Re: Getting the Roland UM-1EX USB-to-MIDI Adapter Working with DOS Games under 98SE - Possible?

Posted on 2022-01-22, 13:31

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I mean, I do have a Gameport-to-MIDI adapter. That's how I was able to use the SC-88 with my Pentium 1 DOS 6.22 machine. Hopefully with some command prompt shortcut tweaks I can get SoftMPU to work if I want to go that route. I could also use my XP machine and VDMSound, or just go ahead and use …

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Re: Getting the Roland UM-1EX USB-to-MIDI Adapter Working with DOS Games under 98SE - Possible?

Posted on 2022-01-22, 06:05

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If you're willing to use an NT-based Windows version, you could try VDMSound, which emulates an MPU-401 interface for DOS games and allows you to map Windows MIDI devices to it. I don't have any actual experience with it myself, though. I had read that the DOS environment is separate from that of …

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Getting the Roland UM-1EX USB-to-MIDI Adapter Working with DOS Games under 98SE - Possible?

Posted on 2022-01-21, 19:55

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The title says it all. I bought a Roland UM-1EX (since it's old enough to have 9x drivers) to use with my 98SE rig in the hopes of being able to play MIDI music on my SC-88 from DOS games running in the command prompt. Problem is, even when I tell the games (Doom in this case) what IRQs and such to …

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Re: Anyone Using a SB Audigy under 98SE with DX7 Just Fine?

Posted on 2021-08-21, 01:54

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zyga64 wrote on 2021-08-20, 21:32: You can use program like DirectX Eradicator to completely remove DirectX from computer and install earlier version. https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-uninstall- … pair-directx/2/ Neat, although... not ideal.

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Re: Anyone Using a SB Audigy under 98SE with DX7 Just Fine?

Posted on 2021-08-20, 21:06

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In my experience installing newer DX runtimes normally should not affect the older DX runtimes since each version of DX since 7 has separate DLLs. Most people get confused around this since there are even software using DX8 that works with hardware that doesn't support the newer features introduced …

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Anyone Using a SB Audigy under 98SE with DX7 Just Fine?

Posted on 2021-08-20, 20:31

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I've been playing around with the sound setup in my P3-S machine (the original SB Live! in the system worked fine, no issues; I just tried using a Aureal Vortex 2 SuperQuad, gave me a lot of issues), and now my attention is turned to the SB Audigy (I still want some DOS game support for this system …

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Best 9x Glide Wrappers with Minimal Latency Penalty and Great Compatability

Posted on 2021-08-20, 07:37

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Hello, I'm thinking about possibly moving away from my Voodoo5 in my 1.4Ghz Tualatin rig towards perhaps a more powerful GeForce2 or 4 card, and am concerned about missing out on native Glide compatibility with the V5, specifically Windows 9x titles. Now, from experience, I have noticed that, at …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-07-19, 23:18

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That little metal can on your GPU card is the clock crystal be wise to test it they vibrate silently to death. Also happens to old motherboards. They are cheap to get though just that tedious surface mount job is all. Not sure how you would test it. With a multimeter perhaps? Also, I've already …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-07-05, 10:43

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Mumak wrote on 2021-07-05, 10:35: Is there some other tool being able to report clocks that we can trust? Not that I know of, no. Everest did not report clocks, Rivatuner224C provided nothing, and the drivers I used didn't provide any information. Maybe newer drivers would say something, but I'm …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-07-05, 10:28

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Tested out an ATI Rage LT PRO AGP PCI card under 98SE on my Asus TUSL2-C test-bench, and noticed questionable clocks being reported. Frankly, not sure what the actual clocks for this card are supposed to be, but looking on Wikipedia, these don't look quite right. Was wondering if you could take a …

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 12:34

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Doornkaat wrote on 2021-07-04, 09:42: Guess AMD was a bit behind in tech. Because they didn't include a thermal sensor in their CPUs? Yep. 😀 Okay, for real, though: was space that limited that they couldn't put a thermal sensor in-die?

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 09:09

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There's a two pin header you connect a sensor to right next to the voltage jumpers. The sensor with leads was not (edited, sry forgot this important word! 😅) included with the mobo and would usually be taped close to the center of the heatsink to get the closest approximation of the core temp. yea, …

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 06:36

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Quick follow-up: installed the CPU into my seemingly NOS Asus K7M, and it works fine as far as I can tell. Only issue is CPU temp in-BIOS is incorrectly being reported at 0C, even after some MemTest86 (the heatsink is hot , but I guess that makes sense when the system is chugging 90W from the wall). …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-06-30, 16:50

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-29, 23:38: Watching the demo of Kiloblaster in DosBox on my P200mmx linux box..😉 What distro of Linux is that?

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-06-30, 03:28

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Id remove those pads on the cache chips. But it looks great! How hot do the cache chips get anyways? Regarding the bending of the CPU card, aren't you going to replace the plastic shell? I believe the four 'receptacles' for the outer metal rods are shaped in a way that pushes against the PCB, thus …

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-06-29, 11:24

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i've kept thinking about it. E-clips, springs and washers. stack a fiber washer, metal washer, spring, washer e-clip and see if that works It has been a while. Mainly due to the fact that the first springs I ordered from China were no bueno, so I had to order more. Also, the push-nuts I bought …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-05-17, 16:09

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Thanks! Unfortunately those drivers used don't expose the actual clocks via registry and I'm not aware of any other method how this could be detected. I have studied available documents, but for some unknown reason the registers described don't behave as expected, so we need to rely on registry …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-05-17, 08:57

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Thanks for the feedback! Voodoo2 clocks should be shown, could you please post the content of Software\3Dfx Interactive\Voodoo2\D3D and Software\3Dfx Interactive\Voodoo2\Glide keys too? Here you go - contents of both registry folders and another HWINFO report + debug file in the attached zip file.

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-05-16, 12:06

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Tested my Tyan 1672 PPro board under 98SE, and HWINFO kinda has the right idea. https://i.imgur.com/KmMUMHC.png Also, I've noticed this with my FIC PN-6210, but HWINFO has... trouble comprehending SIMMs from the looks of it. https://i.imgur.com/x9g2lmT.png In other news, tested the latest beta-build …

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Re: Retention Arm Replacements for Slot A/1 CPUs?

Posted on 2021-05-16, 06:31

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i've kept thinking about it. E-clips, springs and washers. stack a fiber washer, metal washer, spring, washer e-clip and see if that works Yeah, e-clips seem basically the same as push nuts except with a cut-out on the side to make them easier to remove(?). As for metal/fiber washers, that's a good …

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