Re: SC55mkii in Windows 95

Posted on 2022-12-27, 04:30

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amontre wrote on 2022-12-27, 03:48: Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-26, 21:47: amontre wrote on 2022-12-26, 21:23: That'll do it ! thanks You're welcome! One other thing, do we need to init SC55 into GM mode to get a proper sound for midi in windows 95 ? It will be fine either in GM or GS mode. The latter …

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Re: Can a CPU override the multiplier settings?

Posted on 2022-12-27, 00:07

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abasak wrote on 2022-12-26, 22:19: EDIT: Do you know of any BIOS settings that could make it more stable at 100Mhz For that motherboard, sadly no. 🙁 At least I'm glad that you got it somewhat working at 75 MHz FSB.

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Re: Can a CPU override the multiplier settings?

Posted on 2022-12-26, 22:12

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I would set it around 2.0v-2.2v. Strange thing about the video cards being picky considering that the VIA chipset the motherboard has officially supports 100 MHz FSB. Then again, non-Intel chipsets are quite a gamble to get them working reliably.

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Re: SC55mkii in Windows 95

Posted on 2022-12-26, 21:47

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Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Windows programs. To allow the use of external MIDI devices in DOS programs within Windows, do the following: Open the AWE Control Panel. Click "Device..." button. Uncheck " …

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Re: Can a CPU override the multiplier settings?

Posted on 2022-12-26, 21:42

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Having the CPU multiplier settings on the motherboard doesn't guarantee that it works with all CPUs. In my case it only worked on a PII-400 that has the multiplier unlocked downward. Btw. I have tried setting the slotket jumper to opened and closed that does the "B21" trick, but as I remember that …

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Re: Which mother is better to build a pentium II?

Posted on 2022-12-25, 22:40

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I can advice you to choose, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI or Abit. Look carefully for CPU support and bios! Another option is Intel 815 chipset as you know. +1 Third-party motherboards also allow one to adjust the CPU multiplier and/or FSB, useful for slowing down early PII CPUs which is handy for some speed …

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Re: Question about the relation between Ageia and TNT2

Posted on 2022-12-25, 16:52

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Indeed, this doesn't make any sense. The nVidia TNT2 (it isn't really a GPU due to lacking hardware T&L) and Ageia PPU have nothing in common architecture-wise.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2022-12-25, 16:36

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This is not a way to share about free games, but some people are already making videos of seeing Epic- Death Stranding Director's Cut for free. The videos appear genuine, they open Epic Games normally and see the game where it should be. I am just posting to see if those leaks are true, as a record …

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Re: Unreal games on GOG to be delisted on Dec 23 at 2pm EST

Posted on 2022-12-24, 19:16

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Grunt wrote on 2022-12-24, 17:34: Maybe they (Epic?) are already planning to release them for free. If they were planning to release them for free, they shouldn't have been delisted from the stores in first place.

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Re: which is better: ISA svga + voodoo2 vs voodoo3 pci?

Posted on 2022-12-24, 14:13

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As others mentioned, use a PCI video card which are much faster than an ISA one. Running Windows 3.x without any compromises requires MS-DOS (preferably older ones such as 6.22) or IBM PC DOS, and a video card that has adequate drivers for GUI acceleration since the generic SVGA/VESA driver is slow. …

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Re: SC55mkii in Windows 95

Posted on 2022-12-24, 01:53

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Selecting the external MIDI port (should be AWE64G MIDI Out [330] in your case) in the Multimedia Properties only works with Windows programs. To allow the use of external MIDI devices in DOS programs within Windows, do the following: Open the AWE Control Panel. Click "Device..." button. Uncheck " …

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

Posted on 2022-12-23, 21:29

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Though looking at how mediocre the performance is in relation to board complexity reminds me of why 3dfx didn't survive very long. True, this was noticeable with the Voodoo5 and the VSA-100 architecture. A product that wasn't competitive with simpler GeForce and Radeon cards in terms of performance …

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Re: SB Live! Windows 98 DOS mode SB16 emulation woes

Posted on 2022-12-23, 17:08

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I don't really like all the bugs in the soundblaster stuff such as hanging note bugs, etc, and awe32s go for over $220 CAD here, same with awe64 golds, though awe64 values are pretty cheap I hear bad things about them. Pretty much any ISA sound blaster with the least bugs goes for crazy prices. The …

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2022-12-23, 12:58

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I dont use any creative software, but UNISOUND to activate awe and mixer The Creative software has nothing to do with this. Certain software can mess with the mixer settings and don't bother restoring them after exiting. I know the Apogee Sound System handles the mixer levels on Sound Blaster cards …

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Re: Dosbox mount can’t find drive

Posted on 2022-12-23, 12:50

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How do I move this to dos section of this web forum? We can't, that message was for the mods. ;) I’m new to this. I am trying to program a Motorola GM300 transceiver. It requires Dos. But the only old computer I have is a Dell with XP. So that’s why I need dosbox. DOSBox is not suited for non- …

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Re: 3C509 + DOS + WIN3.11 -> Shared Win10 Folder...HOW TO?

Posted on 2022-12-22, 23:22

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why "strongly recommend against that"? All computer are off the internet NET connection during the process. SMBv1 will be enabled at all times which is something you don't want, no matter if you disable the connection to the internet during the process. Toggling the feature requires restarting the …

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Re: 3C509 + DOS + WIN3.11 -> Shared Win10 Folder...HOW TO?

Posted on 2022-12-22, 23:11

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It is possible with Windows 10 and 11 if the older SMBv1 protocol is enabled in "Turn Windows features on or off" and having the NDIS driver installed on the older computer, but I strongly recommend against that. As keenmaster486 stated, use FTP to transfer files between an old and a modern …

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Re: 3C509 + DOS + WIN3.11 -> Shared Win10 Folder...HOW TO?

Posted on 2022-12-22, 22:54

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It is possible with Windows 10 and 11 if the older SMBv1 protocol is enabled in "Turn Windows features on or off" and having the NDIS driver installed on the older computer, but I strongly recommend against that. As keenmaster486 stated, use FTP to transfer files between an old and a modern computer …

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Re: Possible to use ES1887 'Midi for Internal ESFM Synthesis' for DOS Games?

Posted on 2022-12-22, 18:29

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It isn't a SoundFont, the FM synth implementation is in hardware containing a "native" ESFM mode in addition to being OPL3-compatible. DOS games must have a specific driver that uses ESFM mode for MIDI music and DOOM isn't one of them.

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Re: Dosbox mount can’t find drive

Posted on 2022-12-22, 16:52

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What are you mounting exactly? A directory in an HDD partition or an image? BTW, this thread should be moved into the DOSBox section of the forum.

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