Re: X-Wing (floppy) problem on AMD 5x86-160

Posted on 2022-12-14, 21:55

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by gerwin

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and this one has CT1790 SB16 + WP32 McCake daughterboard, this time with CM-32L ROMs installed. I never played X-Wing, but I found that its successor TIE Fighter has midi music that the SB16's MPU cannot handle. IIRC it is most noticeable as delays whenever a midi music track changes. You can test …

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Lenovo Desktop Keyboard Confusion

Posted on 2022-12-14, 18:06

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by gerwin

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Some years ago I was happy to see a quality brand offer a no-nonsense keyboard. With traditional layout and only standard keys. The Lenovo "Preferred pro" USB. (Lenovo sells the "Preferred pro II" currently.) I bought about 10 over the years, not all from the same source. Some from a well known …

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Re: Asus H81M-K or Gigabyte H410M - Windows XP Compatibility?

Posted on 2022-12-13, 22:02

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by gerwin

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This was recently discussed already. See Newest possible systems for Windows XP and Windows 7 (and I think it will come up a lot in the future)

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Re: Ion Fury - A new Build Engine game

Posted on 2022-12-13, 02:01

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by gerwin

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Ok, so now what? Report it, leave it be or should I just rewrite glsurface.cpp right now to be OpenGL2 compliant? There is a voidpoint Gitlab with an issue section. It is here They may say that anything older then OpenGL 3 is unsupported, I don't know. In any case, I would certainly be interested …

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Re: Ion Fury - A new Build Engine game

Posted on 2022-12-11, 18:15

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by gerwin

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but it should not matter for OpenGL requirements: It does: I meant, and wrote, that the OpenGL requirements of my custom build are the same as the official eDuke32 build, of that revision. This one https://dukeworld.com/eduke32/synthesis/20220914-10161-1585e73fc/ Current eDuke32/Ion Fury is not …

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Re: Confused on BX (P3B-F) support for Tualatin P3-S 1.4 Ghz

Posted on 2022-12-11, 18:12

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by gerwin

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Considering the questions, maybe it is better to start with reading this first: The ultimate processor upgrade guide for all Asus P2B and P3B boards (Archived)

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Re: Ion Fury - A new Build Engine game

Posted on 2022-12-11, 17:37

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by gerwin

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Gentlemans, might I politely ask version of OpenGL you're trying to run Fury on? Below are the lowest spec I tested to run Ion Fury, that is with a custom eDuke32 r10161 XP build, but it should not matter for OpenGL requirements: Windows 7 SP1 x64, Graphics: NVidia Geforce 210 PCIe = OpenGL version …

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Re: Mysterious terratec sound card.

Posted on 2022-12-10, 23:52

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by gerwin

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* I withdraw in silence, whilst stroking my Sound Blaster PCI 128... *

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Re: Mysterious terratec sound card.

Posted on 2022-12-10, 20:47

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by gerwin

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I found out that this sound card is an Maestro M16.. Not 32.. (should be same like a Soundblaster 16.) Around this time Terratec was releasing multiple very similar PCBs under multiple names. They didn't really care and neither need we. In any event, it's still an OPTi 929 card, so no, not like …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2022-12-09, 16:22

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by gerwin

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Why not put it in SC-55 mode by loading a VST preset? Thanks. I was actually not aware of this functionality. I just made a "SOUND Canvas VA SC-55.fxb" preset which is, seemingly, automatically loaded by Savihost. In practice it is about the same thing as the launcher. With the same bug also. I …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2022-12-09, 00:26

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by gerwin

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That being said, wishing for an edition of the SCVA which is running with SC55 preset by default... For what it is worth, I made this launcher for Sound Canvas VA about a year ago. It starts "SOUND Canvas VA.exe". Which is actually SAVIHost. It waits either 3 or 6 seconds for SCVA to get ready. The …

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Re: CS4232 - Digital sound works in DOS games but not FM synth

Posted on 2022-12-08, 03:09

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by gerwin

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Please see my CWdiag remark which I just edited into my previous post. I will have to close down for today though...

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Re: CS4232 - Digital sound works in DOS games but not FM synth

Posted on 2022-12-08, 03:04

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by gerwin

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I didn't have cs32mix running but I just tried that, and unfortunately that doesn't appeared to have fixed it. Again, it works under Windows, but there doesn't seem to be any difference in DOS games. I don't know what you mean with "have cs32mix running". When you run cs32mix without parameters you …

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Re: CS4232 - Digital sound works in DOS games but not FM synth

Posted on 2022-12-08, 02:22

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by gerwin

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The CS4232 sound chips does not have OPL3/FM functionality in itself. It needs an OPL3 compatible chip nearby to give FM music. Possibly the laptop designers omitted that part, assuming not many users would care. Edit: Well, there is an OPL3 FM chip visible on this system board, so that is good news …

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Re: Slipstreaming appropriate SATA drivers to install XP

Posted on 2022-12-04, 14:20

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by gerwin

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4 - Go into Device Manager and look at the storage controllers. If it's using device specific ones, change so it uses generic Windows drivers. It will probably want you to reboot. If so, boot back into Safe Mode. 5 - If it's using generic drivers, go through the Update Driver process and manually …

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Re: Is anybody able to identify this motherboard?

Posted on 2022-12-03, 20:18

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by gerwin

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Did the VIA Northbridge chip (near the Processor Socket 370) not come with a heatsink originally? The motherboard was given to me way back when and it's never had a heatsink since it's been in my possession. Should the Northbridge chip have one and if so, are they hard to come by nowadays? Yes, …

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Re: Is anybody able to identify this motherboard?

Posted on 2022-12-03, 17:18

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by gerwin

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Very similar to "PC Partner AP133AAS13-B950C" Like this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/124159661089 Did the VIA Northbridge chip (near the Processor Socket 370) not come with a heatsink originally? Also, am I right in thinking that I would need to scrape off the orange residue off the CPU and …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2022-12-01, 23:49

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Also if I have frightened you off with the instrumented crashes... A little yes.. ;) Also a bit busy with other things. I figured out the reason for those and have updated the code, so can now run with debug build again and with instrumentation on, so going to play Kaiser_28 to see if more crashes …

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Re: Slipstreaming appropriate SATA drivers to install XP

Posted on 2022-12-01, 01:49

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by gerwin

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If the board has an IDE-mode option in the BIOS, then you can install Windows XP without such. Then later install the AHCI driver from within Windows XP**, afterwards switch to AHCI-mode in the BIOS. Though, I remember Windows XP install lockups of different kinds with such 2011 hardware, and …

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Re: Entirely questionable Digital Trends article: "The 5 worst Nvidia GPUs, ranked".

Posted on 2022-11-30, 19:48

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by gerwin

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Overheating destroying the BGA solder balls over time, this actually affected a great many MACs too that used 8000 series GPUs. IMO this is by far the worst nVidia episode. Geforce 6600 was also affected, as well as those Geforce 7300-something mobiles in laptops. They just died after around two …

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