Re: PCI/AGP card combo?

Posted on 2014-01-02, 21:10

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by Kurasiu

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I see Jorpho, thanks! Haha, yeah, now that you mention it I remember only one DOS game, that could use 3Dfx device (and it was a polish FPS, so not really known among the others). :D One last question to the experts, then! As I'm aware that V2 cannot be used as a stand-alone 2D graphics adapter, and …

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PCI/AGP card combo?

Posted on 2014-01-02, 17:12

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by Kurasiu

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So lately I've been thinking about putting a 3Dfx PCI card to my oldschool rig with GeForce 2 AGP onboard. I've already searched Google regarding the topic, also read vogonswiki, and from what I've seen such combination should be possible on Win98SE, though several users mentioned some "mainboard …

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Re: Dos 7 hangs/freezes!

Posted on 2013-12-29, 19:16

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by Kurasiu

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Looking at the bluescreen... 0E fatal exception at 0028:XXXXXXXX? That's almost the exact same error I had while booting Windows not that long ago, described here . In my case it was caused by a faulty jumper configuration on the IDE devices, and, from what I remember, it may also be caused by …

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Re: Please help - None of my DOS games are working due to memory problems

Posted on 2013-11-26, 20:06

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by Kurasiu

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I wonder if he's still struggling with memory problems, as this was exactly my case back then (and the reason I registered here in the first place). But thanks to the good lads here (mostly Jorpho), I have exactly zero problems regarding DOS memory managment and games. I will suggest the same thing …

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Re: W98SE: Bluescreens after adding a second HDD

Posted on 2013-11-19, 12:32

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by Kurasiu

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Indeed, there must've been some kind of a conflict, as everything is fine now. Though I wonder WHY it worked normally before... the initial configuration with jumpers was Primary master - system HDD Primary slave - X Secondary master - second HDD Secondary slave - CD-ROM and it was fine, until the ' …

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W98SE: Bluescreens after adding a second HDD

Posted on 2013-11-18, 20:53

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by Kurasiu

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Well, ok, the title is a bit misleading, as it didn't bluescreen from the very beginning, but nonetheless: recently I picked up an 80GB PATA hard drive from a local pawn shop. Worked like a charm for several days. However during one startup Windows informed me that the drive may have bad sectors on …

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Re: Installing Windows 95

Posted on 2013-10-08, 20:10

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by Kurasiu

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Journeyman Project Turbo should work on 7, unless it's a 64-bit system, but it requires 256 colour mode. Nevertheless I can confirm the first two parts are working flawlessly under VirtualPC with Windows 98 installed. If I recall correctly I also tried running the third one on 7, and it worked, but …

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Re: is Windows 98 command prompt sufficient for Dos Gaming

Posted on 2013-07-30, 00:13

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by Kurasiu

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I can confirm as well. Been using Windows 98SE with custom boot menu (thanks to the good folks from this forum btw, it has several different options, like choosing between HIMEM/HIMEMX or 'no EMM' for picky games like Ultima VII) for several months, for both DOS and Windows classics, and so far …

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Little Big Adventure/Relentless menu issue.

Posted on 2013-07-09, 23:14

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by Kurasiu

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I have a bit of a hard time with our good ol' LBA/Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure. The game works mighty fine, however I have a weird issue with the main menu - it takes a good two or three minutes pause before it shows up. At first I thought the game crashed, as no HDD/PC activity was during that …

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Re: Anvil of Dawn - general protection fault on exiting the game

Posted on 2013-06-25, 13:09

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by Kurasiu

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Yes, when I run the game with the sound turned off (no digital device selected) no crash occurs at exiting. Music doesn't seem to be affecting it, as it works with or without MIDI playback. My card is Yamaha OPL3-SAx with 0x220, D1 and I5 settings (port 388 for MIDI). Sound works mighty fine ingame. …

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Anvil of Dawn - general protection fault on exiting the game

Posted on 2013-06-24, 23:18

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by Kurasiu

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Anybody remembers this fine RPG/dungeon crawler? Actually I have a bit of a problem with this one. Every time I exit the game, DOS4GW crashes witn error 0Dh , indicating a general protection fault, and freezes the PC (only the Reset button helps). I played the CD Rip version earlier on the DosBox, …

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Re: DOOM/DOOM2/ROTT - Digital sound randomly stops playing

Posted on 2013-04-15, 22:24

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by Kurasiu

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Yamaha? I remember I had a quite similiar problem with my OPL3-SAX and digital sounds playback. Manually adding the SETUPSA.EXE /S to autoexec/dosstart seemed to resolve this issue.

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2013-04-11, 16:17

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by Kurasiu

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Ah, the solution was rather trivial; sorry for posting, without checking first. For whatever reason the SETUPSA.EXE wasn't ran evey time I switched to DOS mode. Made the appropriate changes in dosstart and autoexec. Now I can fully enojy some Wacky Wheels (the soundtrack is just amazing on OPL) or …

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2013-04-11, 13:19

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by Kurasiu

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Alrightey, after returning from spring break I decided to get a Yamaha A151-A00. Looked pretty neat, as the BIOS automaticly detected it as a OPL3-SAX card and configured it (IRQ5/DMA1). Installing Windows drivers also resulted in adding "SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4" line in autoexec. So far, so good? …

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2013-03-23, 16:26

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by Kurasiu

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But since it's compatible with SbPRO and MPU-401, and features an OPL3 chip, it shoud spit out music and sound effects for the majority of the DOS games, right?

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2013-03-23, 15:09

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by Kurasiu

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Yes, from what I saw, in both user posts, and the ISA soundcards list from gerwin's signature, the Yamaha soundcard (YMF7XX family) seems like a resonable buy, as it features an OPL3 and it's compatible with SB, SBPro, SB16 and MPU-401. Anyone can conifirm it's capabilities?

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2013-03-22, 21:45

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by Kurasiu

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I see. I actually read one article about fiddling around with SB16 ( http://www.wcnews.com/webmirrors/tech/hardware/sound/sb16.html - this one) and from what I saw/understood from the config, it does provide some FM/Midi support. I don't really care about the quality of the sound, I'd actually be …

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Re: SB 128PCI under W98 real mode DOS

Posted on 2013-03-22, 11:36

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by Kurasiu

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I see, thanks! In other words getting a SB16 CT4170/4180 would be a fine choice? I'm putting all my faith in you, mate. 😁 Will buy the card, along with CD-Audio cable, when I return from spring break holidays.

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Re: Computer hard crashes on DOS games

Posted on 2013-03-22, 11:33

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by Kurasiu

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Haha, oh man, let me know, when you'll be around Poland, guys - I'll definitely buy you a beer. :D Everything works like a charm, installed and played BioForge and Ultima VIII this morning (from the original CDs), and played'em for like a good hour or so, without any problems. Topic aside, one …

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Re: Pc frogger game 1997 version

Posted on 2013-03-21, 22:03

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by Kurasiu

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I played Frogger 3D not that long ago, on a Windows 7, 64-bit version, even without nGlide, it should work perfectly normal for you. And regarding music - weren't those CD-DA tracks?

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