Re: Theme Park: Program too big to fit in memory

Posted on 2018-07-31, 18:15

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by AlaricD

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If reducing RAM doesn't work (I'm not sure it will, however-- it's not like a disk space check in which there is so much free space and only so many digits are checked (such that 619,000,008,105 bytes free looks smaller than 19,008,105 bytes free*)), then it could be a corrupted binary, maybe even …

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Re: Slowdown utilities

Posted on 2018-07-30, 17:08

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by AlaricD

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DOSfan1994 wrote: Is there one that works for Windows 3.1/DOS? Yes.

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Re: Help installing DVD-ROM on DOS 6.22

Posted on 2018-07-30, 16:51

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by AlaricD

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Hi all, Figured it out! It wasn't the jumpers, but there was a typo in autoexec.bat. It's recognising the drive. Although, it insists on assigning it as drive E. How do I force it to D? It SHOULD, if the /L:F switch is still on MSCDEX, be getting the letter F:. Use /L:D to force it to D:, but this …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2018-07-26, 19:52

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by AlaricD

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on PS4. Played a little Wing Commander on my SNES Classic the other day, for some 16-bit retro action. (It reminds me of how I'd love to have the skill to port WC to the Apple IIgs.)

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Re: Can't get mouse to work (freedos)

Posted on 2018-07-26, 19:15

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by AlaricD

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Try hooking to Com1, then ctmouse /s1, if that fails then go to Com2, ctmouse /s2 . The automatic settings on the BIOS should use those defaults, but if you go to manual configuration you can be certain it matches up.

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Re: Can't get mouse to work (freedos)

Posted on 2018-07-26, 18:31

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by AlaricD

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You haven't explicitly stated that you confirmed the BIOS shows the com port to be enabled, and what IRQ and I/O range it is using. There's also a binary, comtest.com, included with CuteMouse. See if that tells you anything informative about your Com ports. Forego the /m switch and try /s, as well. …

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Re: DEC Alpha

Posted on 2018-07-26, 15:54

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by AlaricD

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Yes.

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Re: CD-ROM Compatability with Creative Sound Blaster SB16 Value CT2770

Posted on 2018-07-25, 21:44

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by AlaricD

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*NO* IDE drive will work connected to that SB16. It must be a drive using the Creative/Panasonic interface. One such drive would be the CR-563-B.

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Re: Anyone still use ball mice?

Posted on 2018-07-25, 16:01

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by AlaricD

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I do, because that was all I could find in a serial mouse in a hurry. It's in one of the rare cat-and-dog-free spaces I have.

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Re: New 486dlc build problem.

Posted on 2018-07-18, 17:43

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by AlaricD

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feipoa wrote: I do not understand why your board contains a a PGA132 socket, yet no jumper to set FLT# to GND. My board was similar. Unless installing a CPU in that socket then trips a relay to close the FLT#-to-GND.

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Re: New 486dlc build problem.

Posted on 2018-07-17, 21:29

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by AlaricD

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Edit: Oops! I didn't pay enough attention. The CPU rotation does look correct after all.

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Re: Cheapest way to erase an eeprom ?

Posted on 2018-07-11, 13:48

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by AlaricD

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EEPROM should mean that it is *electrically erasable*. EPROMs (or sometimes called UVPROMs) have a small window you must uncover (there will be a label over the window) for using UV to erase them. Perhaps there are some *PROMs that can be erased both electrically or with UV. But if you haven't …

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

Posted on 2018-06-27, 21:09

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by AlaricD

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...Indonesian version of mutton curry. #IWantToGoToThere! Mind your cholesterol level though. :lol: Why are all the delicious things so BAD for you? Seriously, I've been on strict diet involving steamed potato, steamed chicken, and steamed vegetables to reduce my weight after the last Eid-ul-Fitr. …

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Re:TI486SXL-40 unstable/locks up when L1 cache is on and turbo is set to slow speed

Posted on 2018-06-26, 19:24

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by AlaricD

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Well, if your board works with the SXL at full speed, at least you've managed to do one better than me. So far seems OK. I might put the Cx486DLC-40 back in and see if the problem persists. If so, I have another SXL to try to see if it's just that one CPU. Mine is unstable at any speed. It's rather …

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

Posted on 2018-06-25, 15:53

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by AlaricD

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...Indonesian version of mutton curry. #IWantToGoToThere! My modern activity today? Does posting on Vogons count? While not exactly TODAY, I did mount an auxiliary high beam on an RX300, and am also working on putting on an auxiliary reversing lamp and auxiliary rear fog lamp. Not really computer …

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Re: Ancient DOS games on 5.25 inch floppy - how to ?

Posted on 2018-06-22, 19:30

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by AlaricD

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Vipersan wrote: TEAC FD-55GFR 5.25" 5 1/4" Floppy A can be selected as 360kb 5.25 or 1.2mb 5.25 ...or various 3.5 inch 720kb / 1.44mb or 2.88 mb and what do I set in the bios ? Set it up as a 1.2MB 5.25" drive-- that's what that Teac is.

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Re: Ancient DOS games on 5.25 inch floppy - how to ?

Posted on 2018-06-22, 19:19

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by AlaricD

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You want the sole drive use one of the connectors at the extreme end of the cable. You only use one of the connectors connector closer to the controller when you have more than one floppy diskette drive. The cable such as you have lets you be flexible on a system supporting two floppies, so if you …

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Re: TI486SXL-40 unstable/locks up when L1 cache is on and turbo is set to slow speed

Posted on 2018-06-22, 13:22

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by AlaricD

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I bet I know which board you have. Is it this one? [Image Unquoted] That is the one! Last night, I sifted through the Stason images while booting/rebooting/even more rebooting and found that while I never could get it stable when Turbo was set to "slow" (I never could wrap my head around the notion …

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TI486SXL-40 unstable/locks up when L1 cache is on and turbo is set to slow speed

Posted on 2018-06-21, 17:46

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by AlaricD

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I have a Ti486SXL-40 on a board with the BIOS ID X0-0100-001379-00101111-060692-495SX_A-F. This board has a specific L1 Cache entry in the Advanced BIOS settings, and so should have full support for the Cx486DLC and presumably the Ti486SXL. I had a .PDF manual of it somewhere (that I'd found on …

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Re: Whats more uimportant? The game or the hardware?

Posted on 2018-06-20, 18:42

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by AlaricD

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Going even beyond, give me the near exact same game but vastly updated - great example, Overload vs Descent Wing Commander 1&2 in the "Elite: Dangerous" engine? :D I think the OP really wants to know if we prefer playing the old stuff emulated or on the correct bare metal. As long as the bare metal …

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