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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

I'm testing the latest FastDoom on my IBM ThinkPad A21m. It seems to run fine but when I run FDSETUP the system locks up in DOS and crashes with an illegal operation in Windows. This ThinkPad uses a Crystal SoundFusion that utilizes a CWCDOS TSR for Soundblaster compatibility in DOS. The SoundFusion …

Re: Tie Fighter joystick problem...

Isn't this one of the old games that you need to calibrate the stick in *every time* you start it up? (I haven't run it for awhile, so I forgot) In DOSBox, you could set the joystick polling to 'timed=false', not sure what your pc emulation requires. Yes it is. If you don't calibrate the joystick …

Re: This Sound card work well in ms-dos games ?

As said an ISA sound card is better for DOS, but in my opinion the Sound Blaster Live! is actually pretty good in DOS. I found it to be more compatible than I thought it would be considering its reputation around here. The TSR requires EMS memory so it's not compatible with any game that conflicts …

Re: Voodoo 1 Cooling

I use a front case fan that blows onto the Voodoo and other cards, then I installed an expansion slot cover next to the Voodoo that has a ventilation hole in it. There's now a nice path for the air to flow that cools the Voodoo.

Re: New Rage XL PCI that can't boot

Maybe it's just broken? One of the cost-reduced ATI Rage XL PCI's I purchased had a tiny bit of physical damage that severed one of the connections to the BIOS chip. Like yours it would get hot but not display anything. I managed to fix the severed connection with a bit of solder.

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