I recently found a way to fix the long menu loading times when running Battlecruiser 3000AD in DOSBox. I saw some past threads about this problem, but no solutions, so I decided to share my fix here. First you need to use a virtual machine to run the installer and apply the patch below: https://www. …

Ok, so after a few days of messing around with the settings I was finally able to find the best setting for the sound card. The trick seems to be to ignore the DOS configuration SETUPSA.exe and edit the .INI directly. The configuration that was assigned automatically by the utility was awful. I …

The Compaq Business audio works fine when I enable it in BIOs, but it only supports FM Synthesis. I'm trying to get the the Yamaha YMF719E-S card to work. All I could find regarding the jumpers was that JP1 is the internal amplifier, but I have no idea what the other ones do and if I need to set …

Ok so I've installed the hard drive and have installed DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11. Everything seems to be working fine, but I'm have troubles setting up the YMF-719E-S ISA sound card. I downloaded the drivers for Windows 3.1x which comes with both the DOS and windows setup utility. I turned off …

Quick question, I'm trying to install the Yamaha ISA card, but I can't seem to get it in the slot completely . I've tried to force it in but I'm worried about breaking the card. From what I understand the gold connector area should be completely in the slot right? I've tried the other slots as well …

Sorry I haven't posted in a while I've been busy the past few days working on a research paper for a class. I bought a Labway A151-A00 Yamaha audio ISA card based on YMF719E-S, it was the cheapest option. I also got a brand new seagate 160gb hard drive. Last I turned on the computer (a couple of …

I was testing some Overlay software just to see if it would boot and later in the day after I turned it on again to test another boot disk and then the hard drive started working again. I doubt it will last long, so I took the time to backup the BIOs using the BIOs utility. I found a 160gb IDE hard …

Hey, I had one of these Deskpro's, too! Please, don't forget to make a backup of that setup interface! It's stored on a hidden partition on the original hdd. Somewhere in that BIOS utility is an option to create a backup. You'll need 2 to 4 blank diskettes for this.. Unfortunately I didn't realize …

So I was looking at eBay and found some 850mb hard drives for a decent price, they are used, but at least I won't need to worry about BIOs incompatibilities. Is there any particular brand that's better, like Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital, Conner, Quantum?

So I opened up the computer today and cleaned it out, the power and IDE cables appeared to be in good condition. After I put it back together I booted it up and the hard drive still wouldn't work. I could hear it spinning while it was trying to boot, so I know now the hard drive needs to be replaced …

Well bad news the hard drive just crashed. I went to turn it on today and got a "Disk Read Error I/O." I used a boot disk and it wouldn't even detect the hard drive. It could just be that the inside of the computer is very dirty or something came loose, but the hard drive is about 20 years old.

Edit: That picture's cool; is that really Windows 95? I've noticed it's possible to install it with the Windows 3.1 interface... That's the Computer setup interface, which I'm sure is based off of Windows 3.1. When you turn on the computer it gives you the option to boot into the computer setup or …

Thanks for the replies, I'm thinking about going the route brostenen suggested with the Dreamblaster S1. I've been looking at Yamaha YMF7xx ISA cards as an alternative to SB16/AWE64. From what I've researched they have OPL3, but do they have general SB Pro support as well and is it good? If not I …

Hello all, I've frequented this forum for quite sometime now and it has helped me out countless times. I've never really had a reason to post anything until now, as I could usually find an answer to whatever either on this forum or somewhere else. My grandfather gave me his old 486 Compaq Deskpro XE …