Re: 32 Bit Disk Access drivers on a 2 GB Windows 3.1 Hard disk.

Posted on 2021-03-19, 13:38

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by Jo22

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The reason why I often recommended that MicroHouse driver.. : It does work. And it does with HDDs of different brands. I'm using it for many years now on different systems (real 386 PC, 486 laptops, Virtual PC 2007, PCem).. It can handle disks up to 8GB maximum. Note that I say "disks". I really …

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Re: 32 Bit Disk Access drivers on a 2 GB Windows 3.1 Hard disk.

Posted on 2021-03-19, 11:32

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Hello again! ^^ I'm using the MicroHouse FastDisk driver here on a Surfstation JNT. The OS is MS-DOS 6.22/WfW 3.11 and the CF card is 8GB in size. I'm using 4 partitions, 2GB in size each (FAT16B). The original FastDisk driver (WDCTRL) of Windows 3.1x is very limited. It's program code dates back to …

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Re: TOP 100 applications for MS-DOS ? can you share some to the list?

Posted on 2021-03-18, 19:39

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Im talking about programs like for example [/b] Norton Commander Fastracker, PC Globe, Norton Utilities vga-copy banner mania i even remember using a Ms-Paint app that was for DOS. There is too much diversity here. PC Globe would be popular if you ... like globes, I guess? A lot of people could …

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Re: TOP 100 applications for MS-DOS ? can you share some to the list?

Posted on 2021-03-18, 17:59

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Here's a site from 2002 that lists a lot of classic DOS programs, some of which were not so well known. https://web.archive.org/web/20021211222040/https://www.qsl.net/ka4pnv/page1.htm Edit: The site is still accessible directly, but the external links may be gone. That's why I linked to the archived …

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Re: Jukebox software for DOS with Trek interface

Posted on 2021-03-18, 10:05

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Please note that this was written about 12 years ago. The original DWJukebox site is down and the author apparently has no interest in DOS anymore. (The project originated from the arcade cab scene which used to use the DOS-based MAME emulator.) It's not that I have no interest in DOS; the jukebox …

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Re: Project: Mini functional Windows 3.1 standard mode/ svga 256 color/ 32bit fat.

Posted on 2021-03-18, 08:44

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I wish MS would release Win 3.1 as freeware / open source. I would be so much fun to distribute Win3.1 with DosBox, ect. Windows 3.1x is still somehow commercially used, though. :( As a component of WindowsOnWindows (WoW) in 32-Bit WinNT and Win-OS/2 in Ecomstation&ArcaOS (ex Blue Lion OS). …

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Re: Strange reasons why Virtual 86 mode on Windows 3.1 is not using my mouse on DOS sessions.

Posted on 2021-03-17, 17:44

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Hi! CuteMouse and Windows aren't exactly best friends.. Maybe try loading MS Mouse v9.x, the package comes with DOS/Win drivers. And/or enable FastDisk/32-Bit Disk Access and permanent swap file. That should increase the capabilities of Windows 386 Enhanced-Mode (seamless mouse in windowed DOS …

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Re: TOP 100 applications for MS-DOS ? can you share some to the list?

Posted on 2021-03-17, 11:32

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DOS stuff that was common in the early 90s.. Central Point PC-Tools Symantec's Norton Utilities Novell DOS 7 PC/GEOS and variations DOS SHELL Quick BASIC 4.5, VB DOS, PDS 7.x, PowerBASIC Turbo Pascal 6/7 AutoSketch 3 Autodesk Animator (Pro) Autodesk 3D Studio, 3s Studio Max (different) Deluxe Paint …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2021-03-17, 10:14

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I don't know. This site is being crawled by Google bots constantly. If files can be searched, maybe there will be automated requests to put down content because of certain file names (written warnings). Just look what insanity happened just recently : https://torrentfreak.com/adobe-goes-after-27- …

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Re: PAS16: to sound blaster or not to soundblaster

