Re: US Navy Fighters '97 / Fighters Anthology music problem

Posted on 2018-04-09, 01:48

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by bellarmine

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Hello all, Thanks a bunch to poster Gerwin 's tip above, I have got the MIDI music WORKING for Jane's Fighter's Anthology ( FA ) AND USNF '97! :happy: This was tested in XP 32-bit on two computers . I have included all my background info below, but in a nut shell it is this: - Install either game ( …

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Re: Trying to find drivers for a Zenith Data Systems laptop

Posted on 2018-02-13, 06:16

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by bellarmine

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No Problem Sammy. Yes MP3's do chew up a lot of space...:o) Do keep in mind that if you have a spare 2.5" laptop drive up to 2.1GB lying around, you can drop it in without needing any software overlay, the laptop sees it natively. Also let me know if you need a 16MB memory module, I MAY have a spare …

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Re: Trying to find drivers for a Zenith Data Systems laptop

Posted on 2018-02-10, 04:21

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by bellarmine

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Congratulations Sammy! Glad to hear it. Hope you can get your SCSI CD-ROM working, then you'll be all set. Thanks a lot for the 16-bit color 3.11 drivers, I appreciate it! I tried them in 311 with an external monitor, but for some reason no joy above 256 colors. I only get 16bit color with an …

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Re: CD Music Cable to the Sound Card

Posted on 2018-02-09, 06:47

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by bellarmine

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Gahhhrrrlic, are you running win9x or win31? If the latter, does your cddrive work at all with data cds? ESS AudioRack CDplayer being grayed out in my experience, means than you don't have the DOS CD-ROM drivers loaded for win31 to see your drive (vide-cdd.sys & mscdexc.exe). Once you get AudioRack …

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Re: Strange problem...

Posted on 2018-02-09, 06:32

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by bellarmine

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Wow, that was a weird one! I would never have thought of that! For the device name I use ATAPI-CD, as sometimes I have SCSI cd drives, which I name SCSI-CD. One thing about oakcdrom.sys, it uses a HUGE chunk of conventional memory, talk about big. I found another cd-rom driver, vide-cdd.sys, and …

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Re: Trying to find drivers for a Zenith Data Systems laptop

Posted on 2018-02-05, 08:55

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by bellarmine

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi Sammy, Ok, a few quick notes before I go to bed: Here's a photo below of my Win98SE Device Manager. You're right, it doesn't show the Class IDs unfortunately. I've also included two archives, one of WD Win311 256color video drivers, and a small compilation of drivers, notes, and the Zenith System …

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Re: Trying to find drivers for a Zenith Data Systems laptop

Posted on 2018-02-03, 04:59

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by bellarmine

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Hi Sammy, You're welcome! Here are a few more random thoughts I have so far: I just found a FAQ on installing the sound drivers (1st link), also some specs and literature on the machine (2nd link scroll to bottom): http://www.noet.at/sss/zds/notebooks/43.htm http://www.noet.at/sss/zds/notebooks/ …

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Re: Trying to find drivers for a Zenith Data Systems laptop

Posted on 2018-02-01, 10:14

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by bellarmine

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Hi Sammy, got a bit of good news for you. I managed to get the sound working in plain-jane DOS! Here is some background: - These laptops have no MIDI / FM synth / OPL3, only digital sound support (16bit Stereo 44khz). - The Crystal "cs4231a.zip" driver "cyclone3d" provided from this link below, …

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Re: Trying to find drivers for a Zenith Data Systems laptop

Posted on 2018-01-27, 05:56

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by bellarmine

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That's great Sammy, I think you've told me something I was wondering about back then - the sound-chip number! I haven't opened mine up yet, so thanks for that! Try checking this out: http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?25588-Crystal-CS4231-Driver http://www.datasheetarchive.com/files/cirrus- …

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Re: Trying to find drivers for a Zenith Data Systems laptop

