Re: I have ISA slots on my circa 1999 motherboard. I need a card that will work with both Windows 98 as well as "DOS mode"

Posted on 2019-10-13, 06:56

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by kolderman

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Pure DOS is for nostalgia mostly. Not a bad thing, but if you just want to play games win98 has you covered for almost everything. I mainly separate them to give myself even more ISA slots and sound and graphic and cpu options. And nostalgia 🤣

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Re: ESS card with real OPL3 chip?

Posted on 2019-10-12, 19:24

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by kolderman

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Get it, I think it is highly collectible. I would buy it in a heartbeat.

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Re: Interesting links

Posted on 2019-10-12, 03:12

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Ran across this DPMI host which is supposed to work with 286 protected mode programs (as well as 386). I didn't even realize this existed. http://www.sudleyplace.com/dpmione/ Also, a thread about getting FreeBASIC to run on Win32S: https://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27912 System …

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Re: Other than Roland, what are the other "best" sounding MIDI devices/sound cards out there?

Posted on 2019-10-11, 19:31

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by kolderman

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A point to make is that in-game, taking Sierra games for example, the Sound Canvas SC-55 was what the General MIDI games were composed for. So it's less a case of 'realistic sounding' in the case of the SC-55, which is almost 30 years old, and more a case of 'the MIDI was composed and balanced for …

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Re: VIA Apollo pro 133 problem?

Posted on 2019-10-11, 07:39

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by kolderman

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Uninstall the AGP drivers. Via had sucky AGP not to mention severe compatibility issues with Live /Audigy cards.

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Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2019-10-11, 07:36

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Looking back I almost can't believe I used Win95/98 for at least seven years straight. All I remember is blue screens and re-installs. It seems much more benign today when I am only playing games for a couple of hours at a time. Use it as a daily driver again? God no, but for games ranging from the …

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Re: Sound effects and MIDI work, but no DOS games can produce traditional "soundblaster" music (running within Windows ME)

Posted on 2019-10-10, 20:38

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by kolderman

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I thought ME lost the DOS subsystem. How does DOOM work at all?

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

Posted on 2019-10-10, 10:22

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by kolderman

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Does the mouse smooth move between screens?

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Re: AMR Sound Cards

Posted on 2019-10-10, 10:18

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by kolderman

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Take a closer look 😉

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Re: AMR Sound Cards

Posted on 2019-10-10, 07:29

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by kolderman

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ACR sound cards definitely existed, e.g. https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-ACR-A6CH-CHANNEL- … D/dp/B000M19JXQ Not quite AMR but same concept.

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Re: Fastest Windows 7 system [omg, it is already retro]

Posted on 2019-10-10, 05:33

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by kolderman

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As for games that don't run on 10 that do on 7... well there are many hundreds, anything with SafeDisc or SecuROM or anything using secdrv.sys cannot work on Windows 10. Yeah but is there even a single one that is not available on Steam (or other online store)? Yes, lots are not on GoG , Steam, …

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Re: Fastest Windows 7 system [omg, it is already retro]

Posted on 2019-10-09, 20:38

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RoyBatty wrote: As for games that don't run on 10 that do on 7... well there are many hundreds, anything with SafeDisc or SecuROM or anything using secdrv.sys cannot work on Windows 10. Yeah but is there even a single one that is not available on Steam (or other online store)?

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2019-10-08, 17:46

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by kolderman

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I feel like someone is showing off their waveblaster collection 😁

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Re: Fastest Windows 7 system [omg, it is already retro]

Posted on 2019-10-07, 20:59

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The definition of retro is less important than the utility - do you need a winXP core2duo system? Yes. Do you need a win7 system? I am not aware of any win7 games that don't run under win10, so no. So even if you choose to coin win7 "retro" it doesn't increase the utility or make it worth keeping …

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2019-10-07, 18:00

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by kolderman

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Nice!

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Re: Any other non-gaming retro PC enthusiasts out there?

Posted on 2019-10-07, 09:00

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How is writing games "non-gaming"?

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Re: Trine 4

Posted on 2019-10-07, 06:57

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by kolderman

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How worthwhile are trine 1-3?

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Re: Fastest Windows 7 system [omg, it is already retro]

Posted on 2019-10-06, 19:32

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by kolderman

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It's only retro if it can't run modern software. I think it's the other way round. I.e. If modern systems can't run it or games from it's era then it's retro. Win 7 will likely run fine on almost any modern hardware, and games from 2007 onwards are likely to run just fine too. Cannot say the same …

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

Posted on 2019-10-06, 03:52

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by kolderman

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That's probably the clearest demonstration that retrobrighting can work I've seen.

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Re: Other than Roland, what are the other "best" sounding MIDI devices/sound cards out there?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 05:35

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by kolderman

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I have a Kawai Gmega. When it sounds bad it's terrible but when it sounds good it beats out all my others, including korg, akai, casio and roland stuff. Its brass/string (think modern jazz) are outstanding, less so for industrial music (think doom) where the korg/sc55 rule. And thats the rub - no …

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