Re: Windows NT on Motorola Powerstack II

Posted on 2020-01-06, 23:40

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by darry

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Don't know if the versions are appropriate, but have a look at https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Motorola_Atlas ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/prep/ and this https://omgwtfbbq.ca/2018/07/installing-windo … 0-on-a-powerpc/

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Re: Looking for sc-88vl psu

Posted on 2019-11-10, 18:09

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by darry

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I purchased a genuine Roland/Edirol one for about 20$ Canadian (about 15$ US or so) from a brick and mortar music store . Here is a list of official PSU equivalents from Roland : https://www.rolandus.com/assets/press_media_resources/ACAdapterGuide.pdf This does not list the SC-88VL, but if you look …

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Re: Are there motherboards with 133Mhz FSB, ISA slots AND an Intel chipset

Posted on 2019-11-07, 03:34

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by darry

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I have an Ipox 3ETI23 . ISA works with the following caveats : - NMI does not work (no megaem for GUS or similar MPU-401 emulation through aweutil under DOS). See https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=53249&p=574382&hilit=3eti23#p574382 - GUS PnP DMA does not work in any game . - GUS classic …

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Re: Does the maximum Windows 98SE HDD size apply to partitions?

Posted on 2019-10-23, 22:41

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by darry

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What's special about that particular SATA controller that Windows prefers to any type of on-board controller? It's not really special, it is just one example of a controller that requires its own driver and does not use esdi_506.pdr . esdi_506.pdr limitations are the root cause of the issue with …

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Re: Does the maximum Windows 98SE HDD size apply to partitions?

Posted on 2019-10-22, 21:01

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by darry

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https://msfn.org/board/topic/148706-max-size-of-hard-drive-that-98se-can-handle/ I personally use a SIL3114 based SATA controller and have installed this http://www.mdgx.com/files/BHDD31.ZIP from http://www.mdgx.com/upd98me.php for the updated utils . I have a 500GB SATA drive with multiple <127GB …

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Re: Need expert help on this DOS program

Posted on 2019-09-23, 01:32

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by darry

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Just a guess, but maybe your application requires ansi.sys or an equivalent to be loaded . Dosbox includes that functionality out of the box if I am not mistaken even though Dosbox is not suited to running anything other than games .

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Re: Need SSCB16TO.EXE file for PCMCIA card

Posted on 2019-09-13, 04:08

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by darry

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Filename Cardwizard.zip File size 1.04 MiB Downloads 5 downloads from http://downloadt.advantech.com/download/downl … File_Id=1-17FK7 includes the file your looking for in the SOCKET.Z file . If you run the installer it should uncompress the file for you . If you really just need the file, here it …

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Re: Which of these Tridents should I keep?

Posted on 2019-08-13, 01:41

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by darry

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I would check which of them has the best RAMDAC and thus, potentially, the best image quality . As far as I know, all TVGA 8900 cards can work in 8-bit slots and should work in a PC or XT class machine if the BIOS is new enough for VGA support .

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Re: Roland MT-32 power supply.

Posted on 2019-08-11, 17:11

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by darry

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Just for the sake of posterity... Here is the official list from Roland regarding which devices should use which power supplies (US only). Most of the ones we're interested in take 9 V and 1 or 1.2 A, meaning the PSB-120 is the best choice. Interestingly enough for the MT-32 they recommend the …

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Re: GF1 Versus InterWave

Posted on 2019-08-11, 05:56

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by darry

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Though as I've explained on VCForums, I don't believe any software made use of any of these features aside from the emulation and demo apps that shipped with the PnP cards. Cubic Player claimed to have support for 44.1KHz mixing of 32 channels and more than 1 MB of RAM . See https://www.cubic.org/ …

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Re: This POS EVGA PSU died 3 days ago...

Posted on 2019-06-14, 01:17

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by darry

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Unknown_K wrote: I have some evga supplies, all good so far. Generally the decent brands last a long time and if they do blow they don't take the rest of the system with them. Any PSU failure entirely fixed by a new PSU is a good PSU failure .

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Re: Need help with drivers for VGA card

Posted on 2019-06-02, 04:57

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by darry

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Found the Windows 3.1 drivers for OTI 067 and OTI 077 cards . o0x7_w31.zip By the way, if your card has only 256Kbytes of RAM you won't get even 640x480 in 256 colors . EDIT : According to https://www.datasheets360.com/pdf/3459938771510968956 you have two KM44C256BP-8 256K x 4bit memory chips for a …

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Re: Need help with drivers for VGA card

Posted on 2019-06-02, 04:51

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by darry

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Found some Windows 3.0 drivers . Filename WIN30.ZIP File size 356.29 KiB Downloads 4 downloads

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Re: Installed Wrong Video Drivers in Windows 3.1, Now Windows Won't Start, Help!

Posted on 2019-05-27, 15:52

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by darry

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If memory serves, under Windows 3.1 , you can change the video card driver with the DOS-based setup.exe for something like standard VGA .

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Re: What is wrong with my 486 ?

Posted on 2019-05-16, 16:54

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by darry

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Aren't 30 pin SIMMs typically supposed to be installed in contiguous slots (unless your board manual says otherwise)? They work in sets of 4 in a 486 board, so that would mean 4 SIMMs in the first 4 slots .

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Re: Windows 98 Very Unstable on Pentium 4 2.53

Posted on 2019-05-11, 16:39

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by darry

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I second the memtest recommendation, but I would not exclude the CPU as a possible culprit as I have experienced a brand new one with bad L1 cache.

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Re: *START HERE* SoftMPU 1.91 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator

Posted on 2019-05-08, 00:15

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by darry

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NORTHERN WALLY wrote: Connected gameport to mt-32 the to in port. Connected mt-32 to input on awe64. You should connect the output of the midi cable to the input on the MT-32 .

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Re: HIMEM.SYS Error: Unable to control A20 line. XMS driver not installed. SOLVED

Posted on 2019-05-07, 16:57

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by darry

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I had Windows 98SE running on a P3B-F back in the day without any such workarounds . Maybe something is wrong with either the board's keyboard controller or the actual keyboard you are using .

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Re: Help me identify this Moxart ISA card.

Posted on 2019-03-24, 21:31

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by darry

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Card is a BTC 1820 . As cyclone3d said, CS4231 and AD1848 are essentially interchangeable . See https://www.philscomputerlab.com/btc-1820-moz … oak-oti601.html for original BTC provided drivers .

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Re: IBM AT 5170 wont start. PSU failsafe?

Posted on 2019-03-24, 20:12

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by darry

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I started pulling cards, and I found the culprit. The PC starts without the HD/Floppy controller card. What could be wrong with it? Here is a pic: 55536483_367573390514022_6404556211324190720_n.jpg Are those axial tantalum caps I see ? I have heard tantalum caps have a tendency to short when they …

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