Re: Problems regarding ANOVO AIMB-865

Posted on 2020-03-27, 00:32

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by LSS10999

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There seem to be two revisions of this board available on eBay. There’s a V1.0S1.2 and V1.0S1.3 but I can’t seem to find any info on what the differences are. Anyone know? Do they use the same firmware images? V1.0S1.2 has AGP slot (usually black PCB, probably 865G). V1.0S1.3 doesn't have AGP slot …

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Re: Confused about SB-Link, choice of sound card on Gigabyte BX2000+ setup

Posted on 2020-02-12, 23:59

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I think you can use both for your purpose: Audigy 2 ZS for Win98 while AWE64 Value for DOS. Just make sure you reserve IRQ5 for your AWE64 Value so the two cards won't get in each other's way. The problem, however, is how to mix/route the outputs of both cards. EDIT: As for SB-Link... Neither of the …

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Re: Running DOS on modern hardware is impossible

Posted on 2019-12-17, 02:59

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I used to run DOS games on Windows XP though I used SoundFX and VDMsound emulators for music and sfx. This was early 2000, before DOSBOX. Unfortunately Vista dropped support for it. Yeah, VDMSound/SoundFX was something very interesting before DOSBox becomes popular. Although the performance was far …

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Re: Bret Johnson's USBMOUSE - high loss of conventional memory

Posted on 2019-11-27, 06:36

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There is no bios option to get USB mouse working in DOS. Are you sure? Usually, the USB legacy emulation for keyboard/mouse works as a whole, if the USB keyboard works, so does the mouse. You still need to load a standard DOS MOUSE driver (Microsoft/Logitech/CTMOUSE etc.), the BIOS emulates the USB …

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Re: ESS Maestro 2e (es1978) FM Chip not found

Posted on 2019-11-18, 05:28

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by LSS10999

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The Maestro family does not have hardware FM synthesis, the Solo-1 (ES1938/ES1946/ES1969) was the last ESS PCI sound chipset with that feature. I know that. I think the OP might be referring to the ability to play music through 0x388h. This is present in all ESS chips regardless of family (Solo, …

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Re: ESS Maestro 2e (es1978) FM Chip not found

Posted on 2019-11-13, 03:28

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I don't think WDM drivers offer any support for legacy audio (SB, FM, etc.) under Windows. You need VxD drivers for these. The MAESTRO.com is a TSR for playing games under real DOS so not sure if it's even needed on Windows.

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Re: Where to find .DLS and other win98 midi instruments files

Posted on 2019-10-31, 01:38

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by LSS10999

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For some SF2 soundfonts you might be able to convert to DLS using tools like Awave Studio and it plays without major issues. As for DLS version... I couldn't remember but it's most likely DLS 1.0. Not all soundfonts can be converted correctly as DLS might lack certain features. By the way, Aureal …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2019-10-08, 03:32

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I don't know if this is relevant to get some options on newer boards. I have a TPM interface. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1153718213449904128.html Holy schit, LDRQ does exist on some of these headers, that will mean a modification will not be necessary to get access to the DMA signal for a …

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Re: X58 + Yamaha7x4/AureaV1/2 Sound-pure Dos7.1- compatibility list(+i865/VIA) +research+ultimate configs, WIP- gurus needed

Posted on 2019-10-03, 02:51

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Its different thing, but its shame that Creative doesnt support it properly.. Otherwise what are advantages of Audigy 2 in comparision with Realtek? Im not sound guy so in general Realtek HD sound is good enough for me. Does on that system Audigy working with Win98, or its too old OS for that HW? …

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Re: SATA2PATA adapters experience

Posted on 2019-09-25, 06:29

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by LSS10999

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This has always been a big problem with me when trying to add SSDs on old boards that don't support SATA. Eventually I stopped using them (due to too much uncertainties in regards of stability) and started using 40-pin IDE DOMs of adequate size instead (just that these are relatively smaller and …

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Re: This program has performed an illegail operation win98se looking for suggestings.

Posted on 2019-09-23, 00:19

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Yes, that's normal for Win9x. Win Me or 2k are perhaps more stable in this regard, since they share some modern system files. I had even worse experience with Windows Me. It often crashed to the point that the system couldn't even reach explorer.exe (with all kinds of such errors occurring right …

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Re: Recommended DOS Replacements

Posted on 2019-09-21, 10:54

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by LSS10999

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Right. The question is what exactly the phrase "of these kinds" means. Because I know for a fact that if you launch Win98SE with loaded VIDE-CDD, MSCDEX and SMARTDRV - it does not conflict in any way and does not force Windows to use the 16-bit mode. I know this because this is how my Win98SE …

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Re: Recommended DOS Replacements

Posted on 2019-09-21, 01:04

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by LSS10999

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One question I have - can XHDD/XDVD2 be used in Windows 98SE pure DOS mode, without disrupting Windows? I recall I tried one of the predecessors once (UDMA.SYS) and it did not play well with Windows - it either forces it to 16-bit disk access or locks up. This behavior means one has to have a …

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Re: Recommended DOS Replacements

Posted on 2019-09-18, 02:53

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Not sure if JEMM386 could possibly implement a port trapping capability that are compatible with the proprietary ones present in MS EMM386 (and very likely in QEMM) in the future, as both MS EMM386 and QEMM have problems with handling very large RAM (256MB or above) and can only be considered …

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Re: Recommended DOS Replacements

Posted on 2019-09-17, 02:46

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That's why. Phil reported issues with UDVD/XDVD, SHSUCDX, and JEMM386 as being the main culprits of freedos's compatibility issues. [EDIT] To be fair though, some of the compatibility reports I'm posting are from 2016 or older. XDVD2 and XHDD probably have improved lots since then. I'm not sure …

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Re: Recommended DOS Replacements

Posted on 2019-09-16, 06:35

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No one have spoken about qemm yet. Is it any better than other mentioned memory managers ? QEMM has some of the best features and could often get you the most usable upper memory blocks comparing to other memory managers. Its compatibility is also on par with MS EMM386 from my experience. However, …

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Re: Running DOS on modern hardware is impossible

Posted on 2019-09-07, 04:03

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actually that's not the biggest problem, that problem would be CSM (compatibility support module) support on UEFI can be eliminated (and in some machines and devices it has been done already). this component is mandatory for booting any OS that requires or expects a BIOS instead of UEFI (mainly 16 …

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Re: Running DOS on modern hardware is impossible

Posted on 2019-09-07, 01:08

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by LSS10999

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twiz11 wrote: ok i goofed, i mean modern system as in windows or mac most likely... can you run dos in linux Running DOS in Linux was possible a long time ago thanks to DOSEMU, although DOSBox (preferrably the DOSBox-X fork) is available for Linux as well.

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Re: Running DOS on modern hardware is impossible

Posted on 2019-09-07, 00:39

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Running DOS natively is possible, just that you might encounter a few more issues than usual. While you might not be able to run DOS for gaming purposes, as it's hard or impossible to get audio working (and video might have issues sometimes), it's still good enough for some business or industrial …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2019-09-05, 02:38

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I am telling you that you will get near 100% compatible SB emulation in Windows 9x MS-DOS windows and nothing in pure MS-DOS. I was thinking about sending this... but does Windows 9x really contain some internal quirks that allowed legacy DOS audio to function under MS-DOS windows, even if the …

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