ISA Floppy Controller when MB has Floppy Controller already

Posted on 2017-10-07, 22:31

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Hello folks. I have an Intel 440BX-2 motherboard, which only supports a single floppy drive on its onboard controller. Today, I picked up a second floppy drive (5.25") so I at least have the option of picking up old games in that format. I installed and tested it by swapping the cable; so far so …

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Re: What is the Default Resolution for Dos Games

Posted on 2017-09-24, 22:34

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If you've only got DVI on the monitor, you'll need an active adapter to have it working with a regular VGA port from the card. Depends on the monitor. Check your specs to see if it's labelled as DVI-I (which WILL work with passive adaptor) or DVI-D (which requires active). If you can't find it in …

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Re: What is the Default Resolution for Dos Games

Posted on 2017-09-23, 12:58

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Many newer monitors also have menu options to force aspect ratio correction on the monitor itself. Check your menus to see if you have that or not.

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Re: FM / Midi Composition & programming help

Posted on 2017-09-20, 20:50

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If you have a Midi Keyboard already, and it has general midi samples included, I would just skip MT32 and target General Midi directly. MT32 is neat because of the non-standard instrument set, but probably not directly supporting in your own game development. If you enjoy playing games from the 1988 …

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Re: FM / Midi Composition & programming help

Posted on 2017-09-19, 21:14

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by zerker

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Just search for Gameport Midi cable, it should be easy to find. Here's one that still lets you use a joystick at the same time , which is always a plus. However, if you've been using an MT32, don't you already have a way to hook it up? The keyboard just goes the other way around. As for recording, …

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Re: IPX network on MS-DOS

Posted on 2017-09-17, 18:06

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A lot of the relevant files, as well as some example configurations for an NE2000 card, can be found at Gammy's github page.

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Unisys CWD4002-ZE and Audician 32+ Problems

Posted on 2017-08-26, 15:37

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by zerker

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Hello folks. Recently I picked up a Unisys CWD-4002, and a Audician 32+ sound card to go with it. And judging by some other threads, I'm not the only one either :). However, I'm having some reliability issues with the card/machine combination. The card itself appears fine, and seemed to work …

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Re: DIDN'T buy this retro hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-20, 20:50

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Well, it's still an iMac G3 anyways.

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Re: DIDN'T buy this retro hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-20, 11:26

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by zerker

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I found an original model iMac at the local Value Village one time. Don't really have room for it, though. Or any real Mac software that I'd want it for. If I did want to get into PowerPC Mac Stuff, a PowerPC Mac Mini would probably be more practical. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/taCI_F2O-D6bl_ …

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Re: 7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs

Posted on 2017-08-09, 21:09

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by zerker

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Ah. I realized why 7-Zip wanted to benchmark with an 8 MB dictionary size. My machine only has 192 MB of ram, and a 32 MB dictionary size benchmark takes 420 MB. The highest I can go is 12 MB, so let me know if you actually want that benchmark, or if you'd prefer to pass in order to keep the results …

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Re: 7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs

Posted on 2017-08-07, 18:33

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Well, both looked to be within the realm of error, but maybe I'll add them later. I did notice the compress speed for the existing PIII-450 is an abnormally low 0.5 (mine, for reference, was 349). Looks like entry error. However, 7zip defaulted me to running with 8 MB dictionary on Win 98 and I …

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Re: 7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs

Posted on 2017-08-07, 17:59

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Neat thread. I notice there's already an entry for two of my machines (i5-2500 and PIII-450), but I added two more: An i5-3450S I have in my media PC and... A Raspberry Pi 3. Yeah, wrong architecture, but it can still run 7zip, so it's fun to see the difference. I put the type as 'single board …

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Re: Struggling to get SB16 Emulation working with Audigy 2ZS in Win98

Posted on 2017-07-29, 11:24

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Okay, there is a lot of confusion in your post. I own any regularly use an AWE64, so I hope I can clear things up a bit. The AWEUTIL application has several modes of operation. I've captured the help text below for reference: AWEUTIL TSR Version 1.36 Copyright (c) Creative Technology Ltd, 1994-96. …

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Re: Struggling to get SB16 Emulation working with Audigy 2ZS in Win98

Posted on 2017-07-28, 23:06

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If your goal is Sound Blaster emulation under 98SE DOS I would suggest you consider a different motherboard with ISA slots and just get a Sound Blaster AWE64 ISA card instead. Even though it uses a DOS TSR it doesn't affect the compatibility and can run any DOS SB supported game. Technically, it …

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Re: Adventure gamer wanting a do-it-all PC

Posted on 2017-07-28, 21:13

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Although a little newer, I was thinking of the SB Audigy 2 ZS. Still OK? I'd recommend getting an ISA card instead of a PCI for much better DOS compatibility. PCI cards require drivers to operate in DOS mode; ISA cards can sometimes require a Plug-and-Play configuration tool, but otherwise work 'as …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2017-07-25, 22:54

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Thanks, RivaTuner got me the numbers. Edited my post accordingly.

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2017-07-24, 22:54

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So my Pentium III-450 just arrived, and I swapped out the Pentium II and re-benchmarked it on both my cards (and OSes). I also reformatted my results up to now to match the format on the first page. Here are the 3DFX results on both processors: 35.5 FPS, zerker, 3Dfx Voodoo III 2000 (4.12.01.0666) @ …

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Re: Unisys CWD4002-ZE Networking woes

Posted on 2017-07-21, 20:31

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by zerker

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Hrm, maybe I never turned it over. I'll check again when my sound card arrives and I open it up to install.

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Re: Unisys CWD4002-ZE Networking woes

Posted on 2017-07-20, 20:59

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Thanks! All hardware info tools I used just said IRQ 10 was unused (same with 11, 12, 13 and so forth), so I didn't have a real reason to try it right away. I now have mTCP's FTP server up and running, and it's great. I did a bit more searching and found a tiny bit more info on the machine on a …

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Unisys CWD4002-ZE Networking woes

Posted on 2017-07-19, 21:14

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by zerker

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Hello folks. So I recently caved in thanks to an LGR video and bought a Unisys CWD4002-ZE. It's arrived and I've got DOS and a few other things on it, but I'm having trouble getting the network interface going. I've read it has an NE2000-compatible network interface, so I downloaded the driver …

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