Re: Glide for non 3Dfx cards for pure Dos exists or not?

Posted on 2018-07-28, 23:11

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Stiletto: Thanks for explanation.. I started thinking about this, when is saw name of GliDos, at first i expected that someone already did it, you never know, people are clever and constantly making crazy stuff to happen.. BTW Mesa is somehow possible even on Amiga and its emulators. fair number of …

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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 2018-07-28, 18:36

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According to this list, Jazz Jackrabbit needs a CPU patch for faster CPUs. List of CPU speed sensitive games Yeah this typical Runtime 200, it is always solveable.. setmul l1d is solving this, or you could patch it with TP or CRT patch for all, i did it.. but it not solving sound problem, because …

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Glide for non 3Dfx cards for pure Dos exists or not?

Posted on 2018-07-28, 16:50

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Hello, i tried to search to pure Dos glide driver/ wrapper for no 3Dfx cards, but i didnt anything, it seems that all solution are Windows based and running at the best in Windows Dosbox, im right?

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

Posted on 2018-07-28, 08:04

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Ok, i retested all problematic games with Core 2 - i865(ICH5) board + Geforce 6 + Yamaha 744, combination where ~60-70% of problematic games are working with SB !Live (same Core2+G6 machine).. and compatibility level is exactly the same as with X58 (ICH10), ~95+% of problems are exactly the same as …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2018-07-28, 08:02

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Ok, i retested all problematic games with Core 2 - i865(ICH5) board + Geforce 6 + Yamaha 744, combination where ~60-70% of problematic games are working with SB !Live (same Core2+G6 machine).. and compatibility level is exactly the same as with X58 (ICH10), ~95+% of problems are exactly the same as …

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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 2018-07-28, 08:00

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Ok, i retested all problematic games with Core 2 - i865(ICH5) board + Geforce 6 + Yamaha 744, combination where ~60-70% of problematic games are working with SB !Live (same Core2+G6 machine).. and compatibility level is exactly the same as with X58 (ICH10), ~95+% of problems are exactly the same as …

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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 2018-07-27, 23:27

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New guide and files and guide update: Guide: - added more SET Blaster Variable info + about default IRQ and history - to guide - I also tested allmost all problematic games with SB !Live, i would say that 75%+ are working - i dunno if because of X58 or SB !Live, i have ems problems on this machine ( …

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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 2018-07-27, 22:19

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I just tried SBDSP - It shows DSP 3.1, not i our list.. *.bat also show strange message: Copy code to clipboard 1 Your DSP is not revision 4. 2 You should not have Midi hanging note bug..

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2018-07-27, 19:36

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Other thing which in theory which could increase compability is DOS SET blaster variable: I did all my test with T4 , but regarding of this info: http://www.oldskool.org/guides/oldonnew/sound Extract: 1: Sound Blaster 1.0 (the original Sound Blaster) 2: Sound Blaster 1.5 3: Sound Blaster 2.0 4: …

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

Posted on 2018-07-27, 14:29

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Kamerat wrote: ruthan wrote: This thread just got linked to in Phils latast video. That is moment when we become super famous, enjoy the glory:)

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Re: EMM386.EXE D=64 FRAME=E000 /I=B000-B7FF RAM explanation, warning-fix Option ROM or RAM detected within page frame

Posted on 2018-07-27, 06:31

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Thanks for explanations i added more info to guide in other thread. Im still trying to make my Core 2 good on conventional memory side.. There is still something wrong, im trying to use my X58 machine knowledge to it, but im failing. X58 CheckIT info: // There i have plenty of memory. EMS auto page …

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Re: ATI X800 XL - GV-RX801256V -alternative better heatsink search, recommendations?

Posted on 2018-07-27, 04:24

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I tried to remove that Thermaltake cooler from G7900 and its without problems fits to this Gigabyte X800 XL cards.. BTW ATI X800 is from my experience more pure DOS and Win98 compatible than Geforce 5/6/7 card, so it was good choice. X800Coler.jpg I also added small heatsinks on memory chips, im not …

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

Posted on 2018-07-26, 23:49

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Kamerat wrote: Here's how to change the DSP version using the PCISET utility..: Thanks, how to get which DSP version is currently used info? Second question is still what is all this about, what is best scenario for these changes?

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

Posted on 2018-07-26, 08:23

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Config and Drivers pack update: - there were started JEMMEX is where should be JEMM386 - fixed - added second ctsyn.ini for Creative SB configuration for IRQ7, because primary configuration is file, i did some test with !Live and often helping fidlle with IRQ.. - new CTsyn.ini - update, original …

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Re: Another Sound Blaster Live! SB16 Emulation thread

Posted on 2018-07-26, 03:08

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Few notes to SB 16 emulation driver and pure DOs: I tried same driver with driver with !Live - CT4830 Dos compabitle.. I found 2 things which could help: CTSYN variable value has to end with "\" character otherwise im getting message that SBport is not set, i checked that this message is used when …

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Re: EMM386.EXE D=64 FRAME=E000 /I=B000-B7FF RAM explanation, warning-fix Option ROM or RAM detected within page frame

Posted on 2018-07-25, 20:01

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Hi, It seems there's some misunderstanding here. Yeah i was technically wrong, because i didnt differ between Video RAM and ROM, i started thing about this things later with Windows, so for my Video Ram as part of RAM is strange idea (yeah i know that even new OS needs some video ram mapping …

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Re: EMM386.EXE D=64 FRAME=E000 /I=B000-B7FF RAM explanation, warning-fix Option ROM or RAM detected within page frame

Posted on 2018-07-25, 04:19

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I finally found good tool to check which ROM ate my hamster (Upper memory). CheckIT->MemoryMap and when you select used location press Enter, i get info about ROM vendor.. On my Core 2 machine is Nvidia Roms eating whole A000-B7FF - 128KB and other Nvidia ROM part (its 1 videocard machine with …

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

Posted on 2018-07-25, 01:57

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Config files fixes / improvements: - Some jumps not worked how they should - resulted that soundcards driver with EMS only drivers, where loaded in no EMS sections - it should be fixed, all jump labels are now unique per branch. Same for CD handlers, it ws lots of editing so its possible that some …

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

Posted on 2018-07-24, 16:55

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No, the ESS driver requires nothing, no ems, no xms, it works just out of the box. Ok there other error, here i added ESS to all branches with sound, i also added Cmedia 8738 drivers. First version of multiple sound card config and driver package is ready to test: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic. …

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

Posted on 2018-07-24, 16:42

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Small config drivers package update, links above were refreshed - added CMEDIA 8738 PCI Soundcard which had some pure Dos support, there is test by Phil on Slot1 MB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHKa-TE-U4Y&t=2063s // It tested in on X58 device not found. - ESS-Solo1, because driver not requiring …

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