idea of a DOSbox that just boots into games. No screen flicker now [I reckon it may …
Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 5 in same system
Posted on 2009-01-25, 17:21
If I had Windows 98, a Voodoo5 and a Voodoo1, is there any way to get a Windows glide game to run using the V1? Does it mean setting up a couple of Windows hardware profiles? I seem to remember a simpler solution being described, but I can't find the post now. Something about dropping different …
Re: windows licences
Posted on 2009-01-21, 22:21
I am wondering whether or not it is legally possible or meaningful for Microsoft to enforce restrictions on buying and selling of pukka OEM disks and licence keys once they have been sold by the OEM manufacturer.
windows licences
Posted on 2009-01-21, 16:51
I have nothing against microsoft. They make too much money and they are too pervasive for my liking, but that's how the cookie crumbles. No software is perfect and theirs does a pretty good job, good enough for most of what I want to do. But I think they take it too far when they start limiting the …
Re: need new PCI IDE controller card for DOS
Posted on 2008-12-08, 07:24
Have you checked the power cable to the hard drive is not loose?
Aztech Sound Galaxy
Posted on 2008-12-03, 07:39
Anything noteworthy about these cards or are they just sound blaster clones?
Re: TR1 with no CD: possible?
Posted on 2007-05-14, 18:50
This may nothelp with XP, but for what it's worth... ... I had a Thinkpad 701CS, which doesn't have a CD drive and only has parallel and serial ports. Installing an OS is a pain - I installed Win95 through floppies but managed to create a partition and copy the Win NT4 CD to that, across a network. …
Re: Very new games on old systems
Posted on 2007-04-19, 20:07
I found voodoo cards in a k6/2 or k6/3 box too slow for q3, but a gf2 much better. Haven't networked them. That class of box is fine for multi-player q1, q2, avp, warcraft 2, starcraft, heretic, hexen, heretic2, hexen 2.
Re: The Aureal Mystery - old Win Games and a3d in Windows XP
Posted on 2007-03-30, 21:39
I can't check because I don't have a Windows 2000 box with a vortex2 in right now, but iirc windows 2000 identifies the vortex 2 and loads its own driver. Did have some driver problem when I switched to the mx300 but I'm not sure what it was - there was a duff cd came with it. I see on driverguide. …
My games machines
Posted on 2007-03-28, 21:26
[edited, just leaving this so replies make sense re drivers] windows 2000 periodically crashes with nv4_disp bsod, seems to be driver issue but using 94.24, maybe it needs xp? Athlon XP3000 - Abit AN7 - 1gb ram TB Santa Cruz Gainward 7800GS+ AGP
Re: The Aureal Mystery - old Win Games and a3d in Windows XP
Posted on 2007-03-28, 20:14
I bought a Diamond Monster MX300 on ebay as well pretty recently, and I've used it both under Windows 2000 and Windows 98, which is where it is now [98]. I originally used the Aureal Vortex 2 drivers I already had, but recently downloaded "proper" MX300 drivers release 1.02. Was a bit of hassle to …
Re: GeForce 6800 SLI works on Windows 98?
Posted on 2007-03-11, 10:11
I've tried this and it's true. Driver versions up to 66.93 will allow a 6600 or 6800 to play AvP, but with anything later you just get glowing patches and no real picture. The theory on the nvidia forum is that nvidia have turned off some functionality as part of the attempt to squeeze as much …
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