Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2011-01-31, 12:42

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by keropi

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

sorry for jumping late on the train, is there a real DOS version of Megazeux available? All I see for download are SDL ports to new OSes edit: dang, I was blind or something in the morning 😵 http://vault.digitalmzx.net/search.php?browse=4

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Re: ATI VGA Stereo F/X Pinout

Posted on 2011-01-28, 07:08

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by keropi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

heh you are making the same mistake as I did... sound input/output is from the midi/joystick port , not the middle circular one...! After searching and finding nothing I started testing all pins and got output from the joystick port. The missing breakout cable actually goes there LOL Unfortunately I …

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Re: Soundcards vs onboard audio for games

Posted on 2011-01-19, 07:36

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by keropi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

you do realize that those onboard-drivers-that-makes-your-chipset-a-x-fi-wanabe use cpu resources to actually enable the crystalizer and other special features... it is the same as creative's own X-Fi Xtreme Audio card, that is actually a SBLive! with x-fi drivers that use the cpu to compensate the …

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Re: Soundcards vs onboard audio for games

Posted on 2011-01-18, 11:51

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by keropi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

good riddance to IDE , I hate it's awkward cables that mess your system 🤣

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Re: World of Xeen MIDI?

Posted on 2011-01-18, 07:32

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by keropi

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

from our last tests I remember that some sfx are played through midi... door sounds (very realistic too!), spell sounds and some combat ones where playing through my lapci-i

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Re: Arx Fatalis Source code + Patch

Posted on 2011-01-17, 16:49

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by keropi

in Windows

in Windows

great news and they give the source code too!!! I only have the GOG version, dunno if the patch can be used...

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Re: Geforce4 MX 440 Datasheet/reference/specifications

Posted on 2011-01-14, 01:04

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by keropi

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

yeah, I wonder too why an emulator for a gf4mx...

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Re: Ultima VIII

Posted on 2011-01-13, 07:28

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by keropi

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Mystery wrote: Ultima VIII won't start if you have too much memory, at least on a real PC, I don't know if this applies to DOSBox as well. Try to reduce the memory to 8MB or less and see if it works. it runs fine on my pentium 200mmx with 64MB ram

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Re: My "new" NEC V-20 based PC

Posted on 2011-01-12, 07:25

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by keropi

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

so you don't need me to dig up those controllers after all?

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Re: My "new" NEC V-20 based PC

Posted on 2011-01-11, 22:17

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by keropi

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I'll check them all tomorrow Old Thrashbarg and post pics, maybe one of them is good 😁

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Re: My "new" NEC V-20 based PC

Posted on 2011-01-11, 20:03

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by keropi

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

awesome post patrioth!!! I have some 8-bit ide/floppy controllers , will these work for you? I can gift you a couple... I have no experience on XT machines though , but I can't see why it won't work... IIRC I also have an 8bit SCSI controller (it was inside an amiga2000 with a pc-emulator card) …

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Re: Good DOS machine for more recent DOS games

Posted on 2011-01-08, 13:12

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by keropi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IMHO what you need is a fast vga card with Vesa3 (or 2) BIOS... The voodoo3 has a VBE3 BIOS and better yet - the Nvidia Riva cards have a VBE3 BIOS , are somewhat faster and don't have some bugs in old games like the voodoo3 has (though you don't care for old games...) I would use a Riva card and a …

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Re: Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager Fix

Posted on 2011-01-04, 00:47

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by keropi

in DOS

in DOS

performance wise I would say they both behave the same... on my DOS-only pentium200 machine they are both VERY fast 🤣 yep, midi is preferred by me too! it adds up somehow to the game 😀 old prg's need old music playback too 😊 😊 😊

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Re: Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager Fix

Posted on 2011-01-04, 00:24

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by keropi

in DOS

in DOS

did you get the CD version for the audio tracks or was it the only one you found? I happen to have both versions, the floppy one patches just fine... haven't really tested the cdrom one since I prefer music from my roland/yamaha synths instead of CDDA tracks... edit: tried my boxed cdrom version, it …

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Re: Dark Sun 2: Wake of the Ravager Fix

Posted on 2011-01-03, 23:56

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by keropi

in DOS

in DOS

it is actually a BAD idea to ignore the safety check and patch a file that does not match the expected one... most likely you have damaged the file and depending what it was you will get some or big troubles when the time to use it comes... unless the files are some txt's or something that are not …

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Re: What does an Ad Lib sound card sound like?

Posted on 2011-01-03, 19:56

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by keropi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IIRC I also got my DSS from Salient 😁 I also did manage to find a reasonable priced AdLib and a bopxed complete GameBlaster from eBay, but thoses searches took YEARS...!

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Re: New Member and new 486 Build

Posted on 2011-01-02, 17:06

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by keropi

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I just love those old towers!!!!

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Re: New Member and new 486 Build

Posted on 2011-01-02, 15:53

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by keropi

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

welcome!!! post a pic of yer 486 😀 your build seems fine to me, classic good quality components!!!

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Re: What does an Ad Lib sound card sound like?

Posted on 2011-01-02, 15:50

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by keropi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

yep AdLib is just an OPL2 and nothing more... if it sounds any different from a SB that has a real OPL it would be because of the amps or something... hear some recordings here: http://crossfire-designs.de/index.php?lang=en … undcards&page=6

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Re: Modern motherboard with ISA slot

Posted on 2011-01-01, 19:22

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by keropi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ah, they "evolved" it... thanks for the update , I was still in the time where those devices were real ISA ones 🤣

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