Re: How do I set up EMS on Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2020-03-04, 11:31

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by Jo22

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Phew! You've got a lot of RAM in there. In Win9x, isn't a patch required for 512MiB onwards ? EMM386 not installed - unable to set page frame base address . Which means there's no 64KiB block free in the area between 640kiB-1MiB (upper memory area). The "page frame base address" is the starting …

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Re: Why does the .wav on Windows 95 startup jitter on my PC?

Posted on 2020-03-03, 13:54

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by Jo22

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What is playing as the startup sound? I'd assumed it was the default, but perhaps it's not, and is something of a longer duration? I've got no real Win95 hardware for testing at hand, but could it be that something is interrupting during start-up also ? :neutral_face: When I boot my somewhat buggy, …

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Re: 86box to substitute for my broken 486

Posted on 2020-03-03, 13:43

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by Jo22

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I've managed to dive into 86box a bit, and I am back to playing with DOS commands and editing start up files. Though I can't get VIDE-CDD.SYS to load on the Rise Computer R418 when the cdrom is placed on the secondary master. Wait, I've had the same issue with PCem! :shocked: Using OAKCDROM.SYS …

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Re: DOS 6.22 vs DOS7.0 compatibility difference

Posted on 2020-03-03, 13:27

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by Jo22

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Were any two different versions of dos guaranteed to have 100% compatibility? It depends. MS-DOS 6.x was very compatible to MS-DOS 5 on the kernal level. MS-DOS 5 in turn was compatible to MS-/PC-DOS 3.30.. So maybe a newer IBM PC-DOS is worth a try ? - I'm not sure. Mainly used PC-DOS 3.30 for …

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Re: Best tracker MODS ever

Posted on 2020-03-03, 08:34

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Sounds good, thanks, too! :) Found a MOD server at http://artscene.textfiles.com/music/mods/ while looking for "Moog - Bird's Eye View". Some fine (random) mods with a more melodic, less scene-like sound that come to mind..: a_piece_of_magic.mod beyond_music.mod blue-ba.xm doh_orange_ocean.it Flying …

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Re: Latest IDE CDROM Drive that supports CD-Rs

Posted on 2020-03-02, 15:04

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by Jo22

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Oh wait, if you know of a USB floppy disk read/writer for windows 10 that supports legacy formats I'd be truly grateful. What do you mean by a "legacy format"? Do you have a USB drive already that does not meet your needs somehow? Normally, in practice, USB floppy drives can read/write 1,44MB, …

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Re: Question about Sierra's EGA640.DRV dithering

Posted on 2020-03-02, 10:39

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by Jo22

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Thanks for the information! This was an really interresting read! 😀 Speaking of 640x200 modes, the PC1512 one, too. Only a few games used it, though. http://www.seasip.info/AmstradXT/pc1512disp.html

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Re: Cloning old 486 HDD to CompactFlash or SSD

Posted on 2020-03-01, 06:50

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by Jo22

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For an 1:1 image, I'd simply try out Win32DiskImager. Not sure if it works with mechanical HDDs also, but if it does, these are steps: 1) Connect the old HDD to a PC first (IDE, USB adapter ect) 2) Run Win32DiskImager 3) Read HDD into an image files (*.img) 4) Quit program if finished. 5) Disconnect …

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Re: Screen calibration under DOS

Posted on 2020-02-29, 14:54

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by Jo22

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Hi, you can give Testbild a try, if you like! 😀 Re: XT video test

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Re: Windows 3.11 on a 386SX

Posted on 2020-02-29, 10:22

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by Jo22

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Win 3.x games were fairly... basic... You might get your fix before you've justified the hardware costs -- although decent accelerated ISA cards don't exactly cost a premium. Well, by today's standards, of course, they were. But in comparison to other desktop games from the mid-1980s they weren't …

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Re: Cloning old 486 HD to CF or SSD

Posted on 2020-02-28, 20:21

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^I don't meant to be inpolite (the question was not directed to me), but.. To my understanding, the removable media bit is a bit that can be set on flash cards. Some operating systems, like Windows NT based ones (Win 2k/XP..), pay attention to it. For example, on such an OS, a removable medium is …

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Re: How to edit a .dll file?

Posted on 2020-02-28, 20:01

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by Jo22

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A hex editor is the tool for the job. There are many. I used XVI32 in the past, but you have your pick of dozens. I used that, too. It has an unusual feature - an option to fix the 200MHz speed bug in Turbo Pascal 7 (?) programs, as far as I remember. However, it doesn't work so well at splitting/ …

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Re: zBoy - a GameBoy Classic emulator

Posted on 2020-02-28, 15:24

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by Jo22

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I hope you didn't get it the wrong way. :sweatdrop: I didn't meant to discourage anyone. The other emulator I mentioned started in the 90s and is nearly 20 years old by now. And a lot of things changed since then. Many new algorithms and an increase in emulation knowledge appeared (principle of …

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Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2020-02-28, 15:02

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I have tried out PCEM and am fairly impressed. My quite crappy laptop (Pentium Silver N5000) manages to emulate a Pentium 90 at full speed (between 99-101 percent, very rarely dropping to 97 percent) I suspect DOSBox allows x2 times faster emulation. Mb useful for late 3D DOS games. I second that. …

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Re: Mixed mode CD image in .IMG format?

Posted on 2020-02-28, 14:29

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So my questions are: 1. Does somebody knows what application could have been used to create this? I tried opening the IMG file in WinImage, UltraISO, PowerISO, but none of them recognizes or displays the audio tracks, only the data part. 2. Can I use this IMG file in DosBox like a BIN/CUE image so …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-28, 05:39

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by Jo22

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.. reliable ? Windows 98 ? :rofl: https://i.imgur.com/Xo8NLoJ.gif https://youtu.be/73wMnU7xbwE Edit: Okay, seriously.. Hm. SoftWindows 98 on a Power Mac, maybe ? ;) Edit: Anyway. One of Seagate's SSHDs might be worth a try. :) They're quick, can be limited in capacity and can handle misalignment. …

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Re: 86box to substitute for my broken 486

Posted on 2020-02-28, 05:03

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by Jo22

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Is there anything I should know? What are the lowest system requirements for 486 to Pentium pcs? I've been having difficulty finding 86box forums. Well, I'm not 100% sure, since my father and me haven't kept track of current PC development, but.. I've managed to run a higher end 486 emulation on an …

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Re: Windows 3.11 on a 386SX

Posted on 2020-02-27, 15:32

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by Jo22

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To make Windows 3.1 GUI more snappy, it could help to install a cheap 387 co-processor It could? [CITATION NEEDED] Here you go. :) https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=57408 It's an older thread, though. The article said that, unlike Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1 used the FPU for drawing. Which …

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Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup

Posted on 2020-02-27, 11:33

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by Jo22

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.. reliable ? Windows 98 ? :rofl: https://i.imgur.com/Xo8NLoJ.gif https://youtu.be/73wMnU7xbwE Edit: Okay, seriously.. Hm. SoftWindows 98 on a Power Mac, maybe ? ;) Edit: Anyway. One of Seagate's SSHDs might be worth a try. :) They're quick, can be limited in capacity and can handle misalignment. …

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Re: Windows 3.11 on a 386SX

Posted on 2020-02-27, 10:46

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by Jo22

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The integrated vga (Western Digital paradise) feels a little slow, but I don't have plans to try an isa vga card. The isa bus is running at 10mhz. I did try some multimedia titles like Living Books, but most of the animation was choppy. Even when playing the Win3.1 version of Wheel of Fortune, I …

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