Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-09, 19:02
Sounds like you have a bad driver package, probably assembled from incompatible pieces...
Re: correctly burning PC games?
Posted on 2018-02-09, 09:08
well i have a pretty big collection of pc games but I'm not a fan of using the legit discs in order to preserve them. but when i burn games no matter what speed i choose the movies/cut scenes always glitch i tried on the latest version of image burn on a recent dvd burner and an old cd r burner the …
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-08, 21:29
Interesting. Maybe this method is not good (don't remember if I actually tried it). Try using the modified utilities in the ZIP I just uploaded (they implement solution #2).
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-08, 21:00
Not to something else... to an empty string.
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-08, 20:53
derSammler wrote: Then you are not running plain DOS but a DOS box in Windows. No, it's a bug in CTCM/CTCU. Read the write-up in the link.
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-08, 20:18
Follow the instructions here: https://cloakedthargoid.wordpress.com/ctpnp-dos7/
Re: DOS games with Win98SE
Posted on 2018-02-08, 08:42
Destroy wrote: Wouldn't using Dosbox be easier? It usually is, I feel. Yes, but you need a way more powerful system for it. The question here, as I understand it, is how to set up an existing Windows 9x-based retro system.
Re: Why cheap Chinese USB3.0 PCI(original not PCI-E) cards do not exist ?
Posted on 2018-02-08, 08:41
"PCI 32bit is still twice as fast as USB 2.0" So is this PCI(regular) USB 2.0 faster than motherboards own USB 2.0 ? No. What he meant is that the bandwidth PCI is more than double the theoretical bandwidth of USB2, so if you could dedicate that entire bandwidth to USB3, you would get a noticeable …
Re: DOS games with Win98SE
Posted on 2018-02-07, 22:19
Depends a lot on the games. If it's not something really old that requires tweaking speed and caches, you may be better to just run it inside Win98. It will give you better audio support for a variety of sound cards, and with less tweaking. As much as I'm a "pure DOS mode" fan myself, I have to …
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-07, 21:58
I see that you have BootGUI=1, which means Windows loads by default. And my understanding is that in Windows, your sound card works fully. When you say it does not work in pure DOS - how to you get to it? By pressing F8 during startup and choosing 'Command prompt only' or by executing 'Restart in MS …
Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?
Posted on 2018-02-07, 13:38
However, you can change BootGUI=1 to 0 in msdos.sys. This way normal command.com prompt is loaded, and you can run windows by executing win.com, just like in 3.x. The difference is that upon exiting Windows, you still see "It's now safe to turn off your computer." instead of DOS prompt. But that …
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-07, 07:38
It would help if you generally shared more information instead of keeping us guessing all the time. 1) What is the exact motherboard model? 2) Please post the contents of your Msdos.sys, Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files. Generally, for a PnP card such as this, I would keep all IRQ at "PCI/ISA PnP". …
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-06, 16:52
tyrell, I just realized that I never saw the exact model of your AWE32 (CTxxxx) in this thread. Did I miss it, or did you really not specify it?
Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?
Posted on 2018-02-06, 14:42
Windows 3.x looked like a GUI or app launcher in that you executed a program (win.com) and you could normally exit back to DOS. There is an interesting question here - why could you exit Win 3.x back to DOS without a reboot, but you cannot similarly exit Win9x? Did Win9x go an extra step in …
Re: Do SATA v1-compatible SSDs exist?
Posted on 2018-02-06, 09:53
cyclone3d wrote: From experience, SSDs usually just work on SATA 1. I haven't had any problems with putting SSDs on SATA 1 controllers. Everything just works on SATA 1. It seems the problem is limited only to the buggy early VIA SATA controllers.
Re: Why cheap Chinese USB3.0 PCI(original not PCI-E) cards do not exist ?
Posted on 2018-02-05, 12:53
That is obviously true, but bandwidth is not all. There is also a case for more power delivered through the plug. You can deliver the same power through USB 2.0, it's just not within the official spec, but it can work, if both sides agree on it. In practice, devices will either be fine with the low …
Re: Why cheap Chinese USB3.0 PCI(original not PCI-E) cards do not exist ?
Posted on 2018-02-05, 11:38
Something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-3-0-20-Pin-Heade … ew/292042195869
Re: Why cheap Chinese USB3.0 PCI(original not PCI-E) cards do not exist ?
Posted on 2018-02-05, 08:49
Probably because USB 3.0 over PCI is bogus. PCI overall bandwith is about 1Gbps and is shared between all devices. Your USB3 device will not get anything remotely sufficient to utilize its capabilities; it may hardly be worth it over USB2.
Re: Awe32 in dos : no FM sound
Posted on 2018-02-05, 08:45
aweutil /s does not consume memory! Correct. I dunno if CTCM or CTCU is needed when using alongside Windows, as they'd abort themselves if it detects WinBootDir environment variable in MSDOS.sys, although modified versions that bypasses the check existed. This is the bug in CTCM/CTCU - they assume …
Re: New MS-DOS Games Launcher / Menu System App
Posted on 2018-02-01, 09:58
Looks great! Does it have this "quick find" feature where you can start typing the first letters of the program name, and it will take you there? It's pretty important for a list-based text interface.
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