Re: Help on finding heasink glue, please!
Posted on 2015-10-30, 13:30
I may have been out of the loop too long, but why would anyone want thermal glue as opposed to regular thermal grease?
Re: eBay's Global Shipping Programme - Opinions?
Posted on 2015-10-23, 13:09
bjt wrote: I can eBay first making GSP a mandatory buyer option for all international sales, then prohibiting all non-GSP carriers. With the costs being so high, I can't see them making it mandatory, without losing a huge amount of international sales. Think of Chinese products for $5 and under.
Re: eBay's Global Shipping Programme - Opinions?
Posted on 2015-10-22, 17:22
As a buyer from a relatively remote and small country, this program is in theory good, because some sellers who previously would not ship overseas at all can now offer me service via this program. However, in practice, the shipping costs are so relatively high that I never found it useful even once. …
Re: Aladdin DOS and EMS Memory within Win98se
Posted on 2015-10-18, 07:30
Aladdin throws two different errors, about XMS and about EMS. XMS error is thrown usually when there is too much memory. EMS error is thrown usually when there is not enough EMS (typically because EMS manager has not been installed).
Re: blood game at high resolutions
Posted on 2015-10-16, 12:03
For Blood, you may also consider BloodCM which supports high resolutions in a true 3D environment, although not 100% faithful to the original.
Re: Please help Shao Khan speak up in Mortal Kombat Trilogy!
Posted on 2015-10-03, 19:29
Are you talking about the CD version of MK1? Didn't it have CD audio and not MIDIs? No, the floppy. The CD version doesn't have CD audio per se, but it uses the digital music tracks like the arcade version, which I kinda like less. However, it is also more faithful to the arcade version in other, …
Re: Please help Shao Khan speak up in Mortal Kombat Trilogy!
Posted on 2015-10-03, 16:03
Generally speaking, the Arcade versions of MK1/MK2/MK3 are the best, and IMO the DOS versions are second to them, better than all ports. Now, there is UMK3 for the arcade, which is almost the same, but not quite as MK Trilogy (no Klassic characters, no playable bosses, Rain is not playable). There …
Re: Please help Shao Khan speak up in Mortal Kombat Trilogy!
Posted on 2015-10-03, 14:57
The DOS version requires you to install Scitech Display Doctor even if your graphics card supports the VESA 2 modes required by the game. Just what you need in DOS - another unnecessary TSR. I don't recall having to install any TSRs. I think you needed to run it once to configure, and then you just …
Re: Please help Shao Khan speak up in Mortal Kombat Trilogy!
Posted on 2015-10-02, 18:27
If memory serves, this fixes it for the Windows version and will install from your existing disc, although I haven't used the current version: http://home.comcast.net/~heavyweights/games/mkt/ Wow, that's a very nice patch! I wish they had fixed it for the DOS version as well. The abilities to skip …
Re: Please help Shao Khan speak up in Mortal Kombat Trilogy!
Posted on 2015-10-02, 15:12
I ran it on a real DOS PC. There are no round announcements. Your memory must be deceiving you.
Re: Please help Shao Khan speak up in Mortal Kombat Trilogy!
Posted on 2015-10-01, 20:34
It's not a DOSBox issue. It's just how this game is. Watch some Youtube videos, and you will notice that the round announcements sound effects are not there, even on the Playstation (which is basically identical to the PC version). And the Babality announcement sound effect from some strange reason …
Re: KB3086255 backports Windows 10 security fix that disabled DRM
Posted on 2015-09-25, 13:47
Re: KB3086255 backports Windows 10 security fix that disabled DRM
Posted on 2015-09-24, 11:53
I still scratch my head trying to figure out what was the point of making me insert a CD to resume play if the CD has no copy protection. This approach was widespread before CD burners became mainstream and CD media became cheap. And way before internet was in every house and everything was on the …
Re: Is 2GB enough for games up to 2007?
Posted on 2015-09-23, 19:10
New DDR/DDR2 RAM will be more expensive than DDR3/DDR4, because manufacturing volumes are far smaller than they used to be. But you can often get them used for next to nothing, as old computers are being scrapped and RAM is one of the most durable components, so it is likely that there are plenty …
Re: More thoughts on digital copyright laws
Posted on 2015-09-23, 17:34
dr_st: The main problem I have with your argument stems right from this line you said: In other words, you would use the rights granted do you by copyright to hinder possible technological progress? ...which suggests you really don't understand copyright. >_<; In hindsight, I agree that I should …
Re: More thoughts on digital copyright laws
Posted on 2015-09-22, 11:05
To be honest, I don't see a problem. Anyone who wants to buy the game will now be able to (assuming it is true that Night Dive* now own the rights and are going to make the game available for purchase), and anyone who doesn't want or like the game, doesn't have to. And the situation won't change …
Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS
Posted on 2015-09-20, 19:17
Awesome player! And it plays MUS files as well! Is there a way to get it to load an alternate instrument bank for MUS files? Comparing to MUSPlay by V. Arnost, I find that it sounds exactly the same when playing through DOSBOx's MPU-401, but quite different when playing through the OPL emulated at …
Re: 'Floating' ports can sink the ship - USB shield grounding
Posted on 2015-09-20, 18:51
This info is not new, and the problem is indeed very real, but I think they fixed it in later revisions of the ICH5/ICH5R. In any case, I've had my P4P800-E/P4C800-E for years, and have been plugging a lot of devices on front panel USB without issues. So either the issue has indeed been fixed, or …
Re: PS/2 mouse and keyboard doesn't power off
Posted on 2015-09-20, 09:25
Then I guess you are stuck with it. It seems that the board always takes the PS/2 power from +5V standby. But as long as it does not cause any wakeups you don't want, it's a non-issue.
Re: PS/2 mouse and keyboard doesn't power off
Posted on 2015-09-19, 18:07
Some boards have jumpers, but I am not sure this one does. According to the manual, there is a setting in the BIOS --> Integrated Peripherals, called "Power On Function" which allows waking up the system by keyboard/mouse. Perhaps setting it to "Button Only" will allow the mouse/keyboard to power …
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