Re: Using Retro Hardware for multiplayer with DOSBox

Posted on 2016-05-07, 16:48

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by keenmaster486

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The USB network adapter is definitely not going to work without Windows running. Yeah, I got drivers installed for it in Windows 98. you're probably going to need a crossover network cable I do have one of those. So I'm switching gears here: I want to focus solely on getting my DOS/Win98 laptop (PC …

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Re: Prototype GPU worth anything?

Posted on 2016-05-06, 18:49

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by keenmaster486

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213 CPU's, 219 VGA cards, 57 MB's... *sigh* how low budget I am, poor little me with my 10 VGA cards, 5 MB's, and 8 CPU's... 🤣 Quite a collection you've got. Well organized too. Unfortunately I have no information about the OP... 🙄 I'm just full of usefulness, aren't I?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-05-06, 18:44

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by keenmaster486

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You should have five 20GB drives, all split into multiple partitions, with boot menus so you can boot into 21 different operating systems for every possible use of the machine! 🤣 But seriously, that would be cool. Maybe I'll do that with my P166 laptop (it has a way overkill 40GB drive).

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Re: Using Retro Hardware for multiplayer with DOSBox

Posted on 2016-05-06, 18:38

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by keenmaster486

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Megabuild 6 is very old and there is no point in using it anymore for anything. OK. If you're running DOSBox on all your computers, there is also no point in attempting to do anything special with IPX. Just use the IPX emulation in standard DOSBox. Tutorials for starting that up abound; see for …

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Re: Installing Windows 98SE on Dell Latitude D600

Posted on 2016-05-06, 18:18

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by keenmaster486

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Has wireless N card (connects up to 130Mbs) WPA/WPA2 capable with Airlink101 software utility. Wait... WPA/WPA2? Does he really have that working in Windows 98, or is this guy just reading the specs off from the Dell site [seems unlikely, you have to know what you're doing to install 98 on a …

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Re: Using Retro Hardware for multiplayer with DOSBox

Posted on 2016-05-06, 18:15

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by keenmaster486

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I just remembered... I do have a USB ethernet adapter that I could use for Retro PC #1. Supposing that I got drivers for that for Windows 98, how do I set up an IPX connection between that and PC #2? I also have a modern PC running Windows 7, which has a virtual Windows 98 machine on it. Could I set …

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Using Retro Hardware for multiplayer with DOSBox

Posted on 2016-05-06, 16:05

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by keenmaster486

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I have two retro machines that I want to interface either with each other or with modern computers running DOSBox, so my sister and I can play multiplayer games. What is the best way to do this? Retro machine #1 has no ethernet, just a modem with a phone jack, running DOS and Windows 98. Retro …

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Re: USB Joysticks in Windows 9x

Posted on 2016-05-06, 15:44

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by keenmaster486

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Well, I upgraded to Windows 98. After installing NUSB, it works great now 😀 Darn. I was hoping I could make this thing work 100% with Windows 95, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be... 😢

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Re: Casio Netbook - Cassiopeia Fiva 101

Posted on 2016-05-06, 04:22

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by keenmaster486

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So... If it has Windows 98, transfer NUSB to it via serial null modem cable, and go from there. 😎

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USB Joysticks in Windows 9x

Posted on 2016-05-04, 20:54

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by keenmaster486

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So I have this laptop running DOS/Windows 95. It has one USB port, which after installing XUSBSUPP works great with flash drives, but trying a USB joystick yields no results. Does anyone have experience with using USB joysticks in Win95? Is it even possible? I can't find any drivers or information …

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Re: "Must Have" Best DOS games

Posted on 2016-05-04, 02:28

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by keenmaster486

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Come now, I want to have it all in one place. Besides, not ALL of those can fall into the "best" category I'm looking for, which is basically "the kind of quality game that makes you think 'wow, how did this happen? Super-intelligent aliens must have come down from the sky and dropped the graphics …

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"Must Have" Best DOS games

Posted on 2016-05-04, 02:02

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by keenmaster486

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There ought to be a master list of the "Must have", "best" DOS games in particular categories. This has probably already been done but I want a community effort here and I can't find an analogous thread. Perhaps we could set up a poll of some sort and all vote on games. If there already is something …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT4750 sounds like garbage in DOS games...

Posted on 2016-05-02, 20:11

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by keenmaster486

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Ho ho, did you listen to his YouTube video? It makes CQM sound like heaven in comparison. But of course nothing sounds as good as a real OPL3 chip.

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Re: Sound Blaster CT4750 sounds like garbage in DOS games...

Posted on 2016-05-02, 17:03

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by keenmaster486

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Wow... that's the weirdest music I've ever heard. From the sound of it and what people were saying earlier it might be trying to use the wavetable to emulate OPL synthesis. Weird. Yeah, I would get a different card, even a lot of cheap PCI cards from early 2000's I think have some kind of FM …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT4750 sounds like garbage in DOS games...

Posted on 2016-05-02, 14:49

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by keenmaster486

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Depending on the specs of your machine you'll be able to run DOSBox on it, but that kind of defeats the purpose. Some of those games support MIDI music as well, you could try that. But I didn't think music and effects would sound as bad as you're describing, even with the crappiest PCI card... yes, …

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Newer Sound Blaster cards: are they not as good?

Posted on 2016-05-01, 00:59

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by keenmaster486

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My dad and I operate a local radio station. When we were setting up the hardware we initially purchased two Sound Blaster Audigy Rx cards, one for the main audio playing computer (as output only), and another one for the Studio-to-transmitter-link computer (as an input only card). For our studio to …

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Re: Amstrad Adlib Clone: Restoration and Testing

Posted on 2016-04-30, 17:46

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by keenmaster486

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Whoo! That's a very nice card you've got there... Try playing some tracker music on it and see how well it can rock 😎

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-28, 21:42

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by keenmaster486

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hmm, funny, mine boots from the CD just fine - although maybe that's just a feature of the Satellite Pro series and not Tecra. Although my CD drive doesn't work near the outside of the disk, so I had to do the same thing: copy the installation files on a different computer and go from there! 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-28, 20:27

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by keenmaster486

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Whoo, nice machine! I've got one almost just like it, except with a 166mmx. I want the SelectBay floppy module so bad though... 😐

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Re: This idiot is selling dosbox for money on ebay

Posted on 2016-04-27, 14:01

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by keenmaster486

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Hmm... I see he also has 7-zip, Audacity, OpenOffice, "FREECAD" (yes, he labeled it as such but is still selling it for the low, low price of $9.95!), and a whole bunch of other free software available for sale. He's no capitalist, he's a con man looking for suckers he can lie to so he can sell them …

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