Re: Is there PCI-E soundcard with working DOS SB16 driver? Longshot, but..

Posted on 2018-06-30, 09:55

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the CMI8738 cards are the only pci-e cards with DOS drivers that i know of As far as DOS is concerned, these card are not only interesting for PCI-E, but also for PCI in general. :) Depending on the model or manufacturer, the CMI series is as good as it gets. Here's a quote of an old amateur radio …

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Re: Best Contra was not arcade but Nintendo, dont you agree...

Posted on 2018-06-30, 04:02

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Wasn't that game beeing called "Probotector" ? 🤣 Edit: Never mind. I was just kidding! ^^

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BBC releases old computer-based TV shows to stream

Posted on 2018-06-30, 03:53

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Hello everyone, Just noticed some news regarding old computher-themed TV shows.. https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3034899/bbc-releases-a-wealth-of-pioneering-computer-based-tv-shows-to-stream I'm not from the UK/GB, but I think that's interesting nevertheless. Especially, because the sample …

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Re: Testing old caps with an ESR meter.

Posted on 2018-06-30, 00:29

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You can't make a blanket statement on a capacitors state regarding the age of capacitors. I see plenty of 20 year old or older capacitors that are running just fine. I second that. As an eletronic hobbyist, I often use old caps -except electrolytics- my father has collected when he was young(er). …

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Re: EMS or XMS for games?

Posted on 2018-06-29, 14:33

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Regarding Himem.sys 2.06: that is very interesting. When was that introduced? E.g. I am currently running DOS 5.0. Hmm.. I'll have to check. But DOS 5 is safe, I think. My copy of DOS 5 (Release A) comes with Himem.sys 2.77. Edit: Just checked what I believe is a MS-DOS5 non-A floppy (English): It …

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Re: EMS or XMS for games?

Posted on 2018-06-29, 09:51

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Yes, that's true for the original Himem.sys releases. But actually, with modern Himem.sys (v2.06 and later), the 286 never has to leave real-mode. Or more precisely, the modern Himem.sys doesn't call a BIOS sub routine anymore that did in turn use protected-mode.. Rather, it uses LOADALL to -in …

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Re: Did AC adapters / Power supply change a lot in the last 20 years?

Posted on 2018-06-26, 22:10

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Some of these modern energy-efficient light bulbs interfere with radio. When I switch one on while listening to radio an audible 'buzz' can be heard. I second that. The irony is that the modern technology in itself is not the culprit. The situation doesn't have to be like that. The blue-white LEDs …

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Re: Can I Swap HDD With Dos To Different Motherboard

Posted on 2018-06-26, 21:32

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It's absolutely possible. Though for the older machines (386/486 era) it is important to have correct disk geometry stored in CMOS. If the "new"machine has an auto-detect feature, this should be easy. If not, just write down the settings in old CMOS Setup and enter them manually in the new. (Note: …

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Re: Win3mu Soon OpenSource

Posted on 2018-06-24, 12:28

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What is the difference of w3emu to wine? IIRC wine also emulates the 16 bit Windows API? Win3mu emulates the inner workings of Windows 3.0 (KERNEL, GDI, USER) and uses a simplified memory scheme. It also convertes EXE files during the process. The memory scheme is quite interesting, I think. It …

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Re: Art of CGA

Posted on 2018-06-24, 04:58

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I had thought it was just a different ASIC in the 1640, but I might be wrong. Or it's me who's wrong. :) I *think* I've read about this on one of these "old computers" databases. You know, these which display pretty pictures of old machines and are sorted by model or manufacturer. It was in the …

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Re: Can Munt be installed to Windows, but the MT-32 screen info...

Posted on 2018-06-24, 04:25

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I wonder the same. Back in time (when 98SE was around), people liked the idea of connecting a LCD display to the parallel port. For instance. I know that Winamp and some CPU-throttling programs did support them. Technology of these days was limited to simple matrix displays, of course. Not fancy …

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Re: Which "old-type" Roland MT-32 to get for DOS games?

Posted on 2018-06-24, 04:10

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This is an interesting thread. I'm an owner of an MT-32, too, although I started out with a CM64 (and a Casio MT-540 before that). So please excuse my ignorance - There's something I always wondered : Which game(s) had been composed especially with the (old) MT-32 in mind, but not the CM models ? …

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Re: Win3mu Soon OpenSource

Posted on 2018-06-24, 03:34

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What can we expect when this happens? A lot more stuff coming from the community? That'd be awesome, if so. In best case, we can get Win16 games that can take advantage of modern Windows feature (Win3mu maps old API calls to 32/64-Bit APIs). True 16-Bit environment (286ish CPU core), high …

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Re: win98se on newer hardware

Posted on 2018-06-24, 03:07

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The nice thing on 98SE is, that it still can fall back to the BIOS-level. So at least the basic stuff does work without installing any drivers. In a similar fashion, gfx autput does work via VGA BIOS and VESA BIOS. Fo Win9x, there's VBE9x, which will at least support 2D graphics in high resoultion …

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Re: Roland MT-32 , Do I need one ?

Posted on 2018-06-23, 17:05

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It's getting the MPU-401 MIDI interface that seems to be expensive and illusive. I have some sound cards with Yamaha YMF chipsets but I dont know which chipsets #'s I need ? What about SOFTMPU ? From what I read on Vogons, people are using SS7 and higher machines anyway. They can't be all real-mode …

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Re: Ancient DOS games on 5.25 inch floppy - how to ?

Posted on 2018-06-23, 05:40

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@Vipersan Which kind of computer are you using ? I had issues with a Socket 7 machine that had a Gigabyte motherboard (GA586 series) and my 1.2MB drive did NOT work with it. When I installed an ISA floppy disk controller, the drive worked fine. The 5.25" drive was NOT faulty. It was the on-board …

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Re: Mac-only or Mac-best Games

Posted on 2018-06-23, 05:35

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To archive System 7 support is more difficult. It usually requires a beige Mac or older Power Book. However, it has best support for games from the Windows 3.1 era. A machine with a Motorla 68030/40+FPU is nice for playing such games nativly. For OS8 support, an original iMac or PowerMac G3 Blue/ …

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Re: Roland MT-32 , Do I need one ?

Posted on 2018-06-22, 18:44

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Hi, just saw this thread when I was browsing through the forum. Just my two cents: The MT-32 is/was such a beautiful instrument, a real synthesizer. In my opinion, it is/was so much better than what came after.

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Re: Configure SB16 (Vibra) to mono-output via software possible?

Posted on 2018-06-22, 12:22

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Ah, I see. I mistakenly assumed the PM was a monitor (like a Sony PVM), not a Mac. Well, I'm sorry then, I can't help with a software solution. Choosing SB2/OPL2 in-game is the best I can think of, as well. The last Idea I've got is to do a tiny hardware mod. Solder a 100 nF cap (bipolar) across the …

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Re: Hardware for Win3.11

Posted on 2018-06-22, 11:56

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What are some examples of Win95 games that can work on Win3.11 using Win32s? That's a though question. I would say it is best to go by release and production dates, since the insane Windows 95 hype of the 90s caused Win 3.1 compatibility to be neglected. Not on the technical side, but on the games …

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