Re: Restart in MS-DOS mode in Windows 98 and hangs?

Posted on 2022-01-04, 06:15

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by GL1zdA

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Check the properties of "C:\Windows\Exit to DOS.pif", this is the file responsible for restarting in MS-DOS mode. If you can't make it work, just delete it, Windows will recreate it the next time you restart into MS-DOS mode.

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2021-12-30, 13:48

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by GL1zdA

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Putas wrote on 2021-12-30, 13:41: The Fifa 99 demo looks good under SGL and plays nicely (~20 FPS 😀 ) on PCX2: Nice, so we have an addition to the PowerVR list. Have you tried the Future Cop demo?

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2021-12-30, 06:33

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by GL1zdA

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It looks like Future Cop is using the same engine (THRASH) as NFS. So maybe with some hacking it would be possible to run NFS3 on a PowerVR. Forcing Future Strike's powervra.dll into NFS3 just brings a NULL TEXTURE error. I didn't think the thrash drivers were interchangeable anyway given that …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2021-12-25, 19:47

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by GL1zdA

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It looks like Future Cop is using the same engine (THRASH) as NFS. So maybe with some hacking it would be possible to run NFS3 on a PowerVR. And what about Future Cop? Why it no listed in any list supported/unofficial/debunked? I don't know, I won't be able to test it for the next month, but …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2021-12-25, 17:44

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by GL1zdA

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It looks like Future Cop is using the same engine (THRASH) as NFS. So maybe with some hacking it would be possible to run NFS3 on a PowerVR.

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Re: "Accelerating" Windows 95 with Creative's Advanced Signal Processor (CSP)

Posted on 2021-12-21, 08:06

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by GL1zdA

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Given MP3 decompression works quite a bit different from the decoders we have .csp files for, I'm not sure the ASP/CSP would even be able to handle the MP3 decompression algorithm. I still haven't found any information of what the ASP/CSP actually is. MP3 decompression requires bitwise operations ( …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-04, 13:43

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by GL1zdA

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Thanks, it works on 95 OSR2, I don't have currently a machine running vanilla 95. I think the previous summary panel was better, because this one doesn't fit 1024x768.

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-04, 11:43

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by GL1zdA

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7.00 doesn't work either. I've checked it with Dependency Walker, and it doesn't show any missing imports.

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-12-04, 11:26

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by GL1zdA

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Is HWiNFO still supported under Windows 95? It stopped working for me with version 7.02 - it doesn't eve display the "startup" dialog. 6.42 still works fine.

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Re: My AlphaPC - 164LX with 21164 533 MHz

Posted on 2021-11-28, 21:27

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by GL1zdA

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Are you sure this is not the Windows 2000 bootloader? The one on the small boot partition?

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Re: mistery late 90s pc case?

Posted on 2021-11-17, 20:24

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by GL1zdA

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Y2KBazo wrote on 2021-11-17, 14:32: GL1zdA wrote on 2021-11-17, 08:43: In Win A500. Awesome thanks! Now im just wondering why it has blaster pc on the front. I dont think the inwin cases were used by creative Creative sometimes added badges in their boxes, which you could put on your case.

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Re: mistery late 90s pc case?

Posted on 2021-11-17, 08:43

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by GL1zdA

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In Win A500.

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Re: My AlphaPC - 164LX with 21164 533 MHz

Posted on 2021-11-02, 18:37

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by GL1zdA

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Yes, I'm attaching them. One is revision E, one is revision G and comes with many other Alpha HALs.

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Re: S3 Trio64V+ and MPEG Decoder Daughter Board

Posted on 2021-11-02, 10:00

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by GL1zdA

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I have a Miro Media View TV card with an S3 Scenic / MX2 processor. The card comes with a DOSMPEG driver, which allows to run games compatible with RealMagic cards. [/summary][/details] This is nice. I'm curious, whether these MPEG drivers will work with other Scenic/MX2 boards. The VideoLogic …

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Re: Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001 (S3 Trio64V+) - Cable for "LPB" Connector?

Posted on 2021-11-01, 23:32

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by GL1zdA

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Here's an eBay picture from a boxed DTV-1100. The cable looks like a "plain" 34 pin cable.

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Re: S3 Trio64V+ and MPEG Decoder Daughter Board

Posted on 2021-11-01, 22:58

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by GL1zdA

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It could be useful in a 486 or slow Pentium for watching Video CDs. On a fast Pentium (tested with a 200 MHz Pentium) a software MPEG decoder like XingMPEG Player or a DirectShow filter (like the one that come with Windows Media Player 6.x) will be enough. As rasz has written, it uses an MCI driver, …

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Re: Siemens-Nixdorf (Fujitsu) Multimedia eXtension Board (aka MXB) drivers

Posted on 2021-10-28, 07:03

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by GL1zdA

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Thank you! I've skipped all the Linux discussions, thinking there will be nothing relevant there. It's especially good to see the 32-bit Sound Arena drivers, which is the part of the MXB I want to have some fun with. And thanks for the documentation. It seems SNI never released any modules other …

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Re: NETPOWER ULTRAfx

Posted on 2021-10-25, 13:26

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by GL1zdA

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No, unfortunately. I still hope I'll find the driver someday. Did you manage to extract the drivers from the HDD you mentioned? I've tried searching for anything on their archived website, but unfortunately the drivers were on their FTP server, which was not mirrored by archive.org. I also can't …

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Siemens-Nixdorf (Fujitsu) Multimedia eXtension Board (aka MXB) drivers

Posted on 2021-10-25, 12:42

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by GL1zdA

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Is there anybody who has drivers and/or manuals for the Siemens-Nixdorf (Fujitsu) Multimedia eXtension Board? This boards support various inputs and operations, but also have the daughtercard that can do sound effects (Reverb, chorus, etc) on any source. I dug through several Siemens/Fujitsu pages ( …

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Re: NETPOWER ULTRAfx

Posted on 2021-10-25, 07:24

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by GL1zdA

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@PC Hoarder Patrol thanks for that document! I wasn't able to find it. I will give the generic drivers a shot, even though the chances of them working are close to 0. In the meantime I was able to find a SCSI cable, and sadly, there are no drivers on those disks. Have you ever got this card running …

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