Re: Understand Windows 3.1 (standard) internet requirements

Posted on 2020-07-23, 13:35

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by darry

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so was Netscape Navigator, but you need the IE stuff first No, you don't need any IE stuff for Netscape. Once upon a time, I've spent a lot of time on the Internet using DOS packet driver + WINPKT.COM + Trumper Winsock + Netscape. That's another way of doing it, but you can use the winsock dll …

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Re: Understand Windows 3.1 (standard) internet requirements

Posted on 2020-07-23, 12:41

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As far as I remember, IE was freely distributed at the time on the Internet (so was Netscape Navigator, but you need the IE stuff first). ftp.sunet.se is/was a very legitimate public FTP . If it is there, it's pretty certain to be legally redistributable . http://ftp.sunet.se/mirror/archive/ftp. …

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Re: Torn on which sound card to use (Turtle Beach vs SB)

Posted on 2020-07-23, 02:56

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by darry

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It is not a sin to have more than one sound card . I use three in my main retro rig . The Audigy 2 will probably be your best bet for Windows . SB128 has no hardware mixing or effects engine (it's all done on the CPU) . As for DOS, the suggestions for ISA cards are in the other thread . If you like …

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Re: ASUS ISA-486SV2

Posted on 2020-07-23, 02:12

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by darry

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Anyone familiar with this board? Is it a good model? Looks like I have found another early example of an ASUS board. Has an SiS 85C461 chipset. I know SiS chips are not always anything special alot of the time, with a few exceptions. I can't comment on the board's intrinsic fitness, but I can say …

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2020-07-22, 02:13

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kolderman wrote on 2020-07-22, 01:07: > The Turtle Beach Santa Cruz - this thing was the basis of audio support on the original Xbox so it does matter Was it? The Turtle Beach Santa Cruz was based around the CS4630 chip . AFAIK, the Xbox first gen audio system was similar to (or based on or the …

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Re: NE2000 8bit isa packet driver?

Posted on 2020-07-21, 23:38

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Hi, I've found on another known vintage computer forum a 8bit modded NE2000.COM driver I'm trying to work with my card and it seems to give me back the Mac address of the card so it should work. Considering it's the only driver I've found and I suppose the original may not work into a 8bit ISA bus …

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Re: MT-32 Replacement Knob

Posted on 2020-07-21, 22:00

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Nice! All it needs is coat or two of black spray paint

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Re: 32-bit OS that will run best on 8MB 386sx-16

Posted on 2020-07-21, 21:59

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by darry

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2019-12-08, 22:53: so as long as I got OS/2 2.1 I can get win3.1 app compatibility and it should run ok? sounds like we may have a winner Windows under OS/2 (WinOS2) will not work with VXD drivers for things like sound support for Windows applications .

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Re: NE2000 8bit isa packet driver?

Posted on 2020-07-21, 21:51

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by darry

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Hi, I've found on another known vintage computer forum a 8bit modded NE2000.COM driver I'm trying to work with my card and it seems to give me back the Mac address of the card so it should work. Considering it's the only driver I've found and I suppose the original may not work into a 8bit ISA bus …

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Re: How likely am I to miss the SC-55?

Posted on 2020-07-21, 19:53

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I guess it depends how much of a completist you are . I have an MT-32 and an SC-88VL and I am happy . Does an SC-88 in SC-55 mode sound exactly like an SC-55 ? No, but it is reputedly close . My preference usually goes to using the SC-88 native map anyway, so I don't think that I am missing out, …

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Re: Help me ID an old CD ROM drive

Posted on 2020-07-21, 18:12

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by darry

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Pretty sure that drive is 1x and not IDE (proprietary Mitsumi interface).

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Re: Help me ID an old CD ROM drive

Posted on 2020-07-21, 18:01

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by darry

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Probably a mitsumi crmc-lu005s

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Re: How to disable V-Sync on Permedia 2 boards (and others)

Posted on 2020-07-21, 01:55

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by darry

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-07-20, 21:52: Powerstrip? Powerstrip is discontinued and you can no longer buy a license key, AFAIK, though the unregistered version may do what you want .

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2020-07-20, 19:49

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For anyone thinking of getting an Atlona AT-HD500 , a Startech VGA2HDMIPRO or CYP SY-P293 , be aware that though they all look to be based on the same design (see pictures in linked thread), not all firmware versions support 70Hz output and at least mine seems to want to output NTSC luma levels …

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Re: Promise ULTRA100 controller card: can't find drive

Posted on 2020-07-20, 19:25

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I've actually had an even newer Promise SATA 150 TX2 working in a 486. I recall it took some magic combination of BIOS settings to get it recognized however. It was a MSI 4144 board with SiS 496/497. The BIOS had various settings for IDE cards. Maybe IRQ associations too. I would definitely search …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-07-20, 19:20

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Well, I finally got my SY-P293 and it has (apparently ancient) firmware version 4.6.3 . It handles 720x400 input with no issue but has no support for any 70Hz output modes . It also has an unfixable black level issue with pure black coming out as dark grey (probably because it converts luma scale to …

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Re: How hard is it to program a 7x9 pin AWARD bios chip?

Posted on 2020-07-20, 05:16

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by darry

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Your question would be easier to answer if you could provide an actual part number off the BIOS chip . Programming an EEPROM is usually quite easy with a compatible programmer .

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Re: EMM386.EXE hangs on boot (Phil's ms-dos starter pack)

Posted on 2020-07-19, 23:51

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Did you try EMM386.EXE RAM FRAME=D000 as kalohimal suggested ? It looks like EMM386 uses E000-Efff for the EMS page frame by default which could be part of motherboard BIOS shadow or on board NIC rom address. C000 is video so D000 is logical. Also try EMM386.EXE 8000 FRAME=D000 that would give 8Mb …

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Re: Promise ULTRA100 controller card: can't find drive

Posted on 2020-07-19, 23:21

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An XTIDE BIOS on a an ISA network card would be an option, if you ever need more space recognized on the drive(s) . Don't you mean controller card? No, I actually meant just an ISA card with what is called an option ROM . One way is to use an ISA network card with a ROM socket and an EPROM or …

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Re: Expanded memory setting hangs (Phil's ms-dos starter pack)

Posted on 2020-07-19, 13:59

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I would remove the testmem option from the himem.sys line and boot again (why disable the memory test, are there known issues with it ?). If Himem.sys complains about memory, that could be a good hint . Running memtest off of a bootable CD could be an option too . If everything tests fine, it may …

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