Re: Athlon 64 + windows 98 = Windows Protection Error

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:12

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by SScorpio

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What chipset / motherboard are you using? My Win98 box is an Athlon64 and I've had success with both VIA and NForce chipsets. The NForce is missing the PCI IRQ assignment stuff, so DOS sound compatibility isn't there. the motherboard is ASrock 939N68PV-GLAN with GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP …

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Re: Athlon 64 + windows 98 = Windows Protection Error

Posted on 2024-05-10, 11:55

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by SScorpio

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What chipset / motherboard are you using? My Win98 box is an Athlon64 and I've had success with both VIA and NForce chipsets. The NForce is missing the PCI IRQ assignment stuff, so DOS sound compatibility isn't there.

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-04-17, 20:25

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by SScorpio

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ExplodingLemur wrote on 2024-04-17, 19:56: Isn't PCMCIA just ISA? It can be either ISA or PCI. I'm not sure if it's 100% one to one for the pins. But the design should be able to be translated over.

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Re: Upgrade to AWE64, or keep SB16 + Wavetable board?

Posted on 2024-04-14, 13:40

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A good point, that one. I'd like to add that this should also solve any hanging note bug you might have. My SB16 CT2940 is a buggy mess in Doom if I try to use it for digital sound as well as midi out, but if I let my GUS handle the digital part, the midi interface works perfectly. If you already …

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Re: MP32L or McCake?

Posted on 2024-04-13, 21:29

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by SScorpio

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The big choice is do you want an internal device that connects to a wavetable header on a sound card, or something external that can be used like a normal MIDI module possibly on multiple systems?

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-04-01, 11:30

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McCake isn't working, but the host ESS 1868 soundcard is configured and working via unisound okay (both fm and digital sound are fine)... I'm wondering if the soundcard isn't supplying enough power via the waveblaster header (I don't have a free fdd power connector for the board itself). I'll have …

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Re: Batch for running software in DOS

Posted on 2024-03-31, 01:59

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You can theoretically automate it, like you described, but it's not a good idea, because of the following reasons: 1. Sometimes a user might think "Oh, I have to reboot for this game, this takes to much time now. I don't feel like doing that now. I'd rather play something else instead." In such a …

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Re: Batch for running software in DOS

Posted on 2024-03-30, 14:29

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Things like this need to be solved with a boot menu. I had a boot menu with about 5-6 entries where I could cover all cases (with and without XMS, EMS, CD-ROM, Win3.1, etc.). The problem with a boot menu is that you're forced to make a choice on start, and you could pick a game that will require …

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Re: Best soundcard for my Pentium III 3dfx build ?

Posted on 2024-03-29, 17:24

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What do you plan on running? For Windows use the Live! 5.1, but if you also plan to do any DOS gaming, I'd also use the CT4170 if you are targeting end of era DOS games that could do 640x480, while having OK Adlib, but still far superior to the what the Live outputs for DOS music.

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Re: Batch for running software in DOS

Posted on 2024-03-29, 16:47

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Any issue is some game need specific memory manager loaded, or some don't work with them at all. It might make sense to have several variations of config.sys and autoexec.bat, and your launching of a game would overwrite the config.sys and autoexec.bat, as well as copying a custom game.bat or …

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Re: DirectX 8 PC project

Posted on 2024-03-25, 16:02

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The FX can run DX8 games with additional things like anti aliasing enabled and get better performance over the GeForce 4 cards. This wasn't quite the era of 3D accelerators double in performance in nine months. But I had an original GeForce 3, and upgraded to the more budget GeForce 4 4200 which was …

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Re: 2001 Dream PC project

Posted on 2024-03-25, 14:26

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With that said. I am renaming and repurposing this "2001 Dream PC" project into a "DX8 (generation) PC" project, and trying to re-name the thread to that now. I would define that with components released between the first dx8 gpu (the geforce3, released on february 2001) and the first dx9 gpu (the …

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-03-22, 17:40

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by SScorpio

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https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1009465#p1009465 You might be able to contact the creator through his yt email addr. Can confirm that it works. oled display and dac module are seperate. Go to 14:23 in the video for the cd audio demo. Are you saying the Russian IDE SD emulator was released? …

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Re: Things I learned about fans

Posted on 2024-03-17, 00:44

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by SScorpio

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You can deal with coil while with silicone (but afaik not the bathroom kind) or maybe even a hotglue Thanks, I can't hear the whine anymore. Or anything else for that matter. Joking aside I had some pretty bad impacted wax last year that really affected my hearing in one ear. But it caused my …

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-03-16, 19:10

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Cut outs will be needed in the front panel for the floppy drive and a CF slot. I think I have some miniature stainless toggle switches in my box of bits for power and turbo switches. Unsure what to do with the reset function yet - ideally I'd have a matching momentary toggle switch, but all the …

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Re: Things I learned about fans

Posted on 2024-03-16, 00:57

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Often, "silent" fans are only quieter because they move way less air. Worse yet, they are often fixed at the super low rpm they run at. This is especially the case with cheaper no name quiet fans. So many times I've had people replace all their fans with "silent" fans then come to me with …

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-03-03, 16:36

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On the other hand, with the ESS ES1868F sound card, whilst B07 / -12v is missing, it does have a pad for B05 / -5v. However , there are a lot of missing, optional components on this card and I see no amplification circuitry of any kind - there is just the ES1868F chip, an oscillator, some …

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-03-03, 00:18

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-5V was mainly used by older sound cards, the ESS is likely new enough, but you never know. -12V was more commonly used, check the pinout Wikipedia link I posted and then look at your cards. They generally won't have a pad on the slot if it doesn't use the voltage, so you can check your sound and …

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-03-02, 20:59

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Once you get it working standalone, plug it into the backplane by itself and see if you have the -5V and -12V power on the other ISA slots. I see a single transistor, which is likely generating 3.3V for the CPU. But I don't see anything that would generate the other voltages. https://upload. …

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-02-26, 12:34

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I'll confirm that all of that works and more. I suggest you also connect it to the SB16 MIDI MPU-401 ouptut. Then you'll have a wavetable synth as well: Are you using a custom cable to connect to the wavetable headers on the card, or something routed over the joystick port? If the header, is it …

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