Re: Process Explorer or Similar for Win 3.x

Posted on 2022-01-23, 04:29

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by doshea

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On a side note, there is a cool util umbinfo.com (In german, I think) which only shows the UMB, obviously. If it did all memory in DOS that would be great. MSD, seems to only good for dos, no windows version. It sounds like you'd be interested in the DOS MEM /C command then, but as already …

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Re: Terrible DOOM audio with Dell/Turtle Beach Montego II in Windows 98 SE DOS mode

Posted on 2022-01-21, 02:53

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by doshea

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Just a generic thing which sometimes helps such issues, in windows, mute the mic and line in, then try it in DOS mode again. Thanks, they were already muted though. I also turned their volume down t0 zero just in case, but it didn't help. This isn't so much a case of there being noise along with …

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Terrible DOOM audio with Dell/Turtle Beach Montego II in Windows 98 SE DOS mode

Posted on 2022-01-21, 01:56

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by doshea

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Motherboard: MSI PM8M-V H/MS-7104 ver 3.0 (chipset: VIA P4M800 + VT8237R Plus) Sound card: Turtle Beach Montego II with Dell part number, exactly as pictured in https://flaterco.com/kb/audio/PCI/#M2A3D Drivers: I tried both w9x2041eng_drv.zip and Win9x2048.zip (the latter first); they both include …

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Re: My SiS 730S Duron system!

Posted on 2022-01-18, 08:09

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by doshea

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Modified SNDINIT.EXE myself and GM is now working :D It searches for PCI ID 1039:0630, I changed it to 1039:0631. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm confused. I don't see a 0631 device ID listed in http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/1039 (although I suppose that doesn't guarantee it doesn't exist …

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Re: Looking for a user-friendly hotkey task killer program for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-15, 11:59

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by doshea

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Thanks for the feedback guys! If I won't be able to find a TSR solution, my next idea is to put a little LCD next to the CRT which gets updated with current game's exit instructions :) I was thinking something similar: another system connected via a serial port running a terminal emulator would I …

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Re: Looking for a user-friendly hotkey task killer program for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-14, 00:16

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by doshea

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It sounds like a nice setup! The DOS shell and Central Point's PC Tools both have task switchers which enable a program to be killed, but these are primarily intended to be used to start more than one program at once, and you probably don't want that if you have clueless users - you'll just end up …

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Re: What's the deal with this sound card? (XWave QS3000a)

Posted on 2022-01-13, 07:10

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by doshea

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't think it's quite that simple. The QS3000A looks quite different to an FM801-AU chip. True! Same number of pins, but I don't know why they would have changed the packaging. I think the FM801-AU is overall a better card for DOS. I could find almost nothing remotely remarkable about the …

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Re: ForteMedia FM801 FM Synthesis

Posted on 2022-01-11, 11:12

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by doshea

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I just added my own complete lspci -nn output in my thread here , but here is the interesting part: 00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Fortemedia, Inc Xwave QS3000A [FM801] [1319:0801] (rev a0) 00:07.1 Input device controller [0980]: Fortemedia, Inc Xwave QS3000A [FM801] [1319:0801] (rev a0 …

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Re: Experience with "3DS801A" FM801 clone in DOS

Posted on 2022-01-11, 11:02

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by doshea

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The command-line parsing in CFG801.EXE is pretty bad. It seems that the only way you can get usage information from it is if you pass a valid /t option followed by an invalid option, e.g. "/t /?". Here is complete lspci -nn output showing both the 3DS801A card and the system I tested it in: 00:00.0 …

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Re: Experience with "3DS801A" FM801 clone in DOS

Posted on 2022-01-11, 07:37

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by doshea

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Adding the /T parameter to the CFG801.EXE command line causes it to indicate what PCI chipset it detected. In my case it said "Can't find PCI Chipset Device!" and that it was defaulting to legacy 2 mode, whereas as noted above it turned out that legacy 1 mode was better for me. Actually I used /t ( …

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Re: ForteMedia FM801 FM Synthesis

Posted on 2022-01-11, 06:10

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by doshea

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The revision number of the chip would be interesting too, as CFG801.EXE uses this in some cases, specifically it seems to have some special cases for device ID 0x0801 revision 0xA0. I haven't checked mine yet. Under Linux, lspci -nn will show both the device ID and revision. I think there are DOS …

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Re: ForteMedia FM801 FM Synthesis

Posted on 2022-01-11, 05:13

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by doshea

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Maybe someone who can do it and is interested will pick up on it. I'll see what I can do. Are you able to let me know what PCI device ID is reported for your card, and also what AC'97 codec chip is on it (which you probably need to determine by visual inspection)? I'm interested in the PCI ID …

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2022-01-10, 10:56

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by doshea

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My genuine Aixxco arrived and I also had problems with it being off-center like gen_angry reported previously. In addition to the issues with alignment with graphics modes gen_angry reported, in VGA 80x25 text mode it seems like the display is shifted right by about half a character - there is a …

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Re: Doom I/II - More than 4 Lan players?

Posted on 2022-01-10, 10:43

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by doshea

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I'm not an expert in these things but I had a look and found a source port which supports up to 32 players and can be compiled with IPX support (it uses TCP/IP by default): http://doomlegacy.sourceforge.net/docs/legacy.html It looks significantly different from the original DOOM though.

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Re: ForteMedia FM801 FM Synthesis

Posted on 2022-01-10, 05:57

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by doshea

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The one and only issue I have with this card in DOS is that it does not seem to have a mixer and the Line In is muted by default, so using it with an external Synth and mixing that to the audio out is impossible to do on the card itself. If anyone knows how to change mixer settings for FM801 in DOS …

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Re: What's the deal with this sound card? (XWave QS3000a)

Posted on 2022-01-10, 05:30

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by doshea

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bump. Is QS3000a only relabelled Fortemedia FM801-AU chip? I just made this thread about an FM801 board I have. It has a chip labeled "FM0801-A1" which Linux (specifically Knoppix 7.2) detects as a "ForteMedia Xwave QS3000A" and also as a "FM801-AS", so at the very least I assume they're quite …

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Experience with "3DS801A" FM801 clone in DOS

Posted on 2022-01-10, 05:18

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by doshea

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Here are my experiences with Sound Blaster emulation in DOS with some kind of generic FM801 clone I picked up in case they are useful to anyone else. I tested this on an MSI "PM8M-V H"/"MS-7104 ver 3.0" motherboard with a VIA P4M800 + VT8237R Plus chipset. The BIOS offered no way to explicitly …

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Re: Is there an iSCSCI Initiator for Windows 98 available?

Posted on 2022-01-05, 10:33

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by doshea

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I found a few people online who seemed to suggest that Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 1.x versions supported Windows 98, but other evidence that it didn't actually work on 98. All the information I could find on old Microsoft pages in the Internet Archive and in old knowledge base articles suggested it …

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Re: Motherboard manuals falsely claiming Sound Blaster emulation support?

Posted on 2022-01-02, 01:55

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by doshea

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Is there a setting in the BIOS for SB emulation? No, neither of them have that option. I also found an old product page for the MSI MS-7104/PM8M-V H (I forgot to mention the "H" before but I don't think it's relevant): https://web.archive.org/web/20060710192332/http://www.msi.com.tw/program/ …

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Motherboard manuals falsely claiming Sound Blaster emulation support?

Posted on 2022-01-01, 05:58

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by doshea

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm looking for Sound Blaster compatibility under DOS on a relatively fast (Pentium 3 or 4 class) machine and I think I've noticed a pattern of motherboard manufacturers providing incorrect information about the capabilities of their onboard audio. Was this something that happened a lot in that area …

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