Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-12, 21:22

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I suspect that the 4 MB and 8 MB wavetables do not have higher quality sound, but they have more sounds (more drum kits and GS). If the game is only using General MIDI (GM), then loading the larger wavetables won't help the sound quality. I haven't been able to tell the difference in DOS games when …

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-12, 14:45

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Under Control Panel → System → Device Manager → System Devices, which of the following do you see?: any device with Advanced Power Management or APM in its name any device with Advanced Configuration and Power Interface or ACPI in its name (I hope you won't say "neither" or "both"!)

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-12, 12:10

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You'll need the drivers in SBPCI.zip that you can download here: http://easymamecab.mameworld.info/html/snddosdr.htm Do you know what the card's real IRQ # and I/O address are?

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-11, 13:14

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What kind of Ensoniq chip is it? (Soundscape or AudioPCI?) What is in your CONFIG.SYS file? What is in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file?

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Re: How to mute PC speaker in Windows 98?

Posted on 2013-09-07, 02:05

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Don't forget that there's still DOSBox for almost all old DOS games. 😉

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Re: How to mute PC speaker in Windows 98?

Posted on 2013-09-05, 17:01

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I don't know for sure, but I would guess that your motherboard is too new to support non-maskable interrupts. I doubt that an Ensoniq/Creative sound card will work for you in DOS. There are other PCI sound cards which support sound in DOS (see http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=18646 ), but …

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Re: How to mute PC speaker in Windows 98?

Posted on 2013-09-05, 14:40

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What are the make & model of your motherboard, Yasashii? Here's more information on the AudioPCI: Ensoniq / Creative AudioPCI

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Re: How to mute PC speaker in Windows 98?

Posted on 2013-09-05, 14:01

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If your motherboard supports NMIs (see http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=27674#p21921 ), then you can get a PCI sound card that would allow you to control the PC speaker volume with the mixer application and emulate old ISA sound cards for DOS games. My SoundBlaster Live! Value has an …

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Re: JOYSTICK ... favorite?

Posted on 2013-08-29, 17:51

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Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro. I got it for Christmas in 1995 and used it until it broke. Then, I took it apart, found the wire that had broken off of a circuit board and fixed it. It broke again 5 years later, and I wasn't able to determine what the problem was, so I replaced it with one from eBay. I …

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Re: Running a 16 bit game on Win 7 (64 bit)

Posted on 2013-08-22, 11:58

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I think this is the program that she wants to run: http://www.mobygames.com/game/connections/techinfo The Technical Specs list a distinct Windows 95 version (which supports a higher resolution than the Windows 3.1 version), so could the installer be 16-bit, but the program itself be 32-bit when …

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Re: Help identifying motherboard form factor

Posted on 2013-08-19, 17:19

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I'm going to guess that this pinout will work: http://www.motherboardpoint.com/796460-post9.html If I'm wrong and something gets fried, then oh well—it's no big loss.

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Re: System question

Posted on 2013-08-19, 11:44

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If it can run old games, then post it!

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Re: Help identifying motherboard form factor

Posted on 2013-08-19, 11:36

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Thanks for the information! It's probably not worth serious effort, so I think I'll test it, and if it works, I'll sell it on eBay. 😀

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Re: Help identifying motherboard form factor

Posted on 2013-08-18, 13:02

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Filename P8180112.jpg File size 516.55 KiB Downloads No downloads File comment underside view

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Help identifying motherboard form factor

Posted on 2013-08-18, 12:55

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I bought this Pentium 4 motherboard in a lot of used computer parts. Its layout is different from ATX motherboards. It only has one screw hole. It as 4 "GNDCLP" slots, one at each corner. What is it from? What is its form factor called? http://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=12679 P8180111.jpg

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Re: Screen capture in character mode

Posted on 2013-07-27, 18:26

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See viewtopic.php?t=32697.

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Re: AMD slot A 1000mhz cpu heat

Posted on 2013-07-27, 14:19

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The 1000 MHz Slot A Athlon CPU was the first CPU that AMD thought needed two heatsink fans. Pictures are here: http://anandtech.com/print/498/ Also, here are some slot-CPU heatsink comparisons from back in the day: http://www.anandtech.com/print/502/ http://www.speedy3d.com/articles/cooler_roundup1/ …

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Re: I'm lost.......

Posted on 2013-07-21, 04:07

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If you do want to run Tornado on that machine, it'll have to be through DOSBox. You could find a computer with both a floppy drive and support for USB drives and copy the Tornado install files from the floppy disk to a USB drive. Then, run the installer in DOSBox from the USB drive. Finally, play …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-12, 12:01

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For a motherboard, I'd recommend an Socket 370 motherboard with an Intel chipset. Typically, they were the most stable motherboards of that era. For a video card, I'd recommend a 3dfx Voodoo 3. I've never had a problem with mine, and its output is clearer than that of the ATi Rage 128 and nVidia …

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Re: AMD K7 Slot 1

Posted on 2013-07-12, 11:39

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The first system that I built from new parts had a 650 MHz Athlon CPU on an Abit KA7-100 motherboard (KX133 chipset). That CPU's performance was slightly better than the performance of a 650 MHz Katmai Pentium III. However, that system was not reliable due to the motherboard's capacitor plague. An …

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