Re: Serdashop MIDI Card, IRQ 2, and the 8259a
Posted on 2023-05-23, 23:17
Wait. If MIDI is found at 330 on the AWE32 - and it is - then the IRQ must not be a big deal. The SoundBlaster wasn't on IRQ2. OK! I'll set it to 3! Thanks all!
Re: Serdashop MIDI Card, IRQ 2, and the 8259a
Posted on 2023-05-23, 23:08
Oh! So I should set the card to IRQ9 and expect that software will find it on IRQ2?
Re: Serdashop MIDI Card, IRQ 2, and the 8259a
Posted on 2023-05-23, 20:21
It's a period spec Asus motherboard, Pentium-S 133mhz. No ACPI option, but "Power Management" is disabled. The 8259a is a secondary cache controller, I think. Haven't played with that option yet. I think it likely that just being satisfied with SoftMPU on the AWE32 is going to be the answer. I …
Serdashop MIDI Card, IRQ 2, and the 8259a
Posted on 2023-05-23, 18:02
I've installed the Serdashop MIDI card with default settings. MQDIAG finds the card at 330, but can't "verify" IRQ 2. When I run MSD, I see that IRQ 2 is registered to "Second 8259a". No amount of tinkering in the BIOS - consisting mainly of explicitly setting IRQ 9 to "Yes" for ISA, instead of "No/ …
Re: Oak Technologies Driver Hangs
Posted on 2019-09-29, 00:24
Thank you for the correction. I will be more mindful in the future.
Re: Oak Technologies Driver Hangs
Posted on 2019-09-28, 00:15
The BIOS feature "CPU-DRAM Back-Back Transaction" was the culprit. Also noticed a second symptom. While it doesn't break floppy drive operation, it does leave the access light running constantly until Windows starts.
Re: Oak Technologies Driver Hangs
Posted on 2019-09-27, 23:54
Looks like the problem...disappeared? I need to find out why this just started working.
Oak Technologies Driver Hangs
Posted on 2019-09-27, 23:05
I have an Asus TUV4X mobo and a Sony DVD-ROM drive. I can boot from both floppy and CDROM. But when either loads the Oak driver to enable CDROM support, the driver "hangs". I put that in quote because the machine doesn't hang. I can still NUM-lock on and off, and CTRL+ALT+DELETE works. The driver …
Re: Space Quest III and MT-32 Under Windows 98SE
Posted on 2019-09-25, 06:46
Thanks for the advice. I think I'll keep both machines and turn my eye toward the 16-bit table. Choosing between my Atari 1040STe and Amiga 1200 will be a little easier, I think.
Re: Space Quest III and MT-32 Under Windows 98SE
Posted on 2019-09-25, 06:28
Lol. A PIII 1.4ghz. I know, I know. But I'm trying to downsize and a dedicated PC for just those few indispensable DOS/MT-32 games seems like the right place to start. The game runs extremely well, in all other respects.
Re: Space Quest III and MT-32 Under Windows 98SE
Posted on 2019-09-25, 06:17
No, I haven't tried that. SQ3 runs fine when I set it for ADLIB sound. Do you think that CPU speed is likely to be the problem?
Space Quest III and MT-32 Under Windows 98SE
Posted on 2019-09-25, 06:06
I have a Windows 98SE box with an Audigy SB1394. The MT-32 is hooked up and I can play MIDI music on it from inside Windows. I can't seem to get Space Quest III to run on it. I have tried SoftMPU, with and without DELAYSYSEX. It finds the MT-32, but when I run SQ3, it hangs. No "Insert Buckaziod". …
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2018-08-01, 20:13
I recently tackled this problem with help from all the great information in this thread. The solution that works for me is a Gefen VGA to DVI Plus with a DVI to HDMI cable going directly into my Samsung 4K TV. I get all modes: BIOS, DOS, VESA, and Windows 3.1 with both SVGA and S3 Trio 64 drivers. …
S3 Trio64V+ VGA on Modern Television Problems
Posted on 2018-07-15, 05:24
I've got a DOS gamer I'm building and it has an S3 Trio64V+. Connected directly to an LCD TV, BIOS and DOS text are displayable. When I run a VESA mode game, however (7th Guest for example), I lose video. Oddly, a cheap VGA to HDMI converter will not display BIOS or DOS text, but displays 7th …
Re: P55T2P4 IDE Problem
Posted on 2018-07-13, 20:01
Spoke a little too soon. Indeed, I can get the Primary IDE controller to recognize all my devices, but if I put anything on the Secondary, neither can find any devices. Oddly, a Slave device on the Secondary does not invoke the failure. I have checked the BIOS for settings around the Secondary IDE, …
Re: P55T2P4 IDE Problem
Posted on 2018-07-13, 17:52
Nevermind. I took the motherboard out of the case and staged it on my bench. Everything seems fine now. Perhaps an umatched standoff was making a short? Anyways, looks good now.
P55T2P4 IDE Problem
Posted on 2018-07-13, 17:08
I have an Asus P55T2P4 motherboard Rev 2.1. It has a Pentium 133 and 16 MB (2x8MB) of RAM. The RAM sticks are not matched, but test up OK on post. There is a 1.44MB 3.5" floppy drive connected to the on-board floppy controller. The problem is that no matter what I connect to either the Primary or …
Re: Momentary Button to Binary Switch
Posted on 2018-06-12, 19:02
After some more research, it seems that what I am looking for is called a "soft latch circuit". But more to the subject of Vogons in general, I would have thought that making the momentary button on a modern case work to turn an AT motherboard on and off would have been a problem with a known …
Re: Momentary Button to Binary Switch
Posted on 2018-06-12, 18:05
Would something like this do it? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Switch-with-on-off-p … kcAAOSwyjBW3Zeq
Momentary Button to Binary Switch
Posted on 2018-06-12, 17:47
I have a couple of AT systems in modern cases and one of the more annoying concessions is the power switch. Of course AT systems use a mechanical ON/OFF and modern cases have a momentary button. I have tried to search for a solution, but I think I don't have the terms right. Is there something that …
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