Re: Requesting some testing from 386/486 users
Posted on 2017-09-20, 13:21
Hi, I tried to open the link and got a 404 error, sorry. 🙁
Re: isa video cards with external ramdacs
Posted on 2017-09-20, 02:14
I'm curious, what's the benefit of a high/true colour DAC on an ISA card ? OK, back in the day it was useful for image manipulation, desktop publishing, etc. But that was when these cards were still used for business related tasks. I for one like to use the 256 colour depth, since it allows neat …
Re: Zone 66 crashes on start?
Posted on 2017-09-20, 02:02
SpeedySPCFan wrote: OS: Windows 98 SE (I'm booting from a DOS boot disk so this shouldn't matter) Good morning! 😀 As far as I recall, that game doesn't like any kind of memory manager. Not even Himem.sys.
Re: XT video test
Posted on 2017-09-19, 23:23
So you need a simple VGA test program ? That's no problem. I've got an ancient copy of c't Testbild! ^^
Re: Trident 9kc on XT grayscale problem
Posted on 2017-09-19, 19:23
:lol: If this was about a more recent computer, I would maybe have recommended installing a V2*. (*3dfX Voodoo 2, of course.) Edit: Did you try MODE COLOR or MODE MONO in DOS ? Edit: I meant MODE CO40 / MODE CO80 and MODE MONO ( MODE BW40 / MODE BW80 ) , of course. The commands are described here: …
Re: If the Desktop Windows CE have an support on Win 98/SE, 95 programs??
Posted on 2017-09-19, 19:13
As Tetrium said. Also, this is what I remember from my Pocket PC days.. Windows CE was (in)offically an acronym for Compact Edition. Originally, Windows CE had a subset of an Win32-style API. CE was used mainly for embedded stuff and covered the MIPS, ARM/StrongARM, SH3 and x86 architectures. …
Re: How to setup ESS 1868F ?
Posted on 2017-09-19, 16:12
I wonder what is the technical reason for this mono output on real SB16 and AWE cards. Not sure, but I guess it's again related to the mixer(s). The SB16 perhaps can't reparate the Left/Right channels inside of the combined PCM stream. I believe that's not to be confused with the stereo mode of …
Re: looking for EARLY PCI graphic cards circa 1994-1995
Posted on 2017-09-19, 10:54
The S3 Vision series is also from the '94-'95 time line. 😀 http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/S3#S3_Vision Re: Does anyone still have a S3 Trio 32/64/Virge cards?
Re: I have an idea... Oh boy.
Posted on 2017-09-18, 16:47
I'm curious - does the AdLib or this clone sound the same as the Rainbow Arts Soundman ? http://www.amoretro.de/2011/12/rainbow-arts-s … amaha-opl2.html
Re: Xcom tftd MT-32
Posted on 2017-09-18, 16:20
Mobygames says the game also supports SB Pro. Is this meant for PCM/OPL only or also for MIDI ? Afaik, Sound Blasters also had their own DSP-driven MIDI before the SB16, but it wouldn't simultanously work with the PCM playback enabled. I'm not sure, though, if this of any relevance. It's just an …
Re: Exclusive Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and ME Games List
Posted on 2017-09-18, 04:28
Now that you name multimedia, early CD titles were special in that they came in strange formats (from today's point of view). :) For example, there was Kodak Photo-CD ( Beige Book ) or CD-i. Later versions of Windows, as well as modern CD-ROM drives, forgot about them. CD-i ( Green Book ) in …
Re: Exclusive Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and ME Games List
Posted on 2017-09-17, 22:34
You are right of course, but even such titles usually run fine under Win9x. Most of them do anyway. Win9x to Win2000 and XP though... Would you call the games don't run on the latter OSes "Win9x exclusives" ? Fair enough, that's a good point! :) In case of Windows 3.x, things get philosophical …
Re: There’s only one ’t’ in ’FasMath’: LONG-neglected 386DX build
Posted on 2017-09-17, 17:00
Isn't it also GameBlaster compatible once the two Philips chips are installed ? Edit: Never mind. I can't seem to find any picture of it, but I guess the "CD" version is something different.
Re: pls recommend: fast isa video card with 2d acceleration
Posted on 2017-09-17, 16:55
lazibayer wrote: This. Wow! I've had that card, too! 😳 Windows 3.1 works in TIGA mode, but requires a special driver package. I think it is available somewhere at http://files.mpoli.fi//
Re: Possible to use a single computer for MT-32 games?
Posted on 2017-09-17, 16:36
Does that game use MT-32's default patches ? Please excuse, if I sound somewhat ignorant here but I'vee only really played the OS/2 version of SimCity so far (no, really!). :blush: If the game uses the defaults, you could use an SB32/AWE card or an Ensoniq Audio PCI 3000. Both include an MT-32 …
Re: Exclusive Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and ME Games List
Posted on 2017-09-17, 15:25
There's nothing exclusive to Win3.1 that would prohibit games designed for this OS to run under Windows 95 for example. *Ahem* Well, there was some weird Win32s/WinG depency going on.. Win95 wasn't 100% compatible to that, I'm afraid. Some games also got more memory/resources (GDI, heap, etc) on …
Re: Generic Compact Flash Cards
Posted on 2017-09-17, 14:57
Sorry, then. Never mind. 🙁 I heard they behave similar without trim. CF cards have a wear-leveling, too, this page says.
Re: Windows 98 install hangs from cmd prompt, but not direct from CD
Posted on 2017-09-17, 14:48
The CD boot loads ASPI drivers in order to access CD-ROM drives. Perhaps as a side effect, they also init Symbios/Adaptec at the same time.
Re: will you run windows95 on a highend 386?
Posted on 2017-09-17, 11:20
Correct. Windows 95 needed 16MB of RAM to run properly, but nobody could afford 16MB of RAM...which is why I went back to WFWG311 until 1997 when memory prices came down. I remember in 1995 or so, in Canada 1MB of RAM cost $100. So if you wanted 16MB, you had to pay $1600. You could buy an entire …
Re: Generic Compact Flash Cards
Posted on 2017-09-17, 09:13
My card has no date code, but a takeMS 2GB card was mentioned in a 2003 review. :confused: https://www.hartware.de/2003/12/10/nimm-zwei-takems-compactflash-card-mit-2-gb-und-takems-highspeed-cf-card-mit-1-gb/ Edit: I do use the card almost daily. According to MS , swap files don't hurt flash media/ …
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