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Re: Win 3.1 (not the workgroup variety) and winsock explosion :)

Posted on 2021-09-11, 05:24

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Just an idea, but couldn't you set up your own proxy server that already does some of the more difficult tasks such as filtering out images? I can't imagine even simple sites* with huge (for the time) images will ever load properly in 16MB... A proxy might also be able to get around requirements …

Re: Power PC Mac, Classic OS 9 compatibility thread..

Posted on 2021-08-13, 17:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Extensions are a pain in the behind because the more different extensions there are installed the higher the chance of extensions being incompatible with each other. I would expected that extensions are not made by stupid people so they would be backwards compatible or there would be some fallback. …

Re: Power PC Mac, Classic OS 9 compatibility thread..

Posted on 2021-08-12, 05:33

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

From games perspective i would say, that game availability for PPC mac is quite good.. and in some cases it could be simpler run some game on it than lets say run Win 9x,XP games on Win 10, some ports are even better... So far it looks much smoother, there is no registry, too much drivers hassle, …

Re: Power PC Mac, Classic OS 9 compatibility thread..

Posted on 2021-08-12, 05:30

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

This is about Power Macs, i know how to run these games elsewhere, but its not point of this thread, it is run them on real Mac, sometimes have Mac ports even something special and better.. yeah usually are probably worse. PC games ported to Macs often are worse. The other way around though, and …

Re: Power PC Mac, Classic OS 9 compatibility thread..

Posted on 2021-08-11, 21:04

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Uh, go to the website, and have a look at the pages for all PowerMac models where the compatible Mac OS versions are listed?

Re: Power PC Mac, Classic OS 9 compatibility thread..

Posted on 2021-08-11, 09:44

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Try the everymac.com site. It has exactly this information for all Macs ever produced.

Re: Dos / Windows Drivers for LT430TX with soldered-on-motherboard ATI rage II 264GT ?

Posted on 2021-08-11, 09:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For the video, usually systems of this vintage just use the PCI bus internally for the connection between the integrated video card and the rest of the motherboard. So normally regular drivers ought to work.

Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)

Posted on 2021-08-04, 18:24

in Milliways

in Milliways

SimKity, in which you nurture your kity from a baby kity into a megakity, and if you play long enough and build enough arcolitteries they blast off into space at one point.

Re: [Advice needed] Yamaha MU50 and "illegal data"

Posted on 2021-08-04, 18:13

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

It happens as soon as I power on the PC when plugged into the gameport. I have tested my MU90 with a USB MIDI cable in Windows XP on the same machine and it works fine...I may have stumbled upon a solution, though. If I unplug the MIDI out cable from the MU90 it seems to work. I also disassembled …

Re: Weird Win98 BSOD during install

Posted on 2021-08-02, 17:02

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Dead or dying CMOS battery? A low voltage there may cause strange behaviour...

Re: Older keyboards for general midi output, in general? & Yamaha PSS in particular?

Posted on 2021-08-02, 15:23

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Any keyboard with the General MIDI logo and MIDI in (or a serial computer interface + the adequate driver) will work for playing back General MIDI. However, in the case of the Yamaha FM keyboards with MIDI in that won't work, as their MIDI implementation indeed usually does not match with whatever …

Re: [Advice needed] Yamaha MU50 and "illegal data"

Posted on 2021-08-02, 15:08

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

It happens as soon as I power on the PC when plugged into the gameport. I have tested my MU90 with a USB MIDI cable in Windows XP on the same machine and it works fine...I may have stumbled upon a solution, though. If I unplug the MIDI out cable from the MU90 it seems to work. I also disassembled …

Re: Can anybody diagnose this behavior?

Posted on 2021-07-23, 05:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

open trace = no or intermittent connection plus you can Google things if you don't know what they mean...

Re: Leak of Windows 11

Posted on 2021-06-22, 20:24

in Milliways

in Milliways

Windows is getting heavier day by days. In gaming sessions it automatically takes up 1gb of vram for itself and 3gb in no load. Windows XP was the last time Windows was "properly optimized". I would say even Android or Linux or iOS is better 'always connected' and 'live' device than Windows Vista …

Re: Yamaha MU2000EX

Posted on 2021-06-22, 20:04

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Be very careful with the update procedure. I was very happy to discover my MU128 already had the V2 OS, because upgrading the OS has the risk of bricking the unit if: - there is a power failure - any of the transfers fail - you make a mistake with the order of the files or do anything else not …

Re: I'd like to introduce my new computer buddy.

Posted on 2021-06-15, 05:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ooh, this is not the XPC thread?

Re: Wiepout xl complains that "needs an accellerated video card", but there are 2 of them in my system

Posted on 2021-06-13, 16:28

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Also, it could be one of those games that needs a specific DirectX version and that will fail to work if you use the wrong one.

Re: Roland SC-55 MK2 screws

Posted on 2021-06-10, 20:18

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

B-Tight likely means self-tapping.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-10, 20:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Salient wrote on 2021-06-10, 07:08: Bancho wrote on 2021-06-09, 21:17: Added a Yamaha MU50 to the Midi Stack I see a GMega LX in your MIDI stack. Never seen one of those. I guess the sounds are exactly the same as in the normal GMega? AFAIK it lacks the GMega's programmability. Basically a preset, …

Re: Roland SC-55 MK2 screws

Posted on 2021-06-09, 19:56

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The service manual might show the screw sizes.

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