Re: i just bought a ISA motherboard

Posted on 2016-10-20, 19:41

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by beastlike

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Based on this post http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32411 I decided to start looking into the Crystal CS4236, found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6IITanvS6Y and some others and was sold. Listen to that nasty FM GROWL. Love it. I purchased a CS4236B-KQ and have been very happy with …

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Re: DosBox with old hardware - closer to the real thing?

Posted on 2016-10-20, 13:55

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by beastlike

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in DOSBox General

one guy even wrote about the "reverb" of the PC speaker in the computer housing :-) That's pretty cool. Can you link that thread? Does Dosbox have access to the PC speaker, or would it be emulated thru the soundcard? Also been wondering about this. Let me know if you find anything. DOSBox emulates …

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Re: Old laptops 386, 486, P1, P3 - all with DOS audio and good specs

Posted on 2016-10-20, 13:33

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by beastlike

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Nice little collection ! I began to collect Vintage Computers, when I rescued a 486 Compaq from trash...) It was in 2006 - but now I have desktops and servers as well as laptops) But, yes, laptops are easyer to store, than "big computers") omg the keyboard on that thing is awesome. they just don't …

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Re: I'm searching for a DOS program that would allow me to use my PS/2 like a MIDI sound module

Posted on 2016-10-20, 03:20

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by beastlike

in DOS

in DOS

Are you looking for something like this? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=49833 Also not sure what you mean with the ps/2, but if you're looking to plug a midi controller into your computer, you're better off using the joystick port, with a joystick to midi adapter http://www.songstuff.com/ …

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Re: Old laptops with good specs

Posted on 2016-10-19, 01:15

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by beastlike

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

LOVE it.

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Re: Stuck on Scandisk Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2016-10-19, 01:04

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by beastlike

in DOS

in DOS

Yes. Just tried that, I can get into DOS.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2016-10-19, 00:50

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by beastlike

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in Milliways

VileRancour wrote: Hunchback: Borland EGAVGA.BGI Edition 😜 Lol I miss BGI

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Stuck on Scandisk Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2016-10-19, 00:48

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by beastlike

in DOS

in DOS

AMD K-2 @ 150mhz, 192mb of ram, Windows 98 SSE Western Digital WD 313600 13.6 GB Could've sworn I shut this thing down right every time :) Stuck on Microsoft Scandisk screen. Scrollbar is just a skinny cyan line, no movement. https://i.imgsafe.org/6c2c4bef45.png Can't hit escape, x, ctrl+c Numlock …

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Re: Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?

Posted on 2016-10-17, 17:12

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by beastlike

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in Milliways

This is guaranteed to work. Put together an authentic 90's DOS gaming rig with a nice beige box, OPL2(+) ISA card, 486/MMX, Voodoo graphics, USB PCI card, and a 5.25 floppy drive. The 5.25 drive is critical. Do NOT skip this step. Yes, include a 3.5 as well. Include a period-accurate 5-Pin DIN …

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Did the original Quake have additional graphics settings like antialiasing / anisotropic filtering

Posted on 2016-10-17, 14:14

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by beastlike

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in DOS

Does anyone know if the original Quake had additional graphics settings like antialiasing / anisotropic filtering? Depending on the machine, I'm able to get pretty decent resolutions - 800x600 on my p4 rig, 512x400 (or something like that) on my MMX rig, but there's not much in the ways of shadows …

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Re: got a gateway

Posted on 2016-10-09, 01:30

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by beastlike

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Love it!

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Re: Anyone familiar with Epiphany web browser?

Posted on 2016-10-07, 12:25

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by beastlike

in Milliways

in Milliways

Also, it's nice of firefox to respect your privacy, but when firefox is one out of 10,000 entities that sees your web traffic in a given day, what good does that really do?

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Re: Anyone familiar with Epiphany web browser?

Posted on 2016-10-07, 11:43

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by beastlike

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I really like using a hosts file, because it fundamentally blocks all connections to the known creepy trackers. There are lists that are updated weekly, with thousands and thousands of known addresses. I like seeing ghostery report 0 trackers, knowing that the hosts file prevented the connection in …

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Re: Top private browsers

Posted on 2016-10-07, 11:32

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by beastlike

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Hi computergeek92, please see my comment in your epiphany post for some private browsing info.

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Re: Anyone familiar with Epiphany web browser?

Posted on 2016-10-07, 11:17

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by beastlike

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Nor sure what kind of privacy you're looking for, Private browsing in Firefox or chrome just kinda doesn't save history or cached images, (private from mom) A step up is a hosts file (or in Linux, ip tables) and some chrome plug-ins like ghostery, adblock plus. Add tamper-monkey for those annoying …

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Front-end game loader UI like D-FEND Reloaded, but for DOS?

Posted on 2016-10-06, 20:59

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by beastlike

in DOS

in DOS

Does anyone know of or recommend a game loader - with the same functionality as D-FEND Reloaded, but that actually runs inside DOS? Thanks!

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Re: The Roland SC-55 takes on Techno...

Posted on 2016-10-06, 20:43

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by beastlike

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Awesome! What cc# is used to modulate the resonance on some of those bass sounds? is that mod-wheel?

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Re: Corrupt VGA Graphics, Please Help Me

Posted on 2016-10-06, 14:56

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by beastlike

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

Also, if you've got a floppy drive, you could create an MS-DOS startup disk right from XP, put your program on that disk. Boot right up and try your application there.

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Re: Corrupt VGA Graphics, Please Help Me

Posted on 2016-10-06, 13:13

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by beastlike

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

Cool looking application! ripsaw8080's suggestion is a good one, but if you just want to quickly check that card's ability to get into mode 12h, you might try loading freedos onto the machine. It should run QB, and then your application can get you into mode 12h. That way you take out all the …

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Re: WTF?... modern eBay sellers!

Posted on 2016-10-05, 18:01

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by beastlike

in Milliways

in Milliways

It is a binding agreement. That price should have been honored. You could report it, but only like you said, if you cared enough to bother.

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