Re: 486dx2 with second ide on soundcard
Posted on 2019-08-14, 03:21
ALCONFIG.EXE should display such settings, and even add the appropriate "SET BLASTER=..." to AUTOEXEC.BAT
Re: Which of these Tridents should I keep?
Posted on 2019-08-13, 14:34
darry wrote: I would check which of them has the best RAMDAC and thus, potentially, the best image quality . Seconded. TVGA8900 can do 16 (or 15?) bpp, but only when coupled with appropriate RAMDAC, and the most common ones only allowed for 8 bpp.
Re: Price of this ISA hub?
Posted on 2019-08-13, 14:26
Such risers can be found in all compact PCs, where there's no room to install ISA cards orthogonally to the mobo. As for the price, it's a tough question - such things are usually sold together with other components.
Re: Looking for Windows 95 compatible 10/100 network adapters...
Posted on 2019-08-13, 10:19
chinny22 wrote: 90% of Win98 drivers will work in 95 if you install via device manager rather then the setup.exe Nevertheless, Realtek provides three different drivers for Windows 9x: NDIS 3 mini-port driver for Windows 95 Win95A NDIS 4 mini-port driver for Windows 95 OSR2 NDIS 5 mini-port driver …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-13, 03:16
Ahh, so they are more common in Macs than in PCs, right? That would explain their rarity in this area - Apple stuff was almost non-existent in that era. You can even get 32MB 30 pin simms for only $6.99 each - used: https://www.ebay.com/itm/32MB-72-Pin-60ns-EDO-SIMM-Non-Parity-Memory-RAM-16-Chip- …
Re: Recomemded ram for a dos-win9x k6-2
Posted on 2019-08-12, 23:18
- What vga sould i choose between the two i have? TNT2. S3 Trio were very basic and uninteresting. - What would be the recommended amount of ram for this computer? I've heard that too much ram could make the computer slower. It only gets slower if you exceed the amount of RAM cachable with a given …
Re: 486dx2 with second ide on soundcard
Posted on 2019-08-12, 20:39
Quoting the README.TXT file from the attached package... Problem: Cannot load IDE CD-ROM drive. Cause: IDE port is not enabled. Check the config.sys file under C: root directory and you should see "device=c:\alsound \cdsetup.sys" before loading your CD-ROM driver. The cdsetup.sys enables the IDE …
Re: Classic game lists sortable by media type?
Posted on 2019-08-12, 20:26
https://www.mobygames.com/ -> Games -> Platform: DOS -> Tech-Info: Media Type For all the platforms, it's more complicated: select some game -> Specs -> Media Type -> eg. 5.25" Floppy Disk -> All Platforms
Re: Classic game lists sortable by media type?
Posted on 2019-08-12, 18:19
If you're looking for MobyGames, you know where to find it... https://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/att … buteId,517/p,2/
Re: Benchmark CPU Intel 80186 ? how many dhrystone in CheckIt ?
Posted on 2019-08-12, 18:14
Ekb wrote: and does "DOS = HIGH" (Himem, HMA 64kb) command work in computer 80186? It can't. 80186 has 20-bit address bus, so no way to go above 1 MB.
Re: 486dx2 with second ide on soundcard
Posted on 2019-08-12, 16:46
That sound card may need some initialization software in CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT - make sure it's initialized before loading the .SYS driver for CD-ROM.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-12, 15:26
Tiido wrote: 4MB 60ns sticks Are you going to make 16 MB ones as well? There may be some demand: for AWE32, late 386, many 486... And they are rare - in Poland, I've only found them for 77 USD/pair.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-12, 12:57
30-pin SIMMs suddenly became rare enough to justify new manufacturing? Well, the 16 MB variety surely is rare, but 4 MB?
Re: how to deal with non p&p cards
Posted on 2019-08-11, 14:30
is there any tool on dos which helps finding addr, irq, dma conflicts with hw plugged? There is some such software, see eg. Checkit - it does detect such things, but only for the most basic hardware. For other cards, there may be some setup/diagnostics software provided with given card. But there's …
Re: NuXT - micro-ATX IBM XT (LGR review)
Posted on 2019-08-11, 11:06
And it's getting harder and harder and HARDER to find modern cases with a 3.5" bay in them. Then we're back to the 80's - back then PCs only had 5.25" bays, and installing a 3.5" drive required an adapter. PSU is crazy overkill. This made me wonder... Modern PSUs often (or even always?) lack -5V, …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-10, 04:24
Yamaha FB-01 has native support in Silpheed - make sure to try it with this game. And maybe some other games by Sierra?
Re: NuXT - micro-ATX IBM XT (LGR review)
Posted on 2019-08-09, 09:20
Argh, "IBM" and "MS-DOS" stickers side by side! For genuine IBMs there was PC DOS, MS-DOS was for clones 😜 Also, there's that SVM.EXE utility for TVGA9000 - helps a lot when running CGA games.
Re: VGA cards that predate VESA
Posted on 2019-08-07, 22:47
codyw1996 wrote: I thought it was just the name of an MDA card, that included some kind of monochrome graphics mode. That's "Hercules Graphics Card". Other than that, they had a looong range of products, from plain MDA, to some AGP cards.
Re: VGA cards that predate VESA
Posted on 2019-08-07, 22:32
All other chips have some sort of extension where 800x600 at 16 color (56? Hz interlaced) is just the most known. 56 Hz NON interlaced. Interlaced modes were 1024x768 (originally in IBM 8514/A) and above. Anyway, I think I've found a "VGA clone, and nothing more" card, from Hercules - it's based on …
Re: VGA cards that predate VESA
Posted on 2019-08-07, 10:00
I'm only sure about... IBM PS/2 Display Adapter :D http://minuszerodegrees.net/5170/cards/5170_cards.htm#ipda There's plenty of SVGA cards that don't support VESA BIOS Extensions in their ROM BIOS, I reckon all the 256KB cards. But even such cards tend to support 800x600x16, 132-column text, …
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