Re: Perfect ISA soundcard, in theory

Posted on 2024-05-27, 15:50

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by stanwebber

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azt2316 (pnp version) is similar to the cs4232 in its offerings and performance. i currently have the later azt2320 which is essentially the same, but with integrated yamaha opl. just forego the dos drivers for unisound.com and you will be fine. i also seem to remember the aztech chip doesn't need …

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Re: Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3 Windows 98 MS-DOS Mode

Posted on 2024-05-27, 03:44

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by stanwebber

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yes, vdmsound will work in win98 for this. i recommend you comment out (disable) all soundblaster and adlib emulation in the config file and run with just mpu-401. if your pc is fast enough, dosbox is another solution

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Re: Athlon XP performance ratings

Posted on 2024-05-05, 09:03

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by stanwebber

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no contest between a p4 northwood and an xp barton...the barton will get blown out of the water. i know. i've run the same p4 2.8ghz (and slower 2.6/2.4ghz overclocked) northwood and xp 2500+ barton overclocked to 400fsb and intel clearly runs away with it. the adoption of sse2 vs 3dnow!2 doesn't …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-05, 08:43

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by stanwebber

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my plex server is still a p4 2.8ghz northwood (debian bookworm runs great on it). i got a drawer full of 2.4c northwoods that were great budget overclockers back in the day. problem with the p4 is lack of isa and the problem with industrial p4 boards with isa is crippled agp slots (or dma …

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Re: Choosing a GPU for a P4 build?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 06:20

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by stanwebber

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i'm ran xp sp2 with a p4 2.8ghz northwood and radeon 9600 xt. i vote the radeon 95oo pro if you can unlock the pixel pipelines on a 256 width card.

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Re: USB Keyboard driver for DOS 6.22? (Maybe mouse too?)

Posted on 2024-04-29, 07:09

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by stanwebber

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Seems my motherboard and add-in card are incompatible with Bret's solution. And I have no experience compiling programs, I'm having trouble following the instructions for USBDDOS. Perhaps somebody can assist me? usbddos locks up my kt133a system on execution. crazii said he would help me diagnose, …

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Re: Computer POST Beeps after changing DVD drive

Posted on 2024-04-28, 21:53

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by stanwebber

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keep the side of the case off for awhile to observe. i had an ati pcie card with a fan that would randomly lock up with no other symptoms of failure. on reboot, more often than not, the fan would start spinning again. took awhile to figure out what was going on until i left the case open.

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Re: USB Keyboard driver for DOS 6.22? (Maybe mouse too?)

Posted on 2024-04-28, 21:43

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by stanwebber

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https://bretjohnson.us/ https://github.com/crazii/USBDDOS

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Re: want to use pc-133 cas2 512mb sdram with bad memory addresses under win9x

Posted on 2024-04-21, 19:58

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by stanwebber

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Ideally... if the collective (we) here can figure out the behaviour of that properly, a trivial script will convert the badram output of memtest86 into a reg key. https://www.memtest86.com/blacklist-ram-badram-badmemorylist.html I would assume there are some limitations to reserving blocks of bad …

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Re: Need help with a rare ESS1868 based card

Posted on 2024-04-12, 05:50

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by stanwebber

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i have a couple cards with the samsung wavetable chip. it's always connected directly to port 330. i'm thinking something is muted in the mixer. is the wavetable detected under windows as a roland mpu-401 device?

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Re: Successfully using 137GB+ partition/HDD under 98SE?

Posted on 2024-03-24, 00:42

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by stanwebber

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Alright thanks guys I'll split it into two partitions. Can the second partition be NTFS or is FAT32 the best 98 can see? dos 7.1/win98 can't see ntfs drives without third-party drivers and write access is iffy unless things have changed. i also keep backups of iso images connected to my win98se …

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Re: Successfully using 137GB+ partition/HDD under 98SE?

Posted on 2024-03-23, 04:54

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by stanwebber

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my thinking exactly. with the aforementioned third-party patches i've never had corruption with large drives, but then i never had a partition bigger than 128gib (137gb). split the 250gb in half and make the 2nd partition a logical drive. align the extended partition to cyl, not mb, so dos/win98 …

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Re: Sound blaster AWE 64 GOLD, how to test it?

Posted on 2024-03-22, 03:40

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by stanwebber

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you can fully test it in either dos or windows or even linux. win98 & up (not sure about win95 versions) will have driver support built-in. if you want, you can also install the nt4.0 awe control panel in compatibility mode under xp (and possibly later) to load sf2 soundfonts. win9x should have the …

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Re: Cap blown on GUS PnP Pro

Posted on 2024-03-22, 03:29

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by stanwebber

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why wouldn't it be repairable? i dont see any leakage around it and it's a thru hole capacitor that looks like the specs would be clearly visible.

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2024-03-22, 03:22

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by stanwebber

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just a heads up, i have gotten sound canvas va v1.0.3 activated under xp sp2, both 32bit and 64bit, so it's not impossible. you will need a sse2 capable cpu and the c++ 2010 runtime library. 64bit just worked, but 32bit required a 'portable' scva release before activation was recognized. i used …

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Re: intel speedstep p3 850mhz coppermine e appears locked to 700mhz in dos and win98se (full speed in xp)

Posted on 2024-03-20, 14:03

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by stanwebber

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yes, that was the issue. the softpaq number for the speedstep applet is sp18114. kinda skipped over the p3...never knew this existed back in the day and by the p4 it was already integrated into the os. in the end the extra 150mhz didn't make a difference...still can't run standalone munt on this …

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intel speedstep p3 850mhz coppermine e appears locked to 700mhz in dos and win98se (full speed in xp)

Posted on 2024-03-20, 01:13

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by stanwebber

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it's possible i'm just not measuring the speed correctly, but i don't know of any other real-time monitoring tools. the system is a compaq armada e500 laptop. the bios lists a pentium 3 850mhz (family 6, model 8, stepping 6) under system information. intel speedstep is enabled without any option to …

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Re: Recommendation for non-PNP ISA sound card with IDE and OPL3?

Posted on 2024-03-20, 00:20

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by stanwebber

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I recomend aztech waverider pro 32-3d non pnp. what wavetable chip does that card have? is it a wavefront? i have a couple oem waverider platinum 3d pnp cards with the samsung wavetable. i've been after a waverider pro 32 for some time, but i assumed the only differences were pnp vs non-pnp and the …

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Re: Hi! I need your help. Somehow I disabled Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

Posted on 2024-03-19, 12:51

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by stanwebber

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what os are you running?

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Re: VIA KT133 boards not working with DirectX in 98SE

Posted on 2024-03-19, 12:41

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by stanwebber

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less aggressive agp bios settings? or just failsafe settings across the board? i think you're using the same via 4-in-1 version i am if memory serves so not sure what else to try.

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