Re: Need help getting Quake & Quake II to run correctly
Posted on 2022-05-17, 02:35
If you actually have the original discs of these games, does your CD drive has an audio connector that goes to the sound card?
Re: Experiences Upgrading Socket 7 Cache from 0KB -> 512KB? Recommended Video Card? Best 1993-98 Games for Pentium 200M
Posted on 2022-05-17, 02:16
^ Yep, but not anyone is able to perform the voltage mod for the K6-III+ and would also require a modded BIOS if it can't do POST.
Re: soundblaster awe 32
Posted on 2022-05-16, 14:38
scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-16, 14:32: i think iam going to sell it and buy another card Keep that sound card for a computer that is better suited to it.
Re: Games with Adlib as an option for sound effects
Posted on 2022-05-16, 14:34
Re: Need help getting Quake & Quake II to run correctly
Posted on 2022-05-16, 12:19
DOS Quake doesn't use any kind of setup for the sound card, it just requries the BLASTER environment variable to be set for SB cards. It also seems that your Quake copy doesn't have any CD soundtrack for music. Lastly, I don't recommend the SBPro2 on such fast computer as you will run into problems …
Re: Running 2x audio cards in one machine
Posted on 2022-05-15, 22:50
Better yet, disable the AdLib port on the AWE64 which is possible to do in both DOS and Windows. This way you won't need to be adjusting the mixer of both sound cards in case you want to use the EMU8K capabilities of the AWE64.
Re: soundblaster awe 32
Posted on 2022-05-15, 18:13
nothing is happening i deleted dos and resintalled dos than the com file buts its a com file its does nothing ? Only remove both 1 and 2 from each line in AUTOEXEC.BAT. :face_palm: nothing is happening i deleted dos and resintalled dos than the com file buts its a com file its does nothing ? May I …
Re: soundblaster awe 32
Posted on 2022-05-15, 17:22
scroeffie wrote on 2022-05-15, 17:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv97kSt-NIw Wrong drivers for that AWE32 sound card indeed, the correct ones shouldn't install CTCM.
Re: soundblaster awe 32
Posted on 2022-05-15, 16:25
I think that you are better off with UNISOUND to initialize that sound card on a 286 computer. If you decided to download it and transfer the COM executable that is inside the zip file into the root of the C drive on the 286 computer, add the following lines into AUTOEXEC.BAT: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 …
Re: soundblaster awe 32
Posted on 2022-05-15, 14:46
Yes, the installation should add these lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT if it was finished correctly (including some in CONFIG.SYS but those are irrelevant in many cases).
Re: soundblaster awe 32
Posted on 2022-05-15, 14:38
No. Normally you would need to initialize the AWE32 CT3900 like this in AUTOEXEC.BAT: Copy code to clipboard 1 SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 2 SET SOUND=C:\SB16 3 C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S 4 C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S /R:0 /C:0 5 C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q Assuming that all the software are located at C:\ …
Re: soundblaster awe 32
Posted on 2022-05-15, 14:25
Disruptor wrote on 2022-05-15, 13:29: Perhaps you have problems with the Plug and Play configuration utility CTCM on a 286. What's with Intel ICU? What's with unisound? That AWE32 revision isn't PnP, but UNISOUND can be used to initialize it instead of DIAGNOSE. and AWEUTIL
Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?
Posted on 2022-05-14, 20:09
What keeps my P5BV3+ off the "most wanted" list? https://theretroweb.com/hardware/motherboards/dfi-p5bv3-plus Supports 100MHZ fsb, K6-III+, has agp slot, three isa, two USB, etc. etc. I'm just sort of curious what makes a "top dog" SS& board at this point... I can't see why, but many consider the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-05-14, 17:21
Well tell that to ppl that think Compaq, Dimond, Elsa, Creative, Number 9, MatroX and others high quality cards, are same like UNDERdog garbage ones such as Super, Axle and whatever NOname you can think of, as they are not clearly... At least I respect the opinion of others if they enjoyed it and …
Re: Sound Driver Pack
Posted on 2022-05-14, 05:09
TextTris by Acumen Software (1992) : Requires both CT-VOICE.DRV and SBFMDRV.COM when configuring the game to use Sound Blaster for music and sound effects. Additional information can be found in SBUSERS.TXT file. It comes with SBFMDRV.COM version 1.32 and three renamed CT-VOICE drivers which are …
Re: Just how bad is the 5:4 stretch with DOS Games
Posted on 2022-05-13, 22:00
afaik all 19 inch LCDs are 5:4 I had a 19 inch LCD monitor from Dell with 16:10 aspect ratio that has the maximum resolution of 1440x900. And how did your monitor fair?. I have the same rez/aspect ratio monitor as well that havent tried. I no longer have that monitor but IIRC mine didn't have the …
Re: Experiences Upgrading Socket 7 Cache from 0KB -> 512KB? Recommended Video Card? Best 1993-98 Games for Pentium 200M
Posted on 2022-05-13, 21:44
I updated the post with additional ISA options; should I change them up, or I was thinking to use the ProAudio Spectrum for MIDI (and SCSI) duties instead because of your points? That MediaVision sound card isn't PAS16 compatible but that one can be used for MPU-401 duties. If you can deal with the …
Re: Experiences Upgrading Socket 7 Cache from 0KB -> 512KB? Recommended Video Card? Best 1993-98 Games for Pentium 200M
Posted on 2022-05-13, 20:29
Having at least 256KB of motherboard cache vastly improves the performance (around 25%) on the Socket 7 platform. From 256KB to 512KB is incremental (around 5%) and depends of the application you are going to use. For video hardware I would go for the Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro 4MB + Voodoo …
Re: Home Computer - was it a toy or a Personal Computer for the masses?
Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:43
What I also remember are some oddball VGA resolutions from the demoscene. Say 320x400 or 360x480. They work most with every generic VGAs, but weren't necessarily "monitor safe" . Whatever thst meant. That's one of the reasons why I'm using a CRT monitor for old computers. Oddball resolutions are …
Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?
Posted on 2022-05-13, 18:29
Yep, it depends of a user's first experience with a computer. I'm not nostalgic about 486 or older regarding PCs. My first PC was 386SX/33, quickly upgraded to 386DX/40, I skipped 486 and upgraded to Pentium 200 MMX. Then K6-2 followed. I don't care about those at all. I never had a PIII or Athlon …
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