Re: Memmaker breaks CD-ROM drive
Posted on 2023-01-03, 14:03
Does loading the CD drive with OAKCDROM.SYS help? It is the most compatible one, but it consumes more memory.
Re: DOS Glide 2.4x Mod for Voodoo2
Posted on 2023-01-03, 13:34
Hello, Gmlb256 first of all congratulations for the work done and thanks for sharing your work. I have a curiosity (at the moment I can't tinker with my retro pc and therefore I can't verify by myself, I apologize if I steal your time): using this version of Glide DOS and setting the correct …
Re: DOS Glide 2.4x Mod for Voodoo2
Posted on 2023-01-02, 22:34
Amazing: this works - thanks for sharing. I was able to get Screamer 2 working on Voodoo 2 using this driver. CPU is a Coppermine Celeron 900 on i810 chipset. Glad that it worked for you. :) 'set SST_GRXCLK=90' in the environment variables was modified to 'set SST_GRXCLK=57', this fixed …
Re: Persistent motherboard beep when using sound card
Posted on 2023-01-02, 17:16
I had enabled all of the tests in MemTest86+ and it had run at least one run without error. Nonetheless, this issue had persisted setting all of the timings to 3T. I tried just removing the Audigy card. The issue had persisted. So I then reinserted the Audigy card and I tried the tests that I was …
Re: Custom ISA Cards
Posted on 2023-01-02, 16:20
A 16-bit ISA card might even be able to use an FPGA or a Raspberry PI (or both) as a Voodoo clone. 3D acceleration of any kind in an ISA PC would be cool in my book. https://hackaday.com/2022/11/13/emulate-any-isa-card-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-an-fpga/ A Voodoo clone as a 16-bit ISA card would be …
Re: NTVDM Files
Posted on 2023-01-02, 16:01
Some files from MS-DOS 5.0 are included (COMMAND, EDIT, .etc) with NTVDM for some very basic DOS compatibility.
Re: where to get the hardware?
Posted on 2023-01-01, 21:34
Also only few games will profit immensely from 3Dfx hardware and with current prices it's hardly worth it over what a cheap GeForce 4MX will deliver. Slowdown utilities and Glide emulation deliver pretty good results too. The only exception are the DOS games that supports Glide without having to …
DOS Glide 2.4x Mod for Voodoo2
Posted on 2023-01-01, 21:34
This seems pointless at first but over the years I have heard that very few DOS games that uses the Glide API usually doesn't work with Voodoo2 cards according to the compatibility matrix: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=35721 This was the only reason to get the original Voodoo Graphics …
Re: where to get the hardware?
Posted on 2023-01-01, 20:39
Also only few games will profit immensely from 3Dfx hardware and with current prices it's hardly worth it over what a cheap GeForce 4MX will deliver. Slowdown utilities and Glide emulation deliver pretty good results too. The only exception are the DOS games that supports Glide without having to …
Re: Aztech AT6800W (AZT2320 chip) Windows Sound System issue
Posted on 2023-01-01, 20:13
Marco wrote on 2023-01-01, 20:00: In Iplay resp isetup I cannot even select WSS as it isn’t listed 😒 In ISETUP, it does appear as "Windows Sound System" after selecting "Select Sound Device". Strange if it didn't appear in your case. 😐
Re: ESFM reverse-engineered
Posted on 2023-01-01, 19:01
Excellent! 👍
Re: memory A000:0000 - A000:FFFF is in use. Pleaese exclude it from your memory manager
Posted on 2023-01-01, 15:38
Ok, I was wrong. By default, the emulated video card in DOSBox is a souped up S3 Trio64. Found the version 1.89 of that program, and the installation went fine by selecting the "Internal" VESA and standard VGA drivers. Keep in mind that DOSBox doesn't have adequate support for 24bpp VESA modes.
Re: Happy New Year 2023
Posted on 2023-01-01, 05:01
Re: Video games are too heavily monetized these days
Posted on 2023-01-01, 04:46
Thats why a love the older games like XT and so one.. A game doesnt have to be look technically high-end to give you pleasure.. The older games are nicer because are a lot simpler. Today only graphics seems to have a big role, if a game looks good.. Wolfenstein 3-D, DOOM and Quake (all of them from …
Re: Aztech AT6800W (AZT2320 chip) Windows Sound System issue
Posted on 2023-01-01, 01:53
I got best results when setting the DMA channel to 0 for WSS stuff.
Re: SSC1 - SC-55 - MT32 - LAPC-I - what are the practical differences between these?
Posted on 2022-12-31, 23:44
but for some reason the OP still insist on getting an internal Roland hardware according to his words. :P In fairness, aside from the price there isn't anything wrong with getting a Roland SCC-1. A genuine SC-55 sound bank plus MPU401 support (w/ intelligent mode) isn't a bad package. Indeed, there …
Re: Memmaker breaks CD-ROM drive
Posted on 2022-12-31, 23:32
Does the CD driver and/or MSCDEX gets loaded with the optimized CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT created by MEMMAKER? darry wrote on 2022-12-31, 23:17: What do you mean by "remove memmaker" ? I think the OP means that the changes were reverted. Apparently, his English isn't good enough given the " …
Re: SSC1 - SC-55 - MT32 - LAPC-I - what are the practical differences between these?
Posted on 2022-12-31, 23:07
I'd highly recommend PCMIDI card with WP32 McCake. It takes only one ISA slot and you have it all mentioned (and more with soundfonts), and it's inside PC. Can't believe no one mentioned it yet. :) I was originally intending to mention that MPU-401 clone to pair it with a DreamBlaster X2GS (which …
Re: Motoracer 1 Direct 3d on Windows 98 SE
Posted on 2022-12-31, 17:35
If possible, try using an older nVidia driver that the GeForce4 MX 440 supports. Later ones have compatibility issues. Another thing, did you deliberately stick to DirectX 4 (never released)? Even installing that unofficial service pack for Windows 98 (which I don't recommend) with all the official …
Re: memory A000:0000 - A000:FFFF is in use. Pleaese exclude it from your memory manager
Posted on 2022-12-31, 17:00
Hello. It is probably that this Display software comes from an era that predates EGA and VGA compatible cards. Video cards prior these standards didn't use the entire A0000 memory space for video RAM. BTW, DOSBox isn't suitable for non-gaming stuff.
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