Re: Video bios(vBIOS) rom size research project for pure DOS, because there is smaller better.. Add our info.

Posted on 2018-11-11, 11:37

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

Falcosoft , yes, sorry, i read not all posts. :) but... in ur upload, i see only ONE normal x86 vbios, at 800-fbff. and its look not as packed... also there is NO dos fonts. second block at fc00-223ff look as packed... or as non-x86 device code. strange. i more like see dual legacy and uefi/gop …

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Re: Video bios(vBIOS) rom size research project for pure DOS, because there is smaller better.. Add our info.

Posted on 2018-11-10, 07:31

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

We have first result which shows that card manufactor actually matters, my Microstrat Geforce 7600 GT reports Vbios size 59KB, Falcosofts Inno3D only 55 KB. My cards its PCI-E with 2x DVI + S-Video, maybe it matters too. it is NOT real size. GF 6xxx+ series vbios TOO BIG, he even have packed fonts …

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Radeon X600, Win 98SE and D3D...

Posted on 2018-11-07, 14:03

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

here is anyone have any radeon X600/300/550 for some test? may be even other Xxxx or X1xxx card also have this problem... i found that Catalyst 6.2 under 98SE (may be also other 9x) have issue with these cards - any using D3D acceleration will halting app and often OS. even just DXDiag D3D test will …

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Re: Cheap FX 5200 Ultra? Flash Apple to PC?

Posted on 2018-11-02, 07:20

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

u can try insert agp pro card into agp slot - pro version just have little more power contacts...

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Re: Video bios(vBIOS) rom size research project for pure DOS, because there is smaller better.. Add our info.

Posted on 2018-10-31, 06:46

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by MERCURY127

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

- peek.com - resident base memory viewer; - Norton Disk Editor - can view/edit base memory. diskedit /g0 (or de /g0). /g0 disable graphic mouse cursor in Norton Utiliities; - BD/PATCH Release 1.0 - rare, lost in time tool... patch mem:{BASE|286|386} - view/edit first 1M/16M/4G.

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Re: Video bios(vBIOS) rom size research project for pure DOS, because there is smaller better.. Add our info.

Posted on 2018-10-30, 06:42

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by MERCURY127

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

just seek any hex memory viewer at C000:0000. vbios is ordinal addon rom. first three bytes is 55 aa xx, where: 55 aa - signature, xx - one byte of addon rom SIZE, size = xxh * 512 byte (up to 128 KiB). for sample, byte 68 mean size = D000h = 53248 bytes. its meanuing, that vbios occupied addresses …

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Re: Windows 98/DOS and widescreen monitors?

Posted on 2018-10-27, 10:30

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

my monitor have these option (aspect) in OSD, but its not selectable whne it most need (320x200 and 720x400 issue). so "some 16:10/16:9 widescreen monitors that have dedicated button/setting" is not GENERIC monitor. and no warranty that "some monitor" have better quality imgae then generic... In …

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Re: Windows 98/DOS and widescreen monitors?

Posted on 2018-10-26, 12:51

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

Is there any way to force display output in Windows 98 and/or DOS not to stretch/scale/change aspect ratio when connecting a widescreen monitor no. or do you just have to get a monitor with a standard aspect ratio (i.e. 4:3 or the 5:4 with some flat panels)? yes. just buy old square 4:3 monitor. …

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Re: vga/ega/cga (or other video) registers interactive changer/tweaker

Posted on 2018-10-25, 11:14

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

yes, thanks 😀 it is close what i want! i now tried this program. unfortunatelly, this is no big help for my problem... 🙁 all vga resolutions is anyway showed as stretched 16:10. think, my need investigate some other registers or memory areas, which is special for my IHD 4000.

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vga/ega/cga (or other video) registers interactive changer/tweaker

Posted on 2018-10-24, 15:18

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

i have 1920x1200 lcd monitor (multiple inputs, DSUB +DVI +DP), which is not always select properly aspect, and also not always allow manual selection for this. also i use now integrated video in i7 3770 cpu, what for me enough. for sample, it often select properly aspect on DSUB input, except …

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Re: BIOS Extensions assembly x86

Posted on 2018-09-27, 07:36

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by MERCURY127

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Write string (EGA+, meaning PC AT minimum) AH=13h AL = Write mode, BH = Page Number, BL = Color, CX = String length, DH = Row, DL = Column, ES:BP = Offset of string

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Re: Oldest Win7, Newest Win98 hardware?

Posted on 2018-09-02, 07:11

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

>>> Amazed it even booted let alone allow let me to log in with a machine so far removed from what is considered min spec for this OS. I try boot Win7 Memtest module on P3 via PXE. its work Ok, but i can not find way to look test results 🤣

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Re: Oldest Win7, Newest Win98 hardware?

Posted on 2018-09-02, 07:06

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by MERCURY127

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

>>> Win 3.1 on an i7!? yes. >>> That would mean DOS 6.22 also, right? no, me want not make fat16 part on my big sata hdd, so i just used existed fat32 part... >>> Suddenly I'm having dreams of a DOS / WFW 3.11 machine on an i7. there was even LESS problems, than with 9x... NO normal svga drivers, NO …

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Re: Oldest Win7, Newest Win98 hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-31, 16:43

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I use 98 on i7 to 3770 and my friend use 98 on xeon skylake server mobo. What work: only one core at nominal frequency, no turbos; memory - up to 3.5 gbytes; video - vbemp only; usb - 2.0 only; network - yes, here is some internet... disks subsystem - work very good, with dma even in ahci mode :) …

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Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright

Posted on 2018-07-11, 07:57

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by MERCURY127

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i think, yes.

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Re: DOS games run too fast - Especially - The Oregon Trail. Even messes up sound! Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2018-07-08, 06:56

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

SETMUL SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6+7+8 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86

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Re: SiS Xabre Transparency and Wireframe drivers

Posted on 2018-07-07, 17:57

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

I think, its can help enable Eagle-Eye. if no - sorry 😀 i cant check it - i havent sis vc.

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Re: SiS Xabre Transparency and Wireframe drivers

Posted on 2018-07-07, 07:58

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by MERCURY127

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in Marvin \ Video

Try set option 3dSeeThrough=1 instead default 3dSeeThrough=0 in setup.ini file in usual Xabre driver folder before driver install.

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Re: 8086 clones with more than 1MiB of addressable RAM ?

Posted on 2018-01-17, 12:32

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by MERCURY127

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1810VM86 is just clone of 8086. look: http://i64.tinypic.com/nb53ph.png here is NO pins for A20+ lines...

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Re: MELTDOWN and SPECTRE vulnerabilities and older hardware?

Posted on 2018-01-16, 14:36

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by MERCURY127

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, i too think now so... But soon i make own p-mmx build, and then we can verify this tests. I right think?

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