Re: AWE64 PCI
Posted on 2011-04-07, 03:32
Fate of Atlantis is a good candiate. So are early VGA Sierra games that use digital speech. E.g. SQ1 VGA version. GODS is another good game to test.
Re: AWE64 PCI
Posted on 2011-04-07, 03:02
Surely someone on VOGONS has one of these cards / mainboards and could test this 🤣
Re: AWE64 PCI
Posted on 2011-04-07, 02:13
Okido! Well...... If someone could test the CD version (or Steam version) of Space Quest 4 and let us know if you get looping / stuck speech. Fate of Atlantis (CD version) is another game that fails on PCI cards. PS: Wasn't there an issue with these cards with slower games. Basically games ran to …
Re: The ultimate CF adapter for vintage computers?
Posted on 2011-04-07, 00:59
That's a good point. For any version of Windows a SDD makes a lot of sense. Still, 40 bucks is quite a bit of money, but this will definitely change over time.
Re: AWE64 PCI
Posted on 2011-04-07, 00:40
except the Live version has SB16 support. So does the AudioPCI when using the Creative drivers :wink: Just to clarify: Ensoniq Driver: Allows you to select Ensoniq, General Midi, Sound Blaster or Sound Blaster Pro in the game setup. Creative Driver: Allows you to seneral Midi and Sound Blaster 16 …
Re: Is the LAPC-I really 100% MPU-401 compatible?
Posted on 2011-04-06, 17:05
That's interesting, and a it unexpected to be honest. The breakout box shouldn't help you with getting these games to work, as the actual MPU401 interface is on the LAPC-I card already. The breakout box just supplies connections for an external module. Also games shouldn't sound wrong. Only certain …
Re: AWE64 PCI
Posted on 2011-04-06, 11:40
PCI cards work quite well with newer DOS games. DOOM, Descent, Raptor and later. At that stage the sound drivers that games used, are very robust, and work with pretty much any clone cards. It's really the very old games that give grief. E.g. games such as Space Quest 4 or Fate of Atlantis (CD …
Re: Cheap / easy way to "show" 0's and 1's in the context of computing
Posted on 2011-04-06, 02:20
That's really useful guys!
Re: Best way to back up a compact flash drive?
Posted on 2011-04-05, 15:07
Yea that's very likely...
Re: The ultimate CF adapter for vintage computers?
Posted on 2011-04-05, 14:18
Very nice! But does it support DOS, or does it need a windows driver? With modern PCs, I found that most people don't use the IDE controller anymore. So that controller is perfect for hosting CF cards. I used that to boot from a CF card into DOS 6.22 on a Phenom II machine. It worked just like on …
Re: Best way to back up a compact flash drive?
Posted on 2011-04-05, 14:15
Yea Acronis allows for creation of a Boot CD (not sure if the WD version allows this). Then you can have a USB HDD attached, and image your system HDD onto the USB HDD.
Re: Cheap / easy way to "show" 0's and 1's in the context of computing
Posted on 2011-04-05, 14:12
Thanks, I'll check it out!
Re: AWE64 PCI
Posted on 2011-04-04, 23:02
But but but BX440 boards have ISA slots... Anyway, I also wondered about that SB link feature and how reliable it was.
Re: Gigabyte GA-MA790GP Motherboard Question
Posted on 2011-04-04, 22:45
Nice! Ram is very cheap right now, at least here in Australia...
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2011-04-04, 15:53
Tandy! Awesome... Was Tandy a US / Canadian thing? I never saw / noticed any in Europe when I was a kid... Gemini000, how do you rate the Tandy speaker emulation of DOSBox?
Re: Best way to back up a compact flash drive?
Posted on 2011-04-04, 15:39
Thanks for the tip about Clonezilla. I always love free software, but when you don't get recommendations, I never trust if it's for real, or a virus LOL I will check it out.... At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla SE was used to clone 41 computers simultaneously. It took only about 10 minutes to …
Re: Best way to back up a compact flash drive?
Posted on 2011-04-04, 15:28
Easy! 1. You can clone the drive (e.g. 2 GB > 2GB and make a clone) 2. You can take an image (2GB > Image file on your desktop). You can restore that image file later back onto your 2GB CF card I'm a big Fan of Acronis. If you have a WD drive in your system, there is a free WD version of Acronis …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2011-04-04, 14:18
That coffee tray is priceless 🤣
Re: Are any of the really old Sound Blasters any good?
Posted on 2011-04-04, 13:42
I'm always amazed at the sheer number of different versions / revisions Creative produced. Is there any documentation as to what changes these revisions contained?
Re: Interesting links
Posted on 2011-04-04, 12:32
Awesome effort mate!
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