Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-03-08, 08:42

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by moog

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Yare yare daze jiji, that's a really huge tutorial. Here's the gist of it in Linux commands, so someone like me who prepares stuff for FreeDOS can make do without Windows. Well, us old folks do like to ramble on sometime. :D On that note, I'll be updating the guide soon to include some of …

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AWEUTIL.COM divides by zero

Posted on 2022-03-08, 01:29

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by moog

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So I tried to load a huge soundfont. I've first taken https://github.com/wrightflyer/SF2_SoundFonts/blob/master/Masterpiece.sf2 and converted it to .sbk with Awave Studio. It checks out, it's 29,282,950 bytes large, will fit real snug into the DRAM of a fully upgraded AWE64 Gold - which has 29,360, …

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Re: Gameport devices changing PC speed?

Posted on 2022-03-07, 23:28

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by moog

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unfortunately, it still doesn't work, it starts but I have no control. if you managed to make it work, post an archive of the game here. If you don't want to, send me an e-mail, I'll pay you. BRUH. You use a PS/2 or USB keyboard? Games written in Pascal language (Jazz JackRabbit, Lotus 3) have …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-03-07, 23:13

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by moog

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Yare yare daze jiji, that's a really huge tutorial. Here's the gist of it in Linux commands, so someone like me who prepares stuff for FreeDOS can make do without Windows. # We only need 1 thing from the original driver ISO - ECW file. If you have a better one, skip this. curl -L 'http:// …

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Voodoo 5500 temperature checking

Posted on 2022-01-23, 15:04

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by moog

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Is it even possible to check the temperature of a Voodoo 5500 with software? I think I'm hitting the limits of current passive cooling with the 5500.

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Re: Runtime error R6003 integer divide by 0 - real Fixes for fast CPUs, no slowdown workaround..

Posted on 2022-01-12, 16:06

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by moog

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I'm trying to track down what's going on with Stargunner and I've got this: - SETUP.EXE sets mode to 40, prints the following in red and mangles the white font: Interrupt divide by zero, stack: 2DB5 C000 3A07 000C 0000 0000 2CCB 0000 0000 28E2 0000 0000 12A2 - STARGUN.EXE does the same after the …

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Re: Gameport devices changing PC speed?

Posted on 2022-01-12, 15:47

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by moog

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PS/2 or USB? Also, for people who can't seem to understand what is going on here (such as myself, for a while): The gist of the problem is to change FB F7 F1 to FB 90 90 in LOTUS.DAT file. Specifically, you want to look for: - address 0xAE86, where you'll just find F7 F1 to be changed to 90 90, IF …

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Re: Voodoo5 Pure DOS VESA/VBE 3.0 Issues

Posted on 2022-01-12, 12:01

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by moog

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I would definitely like to know what you did to get the Voodoo 5500 working with greater VESA/VBE modes. All I can muster with Duke Nukem 3D is the stock resolution, despite of me selecting 800x600 in VESA 2.0 in the setup. Oddly enough, setup claims it to be the highest. That's BS, the card can …

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Re: Lin-Lin adapter documentation

Posted on 2022-01-12, 10:05

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by moog

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Did you rule out capacitors on the motherboard and in the PSU? I swapped the clockgen on my P2B to an ICS9250CF which gives the fourth bit in the jumper block for 133Mhz... First I thought my IC was counterfeit, but yesterday I installed an authentic one, and the problem persists. So I also tested …

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Re: Pentium III + Voodoo3 mini PC (MS-6168 based) [build log]

Posted on 2022-01-12, 01:26

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by moog

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Interesting build! Do you also get those pesky div0s in Stargunner? I would like to see those fixed someday 😀

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Re: Lin-Lin adapter documentation

Posted on 2022-01-11, 23:08

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by moog

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I just can't get my PIII-S 1.4 stable with it on my P2B-S (on an Abit Slotket III)... Someone else here says the board is fine (though I have not seen acceptable qualification of his testing), but while Prime 28 passes fine, Prime 27 has a weird failure state where the tests start "passing" seconds …

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Lin-Lin adapter documentation

Posted on 2022-01-11, 16:26

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by moog

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The Lin-Lin adapter does not come with any documentation whatsoever except for 3 configs printed out on the back of the box. Pictures available on the Internet are really blurry, so there's not much to get out there. Unfortunately, I don't have my box either, so the following is what I've managed to …

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Unofficial RAM limit

Posted on 2021-12-31, 13:50

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by moog

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I couldn't find a thread like that, so I'll start. What is this about? There's a wiki page about unofficial laptop memory limits https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Unofficial_maximum_memory_specs but there isn't one for, well, other kinds of computers. Sadly, this page is dedicated only to ThinkPad …

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Re: Win98SE recognizes CDROM as 5.25 floppy drive

Posted on 2021-12-21, 08:14

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by moog

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The root cause turned out was resource congestion. I didn't mention this, but during installation, the computer had ACPI enabled, IRQ3 reserved for Wake-on-Modem and all PCI/AGP/ISA slots were occupied. I have removed almost all devices except for the ISA soundcard and AGP video card, disabled ACPI, …

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Win98SE recognizes CDROM as 5.25 floppy drive

Posted on 2021-12-18, 21:34

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by moog

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Hi everyone. I've experienced this issue on 2 motherboards already - Epox D3VA and Abit VP6. After installation is finished, the IDE CD drive, no matter how old or new, is recognized as a 5.25" floppy drive. I've managed to fix this on the Abit VP6 by updating the IDE controller's drivers, but the …

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SoundBlaster AWE64 Gold - capacitors

Posted on 2021-11-27, 13:17

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by moog

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I am close to replacing my motherboard, so I will be switching to an ISA card soon. I already have one, and this is it. And we're gathered here once again for our capacitor list. Part congestion on the PCB allows enough leeway to disregard capacitor diameters, and, it actually lets us read PCB …

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Re: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS - capacitors

Posted on 2021-11-18, 09:52

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by moog

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Stiletto wrote on 2021-11-18, 04:09: moog wrote on 2021-11-17, 21:43: Here goes. Edited your post to give you a fixed-width font 😀 You're a legend!

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SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS - capacitors

Posted on 2021-11-17, 21:43

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by moog

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WARNING! SOME CAPACITORS ARE NON-POLAR! I've recovered my old Audigy 2 ZS. Hopefully I'll be able to hear her sweet sound soon, but most importantly, we're here for the capacitor list for such a card so that we may immortalize our precious hardware. Here goes. Legend: ${amount}x [${capacitance}, ${ …

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Re: Voodoo 1 displays garbage

Posted on 2021-08-26, 01:15

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by moog

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Everybody gangsta til they this mafk

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Re: Voodoo 1 displays garbage

Posted on 2021-08-25, 22:16

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by moog

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Hey fellas! I'm back from holidays and I've got a lot of news for you! By the way, I'm happily surprised to see Tiido chimed in here! Man, I heard about you on 4chan's /g/ way back in 2000-what-was-it? 11? 12? 13? I remember being very impressed with your website and dedication for Windows 98! I've …

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