Re: First game with lan support?
Posted on 2021-01-09, 23:05
First game with lan support?
Posted on 2021-01-09, 18:22
Hello! Anyone know what is the first ms dos game with lan support? Anyone who runs on XT maybe. Thanks!
Re: 3 1/2 floppy shows same content after change disks
Posted on 2019-07-11, 02:44
Thanks! It works. You think it can be the controller who not support disk change?
3 1/2 floppy shows same content after change disks
Posted on 2019-07-11, 01:35
Hello! I'm having this weid problem. Building a 386 with MSDOS 6.22 and everything works perfect except the floppy drive. Some times, not allways when i change disks and type DIR it shows the same contents ad the previous disk. The only thing i do to fix this is a reboot but its pretty annoying. …
Re: Need help with turbo button and display
Posted on 2018-09-04, 16:57
Thanks to all! I managed to make it work. The cables should not be connected as I had found them. Try and error solved the problem.
Re: 486 MOBO BIOS Update
Posted on 2018-09-01, 22:29
Hello! I have this chip on my PCCHIPS M919 V3.4B/F mainboard. Filename IMG_20180901_191723084.jpg File size 103.44 KiB Views 529 views File comment My M919 mainboard bios chip Anyone managed to flash the latest bios for this mainboard? There are one in vogon drivers. I do not know wich flash …
Re: Need help with turbo button and display
Posted on 2018-09-01, 18:41
Interesting, i have cables to soldering. The trick is, where i put the cables in the display board. Thanks
Need help with turbo button and display
Posted on 2018-09-01, 16:23
Hello! I got a pcchips M919 motherboard. It has two connectors turbo related. One turbo sw and one turbo led, both with two pins each. On the other hand i have a LED panel with a power connector to the PSU molex and an additional black single pin cable. Into the same LED panel comes out a yellow …
Re: Windows 98SE / XP build
Posted on 2018-08-03, 17:17
Thanks everyone! I will go for the P4 HT for dual boot and maybe i also make a Athlon XP build for Win98SE only.
Windows 98SE / XP build
Posted on 2018-07-31, 14:29
Hello! I have a Pentium 166MMX build for DOS and some Windows 98SE games. Now i have several options to build a new rig. There are my processor options: - Pentium III 800mhz - Pentium 4 HT 2.4c - Pentium 4 2.4 - Athlon XP 2000+ (AX2000DMT3C) - Duron 1600 (DHD1600DLV1C) - Sempron 2200+ (SDA2200DUT3D) …
Re: Sound Blaster AWE64 random settings on every reboot
Posted on 2018-07-02, 01:11
Using DOS 6.22. It works perfect but have to reconfigure games every time if setting change.
Sound Blaster AWE64 random settings on every reboot
Posted on 2018-07-01, 18:39
Hello! I do not remember if this is the normal behavior of the plug and play cards. Every time I restart the computer my Sound Blaster has an IRQ, DMA or Address totally different from the last boot. This means that I have to reconfigure the games every time I execute them. Is there a way to hard …
Addonics A151-830 (Yamaha chip) not detected by Windows
Posted on 2018-05-29, 05:05
Hello! I have this card that works great in DOS, driver load fine and all gemes detect the card as sound blaster 16. The problem is with windows 9x, it does not even show up as unknow device in the device manager. Anyone know if this card works with Windows and how? Thanks!
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-05-10, 01:59
oeuvre wrote: interesting fan on that Slot 1 heatsink hahha, i called that "art".
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-05-10, 01:24
Some gifts that a friend who worked in a computer store gave me.. Not so retro but i love it. https://thumb.ibb.co/kQt6WJ/IMG_2775.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/kW3Ukd/IMG_2776.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/jL4DBJ/IMG_2777.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/h0UDBJ/IMG_2778.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/eThYBJ/IMG_2780.jpg …
Re: Program for listing all connected hardware (cards)
Posted on 2018-05-09, 15:45
Never tried myself. Only have experience with UDI and it detects anything, no matter if its PCI or ISA.
Re: Program for listing all connected hardware (cards)
Posted on 2018-05-09, 15:34
Therea are a couple tools you can use. Thos for DOS help you to see wich resources your devices are using. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ralf/files.html https://www.ccontrols.com/sd/findpci.htm and if you manage to install windows 95, you can use this one to identify. http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html
Re: playing mutiplayer games - retro style
Posted on 2018-05-09, 15:26
I remember back in the days playing between two computers with a parallel cable. 😁
Re: Install DOS to an external hard disk using modern computer
Posted on 2018-05-08, 16:42
I succesfully installed MS-DOS 6.22 into the external hard drive. Have several permission problems while i try create and later mount the vmdk file. Solved everything with this fantastic GUI tool for OSX. https://whatroute.net/vboxrawdisk.html
Re: Install DOS to an external hard disk using modern computer
Posted on 2018-05-07, 23:57
I've done this using a VM and a pass through device file. Although I use KVM now, you might find VirtualBox to be more convenient. Here's how you set it up. https://www.serverwatch.com/server-tutorials/using-a-physical-hard-drive-with-a-virtualbox-vm.html I installed DOS 6.22, Win 3.1, and lots of …
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