Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 13:05

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Wow, some great art work there is! 😎 It almost brings tears to my eyes, though, that some of these are limited to a resolution that's so close to that of an Atari 2600..😢 Some of these wonderful gems would have had deserved 640x400 pels, at least.

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Re: Surround sound on Win 98 era games

Posted on 2021-05-15, 06:21

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by Jo22

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That's cool! Isn't Dolby Surround now retro actively being called Dolby Pro Logic? Please forgive my ignorance, but I was too young to own my own Dolby equipment back then. 😅 However, I noticed that awesome Dolby Surround logo in shows like Star Trek Voyager..

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 04:46

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by Jo22

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Quick update. In case you missed it, I do use some updated, Win32s compatible, system DLLs.. 😉 You can get them here: http://stephan.win31.de/w32slist.htm Edit: I did forget to mention - I'm not affiliated with this person/site. I think the result is/was impressive, though! 😎 Gives me hope that …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 03:35

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by Jo22

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Quick update. There's an emulator/player for the SPC 700 sound module of the Super NES that may run on Win32s. :) - It complains a lot (**missing .DEU and .DE components; w32skrnl.dll), but the GUI finally comes up. On real hardware (Cyrix MediaGX CPU). No chance on DOSBox so far. It's called " …

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Re: Windows 3.1 max requirements

Posted on 2021-05-15, 01:10

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by Jo22

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+1 http://www.helpwithwindows.com/techfiles/win-resources.html

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 21:51

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by Jo22

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Quick update. Found another emulator for our beloved Windows 3.1! ^_^ It's "KC EMU" and it emulates a Soviet era home computer from East Germany: The KC85 (Klein Computer '85?). The emulator is surprisingly feature-rich and supports many models, WinG and comes with a tape utility, even! From what …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 21:25

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by Jo22

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-05-14, 09:43: emu france is a huge resource indeed ! +1

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 08:09

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by Jo22

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Quick update. I'm currently browsing the emu france site! It has tons of emulators, both old and new. Including DOS versions.. There's a good chance that we can find one or two more emulators for Windows 3.1 there! 😉

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 06:33

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Little update. This is old news, but there's both a Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 edition of the Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack trilogy. https://www.mobygames.com/game/activisions-atari-2600-action-pack https://www.mobygames.com/game/activisions-atari-2600-action-pack-2 https://www.mobygames.com/ …

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Re: CompactFlash IDE the EVERYTHING?

Posted on 2021-05-14, 05:03

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by Jo22

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I think the same. Making the HDD optional also has the advantage that the buyer can't complain so much. From what I have learned, not all vintage fans (or people in general) are the same or have conmon sense. There are people out there that expect the 30+ years old hardware to work perfect, as if …

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Re: MPU-232 : RS232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Posted on 2021-05-13, 12:21

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by Jo22

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name is perfect :) I can see this being used in retr0-laptops My first thought exactly! ^^ What's next ? ;) Some random ideas.. - MIDI-Out via PC-Speaker Pin (via optocoupler) - MIDI-In via plain game port (fire button or NE558) - MIDI-Out via plain game port (rapid polling method) - MIDI I/O via …

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Re: 286 16mb ram, cdrom driver issues

Posted on 2021-05-13, 10:00

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by Jo22

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pentiumspeed wrote on 2021-05-12, 23:41: Secondly, 286 can only do 64K blocks and that can also cause this. Cheers, The 286 MMU has a max segment size of 64KB.. But if memory serves, it can also handle smaller values just fine. 😀

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Re: Aztech clone soundcard Phonic SOUND STUNNER SC-100M DRIVER?

Posted on 2021-05-13, 07:48

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by Jo22

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Try NSSI please. It has a sound card detection routine.. https://www.navsoft.cz/products.htm

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-12, 08:53

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by Jo22

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Update! Good news! I've just recently gotten a CD-ROM from the 90s in the mail. :cool: And it contains an Atari 2600 emulator for MS Windows! It's Virtual VCS v0.60. - Okay, I cheated a little bit, that one is an emulator for DOS, actually.. But the helper program is for Windows 3.1! :D Enjoy! ^^ …

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Re: Voyager probes 40th anniversary

Posted on 2021-05-12, 00:06

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May 11th, 2021: Voyager 1 hears an eerie humming sound. Source: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/far … ace-2021-05-11/

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-10, 17:30

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by Jo22

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YAME, the name may stand for "an abbreviation for weather forecast" according to the defunct site . Or maybe the Yame city in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Not sure. MAME = Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator YAME could be "Yet Another Machine Emulator" (See "YaST" ("Yet another Setup Tool")) SuSe …

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Re: "...not a valid win32 application"

Posted on 2021-05-10, 15:50

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by Jo22

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On the other hand, I once had a few Win9x apps that refused to work on NT/2K/XP. After some searching I came upon this article on PE Explorer which seemed relevant to my cases (it's about the boundary check differences between 9x and NT), though I haven't really tested yet. That's cool, thanks for …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-10, 15:24

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by Jo22

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Quick update! Good news - I've found another C64 emulator for Windows 3.1! - Looking for physical media paid off! 😁 More information soon.

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Re: DOS CD-Rom issues

Posted on 2021-05-10, 13:19

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by Jo22

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U4 is missing from the soundcard. Does anybody know if the IDE/ATAPI port requires it?

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Re: Trying to get MIDI out through the game port from Windows 3.1 on an integrated ESS 1938

Posted on 2021-05-10, 04:42

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by Jo22

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I don't know to be honest. But maybe there's an IRQ conflict? IRQ 2/9 might be used by both ACPI and MPU-401. And EGA/VGA sometimes (retrace thing). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt_request_(PC_architecture) MIDI port 330h might also conflict with ethernet cards? Edit: Maybe you can manually …

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