Re: Low Voodoo 2 performance in i865 chipset P4 boards

Posted on 2018-07-31, 09:16

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Have you tried Glide in pure Dos (7.1) on these chipsets? I just tried Vooodoo 2 with Core 2+i865 and X58+Xeon 5660 and i always getting: Failed grSstQueryHardware error. I tried 3 PCI slots, i still have 2 used by other cards, if could fiddle with them, if there is a chance.. I also tried Vooodoo 3 …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2018-07-31, 08:21

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Tested one ESS-SOLO 1 or i865 or something newer?

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

Posted on 2018-07-31, 00:05

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ Video

Ok i read whole thread, my Jay2cents..: Where really need to V2/V3 compatibility table in one file, or link. I can glue it together in MsPaint, but it would be better if Vetz could use share text version in google docs / zoho.com sheets etc.. to make possible to copy result in plain text and make …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 19:52

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I did additional tests with my YMH744 and all I can say it's much worse then the ess-solo1 in the same machine with the intel-i815e Chipset. Some games that worked fine with ess-solo1 do not work with YMH744. One of the most problems is that lot's of games require a reboot after quitting. But the …

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Re: QDOS / Q2DOS with 3Dfx OpenGL on DOSBox

Posted on 2018-07-30, 09:07

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by ruthan

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Ok thanks for explanation.

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

Posted on 2018-07-30, 08:16

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Update: I removed not important stuff from the post: Just trying to make work Voodoo 3 on my modern X58 machine - if ~85% pure Dos games could work here too with sound and 90% without sound, 3dfx cards could work too, there is too much superstition about new fast hardware, i have Voodoo 2 in drawer …

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Re: X58 (ICH10) PC+ Yamaha744 sound card-pure Dos7.1- compatibility list and research, work in progress- gurus needed

Posted on 2018-07-30, 06:35

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ Software

Other update. Drivers and Utils: updated new Yamaha 3.16 driver version, older version 3.14 is still keept as backup in Yamaha drivers folder. I did all my testing for now with 3.14 modded for SIS chipsets, because it was last version which i found at Vogons Library (i didn overlook something..).. …

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Re: YMF744+DSDMA+DOS+P965(and other PCIe chipsets)=success

Posted on 2018-07-30, 02:31

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

sparky4 wrote: good news i changed to a hp wx4600 motherboard and now all of a sudden everything with sound works perfectly 🤣 <3 So Intel X38 Express chipset if im not wrong? BTW i read some old post you were using JEMM.. today news that you need NOVME parameter at least with some boards to make …

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Re: EMM386 explanation, warning-fix Option ROM or RAM detected within page frame / unable to set page frame + tuning

Posted on 2018-07-30, 02:04

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

JEMM is now working with Yamahas with new magic JEMM parameter NOVME, i was discovered by Kamerat(thx).

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Re: X58 (ICH10) PC+ Yamaha744 sound card-pure Dos7.1- compatibility list and research, work in progress- gurus needed

Posted on 2018-07-30, 01:52

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ Software

I'm using SB-Link a.k.a. PC/PCI. Thank, added to guide, you are now super famous too.. Some good news JEMM is now working with Yamaha with new magic JEMM parameter NOVME, i was discovered by Kamerat in 2016 (clap your hands..) , after that is floating somewhere.. few days ago Rayer discovered it …

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Video bios(vBIOS) rom size research project for pure DOS, because there is smaller better.. Add our info.

Posted on 2018-07-29, 23:41

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Hello, in my pure Dos project i often face Dos not enough conventional memory problem.. this could be caused also by big videocard roms. So i want to make some list of card names and video bios sizes.. I tried to search for it, here but i didnt find such thread. How to discover VBIOS size: a) Just …

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2018-07-29, 22:40

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by ruthan

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Agent could you pleas try Q2DOS on you fast CPU, it is fast enough to play it in big resolution as 1600x1200,1600x900 or 1920x1080? My Xeon + slow DDR3 - have only 15 FPS in timedemo. TImedemo console commads: Copy code to clipboard 1 timedemo 1 2 map demo1.dm2

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Re: X58 (ICH10) PC+ Yamaha744 sound card-pure Dos7.1- compatibility list and research, work in progress- gurus needed

Posted on 2018-07-29, 22:29

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ Software

Config: - Fixed bad IRQ 5 in one Yamaha IRQ 7 block, i double checked all block it should be now all ok. Compatibility: Fallout 1 is now working fine, it took some persistence.. Quake 2 (Q2Dos) - project its working too, note that Yamaha is not used, because Q2DOS itself not working with EMS ( …

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Re: QDOS / Q2DOS with 3Dfx OpenGL on DOSBox

Posted on 2018-07-29, 21:50

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by ruthan

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

It's kinda short-sighted that QDOS/Q2DOS developed the 3Dfx Glide driver with static linking to Glide libs. Should they opt for linking with GLIDE2X.OVL, then the game will be able to take advantage of Glide pass-through under DOS which modern Glide wrappers such as dgVoodoo2 would be able to …

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Re: Quake 2 DOS Port WIP

Posted on 2018-07-29, 09:46

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by ruthan

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Its shame that its not working with EMS, because lots of sound drivers are EMS only, otherwise its running fine in 1600x1200..

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Re: Quake1 its possible to increase sound quality, without any not DOS overhaul?

Posted on 2018-07-29, 08:08

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by ruthan

in DOS

in DOS

Thanks its working fine.

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Re: PATH_BENCH - DOS path tracing CPU benchmark

Posted on 2018-07-29, 07:41

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by ruthan

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Core 2 E6600, DDRI-400 - 5secs

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Re: QDOS / Q2DOS with 3Dfx OpenGL on DOSBox

Posted on 2018-07-29, 07:20

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by ruthan

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

How fast its running with yours builds? Its running in old Gulikoza and Yng.. build but its slow at Core i7 4770S.. i would say 15 FPS at 640x480.

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Quake1 its possible to increase sound quality, without any not DOS overhaul?

Posted on 2018-07-29, 06:16

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by ruthan

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in DOS

Hello, i was played Quake 1.. and as im becaming more and more greedy with every new technology upgraded.. i started to be disappointed by sound quality, when game is starting there some its about SB setting and that rate 11025 is used? I never understood sound too much, but as i understand it, more …

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Fallout 1 Dos patch 1.1 Segmentation crash workaround + analysis on fast machines + problematic variables in config..

Posted on 2018-07-29, 04:59

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by ruthan

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in Marvin \ Software

Hello, i was fiddling with Fallout Dos patched to 1.1 on new fast machine - X58 + Yamaha 744 soundcard. I find out strange thing, i have installed game in Dosbox from CD - max install and patched, in Dosbox is running fine.. I tried to remove cd mount, its running fine multiple times, but.. When i …

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