Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486
Posted on 2018-08-09, 05:09
Not for me, since I'm not going to mess with my Windows installation for this.
Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486
Posted on 2018-08-08, 19:51
So has the Voodoo Rush. Still, this won't give you a huge boost. If anyone can tell me how to enable fps display in Tomb Raider, I can do a quick comparison.
Re: If in config.sys or some work around for it.
Posted on 2018-08-08, 15:56
devlod is not part of any DOS version, it's a third-party tool. The link I've posted above even contains the source code to it. technically you can call any OS hack as new OS.. No, you can't.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-08-08, 14:20
Quickly reassembled the Alcatel 8551 to see if everything still fits (added a 5.25" disk drive). Looking good. Added next are a CD-ROM, a sound card and a MPEG1 decoder card.
Re: Matrox G2+ What Type Of Memory Does It Need?
Posted on 2018-08-08, 13:11
Of course.
Re: Matrox G2+ What Type Of Memory Does It Need?
Posted on 2018-08-08, 11:23
GabrielKnight123 wrote: I bought 3 Matrox AGP video cards that have "Matrox 834-00 Rev A" and on the back sticker is "G2+/SDA/8BF/20" it looks very like this card except for the memory chips mine has four of them instead of two: Sound like an OEM version with standard DRAM. I own one of these as …
Re: AWE32 CT3900: good model?, where is its mixer chip, & q. about OPL3.
Posted on 2018-08-08, 10:57
Never heard of a CT3890, but certainly Plug&Play, which the CT3900 does not have.
Re: Did I kill AWE64 Gold or did it die by itself?
Posted on 2018-08-08, 08:50
Just try grabbing the audio input from the pins where the IC was soldered. If there's nothing too, the amp is probably not the culprit.
Re: Issues connecting a Roland SC-55 to an old 486
Posted on 2018-08-08, 08:13
Did you already try resetting the SC-55 to factory values? Does it play the built-in demo song?
Re: CD-ROM drive wont read Joliet File System
Posted on 2018-08-08, 07:52
You didn't mention how you prepare and burn the CD or which software you use. But many tools for this have an odd option: they let you create a Joliet filesystem only, which is invalid. Joliet always goes in conjunction ISO9660, so you need to select both. Might very well be your problem.
Re: Issues connecting a Roland SC-55 to an old 486
Posted on 2018-08-08, 07:46
What games/software are you using? Also, how's the audio output of the SC-55 connected? If you have routed it through the sound card's line-in, make sure it's not muted.
Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486
Posted on 2018-08-08, 07:39
Multitexturing happens on the Voodoo card, it doesn't matter for the CPU or the bus. The Voodoo 1 needs 2 passes for multitexturing, while the Voodoo 2 only needs one pass. While, in theory, you could get more frames in games that use multitexturing, in reality it won't happen since a slow CPU isn't …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-08-07, 16:44
derSammler wrote: Started restoring an Alcatel 8551-500 PC today. Based on a custom mainboard made by Acer which can work as either 386SX-25 or 486DX2/50. Not much to show yet, though. Finished the mainboard today.
Re: If in config.sys or some work around for it.
Posted on 2018-08-07, 16:16
You may want to read this: http://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/science/rpn … 9111b/9111b.htm
Re: If in config.sys or some work around for it.
Posted on 2018-08-07, 16:07
More ideas: * There are tools that allow loading device drivers (.sys) from the command line and hence also from autoexec.bat, where branching is not an issue. Not all .sys files can be loaded this way, but many can. Could you be more specific? Not sure how I can be more specific. You can then just …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-08-07, 15:40
When you change hardware without removing the old devices from the Win9x registry first, such things can happen. Start regedit and check all entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE. Remove everything that belongs to the old mainboard.
Re: Gravis UltraSound : Classic Found With Open Traces
Posted on 2018-08-07, 14:09
That's the jumper for address selection.
Re: OPL2LPT
Posted on 2018-08-07, 13:52
Seems in 0.7 the section about how to make patches was removed. Here it is from 0.6: ## Writing patches The patches are stored in YAML files in the `patterns/` directory. Each file can have multiple patches, I try to keep related patches together. Generally each target needs two patches, one for the …
Re: OPL2LPT
Posted on 2018-08-07, 13:41
Wolf3D and Lemmings should work with the TSR and don't require patching. Also, last time I checked the OPL2LPT drivers and source, there were instructions included how game patching is done.
Re: Gravis UltraSound : Classic Found With Open Traces
Posted on 2018-08-07, 13:10
SSTV2 is right - what you are doing here is like bridging a burned fuse. The traces burned for a reason. Bridging them with a wire that can take even more current will destroy additional components. Find the faulty component(s) first, then repair the traces.
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