Re: Windows 3.11 driver for ESS Audiodrive

Posted on 2024-03-01, 22:35

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by anetanel

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I just had the same issue, and I was about to ask if you found a solution, when I managed to make it work :) I believe the issue was that I had several unformatted logical partitions on the drive (sd card). Once I removed them, and had only 2 formatted partitions, the installation worked. I also …

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Re: Replacement for a non standard PSU

Posted on 2023-12-03, 09:40

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by anetanel

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An Amiga A500/A1200 power supply =) Just change the cable to suit the DIN-5 pinout... Thanks!! I just came up with the same idea :) Which got me to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyv80or8nxs, in which he is using a "Mean Well RT-65B" PSU. I'll need to see which is simpler (and cheaper …

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Replacement for a non standard PSU

Posted on 2023-12-03, 09:19

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by anetanel

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I got my hands on a neat Random Technology KC-216 PC. I played with it a bit, and it has some issues, but in general it worked ok-ish. It uses a unique external PSU, with a DIN-5 plug that provides +12v, -12v and +5v. This morning I tried turning the PSU on but it did not work anymore. I opened it …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2023-07-01, 17:58

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by anetanel

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The Wikipedia page for " FX Fighter " says that "OEM versions of this title have support for 3D acceleration, bundled with 3D graphics accelerator cards such as the Diamond Monster 3D." I saw this quoted on other sites, such as Moby Games as well. Is it true? Following the citation leads to a press …

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Re: Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy

Posted on 2023-06-13, 20:58

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by anetanel

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I can't flash a new BIOS right now... The current chip is a 28 pin HN482764G-3 that is glued to some 24 pin adapter. I'm not able to break the bond, and I have no idea how to flash such chip in its current condition. I ran the flashfloppy io-test firmware, and discovered that pin 32 (Side/Head …

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Re: Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy

Posted on 2023-06-13, 20:21

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by anetanel

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Hello, I think you need more of an XT-CF-Lite v.2 or something like that for the 5150. I actually have one installed. I was able to install dos from the real floppy drive. But a gotek would be nice too, in case i was not able to find real floppy media. I saw videos of people using it in a 5150, so …

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Re: Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy

Posted on 2023-06-13, 17:36

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by anetanel

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I can't flash a new BIOS right now... The current chip is a 28 pin HN482764G-3 that is glued to some 24 pin adapter. I'm not able to break the bond, and I have no idea how to flash such chip in its current condition. I ran the flashfloppy io-test firmware, and discovered that pin 32 (Side/Head …

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Re: Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy

Posted on 2023-06-04, 14:37

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by anetanel

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waterbeesje wrote on 2023-06-04, 14:33: Did you: - use a cable with the twist, and set the drive for ds1 - use a cable without twist, and set the drive for ds0 […] Show full quote Did you: - use a cable with the twist, and set the drive for ds1 - use a cable without twist, and set the drive for ds0 …

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Re: Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy

Posted on 2023-06-04, 14:13

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by anetanel

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Jo22 wrote on 2023-06-04, 13:55: anetanel wrote on 2023-06-04, 12:37: I'm out of ideas... Help? 😀 2M-XBIOS? Good luck. 🙂🤞 Correct me if I'm wrong, but this will not help with booting from the gotek, right? It seems that it needs a driver to run.

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Unable to boot IBM PC (5150) with a Gotek emulator and FlashFloppy

Posted on 2023-06-04, 12:37

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by anetanel

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I'm trying to boot my IBM 5150 from a Gotek emulator, running the latest FlashFloppy firmware (3.39). The gotek drive appears to be detected on boot (no errors), and there is a short seek, but then the PC goes to basic instead of booting. The oled display shows that the drive quickly seeks up to …

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Re: Help identifying an ISA TV Card

Posted on 2023-05-07, 12:19

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by anetanel

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Re: Help identifying an ISA TV Card

Posted on 2023-05-07, 12:18

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by anetanel

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OK, this is hilarious. I rummaged through my shelves and found a TV Card in a box, and.. it is the same card that I was looking for information for! I had another one all that time, complete in box with the manual, remote and all the cables :face_palm_tone1: I'm attaching the manual and some photos …

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Re: Help identifying an ISA TV Card

Posted on 2023-04-21, 06:10

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by anetanel

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jmarsh wrote on 2023-04-20, 20:13: Strange, it looks like it's connected to the MEMR and MEMW lines on the bus but that doesn't make much sense when it's not connected to any of the address or data lines. Ummm As far as I can tell, the connected pins are B1, B3, B7, B9, B10, B29, B31, D16, D18. All …

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Re: Help identifying an ISA TV Card

Posted on 2023-04-20, 19:17

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by anetanel

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Thanks. Eventualy I found the fcc "report" for this device, and found out too that it was made by Proview. Sadly there is no substantial information in the fcc site. Unlike other products where I could find pictures or even schematics. The trail went cold again 😝

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Help identifying an ISA TV Card

Posted on 2023-04-20, 15:11

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by anetanel

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I got an ISA TV Card, and I'm unable to find any documentation for it. It seems like a passive card, meaning that it gets only power from the ISA slot. It has VGA pass-through connectors, which works. I guess that it is operated by some kind of IR remote that will switch it from "Computer Mode" to " …

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Re: Prince of Persia 2 won't run on MS-DOS 6.22

Posted on 2023-04-15, 14:02

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by anetanel

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SOLVED! The issue was the FILES variable in config.sys. The default value in DOS 6.22 is 8, which is not enough. https://hwiegman.home.xs4all.nl/msdos2/index.html I had this value hard coded in my config.sys by Memmaker.... this is why there was no difference between booting "clean" and booting with …

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Re: Prince of Persia 2 won't run on MS-DOS 6.22

Posted on 2023-04-15, 09:34

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by anetanel

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The plot thickens. I'm able to play the game in Windows 3.11.... This is what I've done: Boot to DOS, and the game does not run, as usual. Without rebooting I start Windows by running win /n (to avoid initializing the network stuff). Now the game runs! Either from a dos prompt within Windows, or by …

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Re: Prince of Persia 2 won't run on MS-DOS 6.22

Posted on 2023-04-15, 00:40

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by anetanel

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Hm, strange. Maybe something is mixed up with the FAT? CHKDSK /F or SCANDISK /ALL /AUTOFIX can help. Running DEFRAG might also cause the file to be freshly rewritten. What FreeDOS and DOS 7 have in common is that they know about LBA, and newer partition types. These are some ideas merely, of course …

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Prince of Persia 2 won't run on MS-DOS 6.22

Posted on 2023-04-14, 23:18

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by anetanel

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I'm trying to run Prince Of Persia 2: The Shadow And The Flame on my 486 (MSI MS-4132), running MS-DOS 6.22, and I'm getting an error: Couldn't find resource file "NISIBM.DAT" (the file name changes if I setup a sound card) Of course the file is there in the same folder with the executable. I tried …

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Re: Lion King does not play stereo on SB16

Posted on 2023-04-14, 09:32

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by anetanel

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Probably the same issue as with Aladdin. See here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=71940 Cloudschatze made a fix for that game, so I imagine it might be possible to do something similar for Lion King as well. Thanks :) I found that thread too, and indeed used the modified cfg file ( …

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