Posted on 2018-01-25, 08:55

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by bellarmine

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi there, boy does this bring back memories! About 10 years ago a friend gave me a one of these, a Zenith Z-NoteFlex just like yours with 486 DX2-50, DTSN screen (yours is TFT nice!), 4MB RAM and a (get ready) 50MB Connor hard drive (wooo!). I still have it, works great, and I did a bunch of …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player

Posted on 2017-02-14, 08:41

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by bellarmine

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Hi, Thanks for your feedback. You are not the first one who suggests this feature, but to tell you the truth it's not likely it will be implemented in the near future. I must say your skill DOES show, and you are the first who can come up with a plausible concept (I could .................... Hello …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player

Posted on 2017-01-25, 07:09

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by bellarmine

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Hello Zoltan, I've been a member of Vogons for a while now, and I also have been using your MIDIPlayer for many years, it is a great program! I've always been interested in MIDI since the mid 90's when I learned about it. I'm by no means an expert but I do know the general terms, and have many …

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Re: SimCity Enhanced CD-Rom Problems

Posted on 2016-04-29, 07:21

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by bellarmine

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bellarmine, if you're still around, I definitely want to know....... Hi BacchusPup, No problem, thanks for asking. I can see you've been taking a lot of flack about this, let me try and make everyone's life simpler. One good thing is at least I've seen what you've been up to, so I can see what …

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Re: AWE64 WaveSynth install workaround on slower PCs?

Posted on 2016-04-07, 08:02

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by bellarmine

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I agree Jesolo, it might not work perfect, but I would just lit to try out the Wave reverb feature. That might work all right. I wouldn't ask except according to the quotes at the top, it IS possible! Hope Stuvize sees this sometime, and maybe he can elaborate. Thanks for the help so far! Bellarmine

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Re: AWE64 WaveSynth install workaround on slower PCs?

Posted on 2016-04-01, 01:40

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by bellarmine

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Thanks for the reply zerker. Yes, that's right, I can still install all the other software. I'd just like to get the whole ball of wax, having used it on a PII. I agree about Software Wavetable leaving something to be desired in general, but the WaveSynth/WaveGuide also provides a unique feature - …

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AWE64 WaveSynth install workaround on slower PCs?

Posted on 2016-03-31, 07:54

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by bellarmine

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>>>>>>Re: SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold SPDIF Clarification? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=46059 Creative WaveSynth/WG wouldn't install on my machine because it wants a 90MHz Pentium minimum. Is there a work around then? My install disc does this too 90mhz for win 3.1 and 133mhz for win 9x, …

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Re: PCI Video card works in one PC, not in another

Posted on 2016-03-31, 07:50

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by bellarmine

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Hi Clueless, I've been there done that so many times, trying to stuff a brand new video card into an ancient system, lot of hair-pulling....:o) Is that TNT2 a dual output card? Also, how do you disable the onboard video, via jumper, BIOS, or auto? If the onboard video disables automatically, then as …

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Re: SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold SPDIF Clarification?

Posted on 2016-03-30, 08:33

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by bellarmine

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Creative WaveSynth/WG wouldn't install on my machine because it wants a 90MHz Pentium minimum. Is there a work around then? My install disc does this too 90mhz for win 3.1 and 133mhz for win 9x, download the sound blaster drivers collection archive from Vogons driver library it has a AWE64 install …

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Re: (SOLVED) Original SimCity and Terrain Editor (1989) drive letter problem

Posted on 2016-02-29, 02:42

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by bellarmine

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Thanks for answering all my questions Ripsaw, I appreciate it. I will check out those Copy patch files you gave me. Also, you gave me an idea about DosBox not exiting. I re-checked my shortcut command lines, and noticed I hadn't ordered the arguments exactly correctly. I fixed it and it now works …

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Re: (SOLVED) Original SimCity and Terrain Editor (1989) drive letter problem

Posted on 2016-02-24, 09:41

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by bellarmine

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

Hi Ripsaw, THANK YOU! That was a fast simple solution! You've explained a lot, I understand what's going on now, and your fix works perfectly. Now SimCity works just like the good old days, thanks a bunch! :happy: I see "DosBox author" under your avatar, thank you for making such a great utility for …

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