Re: SSC1 - SC-55 - MT32 - LAPC-I - what are the practical differences between these?

Posted on 2022-12-31, 13:48

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by Gmlb256

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Given the other thread of yours about sound cards: a SB16 or AWE32 that has the CT1747 bus chip. One of them is the SB16 CT2230 which aren't hard to find.

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Re: SSC1 - SC-55 - MT32 - LAPC-I - what are the practical differences between these?

Posted on 2022-12-31, 02:06

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by Gmlb256

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AlessandroB wrote on 2022-12-30, 14:25: Ok, i will take an SCC-1. Can you help me to set this card? i really never seen one Seriously, just simply get a DreamBlaster X2GS daughterboard which is way more affordable than an SCC-1 and being way less complicated for a MIDI setup.

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Re: Aztech AT6800W (AZT2320 chip) Windows Sound System issue

Posted on 2022-12-30, 21:44

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I also had issues using WSS mode in DOS with an Aztech sound card that uses AZT2316 chip, the initialization is quite incomplete. One workaround was running Inertia Player 1.22 with WSS configured, after exiting everything else worked fine until I switched back to SBPro mode. However, I don't know …

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Re: QUARTERDECK QEMM products ... Good? or Garbage?

Posted on 2022-12-30, 15:50

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Hi sorry the bump, do you knlw how to check if my dx4 75 support vme and use in qemm? thanks The issue with VME is only relevant for modern stuff, QEMM works fine with the 486 CPU that you are using. I want to squeeze my 486, if suport vme maybe i can get a extra fps in doom... Using vm86 mode in …

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Re: QUARTERDECK QEMM products ... Good? or Garbage?

Posted on 2022-12-30, 15:36

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What does Qemm did beter, what EMM386 cant? QEMM 7 or higher supports Enhanced V86 - you know, that feature that Ryzen totally messed up.. ;) Enhanced V86 aka VME can trap interrupts and so on an was introduced with the 586 or late 486es. http://www.rcollins.org/ddj/Jan98/Jan98.html Anyway, neither …

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

Posted on 2022-12-30, 14:59

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by Gmlb256

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^ That's from a Lian Li computer case, I recall that LGR did a review about this.

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Re: Need help in finding parts for a retro system (3DFX/Win98/DOS)

Posted on 2022-12-30, 14:33

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by Gmlb256

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Like the others said, get an older GeForce card which is a nice compromise between DOS and Windows. Since you're planning to build a computer with a Pentium 4 CPU, go for the GeForce4 Ti 4200. Certain DOS games with Glide support will have issues (black screen at startup for example) on faster CPUs, …

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2022-12-30, 13:31

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by Gmlb256

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CraigAB69 wrote on 2022-12-30, 11:08: Is there an old Knowledgebase archived somewhere? There is a manual for version 7 on archive.org. It requires an account to "borrow" it and get access to all pages. Apart from this, a boxed copy of QEMM comes with technotes and the manual in physical form.

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a

Posted on 2022-12-30, 13:04

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by Gmlb256

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Hey @JazeFox do you ever intend to enable SBK loading for AWE32/64 cards? About sound bank uploading to AWE cards: Quick answer: no. It's not within this tool's scope. And, moreover: I think of SBK support only in 2 scenarios: 1- GM/GS/MT32 use. That's what AWEUTIL /EM:XX does, but the thing is: …

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2022-12-30, 05:35

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I was wondering this same question recently and why it used to be a pain-in-the.... Then I remembered that the DOS menu wasn't available until DOS 6. Now that I am a bit more aware of how to move things around into different memory and cut down to exactly what I want the configuration to do, it …

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Re: 16Bit Color Dos Games

Posted on 2022-12-30, 03:09

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by Gmlb256

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Extreme Assault is capable of using 16bpp VESA modes in addition to having a separate executable supporting 3dfx Glide.

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Re: Permanently Banned don't know why

Posted on 2022-12-30, 00:42

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Wow! I feel sorry that your original account got banned for unexplained reasons. 😖 Hope the admins help you solve the issue!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-29, 13:46

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PD2JK wrote on 2022-12-29, 10:41: Didn't post a while here. DSP 4.13 so it might deliver some hanging notes in Doom. Oh well, part of the hobby. Don't worry much about that bug, the CT1747 bus chip that the CT2230 has mostly mitigates it and DOOM works fine when playing the music with the MPU-401 …

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Re: Pentium MMX - Voodoo1 or 2 and paired with?

Posted on 2022-12-29, 05:34

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by Gmlb256

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while that's a fair notion, recommending against putting the v2 in a pentium system isn't just some modern meme, reviewers at the time usually quite strongly pointed out that it really takes a pentium ii to benefit from the voodoo2. just from a quick search: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ …

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Re: Choose the sound card for the 3PCs: DX4 - P60 - P200

Posted on 2022-12-28, 22:04

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by Gmlb256

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Perhaps. But you also will hear the difference with the AWE's builtin ROM samples. Hardly any game will use the DRAM on the AWE. I think 8 MB is a reasonable amount of DRAM on any AWE. In Windows 98' DOS box you may use an emulation that routes MPU through the AWE's wavetable synthesis. (Yes, I …

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Re: Choose the sound card for the 3PCs: DX4 - P60 - P200

Posted on 2022-12-28, 21:50

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by Gmlb256

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The infamous hanging note bug only happens when using external MIDI modules connected thru the gameport or in the case of AWE32, a module connected to the WaveBlaster header. It won't happen if the EMU8K (or AWE wavetable :P) is being used for MIDI playback since it is largely detached from the SB16 …

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Re: Shuttle 591P Rev 3.1 VIA MVP3 chipset issues with UDMA mode.

Posted on 2022-12-28, 17:44

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by Gmlb256

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But what about "Standard IDE driver" ? IMO it's enough for this case P.S. A good Phil's explanation how to change dma mode in bios settings How to enable DMA mode in Windows 95 or 98 Doesn't work with every motherboard chipset and PIO mode will be forced on unsupported ones in Windows. But it worth …

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Re: Pentium II buid: 2 Vodoo 2 in SLI, recomended video card AGP.

Posted on 2022-12-28, 17:32

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by Gmlb256

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But which is 'best' is an academic discussion if you don't have perfect availability of all models. Better idea: find out what is available and try and figure out which of those is best for your purposes. I feel like this subject comes up a lot here. People frequently ask for what is the best …

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Re: Pentium II buid: 2 Vodoo 2 in SLI, recomended video card AGP.

Posted on 2022-12-28, 15:51

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by Gmlb256

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The most compatible cards that work with everything are often very easy to find. Pretty much any PCI S3, Cirrus Logic or Trident card with 2MB to 4MB of RAM would make a solid 2D card for a Voodoo setup. AGP isn't really necessary. Except that an AGP card doesn't take up a PCI slot which could be …

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Re: Shuttle 591P Rev 3.1 VIA MVP3 chipset issues with UDMA mode.

Posted on 2022-12-28, 15:22

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by Gmlb256

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Windows 98 didn't come with IDE drivers for VIA chipsets out of the box. :S But what about "Standard IDE driver" ? IMO it's enough for this case P.S. A good Phil's explanation how to change dma mode in bios settings How to enable DMA mode in Windows 95 or 98 Doesn't work with every motherboard …

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