Re: EMM386 NOEMS Vs EMM386

Posted on 2018-08-20, 01:11

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by cyclone3d

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As always, DOS memory management is just as confusing and ridiculous as it was 25+ years ago. :) And I wouldn't have it any other way. It really isn't all that confusing. Just takes a little bit to set up. Once you get used to it, it is really pretty simple. Back in the day I even had a program …

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Re: EMM386 NOEMS Vs EMM386

Posted on 2018-08-19, 21:47

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by cyclone3d

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Oh there are a bunch more high memory areas you can use to get even more UMBs available as long as you don't have some special cards using those memory addresses. See here: http://www.cubic.org/docs/configuring.htm http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/DOS7/v-emm386-sys.html http://www.vogonswiki.com/index …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-19, 21:37

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Have an Opcode / Music Quest PC MIDI II card on the way now. Was hoping to get it for the starting bid, but it didn't happen. Still got it for a really, really good price for an MPU-401 (intelligent mode) midi card. Filename front.jpg File size 269.32 KiB Views 1033 views Filename ports.jpg File …

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-08-19, 04:36

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

Pretty sweet video. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-18, 22:05

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by cyclone3d

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The 2.2v ones will generally clock higher than the 2.4v ones. 2.5v is just fine for either as long as you have a decent cooler. When overclocking them back in the day, I had a K6-II 550 running at 660 on an ASUS P5A. Not sure what I had the voltage set at but it ran super hot. I had a large fan …

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Re: is this a fraud ? Doom 1 Copy

Posted on 2018-08-18, 22:02

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by cyclone3d

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Fake, fake, fake, fake! Here is a google search for what the real disks look like: https://www.google.com/search?q=doom+floppy+d … w=1920&bih=1094

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-17, 15:13

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by cyclone3d

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@Intel486dx33 permanent mods are sacralige. Id make a i/o shield with the serial/parallel. Heh, you would probably want to kill me then if you saw what I did to my Lian Li PC-767 (from 2005) PC-767.jpg I got it for $25 used at a local computer shop. The only fan mount was for a single 120mm. Well …

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Re: Televideo Telewave Audio 32 sound card, questions about its onboard wavetable ROM

Posted on 2018-08-17, 15:02

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

Picture is showing up fine now.

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Re: multi threading

Posted on 2018-08-16, 23:49

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by cyclone3d

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In theory it should not be that difficult to multi-thread DOSBox. You should be able to have one thread run the CPU, one for video, one for sound, and maybe one for input. Maybe I will look into that once I get somewhere with optimizing the current code which should give about a 20% decrease in …

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Re: Dry eye disease and you: How good is your vision?

Posted on 2018-08-16, 20:18

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by cyclone3d

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I wear glasses and every once in a while I will wear contacts. Not from computer/video game use though. I just have really bad astigmatism... I have no other correction on my lenses. I've been a pretty big gamer since I was about 12. I am now 39.

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Re: Vogons Post editor -add bookmark(archor) element would help a lot.

Posted on 2018-08-16, 19:09

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by cyclone3d

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You can do this with the current setup.. just in a roundabout way. 1.Make_your_sections [url=http://yourURL.tld]TEXT LINK[/url] 2. Number them or name them before the section. It is better if the section name or number is the only place in the topic it is in. 3. Up at the top, there is a "Search …

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Re: Who on vogons has the largesst/most impressive collection?

Posted on 2018-08-16, 17:50

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by cyclone3d

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I say a tattoo would be more permanent 🤣 If you just want temporary coloring for taking pictures, use a black dry erase marker.

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Re: SD Card reader via USB2 idiotic policy from the manufacturer

Posted on 2018-08-16, 17:48

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Which means, no matter what modern ultra-fast SD card I'll put in (even hundreds MB/sec cards), they will all be stuck at ~60MB/sec because of the USB2 bottleneck. SD cards are slow by design. I think you are confusing "bus speed" here, which is 624 mb/s with UHS-III cards at most. This is not the …

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Re: SD Card reader via USB2 idiotic policy from the manufacturer

Posted on 2018-08-16, 17:45

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by cyclone3d

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You could always get a card reader / USB 3.0 hub such as this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/4A59-All-in-1-3-Port-USB-3-0-with-MS-SD-M2-TF-Multi-Card-Reader-Hub-Adapter/183378722718 Or a 2.5" enclosure with USB 3.0 hub built in such as one of these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hard-Drive-Enclosure-UNITEK- …

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Re: Televideo Telewave Audio 32 sound card, questions about its onboard wavetable ROM

Posted on 2018-08-16, 05:55

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by cyclone3d

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You can upload pictures directly to the forum now and place them inline so they show up. They just have to be 2MB or smaller in size to do so. Easy enough to resize them with GIMP.

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Re: Wow! PCI to PCI-Express adapter!

Posted on 2018-08-16, 04:39

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

And that is why I want to make a modified riser instead of modifying the card. So much better than hacking the card up.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-16, 02:28

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by cyclone3d

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@TheAbandonwareGuy Ehhh.. Somebody posted up that lot and didn't really know what they had. I also gave a "best offer" and they accepted. Most of the more rare stuff I have, I have gotten for pretty cheap. You just have to keep an eye out for good deals. I've accumulated tons of duplicates of a lot …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-16, 00:28

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by cyclone3d

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Just picked up this lot: lot.jpg In the upper right hand corner... a Logitech Soundman Wave and an ATI Mach32 VLB :happy: soundman_wave_mach32_vlb.jpg In the bottom middle, I think that is a LBA BIOS card for supporting larger HDDs. LBA.jpg I'll probably try to sell most of the cards except those 3 …

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Re: Wow! PCI to PCI-Express adapter!

Posted on 2018-08-15, 23:53

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah, I know. Building an AGP riser adapter is on my list as well. I've already got a few risers and no time to build the adapter.. and test with a cheaper card of course.

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Re: Wow! PCI to PCI-Express adapter!

Posted on 2018-08-15, 18:48

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There was an ago to pci adapter that was comnercially made. The only problem is that it was made for specific video cards and basically dint work with other cards from what people said back in the day about it. As far as athlon do boards, anything with a chipset before kt266 should work. Some kt266 …

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