Re: Call for ideas/fixes for the next mTCP version

Posted on 2024-09-30, 13:59

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Can you even get network cards for their bus? There's a ton of C-Bus Ethernet cards and most models from the mid-90s onward have PCI slots too where you could plug in a PCI one. Atm you're basically stuck with Microsoft LAN Manager, Novell Netware, or doing stuff through Windows. By not working …

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Re: Call for ideas/fixes for the next mTCP version

Posted on 2024-09-29, 03:28

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It's a long shot I know, but PC-98 DOS support would be lovely to have someday. The executables start in it but don't work correctly as expected.

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Re: Some games (mainly older DX9 and earlier) keep minimizing on Windows 10 PC

Posted on 2024-06-18, 10:38

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DosFreak wrote on 2024-06-18, 10:33: Close things you have open in the system tray (may need to use task manager) until you have identified the culprit. That worked, I figured out it was one of my driver control panel thingys causing it. Thanks, don't know how I didn't think of that myself.

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Some games (mainly older DX9 and earlier) keep minimizing on Windows 10 PC

Posted on 2024-06-18, 10:29

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I've noticed that mainly with older stuff, not much newer games, running on my Ryzen 9 5900x + RTX 2070 Super Windows 10 PC that when I launch them they start for a second and then keep minimizing on their own... over and over again until maybe if I keep clicking enough times where it eventually …

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Re: List of DOS games with OPL3 stereo music

Posted on 2024-04-03, 11:10

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A puzzle game by Celeris (the Virtual Pool devs) called FlixMix has OPL3 stereo FM music. It also doesn't have support for any MIDI devices, just FM. You can find the OST uploaded here and can hear separation. https://xeenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/flixmix-official-soundtrack-pc-sound-blaster-16-opl3 …

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Re: Are there any games that require at least a Pentium 1 and would not run on a 486?

Posted on 2024-02-24, 01:48

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eddman wrote on 2024-02-21, 09:15: thepirategamerboy12 wrote on 2024-02-21, 02:58: Slam City with Scottie Pippen won't run on anything less than a Pentium CPU, game will give an error stating such. That's odd. On the box it says "25 MHz 486 processor or faster". Perhaps a misprint. Just tried it …

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Re: Are there any games that require at least a Pentium 1 and would not run on a 486?

Posted on 2024-02-21, 02:58

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Slam City with Scottie Pippen won't run on anything less than a Pentium CPU, game will give an error stating such.

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Re: Fade to Black Cutscenes Issue

Posted on 2024-02-19, 04:44

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I'm sorry to necropost, but I felt like this info was important enough to warrant it. It is indeed possible to get this game to work properly on a Windows Sound System compatible card like the ESS I mentioned. I looked into this issue again and I realized this game uses Miles Design to handle the …

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Re: Big Box PC Games – Show and Tell

Posted on 2024-02-14, 14:57

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I own Virtual Snooker in the big box as well, I'm surprised it got a US release tbh since Snooker is virtually unheard of here.

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Re: Getting a little annoyed by CF card spam, am I alone?

Posted on 2024-01-25, 05:35

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I love using actual mechanical hard drives on my vintage computers myself, I feel like it really is part of what makes an old computer an old computer. Being dead silent would be so weird to me. Like someone else mentioned, I also feel the unreliable of old hard drives is massively overblown and I …

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Re: Supposedly Denuvo removed from Doom Eternal

Posted on 2023-09-05, 18:27

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I have tried the game before and I have to be honest, to me it kinda felt like a shooting gallery. Didn't really find it that fun.

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-10, 01:13

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I think I fixed the bootup problem. I downgraded the BIOS using the method involving the button on the back to version 7C91vAB from 2022... and it's doing the BIOS to Windows loading transition like it should. Crossing my fingers that it stays this way.

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 21:59

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See what bios your friend is using and use that Try your video card in your friends computer if they are local. Make sure windows is fully updated with the latest amd chioset drivers. It's frustrating when the issue is a mobo issue since there isn't much you can do about it and if that is the issue …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 19:53

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My PSU I should have also mentioned is a Corsair 750w modular one, 80 Plus Gold and stuff. I looked it up and the Corsair Ballistix are so expensive and atm it's not even available directly from them... I'm just using an early 2010s DVI monitor (in the case of the RX 5700 XT with adapters), a new …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 16:04

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I guess at this point I would try different RAM or another slot. I guess I should have mentioned that I originally had Corsair Vengeance LPX ram of the same specs as the G. Skill sticks I have in here now. I returned that and got the G. Skill ones because XMP wouldn't work with the Corsair, however …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 03:02

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Standard Def Steve wrote on 2023-08-07, 03:01: Apparently, having fTPM enabled in the BIOS can cause stuttering on some AMD systems. Try disabling fTPM, and if that fixes your issue, check if MSI has a BIOS update available for your board. I already did that, I don't want the TMP enabled in general …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 03:01

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Hmm, Reset the BIOS to defaults Make sure CPU isn't overclocked Make sure memory isn't overlocked, disable XMP. Test with memtest I ditched the MSI mobo I bought for my living room build (7950x) since it was flaky AF, went with a gigabyte mobo. Because of that I won't be buying any MSI motherboards …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-07, 00:58

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Agree that NMS is not a good test. That starfield sequence (where it is loading shaders IIRC) is famously chuggy. In-game NMS has some stutters like for example when I pull out the mining beam I can feel a slight stutter when doing so. One time when I was walking around too I experienced what …

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Re: Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-06, 22:56

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2023-08-06, 22:56: Give Windows 11 a try? It can't hurt, and perhaps it will reveal something. I may try that on a spare SATA hard drive, it'll be slow of course but I want to see if it at least functions right.

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Please help get my new PC build to actually work properly.

Posted on 2023-08-06, 22:13

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So recently I decided to build myself a new fairly modern PC and while putting everything physically together went okay, this thing is turning into a nightmare trying to get it working right. Current specs are: MSI B550 Tomahawk Motherboard Ryzen 9 5900X CPU RX 5700 XT Red Devil GPU 32GB G. Skill …

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