Re: MPXPlay Windows 3.11

Posted on 2015-02-03, 00:14

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by Matth79

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Racking my brains for the player I recall from a .jp site - it was a CD-Text player, pretty sure it was digital. Not it http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?fr … 2Fse013144.html - but this might be digital

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Re: MPXPlay Windows 3.11

Posted on 2015-02-02, 17:32

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by Matth79

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The Win32 version does not even support Win9x, so forget about Win32S http://mpxplay.sourceforge.net/ Maybe try the 1.59 rather than the beta - they should run, they are bundled WITH the DOS extender Can't remember the things for Win32 console in DOS - found http://www.doswin32.com/ but I'm sure …

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Re: Advantages of having 128MB on a 486

Posted on 2015-02-02, 17:06

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by Matth79

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For DOS / Win3.x - very little - I recall one Windows program that was HUGE, and needed extra RAM. For Win9x ... throw memory at it. If trying to run a GUI Linux on 486 (not recommended), then throw memory at it - maybe you'd get away an XFCE or LXDE environment

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Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks

Posted on 2015-01-30, 17:25

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by Matth79

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It seems to be creating EMS memory, so it must be finding a space for a pageframe somewhere. Try using NOEMS instead of RAM. Also, try STACKS=16,256 - it's a setting from another page that may help with EMM386 Another possibility, try the one piece JEMMEX instead of HIMEM & EMM386. Any BIOS options …

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Re: Things you regret giving or throwing away?

Posted on 2015-01-28, 18:46

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by Matth79

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Not so much throwing away (things get piled in the loft / shed), but not getting... 1. Case with a rare dual 5 1/4" + 3 1/2" dual format floppy drive (1 drive!) ... regret even more now I just looked that thing up! 2. A 286 system that I could have taken away free

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Re: The best dos emulators out there besides dosbox?

Posted on 2015-01-28, 18:34

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I guess "DOSBox is not an emulator" is a bit like "WINE is not an emulator". Wine offers enough of the public Windows API to allow SOME Windows programs to be used. DOSBox offers enough of the DOS / hardware emulation API to allow SOME games to run. There are others, while DOSBox targets games, …

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Re: MS-DOS networking: my personal nightmare

Posted on 2015-01-27, 18:03

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by Matth79

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This describes one way to set up an MSDOS network boot floppy https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726979.aspx It uses an NT server 4 CD to provide the basics, but some of the other points may be relevant. The other thing, ensure that The Windows XP system has TCP/IP protocol bound to …

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Re: Mix and match Direct3D and OpenGL driver components

Posted on 2015-01-22, 01:26

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by Matth79

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The best resource is a long closed geocities site.... https://web.archive.org/web/20090729173235/ht … om/ziyadhosein/ All are later versions though ... if the files are small enough, Archive may get them

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Re: DOSBOX / Android / Win3.1 sound problem

Posted on 2015-01-16, 20:35

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by Matth79

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Solved - it was set to SB2 rather than SB16, so the SB16 software was not recognizing it as it was showing as the wrong card. Tested with the old utility WINTACH wintach android adosbox 0.2.5 word 5.36 cad 12.88 spread 12.16 paint 12.48 0.72 relative to 386dx20/vga A handy little test for emulating …

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Interesting ZIP issue

Posted on 2015-01-16, 15:37

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by Matth79

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Downloaded some ZIP archive stuff (shareware/freeware) to try in DOSbox, and none of my programs could handle the old ZIP format. Eventually took the line of least resistance ... real era-correct PKUNZIP running inside DOSbox.

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Re: DOSBOX / Android / Win3.1 sound problem

Posted on 2015-01-15, 21:37

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by Matth79

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Yes, used the set from that thread - graphics went in ok., but the sound install just says there is no card at 220 .. tried the other addrs as well - Hmm, wonder if I can find something else that would test sound, like an old "pinball fantasies" demo or Inertia player - yeah, Inertia player if I can …

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DOSBOX / Android / Win3.1 sound problem

Posted on 2015-01-15, 20:35

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by Matth79

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Following the Win3.1 on dosbox guide, using http://androiddosbox.appspot.com/ 0.2.5 - later than the appstore version of this. Win3.1 installed ok, but the sound install does not find a soundcard at any of the base addresses. The environment has BLASTER A220 I7 D1 T3 Am I doing something wrong, or …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-15, 16:25

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by Matth79

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lazibayer wrote: Got a Trident 8900 in a volume sale. Not something uncommon but I wonder where the Video ROM is 😕 Looks like the -R is built in ROM http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/component … ent-tvga8900d-r Good example, there is an empty space where the ROM would normally be

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Re: DOS 6.22 with NE2000 ISA network card how to load driver

Posted on 2015-01-13, 23:26

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by Matth79

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Need a NE2000 setup/config program If it's software set, rather than jumpered, you may need to find a setup that can configure it

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Re: Magnet damage fix for CRT tv?

Posted on 2015-01-13, 23:19

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by Matth79

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Most TVs have an auto degauss that fires when powered up after being off for some time - it may reduce after being used a few times. The reset is thermal, so it must be off for something like half an hour to ensure it operates

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Re: A few hours wasted on programming SP97-V BIOS

Posted on 2015-01-13, 23:09

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by Matth79

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Maybe it didn't do the VGA part - it would have it's own entry points and blocks of data

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Re: 386 mainboard basic questions

Posted on 2015-01-11, 19:00

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by Matth79

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Even in the 486 ISA/VLB era, you usually needed a multi-I/O card - onboards tended to come in with the 486 PCI

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Re: Interleave Seagate ST-251 MFM harddisk

Posted on 2015-01-10, 00:03

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by Matth79

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A lot slower - if the interleave was set too tight, it caused the "hard disk not much faster than floppy", as the controller read on sector, then missed the next and had to wait a whole revolution. On a controller with a track buffer (some of the later era ones), the interleave was 1:1 - the …

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Re: DOSBox SVN Daum: Faults, Fixes, and The Future (64-bit and Beyond)

Posted on 2015-01-05, 21:52

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by Matth79

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503 Service unavailable ... did we break it?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-04, 20:46

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by Matth79

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They sound amazing. Seriously I think they are the best speakers I've ever had and they do get excessivley loud. lol Won't requite the pic, but they look like a rebadge of the Goodmans Active 75 - and they were a really stunning set. http://img.2dehands.be/f/preview/203231330-multimedia-speakers- …

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