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Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-04-20, 08:47

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I recall using a DOS version of hotel management software (Fidelio) in a Park Hyatt hotel at least untill 2005. It was super fast, reliable and easy to use. At some point they switched to Windows version. And all my former colleagues were complainig about it. I would not be surprised if smaller …

Re: Are there shipping delays from Buyee.jp?

Posted on 2021-04-18, 20:55

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After shipping it or at their warehouse? At their warehouse! It was stored there since April, and when I wanted to ship it they could not find it again. And how all are finished? Did you get you package? No, I did not get it. Second time they lost it for good. I got my refund and a 1000 yen coupon.

Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-04-17, 15:40

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DOS isn't dead, yes. But this statement does not really give the idea how alive it is. I think we can use the Conservation status that is used for animals to unerstand where DOS actually is. It still can be found "in the wild" - rarely, but still used for some tasks, and kept and used by hobbyists. …

Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2021-04-09, 11:17

In the meanwhile Mouser has received a stock of receptacle connectors https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Hirose-C … WvkTg40eA%3D%3D All other parts for the 25 pin plug appear to be available as well Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2021-04-08, 17:26

I thought originally all it was going to be was a MPU interface with a SAM chip on it. Alternatively it could just have a sidecar that has a Wavetable header in it and the user could put any wavetable in there they wanted. I don't think you should add sound blaster to it as it adds a lot of …

Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2021-04-01, 08:26

I'm sorry I can't be of any help here. Maybe reversing the TSRs from other cards can be useful? Here are two of them. DMASTER is for devices based on DSP Solutions chip and VGAME is for Media Vision card. But both support only real mode games. Filename DMASTER.EXE File size 50.78 KiB Downloads 6 …

Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2021-03-28, 08:37

no brick walls. I think I am close (to something), I can now play audio however it is not the expected audio, I am reading from the wrong place in memory. I will have to re-evaluate how I am using the address and page latch info that gets setup to the dma controller to assemble an address back to a …

Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2021-03-27, 08:18

Another incarnation of IBM 16 bit Sound Adapter. Just Audio... 16 bit Audio Adapter.jpg does this also feature sound blaster support in dos? No, this card does not even support Adlib sound. It works only withit's own player in DOS and as is WSS compatible in Windows. It's been sold under many …

Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2021-03-20, 10:17

As I slowly get my head around this, it is not overly complicated but it certainly introduces an overhead, the one that DMA was specifically meant to address. With the IBM card does it cause a noticeable change in game speed? Like, will this be a problem trying to play doom on a 486DX2-50? Maybe …

Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2021-03-18, 09:42

Perhaps also there was less demand at the time, to play dos games on these laptops that had no sound? and the ones that were WSS were we happy to just run windows? I don't remember because during this era I only had desktop computers. I do have faint memories of the frustrations of windows only …

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