Re: Sound on FreeDOS

Posted on Yesterday, 11:50

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by BinaryDemon

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kjliew wrote on Yesterday, 04:43: It won't work, unless you are going to tell him to stub the WIN32 DOSBox and play games from DOSBox in real DOS. Why even suggest this for typical user? Many had already given the right answers. I wish I had known this was a possibility before now. I gotta try this …

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Re: DosBox Distro - A LiveUSB made simple

Posted on 2020-03-23, 17:35

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by BinaryDemon

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Thanks so much for this! It's perfect for a project I've been wanting to do for a while. Here are some issues I'm running into: - I want to be able to bypass the WAD menu for zdoom and launch directly into a specific WAD (because eventually I'll be running everything from my own .bat menu), but it …

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Re: Slow AMD K6-2+ 550 MHz performance?

Posted on 2020-03-22, 08:35

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by BinaryDemon

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Ok, I wasn’t sure how that worked exactly for K6-2+ /K6-3 . I thought if you were still using onboard L2 then on-die becomes L3 cache.

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Re: Slow AMD K6-2+ 550 MHz performance?

Posted on 2020-03-22, 08:17

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by BinaryDemon

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Your not exceeding cacheable ram limits are you? VIA MVP3 with Write Back cache strategy set in BIOS With 512 kB Level 2 Cache, 64 MB are cacheable With 1024 kB Level 2 Cache, 128 MB are cacheable With 2048 kB Level 2 Cache, 256 MB are cacheable VIA MVP3 with Write Through cache strategy set in BIOS …

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Re: Which soundcard for late 486 windows 95 build.

Posted on 2020-03-20, 19:56

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by BinaryDemon

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I think I’d pick the Yamaha.

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Re: Please explain "cacheable memory" to me

Posted on 2020-03-20, 16:24

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by BinaryDemon

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Windows utilizes memory from the top down, so if you have more memory than can be cached you will feel the performance hit immediately. For Win9x, you can load a dos ramdisk intentionally preventing Windows from utilizing that portion of memory (I wish I knew that trick back in the day, I learned it …

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Re: My second retro PC - Socket A Win 98 build

Posted on 2020-03-20, 14:39

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by BinaryDemon

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Nice, that’s a powerhouse Win98 machine, though it has a definitely modern look.

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Re: Impact of video cards on DOS games

Posted on 2020-03-20, 12:06

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by BinaryDemon

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peg wrote on 2020-03-20, 07:40: All I can say is that if you want to play Doom , stay far, far away from any Rendition Verite based cards. It will turn a pentium into a 386. Sad but true, other than that major flaw I really like Rendition cards. A poor mans Voodoo.

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Re: dos 7.10 on an xt?

Posted on 2020-03-19, 14:26

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by BinaryDemon

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Are you using the right drivers? I have no idea which parallel cdrom model you are trying to use but some had specific drivers for XT:. example: http://minuszerodegrees.net/backpack_cdrom/ba … kpack_cdrom.htm

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Re: ESS1688 Causing Trouble: Wolfenstein 3D freezes/Monkey Island-No Sound

Posted on 2020-03-19, 11:49

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by BinaryDemon

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I think your issues are probably DMA related as well. Try configuring with a non-standard DMA like 3.

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Re: Impact of video cards on DOS games

Posted on 2020-03-18, 13:44

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by BinaryDemon

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Yes, as long as compatibility isn’t garbage I would guess generally the more modern the card the better the performance. From my tests: no. The newer the card, the worse the performance is when BIOS calls are used. But it all depends on the definition of "modern". Yeah I was debating if I should …

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Re: Impact of video cards on DOS games

Posted on 2020-03-18, 11:41

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by BinaryDemon

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Yes, as long as compatibility isn’t garbage I would guess generally the more modern the card the better the performance. It probably has to do with how vram speed and bandwidth evolved over the years. Here’s an interesting thread with much more modern cards tested in dos: https://www.vogons.org/ …

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Re: What is the purpose of having a high DMA channel on SB16 etc.

Posted on 2020-03-18, 05:41

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by BinaryDemon

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Good to know. Any other implications?

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Re: Good pairing with 8500le

Posted on 2020-03-17, 04:49

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by BinaryDemon

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I vote replace FX5200 Ultra.

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Re: MS-98L9 V2.0 , a new 1151MB with an ISA slot

Posted on 2020-03-16, 20:00

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by BinaryDemon

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Actually with 5 pci slots you could probably build a beastly Win98 rig assuming you replaced all the subsystems with Win98 compatible pci cards. Video could probably still stay on PCI-E, as long as you used a x850 or one of the hacked Nvidia drivers.

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Re: MS-98L9 V2.0 , a new 1151MB with an ISA slot

Posted on 2020-03-16, 12:04

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by BinaryDemon

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I like the part where the article says something like: I'm surprised MSI didnt throw an AGP port in there as well.

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Re: My all-round DOS gaming rig - a small guide

Posted on 2020-03-16, 11:56

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by BinaryDemon

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Regarding Baoran's question, you will be out of luck for Ultima 7 because it dynamically re-enables L1 when you disable it on a regular Pentium. However, with an MMX, you can use Setmul's Test Registers CCD+DCD to get ~24fps in Ultima 7. See: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51782 Off topic …

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Re: Is there a way to load DOS games into high memory?

Posted on 2020-03-15, 04:46

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by BinaryDemon

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If your loading the translator program in autoexec.bat you can use LH or LOADHIGH in front of the executable path.

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Re: Is there a way to load DOS games into high memory?

Posted on 2020-03-15, 03:58

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by BinaryDemon

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You should be able to load your 'translation program' high. Maybe try QEMM or another 3rd party memory manager. I doubt you want to load the game high, some games have their own protected mode extenders which give them access to all the available memory.

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Re: Micro ATX 486 - what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-03-15, 03:35

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by BinaryDemon

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matze79 wrote on 2020-03-13, 22:40: ISA would suffice, it has enough bandwidth for all VGA Stuff. Ug. Doesn't the fastest ISA card only get something like 18fps in Doom? I know that was some peoples experience but I know that I would want more.

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