Windows 98SE MS-DOS Mode, sound drivers?

Posted on 2020-05-05, 07:08

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by popeyewinter

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So, I have just become the proud owner of a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 Series laptop, Installed 98SE on it and got all drivers installed on it (Windows) except for the Infrared port, which I can't find but is irrelevant because I never use that anyways. As far as DOS Mode goes, I downloaded a DOS …

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Re: ATI Mach64 not working on Acer Motherboard

Posted on 2017-09-10, 06:01

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by popeyewinter

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lazibayer wrote: After you disabled the onboard VGA and had Mach64 plugged in, does the onboard VGA port still output signal? Does the computer work with other PCI video cards? I'll try to find the only other PCI video card I have.

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ATI Mach64 not working on Acer Motherboard

Posted on 2017-09-10, 03:38

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by popeyewinter

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Hello, I have an Acer Acros 575DB: Socket 5 Pentium 75Mhz, 24Mb RAM 2.4GB hard disk (not original, from 1997) The internal parts are from late 1994 and early 1995, and that's why I am running MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 because while it was getting close, Windows 95 was not out yet. Right now, I am …

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Internet Modem?

Posted on 2017-08-11, 22:24

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by popeyewinter

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My family has switched to VOIP so I can no longer use my internal modem. However, I have found a solution for this: A program called internet modem, which lets you connect an old computer through a null-modem serial cable to a newer computer and use the newer computers internet connection as a " …

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Re: 4MB 30 pin simm RAM configuration headache

Posted on 2017-08-11, 20:28

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by popeyewinter

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Holy! That worked!

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Re: 4MB 30 pin simm RAM configuration headache

Posted on 2017-08-11, 20:11

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by popeyewinter

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yes 4x 1MB simms. It's the packard bell 286x. I have the user manual and it told me about J16 but no other jumpers. I'll try to find if there is any more. Here it is: I will need to see what state J14 and J15 are in, it seems. http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/286x.htm

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4MB 30 pin simm RAM configuration headache

Posted on 2017-08-11, 16:09

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by popeyewinter

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so that 4mb of RAM I bought from Russia finally came in, I installed it, and it works sort of. The system boots, starts dos, and Windows 286/2.11 now starts fine without the memory parity interrupt issue. However, the bios still only counts to 640k base and 00384k exentded. I go into the setup and …

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Re: Did I buy the right RAM?

Posted on 2017-07-30, 06:09

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by popeyewinter

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When I got this it had no hard drive, I bought and installed one, it works. It had no sound card, I installed my sound blaster 16 it works. When I max out the ram to 4mb, it'll finally be through all the surgeries it needs. 😊

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Re: Did I buy the right RAM?

Posted on 2017-07-30, 04:08

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by popeyewinter

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Given the size of the existing RAM (256k ea.) it's probably a solid assumption that it is 30 pin SIMM, so I would say it's safe to believe that the new RAM you purchased is the same type of RAM that would work in your system. The only questions I would say that remain are if the timings are …

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Did I buy the right RAM?

Posted on 2017-07-29, 21:17

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by popeyewinter

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Hello, I have a Packard Bell Pack-Mate III (286). At the moment it has it's standard, 1MB of ram (4 x 256KB ram sticks). The ram modules say SIMM1,SIMM2,SIMM3,SIMM4 beside them, and I noticed that on the sticks themselves it says "30". I take this to mean I should use 30pin SIMM. I found an ebay …

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Re: modem over VOIP?

Posted on 2017-07-26, 20:53

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by popeyewinter

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I won't be doing dial-up internet, just dialing BBS's and other computers since the machine I have has components from 89/90/91 and therefore before the age of the internet, and I would like to keep it that way.

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modem over VOIP?

Posted on 2017-07-26, 17:44

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by popeyewinter

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My modem in the packard bell is working perfectly. My family still has a traditional POTS analog phone line, however, we are planning to switch VOIP soon, we already upgraded our internet a week ago, which is part of a two piece package. I've seen people say and post videos on YouTube about using a …

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Re: Sound Blaster Vibra 16 won't work with DOS.

Posted on 2017-07-22, 03:56

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by popeyewinter

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^ Still doesn't seem to work.

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Re: The Elusive Packard Bell Pack-Mate III

Posted on 2017-07-21, 06:37

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by popeyewinter

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Managed to find this: http://www.uncreativelabs.de/th99/m/P-R/30267.htm

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The Elusive Packard Bell Pack-Mate III

Posted on 2017-07-21, 05:42

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by popeyewinter

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I was browsing ebay one day when I stumbled across an add for a Packard Bell Pack-Mate III, the listing also included Packard Bell keyboard and mouse (ps/2), which is good, because it has ps/2 for both keyboard and mouse, user manual, and IBM ps/2 8512 VGA Monitor, the seller then threw in IBM PC- …

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Re: Sound Blaster Vibra 16 won't work with DOS.

Posted on 2017-07-20, 21:01

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by popeyewinter

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^ Thanks, I am reinstalling Windows, when I get everything set-up again, I will try changing the resource settings, if that doesn't work, I'll be using the diagnose.exe.

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Sound Blaster Vibra 16 won't work with DOS.

Posted on 2017-07-18, 05:25

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by popeyewinter

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Hey there. I have a system with a Sound Blaster Vibra 16 PnP (ct2800) which I have installed the configuration manager for (since my BIOS is PnP as well) and then the drivers and the software. It plays all sound in Windows just fine, including music, midi, and even sound from videos like AVI or MPEG …

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Re: Two USRobotics Modem Cards

Posted on 2017-04-20, 16:28

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by popeyewinter

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to get one the internet the way it would've been done back then, especially with 3.xx! If the "connecting by dialing" is not the thing you especially want, you can connect to internet with Windows 3.11 just fine from your current connection. Just install the TCP/IP pack for Windows 3.11, enable …

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Re: Where To Find?

Posted on 2017-04-18, 21:07

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by popeyewinter

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Sometimes the actuator can get stuck inside the switch. I'd take the front of the case off so you've got direct access to it and see if I couldn't pull the actuator back out unsticking it. If it's definitely dead then it won't hurt anything. By the way those switches act like jumpers as far as the …

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Re: Tracking Down My Motherboard.

Posted on 2017-04-18, 18:40

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by popeyewinter

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OP, the MHz display is nothing fancy - the display is configured by use of the jumpers behind it to show whatever you want it to, irregardless of actual CPU speed. It does not communicate with the motherboard in any way. It has one power lead (5V) with 2 pins that comes straight from the PSU - …

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