Re: Intel Ac 97 ich2 - No sound on DOS games

Posted on 2020-04-27, 19:24

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by darry

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Hello. First of all, thanks for accept me in the forum I recently installed win98SE on a Compaq Deskpro with a pentium iii 733 i bought. I already installed the chipset, video and sound drivers and everything seems to work well on windows. I can hear music on winamp and the windows system sounds …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-27, 17:28

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by darry

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Dell 2007FPB arrived . It's the S-IPS variant, made in 2009, and has 50000 odd hours on the clock . For a total of 105 Canadian dollars including shipping, I would call it a good deal .

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Re: Matrox G2 RAM Slot

Posted on 2020-04-27, 16:48

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by darry

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It is for RAM expansion indeed . Apparently it came in SDRAM and SGRAM variants (depending on what the card already had). https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1012226 EDIT : Archive of official Matrox page : https://web.archive.org/web/20051016143535/http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/ …

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Re: Freedos alongside Win98SE

Posted on 2020-04-27, 14:27

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by darry

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The issue experienced by the OP is that his sound hardware is not initialized properly under DOS ( CWCDOS.EXE does not detect his CS4280 sound chip) . Changing DOS versions won't fix that . My guess on that front may be his PCI / ISA PNP / resource settings in bios, I've had similar issues with CMI …

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Re: CGA card without a crystal?

Posted on 2020-04-27, 04:46

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by darry

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Looks a lot like the one in this thread, layout wise . Looking for info about this card (CGA - III / P) No crystal either. Were clock generators a thing back then ?

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Re: Freedos alongside Win98SE

Posted on 2020-04-27, 03:30

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I also concur about Mortal Kombat 2; Freedos or any other DOS will not help with that issue . No more than running Win98 command line only. I am not sure I understand what you mean by that. The game runs fine under Windows 98 SE DOS pure DOS mode . It does not run properly in a Windows dos box ( …

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Re: Anything like the NuXT for a 386 or 486?

Posted on 2020-04-27, 02:55

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by darry

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You need something like this https://www.amcuk.com/amc_pca6743f.php plugged into something like this https://buy.advantech.com/Boards-Cards/Embedd … 725991248&f=AEU

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Re: Seeking clarification on hardware requirements for setting up MT-32

Posted on 2020-04-27, 02:13

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I have been unable to get Gabriel Knight GM working in DOS without SoftMPU in the past for whatever reason that may have been but instances where a dumb midi interface wont work do exist, possibly platform and/or sound card değendent though.. That is interesting - Gabriel Knight ran on Sierra's SCI …

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Re: Anything like the NuXT for a 386 or 486?

Posted on 2020-04-27, 02:08

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by darry

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I am no expert in this matter, but the level of complexity involved has probably prevented such efforts from succeeding . My guess is that something like this will come about eventually by way of an FPGA .

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Re: Yamaha YMF743

Posted on 2020-04-27, 01:56

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by darry

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Maybe you can get a PC CARD sound card that has some DOS support . It probably will not come cheap, though .

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Re: Socket 7 build luxury problems

Posted on 2020-04-27, 01:52

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by darry

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I think everyone in this hobby is hoarder to some extent . I know I am .

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Re: WIndows 98 + Geforce 6 which games )(demos) are working and which are not and maybe some fixes for them

Posted on 2020-04-27, 01:50

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On my 815E based board, under Windows 98 SE, I was never able to find a Geforce 6 driver that did not crash when doing something as mundane as scrolling . I had the same issue with a Geforce 6600 and a Geforce 6600GT . No such issues are present with aGeforce FX5900 (do not remember what driver …

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Re: Yamaha YMF743

Posted on 2020-04-27, 01:46

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by darry

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As opposed to the YMF7x4 family (see YMF724 datasheet, for example : https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/v … AHA/YMF724.html ), the YMF743 does not have a legacy audio block. It does not even seem to have an FM synthesizer !

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Re: Yamaha YMF743

Posted on 2020-04-27, 01:34

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by darry

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I was editing my post while you replied , please see EDIT2 . I am starting to think that the YMF7x3 family does not have any pure DOS capability .

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Re: Yamaha YMF743

Posted on 2020-04-27, 01:16

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by darry

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Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has any tips on getting a Yamaha YMF743 sound chip working under DOS? My Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 uses this (AC-XG). Although it is a member of the WMF74X Family, it's not the same as the DS-XG that does have native DOS support. Any ideas on this one? Cheers …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-27, 01:08

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by darry

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Thanks. Yes, it does look cool, and it extends the life of my 6569-R5 chip. I have a near perfect image from this machine now. As I have recapped it, heatsinked chips that gets hot and I am using a high quality Video cable. And no. No need for oil or water cooling. The board is working perfect now, …

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Re: Sun Moon Star Adlib Clone

Posted on 2020-04-27, 00:47

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by darry

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Other than the OPL2 clone, there are 4 unmarked chips on the board, or is that just the lighting ? That 74LS74 (possibly the DAC ), looks quite legit too and about to jump out of its socket as well . It's the lighting. Here's a close-up. (And you were right about the 74LS74). IMG_9350.jpg Thanks …

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Re: Win98 machine with 10 year old hardware

Posted on 2020-04-27, 00:42

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by darry

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If you want to fill your living space with dusty components and spend hour after hour mucking with hardware configurations in desperate pursuit of some heady and undefined sense of nostalgia, all so you can have a computer capable of running all sorts of things that you'll never actually get around …

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Re: Sun Moon Star Adlib Clone

Posted on 2020-04-27, 00:33

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by darry

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In another thread I mentioned that I'd purchased an Adlib clone made by Sun Moon Star. There's an eBay seller who has a lot of them at a reasonable price. I finally had a chance to pop it into my 386SX build and can report that it works great. I am listening to the Adlib music from Wolfenstein 3D …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-04-27, 00:28

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by darry

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Horun wrote on 2020-04-27, 00:02: Got this in a $15 local purchase today, not a bad Enlight 300 watt PSU ! I remember that when the 250W PSU that came bundled with my Enlight EN7237 case blew (almost 20 years ago), it tripped the breaker, but nothing died in the PC .

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