Posted on 2021-03-17, 10:04

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https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=754080#p754080 Beware, the PAS16 uses port 388h as its control port and for OPL3. This works fine, because PAS16 has circuitry that takes care of this. If you install, say, a SB16 and doesn't disable its OPL3, you'll hear some annoying noice coming out of it. A …

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Re: Olivetti/Logabax/AT&T/Toshiba 640x400 hi-res graphics mode

Posted on 2021-03-16, 19:50

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by Jo22

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Hi , I am ready to help test your files. I have Toshiba T3100e , and unable to start win (L.E. managed to start win2.03... work-in progress) and it seems that all EGA/VGA game requirements are out of my reach so... only CGA/Olivetti/AT&T remains.... Downloaded files now, will boot up system and …

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Re: CPU test program for 8086 emulator

Posted on 2021-03-16, 19:48

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Wow, that's a pretty cool project, I also always wanted to code some kind of emulator ... if you want to test the (graphics) compatibility of your emulator someday, try some of these releases :) http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65371 http://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=204&when=1996 http://www. …

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Re: ISS contact using a 40 years young home computer

Posted on 2021-03-16, 13:27

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Update. The antenna cable for the Packet Radio/APRS station on the European Columbus module is "fixed". http://southgatearc.org/news/2021/march/iss-columbus-ham-radio-station-operational.htm If I do correctly understand, the SSTV station is part of the russian Zarya module, so it perhaps wasn't …

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Re: In this new decade, let us remember the Y2K Bug

Posted on 2021-03-16, 10:51

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Personally, I don't care what some church bureaucrats decided about when their prophet lived and died hundreds of years after the fact & got wrong because the number '0' hadn't been imported from Sanskrit yet. That reminds me of a fascinating science-fiction story that I once read. In this story, a …

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Re: CPU test program for 8086 emulator

Posted on 2021-03-16, 08:37

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Yea, the 186 tests got me to a point where FreeDOS runs (seemingly flawless). So does most games that I have tested. But I can still not boot any version of MS-DOS or Windows 3.0 yet. So there are obviously still issues with my emulator. Hi, I'm no developer, but I remember that os2museum.com …

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Re: DOS 6.22 - adpGeforce Boot Loader V2 ???

Posted on 2021-03-16, 07:45

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At some point, nvidia also made chipsets (nforce 4 etc).. Could be some sort of boot loader that was used to allow restoring stuff from a hidden backup partition (was used for running a recovery tool maybe). Anyway, these are just ideas.. 🙂 Edit: Next time, you can also wipe track 0, too. There are …

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Re: Do your old builds have 5.25 floppy drives and ISA cards?

Posted on 2021-03-15, 22:22

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^Yes, in old ATs or Turbo XTs two 5,25" drives are handy. If I correctly remember, my father, though, only had HD drives (5,25"+3,5") installed in his 386DX-40 PC running Win95. At the time, so circa mid-90s, these 5,25"/1,2MB drives were still around in my country/place. You could buy matching …

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Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2021-03-15, 14:26

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The more general question is, what features do the smaller drivers drop to have such a small memory footprint. This is not well documented mostly. e.g. Kanji file structures, CD-ROM XA, CD-I... +1 Windows 9x also lost support for CD-i, for example. In order to watch old CD-i movies it's necessary …

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Re: How to tweak CGA / EGA game palettes easily :)

Posted on 2021-03-15, 13:25

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2) Popcorn (slowdown/acceleration, manual palette switch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjvgAEPJqgQ Funny that you mention Popcorn.. 🙂👍 I've used it for testing purposes a while ago.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu88uKmqlEU Popcorn uses an alternate palette already (red vs pink). 4-greytones …

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Emulation of x86 PCs of former East Germany?

Posted on 2021-03-15, 07:38

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Hi everyone, I'm wondering if something like this already exists. Maybe in form of a partial emulation in obscure emulators of Soviet PCs. Especially emulation of one of these are interesting, since they used to run MS-DOS*.. errr.. I mean the totally original DCP OS (Disc Control Program)..: ;) …

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