Re: Duke Nukem 3D 1.3d locks up with ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo PCI card in DOS

Posted on 2020-06-20, 02:49

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At 320x200 or even 640x480, that Pentium 120 should be plenty enough, if memory serves . plenty to not pose a bottleneck? easy to prove that wrong with a quick look at dukebencTim.txt, on a matrox millennium going from p120 to p166 nets an extra 20 fps in 320x200, and an extra 6.5 fps in 640x480. …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D 1.3d locks up with ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo PCI card in DOS

Posted on 2020-06-20, 02:08

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I guess I should install NFS SE and see how that goes. If whiplash runs like crud no matter what, that's fine, it's not even that good, I just wanted to try something in SVGA. Also running Duke in VESA isn't that important, again, just wanted to see if I COULD and get a decent speed. EDIT Also I …

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Re: A DVI-VGA conflict in Windows 98?

Posted on 2020-06-20, 01:59

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Does anyone have problems with VGA and DVI being on the card bus with Windows 98? Cause I seem to have freezes using/starting MS-DOS programs, or modifying system resources (i.e. enabling or disabling the cards) in Win98 when two different cards with two different standards share the PCI bus ( …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2020-06-20, 01:39

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Also, has anyone tried using the SB16 Windows drivers and/or the Creative SB16 DOS mixer with an ALS100 card? Looking at the Linux driver source the card really should be 100% compatible - I'll see if ICU + SB16 mixerset.exe works. I would not put high hopes in using Creative Labs original drivers …

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Re: Roland RA-50, RA-90 and RA-95 doubts about purchase or not

Posted on 2020-06-20, 01:21

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Which trace exactly had to be cut? So, this isn't gospel or anything, but: https://www.symphoniae.com/misc/vogons/ra50_s.jpg Do note that only the MIDI output from the arranger section to the LA sound section is affected by cutting that trace. The arranger will continue to receive data from either …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-20, 01:18

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In your other thread, you already updated the BIOS to what I asume was the most recent version available (that posted BIOS string was that of the original BIOS). Now 2 long shots a) please do not be offended, but are you sure you are setting the DIP switches in the right way and not in inverted …

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Re: PII 400 mhz shows as 266 mhz?

Posted on 2020-06-20, 00:21

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by darry

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In your other thread, you already updated the BIOS to what I asume was the most recent version available (that posted BIOS string was that of the original BIOS). Now 2 long shots a) please do not be offended, but are you sure you are setting the DIP switches in the right way and not in inverted …

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Re: Promise Ultra 66/100 benefits on a PII

Posted on 2020-06-19, 18:24

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by darry

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Got a Promise Ultra 100 card sitting around, would a Pentium II 450 build see any benefits from the faster data speeds over built-in IDE? Faster install times, games maybe? Or (I'm assuming anyway) would it just be bottlenecked to no effect. Pure DOS mode would get DMA support, so no more being …

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

Posted on 2020-06-19, 18:15

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Is the Atlona or any other clone available for sale on Aliexpress? Not that I could find . I even looked through your local Ebay affiliate (had to use a VPN), but could not find any . Just to be clear, the confirmed clones (as far as PCB layout goes, firmware differences are unknown) are : Startech …

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Re: ATX to AT PSU requirements for AT Socket 7 with Pentium MMX 200 MHz???

Posted on 2020-06-19, 18:00

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Sorry for the bump but I'm also looking into using a simple ATX to AT adapter for a 486 motherboard. I was about to order one, until I saw this blog post about the 'smart converter' and his story about the overloaded 486 board. I have the board currently running with an AT power supply (but an ATX …

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

Posted on 2020-06-19, 17:44

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What was the shortcoming of the Startech VGA2HDMIPRO (original) again? I bought the Atlona "clone" to compare and will report back once it arrives. It seems to be more available than the Startech. I remember seeing some comments about output needing colour post-processing for proper/best output . …

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Re: New retro computers

Posted on 2020-06-19, 17:20

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Before doing memmaker that, you could try to adding RAM i=B000-B7FF to the device=emm386.exe command in config.sys (those are zeros, not Os). If you are not running games running monochrome(MDA/ Hercules) graphics, that will cause no issues . This worked. Though now Xwing just freezes in the intro …

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

Posted on 2020-06-19, 13:18

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Some more interesting info . The firmware for the Crestron HD-SCALER-VGA-E contains a reference to Cypress (CYP) and to the CP-293N . That would help explain why the HD-SCALER-VGA-E accepts 1024x768@70Hz (just tested), even though it is not documented in its manual . This resolution happens to be …

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

Posted on 2020-06-19, 13:00

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by darry

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Just saw a reference in another thread to the risks of using overspecced PSUs on low powered devices in the context of ATX to AT converters. I see a potential parallel with using overspecced ATX PSUs on ATX builds, especially in the context of a possible partial short on the 12V rail . https://www. …

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Re: [SOLVED, fixed by forcing AGP 1X] De-shimmed Radeon 9700 on 440BX crashes Windows 98 SE running 3DMARK 2003

Posted on 2020-06-19, 12:53

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by darry

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texterted wrote on 2020-06-01, 21:22: Have the other cards got external power connectors? Edit, well I know the ti4200 doesn't. I'm thinking of grabbing an MX440 for my BX rig. No, the 9700 is the only one with a power connector .

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Re: ATX to AT PSU requirements for AT Socket 7 with Pentium MMX 200 MHz???

Posted on 2020-06-19, 12:31

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by darry

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Sorry for the bump but I'm also looking into using a simple ATX to AT adapter for a 486 motherboard. I was about to order one, until I saw this blog post about the 'smart converter' and his story about the overloaded 486 board. I have the board currently running with an AT power supply (but an ATX …

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

Posted on 2020-06-19, 07:35

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by darry

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Some more interesting info . The firmware for the Crestron HD-SCALER-VGA-E contains a reference to Cypress (CYP) and to the CP-293N . That would help explain why the HD-SCALER-VGA-E accepts 1024x768@70Hz (just tested), even though it is not documented in its manual . This resolution happens to be …

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

Posted on 2020-06-19, 05:17

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by darry

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Here is a photo of the CYP CP-254 PCB Filename cp254_pcb.jpg File size 962.32 KiB Views 2385 views

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Re: SB Pro Reverse Stereo - So...?

Posted on 2020-06-19, 04:22

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by darry

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my SBPro (CT1330A) does not reverse stereo I think this is an urban legend The CT1330(A) is the reference for stereo PCM sound blasters as it is the first one of those, so it obviously can't have reversed stereo compared to itself . Or am I missing the point completely ? My understanding is that …

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

Posted on 2020-06-19, 04:10

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Did some more tests with the OSSC (in pass-through mode) together with the CP-254 . I could not get 1152x864 @60Hz or 70Hz, whatever I tried (I started with proper VESA timings in Powerstrip and matched the in the OSSC), but always get no picture . 1024x768@60Hz and at 70Hz do work, but I lose about …

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