Re: Does the Yahama YMF 719 (not 718-s) have real OPL3?
Posted on 2021-09-08, 15:43
All YMF-71x based sound cards have real OPL3 FM synth integrated into the YMF chip.
Re: What graphics card for a Pentium II 400?
Posted on 2021-09-08, 13:33
dragonerosso, Check out this compatibility matrix here: https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/ My recommendations for your configuration: 1st Choice (If DOS games are your primary focus) S3 Virge DX or GX with a Voodoo 1 2nd Choice (If both DOS and Windows games are your goal) S3 Virge DX or GX with two …
Re: What graphics card for a Pentium II 400?
Posted on 2021-09-08, 12:26
so finally a final and greatest gpu model as option what could it be on my P2 400mhz 3x128mb of ram? Also i will use this machine on my EIZO CRT T550 :) The GeForce2 cards or a GeForce4 MX440 (make sure that it has 128-bit memory interface as there are the SE version that has inconsistencies there) …
Re: A defrag for dos 7 do it even exist?
Posted on 2021-09-08, 11:44
I tried dr-dos but the defrag is compatible with fat16 only. As for freedos defrag, that options aren't greyed out if used in a fat16 unit, it's probably an implementation issue with fat32 and the freedos defrag. On windows\command (win98se) there is no defrag.exe, Microsoft wanted us to use the …
Re: GTA on Pentium MMX 233 + Voodoo2, unplayable?
Posted on 2021-09-08, 11:31
matti157 wrote on 2021-09-08, 09:03: Am I CPU limited? No. Seems that the problem is something else with your computer. Does other DOS Glide games works fine on that computer? Using the OVL included with GTA with Voodoo2 will get you a "What 3dfx card?" on the screen. BTW, 64MB DDR RAM? Should be …
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2021-09-07, 22:35
My first impression from SoftMPU (1.91) is too bad -- it is not compatible with the AWEUTIL (when loaded as TSR with /EM:xxx) - the Creative's semi-software MIDI emulator for AWE sound blasters under DOS. I'm surprised that you didn't know about this. :P SoftMPU needs to use a dumb MPU-401 …
Re: A dream came true - my ultimate Pentium 1 build covering the 90's
Posted on 2021-09-07, 15:52
If I may ask: why did not you just build another computer with the K6-2+ CPU and also keep the P1 machine? :) The main reason was to be able to select the CPU multiplier on the fly (the multiplier selector on the motherboard are DIP switches and I don't like opening the computer too often for this) …
Re: No post, keeps beeping - Socket 7 Motherboard
Posted on 2021-09-07, 15:32
Could a bad Dallas Clock Module cause this?? My IBM 35SX had a dead one that I replaced but the it still posted. If the Dallas RTC chip on a Socket 7 motherboard was bad it will POST but then you will be stuck with the default BIOS configuration, if it was removed then it will refuse to POST or …
Re: XInput driver for XP
Posted on 2021-09-07, 15:04
There are certain CAB files that contains the drivers for the Xbox 360 on the Microsoft Update Catalog, however it isn't on a installer like it originally was available. https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Sear … 20for%20Windows
Re: What is the main bottleneck in dos programming?
Posted on 2021-09-07, 14:06
Thanks for your answers! I really appreciate them all. But, I am still now sure what is really assigned to my case.... Let me explain my situation. As DOS is really slow and uncomfortable to work, I am coding and make build for both Ubuntu and DOS using DJGPP. My ubuntu vm has 2 cpus and 2GB ram, …
Re: CT2290 for 65$, worth it ?
Posted on 2021-09-07, 13:04
appiah4 wrote on 2021-09-07, 12:33: Only if it had the CSP chip and even then if you really need it.. I find the CSP chip only useful for a very old computer running Windows. Cloudschatze did some stuff with this chip on Windows 95 years ago.
Re: What graphics card for a Pentium II 400?
Posted on 2021-09-07, 12:43
We are used to think that newer drivers are better suited for newer GPUs. It's actually true. ...but very often new driver release brings compatibility fixes ans some speedups also for older graphics cards. In my opinion best way is to choose driver version suited for your graphics card by trial …
Re: CT2290 for 65$, worth it ?
Posted on 2021-09-07, 12:13
There's two types of hanging note bug and it's still got the less-frequent , yet still really annoying, kind, I can confirm this from first-hand experience. I know about the type 2 hanging note as I have witnessed this too on several games. :) For me this wasn't a big deal unlike the single-cycle …
Re: Is there any reason to use pre-TNT2 from NVIDIA or pre-Rage 128 from ATI?
Posted on 2021-09-07, 01:15
Being able to use UniVBE for RIVA 128 (especially the non-ZX variant)? I've never seen anyone testing this with that card due to being VBE 3.0 compliant. This never really worked on TNT cards and will include VESA resolutions that aren't normally supported by nVidia cards such as 400x300 and 512x384 …
Re: GTA on Pentium MMX 233 + Voodoo2, unplayable?
Posted on 2021-09-06, 23:03
Downloaded the demo and deleted the GLIDE2X.OVL from the game directory and it worked flawlessly. Note that I disabled the 3Dfx splash screen through an environment variable (FX_GLIDE_NO_SPLASH) and the GLIDE2X.OVL file that I'm using for DOS dates from Apr 3rd 1998 and comes from an early reference …
Re: GTA on Pentium MMX 233 + Voodoo2, unplayable?
Posted on 2021-09-06, 22:51
matti157 wrote on 2021-09-06, 22:48: I try with various versione (Creative 2.16, reference 1.2.51, 3.2.2 but nothing:( Well, I'm going to download the demo and test it on my old computer and let you know.
Re: What better way to emulate an old computer with good performance?
Posted on 2021-09-06, 22:25
Sorry, I phrased it wrong and didn't tell the whole story. I usually use windows 3.1 so i have to exit it to switch isos A negative side effect when using early Windows versions with DOSBox. I haven't tried recently, but shouldn't "" IMGMOUNT -U -D" and "RESCAN" command work from within Windows, …
Re: CT2290 for 65$, worth it ?
Posted on 2021-09-06, 21:48
NyLan wrote on 2021-09-06, 21:47: It's a ct1703-tbs That's much better than the CT1703-T chip which my SB16 CT2230 card has.
Re: CT2290 for 65$, worth it ?
Posted on 2021-09-06, 21:43
ESS sound cards are very cheap and have very good Sound Blaster Pro compatibility without Sound Blaster bugs. Their own OPL solution is very similar to the original Yamaha OPL unlike Sound Blaster CQM. The CT2290 has a real Yamaha OPL3 integrated into the CT1747 chipset and the MPU-401 actually …
Re: What graphics card for a Pentium II 400?
Posted on 2021-09-06, 21:12
dragonerosso wrote on 2021-09-06, 21:06: thanks man 😀 about any radeon gpu model?? They're quite decent but they lack the 8-bit palettized texture support, have issues with fog table and have poor OpenGL driver support except the games where they were finetuned.
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