Re: DOS Game Memory Question
Posted on 2024-01-03, 22:38
There is a thread from quite some time ago about this: How do I set up EMS on Windows 98SE?
Re: Dosbox randomly losses mouse input
Posted on 2024-01-02, 14:53
Maybe some power-saving mode by windows perhaps, if it does not think you are using the device? (I've had to turn off such things on some USB hubs that wants to turn off a single device, but cuts off other active things on the same hub)
Re: are you rocking an E-ATX mobo?
Posted on 2024-01-02, 14:47
I've had an old CoolerMaster Stacker since it was new, mainly for the available disk space I needed at the time. https://www.overclockers.com/cm-stacker-case-review/
Re: Dune II - extended memory is not available
Posted on 2023-12-31, 14:28
There does not seem to be an original intro audio in German, your best bet is to use subtitles for this. There was also a clone of this game made, called 'Dune Legacy', which used the original sound files, but there was no German intro listed among those files either. I did find a home-made German …
Re: Dune II - extended memory is not available
Posted on 2023-12-31, 01:20
Allocate a large ramdrive perhaps?
Re: Common video cards from 1993
Posted on 2023-12-29, 16:01
I had various Trident, Tseng Lab, Video Seven, Paradise and Genoa video cards from what I can recall without having to open old crates.
Re: Getting dosbox to see the correct axis on a modern joystick with more than 2
Posted on 2023-12-18, 20:37
I don't have these controllers, but the Fleet Defender manual section for the Thrustmaster FCS/FCS Mark II WCS says to set the WCS II top switch to 'analog', and the hat controller switch to 'digital', to use it for analog throttle control (otherwise keypresses only). Not sure how that translates to …
Re: Trouble getting US Navy Fighters to run on vintage hardware
Posted on 2023-12-13, 00:20
Using irq 2/9 is usually used by MIDI audio devices on ISA. Not sure about MCA setup, but irq 3/5/7 are more common for digital sound like old ISA Soundblaster cards. Maybe the game only can support the old irq 3, 5 or 7 for digital sound? There is a separate config page for music where the Midi io …
Re: Tie Fighter joystick problem...
Posted on 2023-12-12, 17:23
Isn't this one of the old games that you need to calibrate the stick in *every time* you start it up? (I haven't run it for awhile, so I forgot) In DOSBox, you could set the joystick polling to 'timed=false', not sure what your pc emulation requires.
Re: TOCA 2 Touring Cars and VSync
Posted on 2023-12-11, 13:07
Can you not lock the VSYNC on in the Catalyst control panel? Don't you get visible tearing with it off? I'd think the 999fps could be just a maximum displayable value, and the program cannot compensate for what the actual fps is. The Voodoo2 does not have higher resolution on it's own, but with 2 in …
Re: Trouble getting US Navy Fighters to run on vintage hardware
Posted on 2023-12-09, 22:59
Do you need the UniVBE v5.0 from the game? I thought that was mainly for getting odd/incompatible cards to work with some games. (I don't think I've loaded it in my DOSBox setup, as the builtin drivers are VBE compliant, with various old versions, but I don't recall how I originally used it back in …
Re: Trouble getting US Navy Fighters to run on vintage hardware
Posted on 2023-12-09, 14:28
Ok, I have added a zipped archive of my files from the floppy. One is the USNF11.exe patch itself, then a help file and a config file; not sure they were all related, but at least it's all there: USNF11.zip Note that the patch only works of a full installation, as a smaller installation leaves some …
Re: Trouble getting US Navy Fighters to run on vintage hardware
Posted on 2023-12-08, 16:43
The crash dump just shows some dummy values 'h' for all registers, not sure what that is supposed to mean? I'd expect some actual hex values? Your graphics chip S3 928 and 805 are supported by the game, so that should be fine, though the 805 B step has some possible issues, according to the readme. …
Re: Missing Inductor and R1563 on Radeon 9800
Posted on 2023-12-08, 01:12
Zooming in, it looks to me there could be a copper trace between the resistor pads - if so, it should not be mounted.
Re: Win XP 32 or 64 bit?
Posted on 2023-12-04, 00:06
I still run XP64 on one computer, but I concur that for games it could be some issues; most common problem was the installers that were 16-bit, and had to be updated, while the games often worked once installed. Some old games had the same issue with copy-protection also being incompatible and never …
Re: Creating 80186 Based System
Posted on 2023-12-02, 17:44
I have to add a link to a Nokia PC brochure from the -80:s, it was using a 80186 too, and we had a number of these where I worked at the time. Nice machines & easy to read text on, but the monochrome white-phosphor screens tended to burn in the images fast, unless turned off. https://www.net.fujitsu …
Re: HELP! Dead 486 motherboard after Dallas clock change :(
Posted on 2023-10-24, 21:07
I looked at the photos, and in addition to the other suggestions, make sure there are no loose solder drops on the board, also on the underside, since I see on the photo what looks like a couple of metal shiny drops on the table near the edges of the motherboard. I've had some solder removal tools …
Re: List of games which doesn't have CD check ( Windows 9x )
Posted on 2023-10-22, 16:53
Drakan - Order of the Flame: The latest official patch (445) removed the CD check. MS Flight Simulator 95 and 98: No CD check MS Flight Simulator 2004: The DVD version does not check for a disc in the drive (only the CD version does) MS Flight Simulator 2002 does not check the CD (unless one …
Re: Joystick not working with SB Vibra 16 PnP sound card
Posted on 2023-08-09, 18:15
I seem to recall the default joystick IO port address is 201. Maybe the programs you use to test the port do not look at the BLASTER settings? Also some Soundblasters have a Joystick Enable jumper that needs to be closed, but maybe not your PNP version?
Re: FYI: Steam drops Win7/8/8.1 in 2024
Posted on 2023-08-06, 12:11
I tried Playnite for a bit, but the last update did not want to install, so I had to uninstall it - maybe try again a bit later. It does not help with the various 'game launcher needs later operating system' issues from UBI/Steam/EA launchers of course.
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