Re: Need help configuring Backpack CD-ROM

Posted on 2016-03-06, 22:50

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by jheronimus

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks a lot, Krondor runs now. On a related note, people seem to replace so many standard MS-DOS utilities with FreeDOS stuff one would think it would be better to just install FreeDOS already. But I guess, the compatibility is not that great?

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Need help configuring Backpack CD-ROM

Posted on 2016-03-06, 21:22

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by jheronimus

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, all! Just got a Backpack 167550 (32x CD-ROM) and connected it via LPT to my Compaq Presario 433. Installed 4.0 drivers from this site . It works, but there are a couple of issues: 1) games like The Dig and Full Throttle stutter or hang at boot. 2) it uses a lot of conventional memory, so …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-03-05, 19:14

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by jheronimus

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Yeah, well. Just when I basically gave up on this machine, I found a solution. It was memory, after all. I found a guy who gave me a free genuine Intel motherboard with Pentium 60 and a bunch of RAM sticks, so I just tried them all. Here is what I know: - my system definitely didn't support EDO RAM. …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-29, 22:27

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by jheronimus

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Have you tried UNIVBE yet? I don't think UNIVBE will help him one bit considering Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM only use VGA capabilities. UNIVBE is for SVGA. The Cirrus Logic cards are rock solid when it comes to VGA compatibility. To the OP, does your computer have any external cache? Perhaps disabling …

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Re: Technology that fascinated you, but ultimately flopped

Posted on 2016-02-29, 22:05

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by jheronimus

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Psion handhelds. http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000033679/25b4/Series-BoB.jpg When I was a kid I was lucky enough that my parents got me an HP iPAQ 2210 and later an iPAQ hx2790 (if I remember it correctly) — it was a cool gadget that I had at me at all times and used to read almost all of …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-28, 01:16

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by jheronimus

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jheronimus try other video card Not an easy thing to do. This is an integrated card that produces video output through the motherboard connector (along with power and other things) directly to the screen. Even if I get a new ISA videocard (I don't have any) and hook up an external monitor, there is …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-28, 00:30

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by jheronimus

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So, I've tried CT2940, installed the CTCM and the drivers from this collection. I've also installed the floppy 1.666 version of DOOM2 and added DOS4G 2.01 version (though there didn't seem to be a DOS4GW.exe file there in the first place, so I'm not sure it's using an updated version). I now …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-27, 23:52

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by jheronimus

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ESS soundcards are pretty bad, get a different one and stuff should work again. SB16 should still be cheap and plentiful. Well, I don't have any with OPL, but this is what I have: - Creative Vibra 16 CT2940 - Creative AWE64 CT4500 with extra RAM - Creative Vibra 16XV CT4170 - Creative Vibra 16C …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-27, 22:38

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by jheronimus

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ESS soundcards are pretty bad, get a different one and stuff should work again. SB16 should still be cheap and plentiful. Well, I don't have any with OPL, but this is what I have: - Creative Vibra 16 CT2940 - Creative AWE64 CT4500 with extra RAM - Creative Vibra 16XV CT4170 - Creative Vibra 16C …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-27, 22:21

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by jheronimus

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gdjacobs wrote: Any conflicting IO, IRQ, or DMA resources? I've actually used BIOS to disable COM, LPT and gameport, so I shouldn't have any— it's only two PS/2's and a soundcard now. How do I check for conflicts?

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-27, 19:21

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by jheronimus

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I just checked the source code. Wolfenstein 3D uses EMS and XMS memory if available, but no DOS extender. It seems there is a kind of hardware problem or conflict in your PC, and that's not specific to DOS4GW. Could you post your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT? Here you go, thanks! autoexec.bat LH …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 20:56

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by jheronimus

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OK, I accidentaly tried running Wolfenstein under F5 and it worked. Looks like it did have issues with my sound card. DOOM2 doesn't run in this mode, though.

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 20:42

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by jheronimus

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Also, correct me if I'm wrong. A lot of you seem to assume that there is something wrong with my RAM, and so, less resource-hungry games are fine, while DOOM hits some kind of a damaged segment (that older games don't reach) in my RAM and crashes. I've just tried playing Elder Scrolls: Arena and …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 20:33

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by jheronimus

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Darn it. I have a DOS game (US Navy Fighters) that uses the Phar Lap DOS extender. This is incompatible with some motherboards unless you disable BIOS Shadowing. On my Packard Bell Multimedia C110, this game does not work and I have no BIOS settings to adjust, so I'm out of luck. On my other DOS …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 20:31

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by jheronimus

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Also, correct me if I'm wrong. A lot of you seem to assume that there is something wrong with my RAM, and so, less resource-hungry games are fine, while DOOM hits some kind of a damaged segment (that older games don't reach) in my RAM and crashes. I've just tried playing Elder Scrolls: Arena and had …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 20:24

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by jheronimus

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Are there any BIOS settings with the word "Shadow" in it that you can toggle between enabled and disabled? Different BIOSes refer to the setting differently, so it might be called BIOS Shadow, Shadow Memory, Shadow RAM, etc. Try toggling them one at a time between tests to see if any of them might …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 20:12

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by jheronimus

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Either. Since neither Doom2 nor Speedsys are working, I'm just wondering if there is a hardware conflict that could be determined quickly by running without the sound card installed. Tried that: removed the sound card, booted under F5. Speedsys doesn't work. DOOM2 allows me to a bit further (I can …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 19:54

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by jheronimus

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Have you physically pulled the sound card out and tried? Do you mean, to run DOOM2 or to run speedsys? Make sure any sound card settings are REM'd out of your autoexec and config files. Speedsys does not like EMM386. Do you have an add-in graphics card you can try? Any BIOS settings you've toggled? …

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 19:34

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by jheronimus

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in DOS

Here is the image corruption freeze I've mentioned.

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Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 19:31

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by jheronimus

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Great Hierophant wrote: I would suggest that you check your sound card settings, otherwise make sure you can run these games in DOSBox to rule out damage to your files. DOOM works under DOSBOX. Tried disabling all sound in the setup utility — same result.

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