Re: Help installing Win98SE on Thin PC without CDROM

Posted on 2021-07-15, 11:58

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by matcarfer

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It got a little complicated as the drive is a 44 Pin DOM module, so I couldnt take it out. What I did was: -Boot from original bootdisk with an USB Floppy Drive (thanks god I had this) -Fdisk>Format /s -Booted from FreeDOS pendrive, copied Win98SE folder -Booted from internal HD, started installing. …

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Help installing Win98SE on Thin PC without CDROM

Posted on 2021-07-15, 00:44

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by matcarfer

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Hey guys, I have forgotten how to do it. I want to install WIn98SE on a HP Thin Client t5530 with 1GB IDE drive. I can't figure how to install Win98SE. I tried a USB CDRom but of course it isnt detected. Please help! Have no problems booting and installing FreeDOS using a pendrive but its no good …

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Re: VIASBCFG - VIA SBPro configuration tool for VIA VT8231 & VT82C686/A/B chipsets (v0.12d)

Posted on 2021-05-19, 13:30

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by matcarfer

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I have the Termtek TK-3550 thin client, which is listed on the "Thin clients with SB Pro emulation" spreadsheet posted in this forum. The spreadsheet says it is SB Pro compatible with Emulation Via 82T686B. I have read the posts here, but I am still confused. Can someone please explain to me how do …

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Re: Aladdin (DOS) music - SB16 vs. SBPro vs. WSS

Posted on 2021-05-17, 01:28

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by matcarfer

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Interesting thread I must say. I recently played Aladdin on Genesis and sounded not that great, and always wondered how good could sound with differents Sound Cards, and never EVER head WSS with Aladdin till now, and man, it sounds fantastic. Guys, thanks for the audio uploads.

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2021-04-30, 01:51

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by matcarfer

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Hi! I've been out of home for a long time and missed a lot of messages here. Even though I have not enough time to answer them all, I'll try to summarize with some general responses and will give some little news too. First, about a new UNISOUND version: Next days I'll release a small bugfix and …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75b

Posted on 2020-07-23, 18:29

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by matcarfer

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Update time! :) A lot of bugfixes and some new features this time. Tool updated to v0.75b Changelog: Added new eXtended command line options for special features or cards. The format will be /Xxxx , xxx depends on the card and/or special setting. Added new eXtended option (/XXF) to force detection …

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Found 3 new old joysticks, need game recomendations!

Posted on 2020-06-27, 02:30

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by matcarfer

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Hey guys! I just found 3 new old joysticks, unopened, for very little money! Can you recommend some games for them? Here are the pics! Joystick Maxxtro Tigon JSK210 (4 buttons) Joystick Genius J-08 (2 buttons) Joystick QuickShot Skyhawk (2 buttons) Also, how can you connect and use 2 or more at the …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.72c

Posted on 2020-06-23, 03:21

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by matcarfer

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@JazeFox Ok, I tested a new batch of cards: -ALS120, ES1868F and proper OPTi 82C931 (with a 14.318 Mhz crystal oscillator), all worked great . I had problems with 2 cards, both with Crystal CX4235-XQ3 chip. -1st one (generic) appears to be non-pnp so I cant seem to initialize it with Unisound -2nd …

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Re: All the truth about FM in ALS100 Plus+ cards (includes facts, tech info and tests)

Posted on 2020-06-22, 14:40

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by matcarfer

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Wow this is a great post. Thanks man, really interesting!

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.72c

Posted on 2020-06-21, 14:48

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by matcarfer

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Do you plan on adding support for the OPTi 82c929a chipset in the future? This is actually one of the good OPTi chipsets. It should also be well documented - the source code for new drivers is available here: https://github.com/JKnipperts/OPTi82c929_Driver I already contacted JazeFox for this (I …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.72c

Posted on 2020-06-16, 14:03

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by matcarfer

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P3 866 + Soyo SY-7VBA133 + 512 (I know, too fast) OPTi 82C931 ExpertColor MED3931 Yes, that's the problem. In my Celeron 566 system with similar VIA chipset board, these OPTi cards without proper oscillator behave the same. You can solve it if you have some soldering skills: For MED3931 card: 1- …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.72c

Posted on 2020-06-16, 02:21

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by matcarfer

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First of all, what are you system specs? (the machine where you are testing the cards on). P3 866 + Soyo SY-7VBA133 + 512 (I know, too fast) I attached OPTi 82C931 ExpertColor MED3931 dump if you see something worng (maybe my cpu is too fast but its the only card so far that has music problems on …

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Re: Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.71c (UNISOUND)

Posted on 2020-06-15, 04:57

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by matcarfer

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I currently got the following ISA cards, but no drivers (I can search the web and download them if needed). What is required from me to you to support them in Unisound? Diamond DT-0196H TRONTEC MF-009 J98MF-009 DT96H-IS A1 JAZZ MVD1216B Media Vision JAZZ16 IXW-JAZZ16 OPTi 82C929A Media Chips PRO16 …

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Re: Socket 754 chipset/motherboard recomendations for Win98SE

Posted on 2020-06-12, 13:04

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by matcarfer

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Definitely go with VIA. K8T800/K8M800 are rock solid and has much better DOS compatibility with PCI cards. Well I'm glad I asked cause I didn't knew that. Both VIA and nVidia have their chipset issues. As already mentioned, VIA has better DOS compatibility for sound cards. On the other hand it …

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Socket 754 chipset/motherboard recomendations for Win98SE

Posted on 2020-06-12, 03:03

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by matcarfer

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Hey guys, I'm trying to build a really fast (but compatible with official drivers) Socket 754 with Win98SE support. Here are my current motherboards: ASUS K8N REV 1.01 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ECS 755-A2 (V1.0) SiS 755 / SiS 964 Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M REV 2.0 VIA K8M80 / VIA 8237R ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 VIA …

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Re: Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.71c (UNISOUND)

Posted on 2020-06-08, 23:54

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by matcarfer

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And about Unisound progress, a new version will be ready in the next few days with bugfixes and some additions. This is great! I currently got the following ISA cards, but no drivers (I can search the web and download them if needed). What is required from me to you to support them in Unisound? …

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Re: Found a lot of obscure ISA cards, help please

Posted on 2020-06-08, 12:20

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by matcarfer

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Diamond DT-0196H TRONTEC MF-009 J98MF-009 DT96H-IS A1 This is a Sound Blaster 16 clone if I'm not mistaken, based on an Advance Logic chip. Yep, looks like they both are. The older Diamond uses a relabeled ALS100 (the discrete OPL3 clone next to it is a dead giveaway), the newer one either an …

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Re: Found a lot of obscure ISA cards, help please

Posted on 2020-06-08, 04:41

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by matcarfer

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Phil has a review of the Opti 929A on his channel and I posted my impressions of the Opti 930 (which is very similar) in this thread . Those cards have good SBPro compatibility and an excellent sounding WSS mode for 16-bit sound. They either come with genuine OPL3 chips or with perfect 1:1 copies …

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Re: Found a lot of obscure ISA cards, help please

Posted on 2020-06-08, 03:53

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by matcarfer

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kolderman wrote on 2020-06-08, 03:48: They are not obscure, most are quite good and well known ISA cards. Nothing super special but good nonetheless. Ok. I say obscure because I cannot find much info on the web. Could you tell me if any is good for MSDOS gaming? Which are the better ones and which …

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Re: Found a lot of obscure ISA cards, help please

Posted on 2020-06-08, 03:45

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by matcarfer

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Yamaha ones

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