Re: Dillodos issues when starting

Posted on 2021-08-22, 20:05

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by mscdex

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Since it appears to be having problems starting nano-x, you might try adjusting the NANOSCR environment variable in DILLO.BAT to something your video card/display supports. Here's a description of the format of that environment variable value from here : There is an environment variable which Nano-X …

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Re: Dillodos issues when starting

Posted on 2021-08-22, 16:26

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by mscdex

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It works for me on my DOS (7.x) rig. Here's what I did: Downloaded the ZIP from here Copied over just the \NET\DILLO directory Edited the DILLO.BAT to comment out the "search/find" commands near the top as I don't have the vfdutil program it tries to use. Set the SELF environment variable to the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-17, 16:49

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That is a so called PISA slot, not EISA... I have that board too Ah, interesting. So was anything ever really available for PISA? I have a Pentium board with a PISA slot as the only slot on the board and is thus designed for a riser card with expansion slots. Not sure why a board like yours would …

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

Posted on 2021-08-07, 02:14

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Picked up a few interesting/fun books. I was very surprised to find the DOS book, especially one of that size. It's more in depth than I expected and even covers a lot of lower level stuff including writing DOS apps and TSRs with lots of ASM code examples. Sadly it is missing the disk that was …

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

Posted on 2021-08-03, 20:33

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Gave my VIA EPIA ML5000EA board a home today. I had to use a "universal IO shield" (which was a pain to cut and looks very janky up close) since the board never came with one when I originally purchased it over a decade ago and finding a replacement (or compatible) IO shield for it is near …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-05, 21:38

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With all due respect, I am quite certain that this is not due to running MS-DOS 7 (or 7.1), but more likely to emm386.exe being loaded and switching the CPU into v86 mode . Case in point, under DOS 7.1, I don't get the error message if EMM386.EXE is not loaded, but I do get it if EMM386.EXE is …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-05, 14:36

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by mscdex

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Mumak wrote on 2021-07-05, 14:25: Could you please also attach the HWiNFO Debug File? This is produced when running with the -d switch. Sorry about that, updated the post.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-05, 14:08

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That's right, MSDOS 7.x is no longer the "good old" real mode DOS as it used to be. I wasn't sure how the detection was being done. It was just a bit confusing because Windows is definitely not running or installed even. Regarding the wrong CPU clock on VIA Eden, I'd need to see the HWiNFO Report …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-05, 05:28

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Just tried 6.1.4 on my VIA Epia ML6000EA board for fun and noticed a couple of minor issues: * On program startup it thinks I'm running under Windows DOS mode, although I'm booting directly into MSDOS 7.x (copied from Windows 98 SE). * The CPU clock speed is reporting ~350-360MHz, but it should be …

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Re: Supermicro X7DAE+ - running build

Posted on 2021-06-26, 19:00

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The system is finally completely assembled and received its 32GB of FB-Dimm craziness: X7_8.jpg What is that that you're using to cool the memory with? Is it secured well? I've got a very similar board (X7DBN) with the same amount of ram (8 sticks totaling 32GB) and am getting temps up to 127.5C on …

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Re: PCI sound card recommendations for VT8235-based board for pure DOS gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-21, 20:56

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I worked a bit more on it this afternoon and like you said, als4kdos is indeed all that's needed which is nice because it doesn't cause the games that use DOS/4GW to crash. The only other things I was missing to make the dozen or so games to work properly (at least audio-wise and stability-wise) was …

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Re: PCI sound card recommendations for VT8235-based board for pure DOS gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-21, 06:12

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Ok well, I don't believe this but I actually found an ALS4000-based card in a bag of all my old PCI cards. It was the only sound card I had left. Anyway, I've fiddled with it a bit (with both the als4kdos and the official ALS4000 avinit.exe/avconfig.exe-based DOS driver) and I have managed to get …

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PCI sound card recommendations for VT8235-based board for pure DOS gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-20, 19:52

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by mscdex

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I'm looking for some PCI sound card recommendations for pure DOS gaming for a board with a VT8235 south bridge. Specifically it's an Epia ML6000EA (667MHz Eden Nehemiah). This board does not have a PC/PCI connector on it. I've been pouring over the vast amount of information regarding DOS …

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Re: Can one connect an IDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM to one of those USB to IDE adapters? Has anyone tried that ?

Posted on 2021-06-18, 22:26

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sysjunkie wrote on 2021-06-18, 19:34: Power is not a problem. Can someone recommend a definitely tested one tho ? I've used this one with an IDE CDRW drive on my main desktop to burn CDs for some of my older machines.

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Re: Is this CF-IDE adapter a viable option for DOS?

Posted on 2021-06-11, 15:59

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Not sure about DOS but I know the "best" I can get out of my i430VX-based socket 7 system under Linux is MWDMA1 (using a CF->IDE adapter connected directly to the board).

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Re: EISA->PCI adapter or EISA CF card?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 22:38

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Out of interest, exactly which DIMMs are you using? 64MB DIMMs that both work and are fully utilized (as opposed to 1/4) on an i430VX are very rare as it's an ancient and picky chipset (the first to support SDRAM in fact). Could you post both DIMM brand+model/part number and the part number of an …

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Re: EISA->PCI adapter or EISA CF card?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 15:00

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Not sure what sort of risers you were looking at, but first hit on Google image search was this, which is exactly what I was referring to: Ah ok I see it now. Unfortunately that's the only (low profile) PISA riser I can find that's for sale anywhere but it has the opposite orientation, so the PCI …

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Re: EISA->PCI adapter or EISA CF card?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 01:24

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I forgot to add that I believe this particular motherboard is the Packard Bell PB810, which I discovered after an exhaustive search based on chipsets and board layouts because there are no markings on the motherboard itself. The first hit on google describes the slot as an EISA slot, so that's what …

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Re: EISA->PCI adapter or EISA CF card?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 01:07

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weedeewee wrote on 2021-06-06, 21:43: and regarding the IDE speeds... Are you using 40 wire IDE cables or 80 wire ? Neither. It's one of those CF->IDE adapters that you can plug in directly, like this:

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Re: EISA->PCI adapter or EISA CF card?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 01:01

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Tbh I would keep this board with the case and big riser if you have it - otherwise you end up with a worthless case and a board you need to do something custom with. Yeah unfortunately I just have the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and riser. Not the original case or anything else. That's why I was hoping …

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