Re: Monkey Island 2: Roland MT-32 + Sound Blaster support

Posted on 2013-05-28, 21:58

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This is greatly appreciated. The Secret of Monkey Island has a similar issue with Roland only playing music and Adlib playing music and sound effects. Any possibility of making a similar conversion? Already available with the CD version: http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey1.html Thread: …

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Re: Looking for a quite Cd Rom drive

Posted on 2013-05-28, 21:34

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Hehe, I replaced the same one you have a year ago. Just get slower speeds. 8-10x is the best imo when it comes to finding a good match between speed and noise. Hell, even a 4x drive should be fast enough for any game as far as I know.

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Re: Celeron 300

Posted on 2013-05-28, 21:14

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It says: SLI detected! Frame buffer mem 4Mb Texture mapping unit (s) 2 Total texture mem 8Mb Although in Everest DX/DX video/available local video memory it says 16384 Kb (not primary video display driver) That is the same as my setup says. Gratz with 2x12MB Voodoo 2 in SLI :) Are you using …

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Re: Celeron 300

Posted on 2013-05-28, 20:32

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3DFX information is given pr. card basis. He has the 12MB versions. If you have SLI it only says SLI DETECTED. Frame buffer + texture memory information are based on one card. Are you sure? Yes, actually writing this from the computer in my signature (took a break from playing Dark Forces and …

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Re: Celeron 300

Posted on 2013-05-28, 20:25

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3DFX information is given pr. card basis. He has the 12MB versions. If you have SLI it only says SLI DETECTED. Frame buffer + texture memory information are based on one card.

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Re: Dos games and 16mb of ram

Posted on 2013-05-27, 21:51

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Looking at it from another perspective: Do any games MS-DOS "need" more than 16MB RAM. Or run significantly better with it? Shadow Warrior with 3DFX patch requires 32MB of RAM. Several of late DOS games (like Jetfighter III and Fullburn) recommends 32MB RAM.

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Re: VIRGE DX vs Matrox Millenium I

Posted on 2013-05-27, 14:28

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Output quality on S3 cards are very hit and miss. Just make sure you use a highend S3 card if you're going that route. The Matroxs have better speed, always good output quality and generally work very well imo.

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compability matrix

Posted on 2013-05-25, 12:17

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robertmo wrote: don't remember shadow warrior but try installing the game again as it does some texture caching. Haven't found one post on the internet with someone saying that it works on their Voodoo 3. What people are reporting is the same issues as I have. I'll try re installing it though.

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compability matrix

Posted on 2013-05-24, 21:53

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I am sure it was working (on PIII450) as i was trying to figure out reason for blinking text. (too fast cpu btw). Got Dreams to Reality working as well on my 440BX system. Really strange that it crashes on all my Socket 7 systems, but works on this system. I guess it can be updated as running, but …

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Re: Asus 486 mobo PVI-486SP3

Posted on 2013-05-24, 17:08

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Google BIOS passwords There are many backdoor passwords available.

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Re: Should I put my intelligent MIDI card in my 486 or 386DX?

Posted on 2013-05-24, 14:35

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When it comes to Strike Commander I've tested both GM and MT-32 mode on it. I personally think MT-32 mode sounds better, but the game does not require an intelligent MIDI connection so it doesn't matter in this case.

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Re: The Ultimate 3D Accelerated Supported Games List (Early proprietary APIs - NO Direct3D/GLIDE)

Posted on 2013-05-24, 12:45

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m1so wrote: Can the Screamer be run at less than 640x480 on the Virge for better framerate? Yes, but I don't remember from the top of my head which resolutions that is available.

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Re: Should I put my intelligent MIDI card in my 486 or 386DX?

Posted on 2013-05-23, 21:54

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Yeah, that was what I thought. I guess later games (for the 486) that do support the MT32 do not need intelligent mode and will be just fine running from UART. The card is going into my 386 then :) Now I just need to find a case for it! heh, easier said than done! Getting the case might turn out …

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compability matrix

Posted on 2013-05-23, 21:24

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Current Voodoo 3 test results (NOT FINAL!): Filename v3_3dfx.PNG File size 41.25 KiB Views 5723 views

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Should I put my intelligent MIDI card in my 486 or 386DX?

Posted on 2013-05-23, 16:33

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I'm currently building a new 386DX system with some nice parts (SCSI, Et4000AX, 8MB RAM, Soundblaster). Sound can be a very tricky descision, and I'm in doubt what to install in it. Potential sound cards: Soundblaster 2.0 (CMS chips I can aquire) Soundblaster Pro 2 (CT1600) Leaning most towards the …

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compability matrix

Posted on 2013-05-23, 15:31

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I''ll give it a go with my 440BX machine as well then. I've already tested it on two different machines (Socket 7 430VX and Socket 7 MVP3) with two different Voodoo 3 cards. Both crashed the same way. Haven't tested all Glide2x.ovl versions, but the main ones (including the recommended one for …

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Re: Game Clichés Done To Death

Posted on 2013-05-23, 15:25

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Stories were the main character have amnesia...

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Re: New Pentium Build - 200MMX

Posted on 2013-05-23, 14:09

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Alternatively, you could get a K6-II+ or K6-III+ CPU with L2 cache built-in and forget about the limitation. A much more safer choice is the AMD K6-III. It runs at a higher voltage, but is not that picky about BIOS compatibility compared to the + versions. Performance wise they are the same (though …

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compability matrix

Posted on 2013-05-22, 20:30

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Archimedean Dynasty didn't work with neither glide2x.ovl files on V5. No Voodoo card detected. Are all of those patches (besides D2_3DFX) official? Which Glide2x.ovl version you are using have something to say in this game, atleast on the Voodoo2. Here is a post from Falconfly.de (I've included …

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Re: Dos games and 16mb of ram

Posted on 2013-05-22, 19:49

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Not me either. I first ever heard about this "problem" from Mau1wulf1977's MS-DOS Timemachine video. Haven't seen it be discussed here on Vogons since I became an active poster a year ago.

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