Re: DOS games running on a Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 SE PocketPC device ?

Posted on 2019-03-16, 06:15

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I don't know if there's a working port of DOSBox available, but I used to run a few DOS programs on a Palmtop device by using PocketDOS. It ran on Windows CE 2.11 devices, even. But don't expect any VGA games like DOOM, Monkey Island or Wolf3D to be playable there. :D Sure, they can be executed, but …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 386/20e

Posted on 2019-03-15, 12:11

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Looks very nice! I love these yellow Molex connectors, too. :) 120mb Connor Hard Drive It's currently running Windows 3.1. Looking to get it retro Brite'd over the weekend! Sounds good, I also had got a Conner drive in my 286. If you're lucky, you can even activate 3.1's original FastDisk driver on …

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

Posted on 2019-03-15, 11:57

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Hi everyone, by the end of the last year, I started working on CGAView again. Here's an experimental release that includes some improvements (hopefully) and support for the 640x400 mode. It also supports crossloading so far, so you can, for example, display these hi-res pictures on normal CGAs, too. …

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Re: BeOS Build/Install

Posted on 2019-03-15, 07:48

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Styrbjorn wrote: and one of my slow as hell BeBox running R5 :) Cool! Reminds me of the times when I played around with BEOS 5 PE on a Windows 98 machine (and later, Zet?a ;) ).

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Re: A really, really messy install of Windows 3.1 to a fresh 3.11?

Posted on 2019-03-15, 07:22

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Hi, you can have two installations of Windows 3.1x on the same HDD. Just take care during SETUP. If my memory serves me well, it will search for old versions in order to allow you to update them, so be a bit careful. Choosing custom install should be safer in this respect. If you decide to do an …

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Re: Norton Commander says LPT1 not available

Posted on 2019-03-14, 19:47

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Hi, also keep in mind that LPT ports have different modes. SPP, PS/2, ECP, EPP etc. Since the program (NC 5.x ?) is ancient, it might be necessary to configure both PC to use the same old modes, say Centronics/Standard Paralell Port (SPP) or PS/2 (aka EPT, Byte Mode).. Also: Beware of Windows 9x. It …

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Re: How to install drivers without inf file on Windows 95?

Posted on 2019-03-14, 19:31

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While using INF files was the normal method since Windows 2.x (or 1.x, even, but 1.x had very crude, static drivers) of installing new drivers, it's possible to manually add them to system.ini (and win.ini) in Windows 3.x onwards (Win95 uses registry but also supports the old system files, partly …

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Re: Looking for a way to start. (Win95/98 + OPL3)

Posted on 2019-03-13, 03:05

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My opinion is similar here. While I got Win95 to run on DOSBox once, it took time and wasn't exactly stable or smooth. In addition, not all releases of Win95 behaved the same. The program leileilol mentioned is much better for this. Anyway, if you have got trouble and reach a dead end - just try Win …

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Re: OPL2 sound card ID?

Posted on 2019-03-13, 02:39

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NSSI can detect sound cards and their chipsets, perhaps it's useful for displaying the current config (dma, port i/o, irq etc) of this card.

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Re: Windows 95 *actual* minimum system requirements?

Posted on 2019-03-12, 01:29

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I can't agree more than that. It's an old story now, but my father ran the original, retail, non-English copy of Windows 95 on a 386DX40 just fine. Fine, as in the sense of the day. It was a business machine only, but some degree of performance were important for him. He used if for homebanking ( …

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Re: Development on a 286, for a 286

Posted on 2019-03-12, 01:07

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Motorola 68000 was supported for quite a long time. The 68000 is basically a 32-bit ISA with a 16-bit implementation though. Which is why it has a 32-bit registers and a 32-bit flat memory model, and a lot less headache for compiler writers. I heard that was what gave the Atari ST it's name, too. …

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Re: Problem getting Retro PC + USB Midi to work

Posted on 2019-03-11, 06:28

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Hi, not sure if this is helpful, but I once had got a cheap USB-MIDI cable that was confusingly labeled. Like "MIDI-OUT" meaning TO MIDI-OUT of the other device etc. After switching the cables it worked. My MT-32 took no damage (perhaps since I only connected to the MT-32's input). As for the AWE, …

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Re: What the differences between XT and AT keyboards?

Posted on 2019-03-11, 06:09

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The XT protocol was simpler, but in some ways more elegant also. I don't know how to explain it properly, but in simple words, the XT keyboard simply sent scan codes to the PC. The AT keyboard required a lock/un-lock mechanism for each keypress..

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Re: Noob question troubleshooting ESS Solo-1 (ES1938S)

Posted on 2019-03-11, 06:04

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The problem is I can't make PCM playback work in DOS and any DOS games run under Win98. Hi, may I ask what kind of games you did try ? :) I suppose protected-mode games are causing issues with PCM playback mainly (those with dos4gw). FM/OPL requires just a port write that also works with PCI cards …

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Re: Help me fix my Schneider Euro XT?

Posted on 2019-03-11, 05:54

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Yup, Schneider stuff was very difficult sometimes. :dead: On the other hand, though, the proprietary nature gave it a soul, a personality. The tiny floppy cable that included power pins, for example, was much easier to handle than the IBM standard cable. Also interesting were the on-board graphics …

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Re: Hercules Graphics Station TIGA

Posted on 2019-03-10, 17:10

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The wire seems to be original from factory. Most likely they did a mistake in PCB design and found out only after some serious amount of units was already made. Yup. I heard these were als known as "patch wires". If the mistake was tiny and simple to fix, it was easier to let the assembly person …

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Re: Build Log: My DOS/Win98 playstation in old IBM 5170 shell

Posted on 2019-03-10, 16:59

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Build limitations: -No ATX stuff allowed. Must be a (baby) AT mobo. So it follows the AT specs, at least. Technically, it's still an "AT class" computer like 386/486-es also were, even though not exactly a 286 machine. 😉

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Re: 80286 Adventures

Posted on 2019-03-10, 16:30

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Hi, nice machine! :) Found a manual for the interface controller.. the debug command is only for XT based controllers with their BIOS. Normally for AT/286 class computers, you would low level format through the system BIOS interface. True. That's the same experience that I got as well. However, a …

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Re: Moving Mouse dramatically slows down CPU

Posted on 2019-03-10, 16:15

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^Didn't have the PS/2 port got its own problems though ? 😉 https://web.archive.org/web/20131222093045/ht … m.com/wp/?p=892

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Re: Development on a 286, for a 286

Posted on 2019-03-10, 15:49

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Older djgpp versions aren't quite as bad as that - my circa-2001 DJGPP install with gcc 2.9.x creates a hello world C program that's 48k stripped. Not as bad as the significantly larger executables produced by the gcc 5+ versions of DJGPP, but still pretty bloated compared to the 8K executable that …

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