Re: Windows 95 Build Question

Posted on 2022-05-25, 20:24

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by leonardo

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So I pulled the card out. The PN is 109-63100-10. According to the Vogons Wiki, it is a Rage Fury Pro. Could this be the problem? I've been looking for Rage 128 Pro drivers the whole time. Hmm... confusingly those seem to be different monikers for the same card? ...or the Rage Fury uses the Rage …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-25, 19:03

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by leonardo

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I stumbled on a monitor befitting of this machine (did not want to go the LCD-route, or assign a clearly way too big/modern CRT)! It's a Packard Bell PB8528SVEL made in 1992: monitor-pt1.jpg It works surprisingly well given its age, but does show some symptoms depending on resolution or image …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-24, 13:40

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by leonardo

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486's in general aren't that useful, most speed sensitive games want something earlier and later dos games want a Pentium. I kind of get tired of hearing this argument. A 486 can't play 8088 games well? Can an 8088 play most games made after 1987 well (or at all)? ... Personally I get tired of …

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Re: Windows 95 Build Question

Posted on 2022-05-24, 13:23

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by leonardo

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Ok so I got the error to go away but now I have no Direct3D acceleration. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times to no avail Are you confirming the absence of Direct3D by testing specific games or with DirectX Diagnostics? If the latter, what's it say with regards to the driver? What's …

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Re: Windows 95 Build Question

Posted on 2022-05-22, 22:03

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by leonardo

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Alright so I had a Rage 128 Pro. Installed Windows 95 drivers and now I get an error on startup saying "Invalid VxD dynamic link call from ATI2VXAA(01) + 000247EE to device "VMM ", service 1AE. Your Windows configuration is invalid. Run the Windows Setup program again to correct this problem." …

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Re: Windows 95 Build Question

Posted on 2022-05-22, 14:56

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by leonardo

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Alright so I had a Rage 128 Pro. Installed Windows 95 drivers and now I get an error on startup saying "Invalid VxD dynamic link call from ATI2VXAA(01) + 000247EE to device "VMM ", service 1AE. Your Windows configuration is invalid. Run the Windows Setup program again to correct this problem." …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-22, 12:39

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by leonardo

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... Trio64 is the best choice if you stay under 1024x768 (I'm talking accelerated graphics). It's a budget card, and it doesn't offer high resolution output with good colour depth, high refresh rates and clarity. Also remember not all Trio64s cards are alike. ... if you're playing more SVGA games, …

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Re: Need help getting Quake & Quake II to run correctly

Posted on 2022-05-19, 23:18

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by leonardo

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If you've got a genuine Quake/Quake II CD, those will even play in a regular CD-Player. I'll assume you don't have one, so just open the player bundled with Windows through Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Media -> CD-Player. Track 01 is game data, all the other tracks will be the music for the …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-18, 21:10

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by leonardo

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I'd add a cheap VLB graphics card, like a S3 or a Cirrus. Hmm.... define cheap. :D A quick browse through eBay didn't give me anything < $50... I could get 16MB FPM DRAM shipped for roughly ~10eur which doesn't seem so bad. There are some DX2 CPUs too, just none with heatsinks included in this …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-18, 15:07

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by leonardo

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That thing should take a DX2-66 without issues. ... Heatsink, never an exact science, seen plenty of DX33 without heatsink and DX2-66 with heatsink only, sans fan. How would I go about attaching one? I don't see any retention clips like on Socket 7-boards, and it looks like most 486-CPUs are sold …

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Re: To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. (i486 DOSBox)

Posted on 2022-05-18, 12:25

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by leonardo

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I also have some follow-up questions for the theoretical upgrades, as my memory is starting to be hazy for systems preceding Pentiums and Socket 7... If I upgrade the CPU, are there variants of the 80486 chip that are not compatible as per the voltage or pin-layout? When exactly did a HSF become …

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One absolutely run-of-the-mill early 90's multimedia PC

Posted on 2022-05-18, 12:08

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by leonardo

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Nickname: Oswald Case: AT of unknown origin Power supply: BTC PSC-200A 200w AT Motherboard: MSI MS-4132G Processor: Intel 80486DX2 66MHz Memory: 16MB FPM Video card(s): Cirrus Logic GL-5428 1MB VLB Monitor(s): Packard Bell PB8528SVEL 14" CRT Sound card(s): Media Vision Jazz 16 (SoundBlaster Pro- …

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Re: 3DMark99 gives nearly same results 640x480 as it does 1024x768. CPU limited?

Posted on 2022-05-15, 20:16

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by leonardo

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Not to mention 3DMark99 is pre DirectX 7, so likely quite a few features of a newer card such as basically any GeForce will be completely wasted or untested. Unless you're testing against Voodoo-cards, the score won't really mean much. Voodoo3 and TNT2 were hardware DX6, I think. GeForce and …

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Re: Voodoo3 AGP / CPU bottleneck?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 22:02

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by leonardo

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mrzmaster wrote on 2022-05-13, 18:43: I am slowly working on putting together a slot 1 machine built around a Pentium II 450MHz (Deschutes) processor and Voodoo 3 AGP (16 MB) graphics card. You're right on the mark. I'd say once you break 500MHz you might as well live in GeForceVille.

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Re: Experiences Upgrading Socket 7 Cache from 0KB -> 512KB? Recommended Video Card? Best 1993-98 Games for Pentium 200M

Posted on 2022-05-13, 21:53

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by leonardo

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I'm having heartburn at the idea that you would install IE4 with only 32 megabytes of RAM. The swapping will never end. Just skip installing IE during setup, the system will run so much faster. You won't feel the cache or lack thereof for older DOS games, but later games, especially any 3D-titles …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2022-05-13, 12:58

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by leonardo

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What about config file parameters to have it boot into DOS by default and then type “win” to have it boot into Win95 ? What config file parameters do you need for this ? ( autoexec.bat and config.sys ) I've now got your question covered in a new section called Tips & Tricks. See the appended …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2022-05-12, 13:45

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by leonardo

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2022-05-12, 11:38: What about config file parameters to have it boot into DOS by default and then type “win” to have it boot into Win95 ? What config file parameters do you need for this ? ( autoexec.bat and config.sys ) Good idea for an addendum! I have those notes somewhere …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2022-05-12, 09:42

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by leonardo

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More news for Windows 95-fans: It turns out there are some compatible beta drivers that enable us to use ATi Radeon series cards all the way up to the 9800-series (with a possible limitation of being only able to use Direct3D-rendering for games)! See this post from asdf53 for more details. …

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Re: Matrox G450 on Windows 95

Posted on 2022-05-11, 15:16

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by leonardo

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Did you install DirectX 7 before installing the video card drivers? I had not, but I gave it a shot. Still nothing. Maybe you have some rare revised/upgraded revision of the card and the older driver is missing the device IDs for it? Have you checked the contents of the .inf file for the older …

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Re: ATI Radeon 9200 AGP card in Windows 95?

Posted on 2022-05-11, 13:40

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by leonardo

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Wow... the previously linked driver confirmed working on Windows 95 OSR2 and a Radeon 9200 / 9600 Pro / 9700 Pro! Haven't tested OpenGL yet, but will report back. Even with just D3D, this is a huge win for some higher-end Windows 95 configs!

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