Re: Corruption issue when using rloew's TRIM.EXE (TRIM utility for DOS) with FreeDOS FDISK 1.2.1/1.3.1 partitioned DISK

Posted on 2024-05-17, 21:08

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R.Löw's TRIM.EXE can't be used even though I managed to boot the PC into DOS. SSD Tool: Reports "successfull". But when checking Hex content the bytes are still the same as before and not "00". Samsung Magician (last working XP version 4.5 iirc): Reports that it can't detect a Samsung Drive. How …

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Re: Philips Rhythmic Edge PSC703 install CD please

Posted on 2024-05-15, 00:37

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DSC_0002_reduced.jpg Specifically with the VLSI ThunderBird128 cards with the large chip pictured above, has anyone got PC/PCI working on it? I soldered on a header and attached it to my board, but I don't see any option in SB_INIT.EXE that allows you to specify that. It seems like a very decent …

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Re: ECS UC4914-G - Requesting GAL chip dump

Posted on 2024-05-10, 01:54

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Hmm the ECS AL486 also has a GAL (16V8B) and it is connected to the VESA slot portion for sure, and appears to go to the waitstate/speed jumpers (not 100% verified, just looking at back of board, could be wrong)... maybe it is for same reason??? If so the board should work fine with just ISA cards …

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Re: ECS UC4914-G - Requesting GAL chip dump

Posted on 2024-05-09, 19:27

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Tiido wrote on 2024-05-09, 16:05: I found my board and it is UC4913 rev2.0, similar layout and same UMC chipset but no PLD between ISA slots or anywhere else so, unfortunately, no luck factor this time 😒 Capacitors on it are 4.7µF for the most part, but there are few 10µF ones too. Thanks for …

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Re: Looking for Radeon R5 240 XP Drivers

Posted on 2024-05-09, 01:47

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fastvan wrote on 2024-05-09, 00:07: Oh well. So much for that idea.. Thank ya Don't give up so easily. This might work. It supposedly supports some (or at least one) GCN 2nd gen variant... IF you'rs isn't detected, try force-installing it through device manager.

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Re: ECS UC4914-G - Requesting GAL chip dump

Posted on 2024-05-08, 22:38

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I might actually have this board, although I am not 100% sure. I have definitely a UC41xx that has very similar layout. I will try to locate it tomorrow and if we are all lucky, it actually doesn't have the protection bit set and any bruteforcing is unnecessary. Gravis cards, for example are using …

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Re: Tyrian freezes on VIA VP3 chipset

Posted on 2024-05-08, 14:46

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Paar wrote on 2024-05-08, 11:11: Just switched to 430VX chipset motherboard and everything works flawlessly. Yeah, I don't think VIA is misunderstood and actually not that bad. At least this particular chipset. Yea, but is it the VP3 that's flawed or is it the VT82C586B...

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Re: ECS UC4914-G - Requesting GAL chip dump

Posted on 2024-05-08, 13:29

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georgel wrote on 2024-05-08, 06:34: They have code protection from dumping. Oh, ok... Seems like this board is a write-off then. Maybe I'll find a donor board someday.

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ECS UC4914-G - Requesting GAL chip dump

Posted on 2024-05-07, 17:07

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I have this motherboard that I rescued from scrap, but someone plucked off the GAL16V8D chip. Along with the caps which they plucked off, they also tried to remove an SN74LS245N but I have a replacement for that. Can someone please provide me with a dump of the GAL? Thanks IMG_20240507_122930588.jpg …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-16, 20:05

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Ok, as long as it's working... I recommend something like playing through Doom for a while to test stability.

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-16, 19:34

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I might have found a solution again. I took the floppy version of the game. Then I copied over all the ANI and VOC files from the CD Version, and this seems to work without crashes (note that the unmodified files work with the SB Live card). So it might be that the crash is inherent to the CD …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-16, 16:13

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Kordanor wrote on 2024-04-16, 15:46: This all lets me believe that something is wrong regarding the resources the ESS card uses with that driver, possibly in combination with some issues in the game. I will test further and report back.

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Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2024-04-16, 15:55

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-04-16, 14:04: Well, you can manually edit C:\OPTI930\SOUND16.CFG and change this: Fantastic, I'll give it a shot. Two simple batch files should do the trick (e.g. wss.bat or sbpro.bat), each file renaming a copy of sound16.cfg for the appropriate mode, and then …

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Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2024-04-16, 13:33

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However, I should mention that a few games which worked fine (in WSS mode) when that card was in my Socket 7 system became broken when I put it in a faster Socket 370 system. Tyrian was one such example. It might have been some platform specific incompatibility though, and not necessarily a speed …

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Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2024-04-16, 03:56

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I just tested the 82C930 for WSS in KQ6, and it worked great! I will also try swapping the Crystal codec on my 82C924 with an AD part to see if that improves things.

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-15, 21:12

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Interesting, wasn't even aware you can't do rem mid-line. The file was written that way by the setup program (I just changed the IRQ for testing in there). That said, I changed it and it doesnt help unfortunately. Oh, sorry then, I stand corrected. You are missing "/E:" for the second DMA channel …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-15, 20:47

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Tested that as well. Didnt change anything. Here is a video demonstration, also showing the setting and whatnot. Be warned. The end is super loud! https://youtu.be/-_khSkjuEaA Herr Kordanor! You have to move that "rem" statement to the next line in that batch file... Otherwise, burn.exe will not …

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Re: ESS1868 compatibility issues

Posted on 2024-04-15, 17:57

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megatron-uk wrote on 2024-04-15, 17:44: Yep, it's definitely the two can version, but the images are not clear enough to make out the positions of where the filtering caps would go from that vogons thread (was reading it earlier today!). Well if you figure it out, I'd like to know for my card too …

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Re: ESS1868 compatibility issues

Posted on 2024-04-15, 17:40

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Anyway, I can't fit any of my SB16 cards in to test them, so I've just bought the cheapest YMF719 soundcard I could find on Ebay, and which was no longer than a 16bit slot. I'll see if that makes any difference. YMF719 is nice. Two things you should be aware of: 1) Get the version with two seperate …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-15, 17:37

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Which of thhis file did you use? There are 5 files. None of them worked for me, but at least I could start nailing it down to the one which works for you. Yes, ESSCFG is initialized with A:220 I:7 D:1 B:330 J:D SETBLASTER had not been defined before on ESS, I did add it, but it didnt change …

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