Win98 startup logos: have some, want more

Posted on 2023-09-16, 17:58

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Hi! I have a Win98SE tower at my mother's house, and on it, I have the XrX logo utilities and some startup screens. You can find them at http://www.xrx.ca/logos/ . I also have some startup screens of some Commodore 64 games and am willing to post a link if you desire. :) I am looking for other start …

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Re: Create better compression?

Posted on 2023-09-12, 23:39

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Bad news! A bug fix just cost me 2.3%. 🙁 I'm still doing 3.5% better than 7Zip, but my goal is at least 5% better than 7Zip.

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Re: DOSBox-X issue: where to go?

Posted on 2023-09-09, 20:48

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I just want to change the font used in text mode to one used by normal DOS: I really don't like the regular TTF it's using. I also have a program that's not installing properly. It came in the form of a .img file. I extracted the contents to a folder on the desktop and used it with DOSBox-X and ran …

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DOSBox-X issue: where to go?

Posted on 2023-09-09, 19:18

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Hi! I have a small, cosmetic issue with DOSBox-X and want to know where I can go for issues with DOSBox-X. That's all.

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Re: Missing conventional memory

Posted on 2023-09-09, 18:16

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I believe I had a DOS laptop that did similar. Or was it a Win98SE tower? Maybe BIOS is loading some data there? BTW, I just noticed your last thread. I don't know what could be causing that. Try a tool that can write to that memory and see what happens.

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Re: palmzip/IOMEGA Zip100 Parallel driver: I like it, but...

Posted on 2023-09-02, 10:39

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I thank you for your input. :) I was using the following method to boot the DOS laptop: * Exit the Win98 computer to a DOS mode configuration that runs the network software. * Insert the Zip disks into the drives. * Start the laptop. * Boot the laptop's system floppy. * The floppy will then load the …

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palmzip/IOMEGA Zip100 Parallel driver: I like it, but...

Posted on 2023-09-01, 23:32

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Hi! I used to have the PalmZip driver on two old computers: a DOS 6.2 laptop and a Win98SE tower. If you don't know, PalmZip is a third-party driver for the external parallel Iomega Zip100 drive. The DOS laptop had no hard drive of its own, so I had to emulate some hard drives: I was using two huge …

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Re: Can Desqview run concurrent programs on 286?

Posted on 2023-09-01, 15:07

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AFAIK, there are hardware-based EMS boards, but they should only be able to map their memory to a specific 64k page frame in the computer's memory: they can't map it anywhere else.

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Re: Can Desqview run concurrent programs on 286?

Posted on 2023-09-01, 14:17

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AFAIK, the 286 doesn't have the support necessary to emulate EMS: it can't remap XMS memory to the first 1MB of memory. I think DesqView can only copy memory to and from XMS memory on a 286; it can't actually map XMS memory to the first 1MB. So, it can't actually multitask several programs …

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Re: DOS Games on Voodoo 3

Posted on 2023-08-25, 14:58

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Maybe the computer needs to load a DOS driver to work from DOS mode. Is one loaded?

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Re: Cool Win98SE Games?

Posted on 2023-08-25, 14:39

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Joseph_Joestar: I thank you for your advice. Download.com has some good games.

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Re: Cool Win98SE Games?

Posted on 2023-08-25, 14:22

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I'm glad I remembered that site: it has a lot of good Win98 games. :) BTW, I'm also looking for a Win98 program to do QuickAccess Popup's job: allow me to open any folder on the hard drive with a click of the mouse. I have, like and use AppPlus and had it on an old Win98SE tower but didn't fully set …

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Re: Cool Win98SE Games?

Posted on 2023-08-25, 14:01

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I tried it. 😀 Unfortunately, I don't quite have the money for them. 🙁 BTW, I just remembered: I can try download.com. I'll do that now. 😀

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Re: Cool Win98SE Games?

Posted on 2023-08-25, 13:13

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dominusprog: I tried you site and may have been wrong about downloading from them before. Maybe I was thinking of a different site. Earlier today, I tried the site but didn't see a download link. How do I download from the site?

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Re: Cool Win98SE Games?

Posted on 2023-08-24, 15:13

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dominusprog: I actually downloaded some games from mobygames, but the ones I tried to install were incompatible with the system. Jo22: I'm looking for free or low-cost games, and I like text adventures for early computers. I also like games with good graphics and sound, and I'm into Sci-Fi and …

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Cool Win98SE Games?

Posted on 2023-08-24, 12:27

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Hi! I have some Win98 games for a computer at mother's house on floppies and Zip disks. I need to try them again. 😀 I'm looking for more. Where can I find them?

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Re: Silent booting options on Autoexec.bat and Config.sys

Posted on 2023-08-21, 15:04

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Well, I like both the splash screen and the verbose info. I sometimes used to press ESC during startup to display DOS's output. I also used to use XrX to change the splash screen. I have some C64 game screenshots as splash screens and can post a link if desired. I can also post a link to the XrX …

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Re: Stuffing new Win98SE computer: ideas?

Posted on 2023-08-20, 12:39

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I believe I have "dos=high,umbs,auto" there, but the computer is at my mother's house, and I left there yesterday.

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Re: Stuffing new Win98SE computer: ideas?

Posted on 2023-08-20, 12:24

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Well, my issues are on two Win98SE computers. Maybe you're not doing what I'm doing: one problem is that it doesn't extract to the right folder across drives, and another is a problem with the command-line version: on certain files, if using LZMA2 in maximum compression, it locks up, and I have to …

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Re: Running DOS games from Win98 Explorer

Posted on 2023-08-19, 19:30

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Most DOS games should work under Win98. Advantages of running from DOS mode: * The game gets full run on system resources. * More compatibility Advantages from within Windows: * Multi-tasking: you can run other applications in the background while playing the game * Less memory needs to be used for …

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