Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76b

Posted on 2021-07-07, 20:44

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Glad to hear you got it working! All games using a SoundBlaster can only use one sound blaster card. You *can* combine the Axxx, Dx, Hx, Ix for one card with the Pxxx for the MPU-401 part, since these are actually different devices, but otherwise, you can not combine them AFAIK. The other parameters …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76b

Posted on 2021-07-07, 15:32

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I did, in fact, just try this - and it works without problems here! I tried with Duke Dukem 3D (but not with other games, yet). For Duke Nukem 3D one does not need to "lie" about the MPU I/O address - so I left it at P300 (as in my AUTOEXEC.BAT), but one could make a "combination" of the BLASTER …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76b

Posted on 2021-07-07, 13:36

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So, just to clear things up: the CT2230 is a non-PnP card (?) and the ES1868f is a PnP -card. You can configure the cards to reside nicely side-by-side; just re-set the BLASTER before re-running unisound. I have a CT2290 and the Yamaha Audacian (YMF718, PnP) so it is very similar to your setup. …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-09-02, 14:45

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by Wild-E

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According to Wiki ACPI could be using IRQ9. Not sure if P233MMX chipsets even have ACPI. Could be that the BIOS only lists "addons"... Anyways, I have no experience with that HardMPU thing.

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-09-02, 08:57

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Yeah, sounds familiar. There is really very few free IRQ:s in the <10 range (usable for soundcards), IIRC 1 if LPT and both COM ports are enabled. Disabling the LPT and one (or both) COM ports will free up some IRQs, which are needed if there is more than one sound card installed. And, btw, the BIOS …

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Re: Cute games for DOS

Posted on 2019-03-29, 13:32

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Hi! Thanks for all the suggestions! Some are unknown to me before, some are good remainders :-) . A few comments to some replies: A couple of the girls I knew back in those days had a strange obsession with the first Leisure Suit Larry game. Go away! That's not for girls! I think it can be described …

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Cute games for DOS

Posted on 2019-03-26, 17:16

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by Wild-E

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Hi! I want to show some cute games on DOS to my girlfriend :blush: I can come up with Commander Keen (series) and Lemmings. Perhaps Zool. Monkey Island(s). Maybe more when I think about this more :-) What other games do you think when you think about words "cute" and "girlfriend" ? (In case you are …

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Re: Replacing IDE hard drives with something more modern

Posted on 2019-03-20, 14:31

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by Wild-E

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Coming back to old thread! Finally got some IDE DOMs. Not the cheapest option but reading the thread, browsing eBay, that seemed the solution I want to use. Thanks for all the suggestions! Just want to point out one small thing which might matter but is easy to miss when making an order: many (most/ …

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Instability problems with old Super Socket 7 MB and how I fixed them

Posted on 2019-03-10, 19:36

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by Wild-E

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Hi! I had some weird instability problems with my Super Socket 7 board, which took quite some time to fix (TL;DR at end). The box was sitting unused for a year because of time constraints and it being a bit unstable at some situations . Just now I had the time, and want to share my findings / …

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Re: Replacing a broken socket 7 cpu latch/lever

Posted on 2019-03-04, 17:45

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Hi, No time to play with retro PCs, but finally I tried to dismantle my socket because of the above issues; I "succeeded": https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7912/32338841087_0a76fcb9c6_z.jpg The thing is, that the plastic is very soft but brittle. It does not bend away enough for the upper part to be …

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Re: Replacing a broken socket 7 cpu latch/lever

Posted on 2018-02-18, 12:01

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Ampera: Yes, that is certainly possible. I kind of mentioned it in my post, but didn't give enough details; the problem is that real Socket7 coolers are difficult to come by - especially quiet ones! Those that are supposed to be "glued" on the IHS are not on acceptable sound level IMO, provided you …

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Replacing IDE hard drives with something more modern

Posted on 2018-02-16, 12:08

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by Wild-E

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Hi dear forum readers, I've put together a nice retro PC (AMD-K6II+, DOS/Win98, Audacian32... ). It has a nice silent CPU cooler, a nice silent PSU, passive GPU (for the time being, at least). . . . .... Oh but the hard drives, the hard drives are noisy as **** and they are making me ears bleed and …

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Re: Replacing a broken socket 7 cpu latch/lever

Posted on 2018-02-16, 11:31

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Thanks for this thread / post! I have a EP-MVP3G2 Super Socket motherboard, and curiously, it is stable if I do not have installed a heatsink . Just putting it on top of a CPU makes no ill effect (except the CPU would remain cool), but attatching the clips makes it misbehave; as in it does not post …

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Re: Pinball Fantasies no-scroll patch for dosbox 0.65

Posted on 2014-01-11, 19:48

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Hi! I've updated the patch a bit. It does really work quite well for me, with some issues. Remember: This patch makes the gamess do something they were not supposed to. It may cause glitches in some games. Also, I'm not sure the no-scroll always improves gameplay, as the graphics will get quite …

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Re: Pinball Fantasies no-scroll patch for dosbox 0.65

Posted on 2014-01-11, 15:29

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Hi carlo, One nees to apply the patch to the source of dosbox-0.74 and recompile it. That is a little bit over the capabilites of the regular user, I believe. If you don't know how to compile yourself (and don't want to learn), you need to find someone who's willing to compile it and distribute the …

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Re: Pinball Fantasies no-scroll patch for dosbox 0.65

Posted on 2014-01-02, 16:35

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Hi again, There seems to be some confusion about aspect ratios and my patch. Well I will try to clear things up =). First, my patch works (at least AFAICT). I've tried it on pinball fantasies and pinball dreams (haven't had time to play around with it more yet). It really depends on the values you …

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Re: Pinball Fantasies no-scroll patch for dosbox 0.65

Posted on 2013-12-26, 21:40

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Hi! I just love bumping old threads, since I like old stuff like games and whisky ;-). I had an urge to play some of the old pinball games today, and remembered this hack. It doesn't work with current dosbox version anymore, so I've made the changes to dosbox 0.74 with a bonus! There seem to be some …

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Re: Where does mt32emu look for the ROM files (in Linux...) [SOLVED]

Posted on 2013-02-13, 13:53

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Thanks, Dominus! It is indeed, so. And it works very well, too! Much better than the old standalone program (no OSS/ALSA MIDI interface between or external mixing required).

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Where does mt32emu look for the ROM files (in Linux...)

Posted on 2013-02-12, 21:28

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by Wild-E

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Hi! I've noticed mt32emu development has restarted (well, at least I thought it was on hiatus). Nice! Anyways, I managed to compile the library and dosbox with mt32emu support on Linux. However, I just can't figure out where it (mt32emu library? DOSBox?) is looking for the ROM files. And the …

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Re: Pinball Fantasies no-scroll patch for dosbox 0.65

Posted on 2006-08-31, 22:20

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Does Psycho work for you with the non-patched dosbox 0.65 ? Yes... Have you used the values that miki maus has posted above? and yes. (I though that these would be obvious.) I just get a black window with the patch, but the game keeps running - I can hear the sounds and even exit back to the menu ( …

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