Re: When is fast too fast? (CPU/MS-DOS)

Posted on 2024-08-14, 18:38

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by Demolition-Man

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Depends on the (DOS) games you want to play. Not that many games are speed sensitive. There are also games and applications where standard DOS hardware quickly reaches its limits. Everyone has their own games, for mine a compromise of a maximum of 500 MHz (depending on the CPU) turned out to be the …

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Re: Wing Commander 3 on 486 DX2 66 problem

Posted on 2024-08-07, 21:39

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by Demolition-Man

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Wing Commander III is generally not speed sensitive. Just something in the sound that cracks every now and then. Otherwise I had just tested this in my SB Live 5.1 test. Very fast CD or DVD drive, no problem, even 2 GHz CPU and 512MB RAM didn't bother when you start the game from Windows 98SE. DOS …

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-04, 21:50

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by Demolition-Man

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Wing Commander 1 & 2 are available as an affordable set at gog.com. I would like to test it myself. The question now is whether you can test the gog DOSBox version on a real retro PC. https://www.gog.com/en/game/wing_commander_1_2

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-04, 18:32

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by Demolition-Man

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I'm "only" 40 years old, I started with WIng Commander III. I thought you were younger. ;) If you mean Wing Commander 1 there is a problem. With a PC up to ~500 MHz, as I said with an ISA slot, the limit for Windows is Half Life or Unreal Tournament (UT99). Almost all DOS games that are not too old …

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-04, 16:53

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by Demolition-Man

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Ok, but is there any onboard audio solution? Did you deactivate all audio options in the BIOS? Audio in general, game/MIDI and other legacy things? Have you also disabled all ports that you don't need? Serial and parallel? I bet you still have the wrong driver. But as I said, if everything runs from …

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-04, 15:57

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by Demolition-Man

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So an SB128 PCI onboard but no audio connections? Is there a missing bracket? Or have I misunderstood something?

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-03, 18:14

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by Demolition-Man

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I've already written about it in another thread here, but I don't want to hijack this one either. Most but not everything works for me in the combination of DOS and Win 98SE. For Theme Park (CD) only the intro. Tyrian (&2000) has no sound effects. DOTT has the known problems. A few games: Duke3D, …

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-03, 18:05

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by Demolition-Man

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in Marvin \ Sound

Unfortunately, not all DOS games work in Windows 98. But maybe all of yours do. Then why bother with the sound under DOS?

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-03, 17:23

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by Demolition-Man

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in Marvin \ Sound

Any memtest will do. It just depends on the age of the PC.

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Re: Gameport Y-cable (Gamepad or Joystick and MIDI)

Posted on 2024-08-03, 17:03

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by Demolition-Man

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Maybe in theory. However, the number of people who use it in such a practical way is likely to be very small. Until I hear otherwise ~1. 😉

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Re: Gameport Y-cable (Gamepad or Joystick and MIDI)

Posted on 2024-08-03, 16:23

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by Demolition-Man

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It took forever, but it was still delivered. Was soldered and is already back. To keep it short, despite mechanical inadequacies and wiring problems, it works. 4 button joystick or 4(6) button gamepad and MIDI simultaneously via the game port. Just in case anyone ever wants to know if it even works. …

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Re: CT2230: Should I use SBBASIC drivers or the 3 disk SB16 MCD drivers?

Posted on 2024-08-02, 17:47

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by Demolition-Man

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Dont forget to set high DMA variable and T6 for 16bit. 😉

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Re: Street Fighter 2 on IBM

Posted on 2024-08-02, 15:43

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by Demolition-Man

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I will never understand the nostalgia in a retro forum. You can still play the game today. 😉 Yes, the CD soundtrack is good, but the sound options of the patched version 1.5/1.6 without CD audio (General MIDI in particular) are also great.

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Re: CT2230: Should I use SBBASIC drivers or the 3 disk SB16 MCD drivers?

Posted on 2024-08-02, 15:20

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by Demolition-Man

in Marvin \ Sound

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Just use UNISOUND.

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-02, 14:47

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by Demolition-Man

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Did you test the RAM? Memtest or something? And please tell us the exact specifications of the PC.

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-02, 12:33

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by Demolition-Man

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What happens if you deactivate the sound again in the autoexec? Put an REM in front of the two (sound) lines and see what happens.

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Re: AOpen System Health Monitor

Posted on 2024-08-02, 12:13

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by Demolition-Man

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Its the exact same version i already have (1.22), without the Tyan branding this time. 😁 But thx anyway!

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Re: Sound Blaster issues with DOS

Posted on 2024-08-01, 17:22

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by Demolition-Man

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in Marvin \ Sound

I finally got the dos drivers working Which one and how?

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Re: ESS Solo 1 different versions

Posted on 2024-08-01, 14:58

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by Demolition-Man

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Go into your BIOS and "reserve" IRQ10 or possibly (if your board supports it) manually allocate the desired IRQ to the slot. You may need to also swap slots and reset the configuration (ESCD) Thx. It's not a particularly good board. There is no manual resource distribution and only one usable PCI …

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Re: Gameport Y-cable (Gamepad or Joystick and MIDI)

Posted on 2024-07-28, 15:41

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by Demolition-Man

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Four sound cards in different machines. All from Creative -> CT4180 CT3670 CT3780 CT2910 One Chill & Phil adapter with attached MIDI module (SAM Wave). You could get General MIDI Music on any system by simply replugging it externally. But i still need my joystick or gamepad. My solution was this: …

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