Re: DOSBox DOS Emulator can't start

Posted on 2010-06-06, 01:33

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by swaaye

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I think you should delete the game install and re-download it. If it still doesn't work, try changing only the output= setting to other values. Are you on a non-US OS? Is that why you're trying to change the language setting? ... said as the best game ever made. How many best games ever made are …

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Re: MV Pro Audio Studio 16

Posted on 2010-06-05, 21:50

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by swaaye

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I haven't set it up yet. But it's probably something like that. The Ensoniq Soundscape cards work like that too.

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MV Pro Audio Studio 16

Posted on 2010-06-05, 06:04

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by swaaye

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A little ebay conquest here. I've been wanting to try out one of these cards. For some crazy reason I still remember reading about this in a Computer Shopper magazine >15 years ago! It's the "higher end" edition of the Pro Audio Spectrum 16. I found what appears to be a complete original package. I …

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Re: ESS Maestro PCI

Posted on 2010-06-05, 00:00

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by swaaye

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Rage Pro is about as fast as Voodoo1, I believe. The drivers are troublesome though.

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Re: ESS Maestro PCI

Posted on 2010-06-04, 18:36

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by swaaye

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Actually I think it is Rage Pro-based. I've got some experience with these Rage Mobility chips based on Rage Pro. You will find this site indispensable. http://web.archive.org/web/20060427060938/www … hosein/rpro.htm

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Re: Final Pentium III rig

Posted on 2010-06-04, 00:32

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by swaaye

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I stumbled on a brand new Enlight 7237 a year ago or so. That was popular case back around 1999. Very beige but has nice side panels instead of the annoying slide off case body. There are a few revisions though, some without the sidepanel design and without a rear 80mm fan punchout.

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Re: ESS Maestro PCI

Posted on 2010-06-03, 21:10

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by swaaye

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I've had a couple of notebooks with ESS Maestro 2E. The DOS drivers are pretty bad. But in Windows 9x you get great 3D audio in hardware, and it has A3D and DS3D support that is superb. It also has a legacy driver for SB support within 9x that may work better than the pure DOS driver.

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Re: Choosing a Voodoo

Posted on 2010-06-03, 20:52

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by swaaye

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I like Voodoo3 because: 1) all-in-one and very fast at all of it 2) doesn't mess up 2D quality because no passthru cable 3) it has fantastic analog signal quality (as good as it gets IMO) 4) run any resolution I ran a Voodoo3 2000 PCI in a 486 once. :D There's no reason to wonder if you're running " …

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Re: Dual P233 MMX DOS/Win98/XP machine

Posted on 2010-06-03, 20:35

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by swaaye

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They run at 66 MHz but the wait states make it so that the RAM doesn't have to respond at 66 MHz. Look up video card specs because many of them used FPM/EDO DRAM. You can look up part numbers. And there is well-known info about memory clocks for Voodoo 1/2 cards, for example. SDRAM is synchronous …

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Re: Dual P233 MMX DOS/Win98/XP machine

Posted on 2010-06-03, 18:58

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by swaaye

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I don't think MMX helps with Windows XP performance at all. It does help with some games and maybe parts of DirectX. What will help XP compared to a regular Pentium is that the P55C has 32K L1 cache. SIMMs on a Pentium or Pentium Pro mobo run at 66 MHz with wait states. This is the same clock rate …

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Re: Dual P233 MMX DOS/Win98/XP machine

Posted on 2010-06-03, 17:44

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by swaaye

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I've seen XP run smoother than 2K on old Pentium II hardware. You just need to have enough RAM, like >192MB. On the other hand, both XP and 2K were pretty sluggish on a dual Pentium Pro 233 (1MB L2 each) box with 256MB that I set up once. You may not want to mess with NT5 at all. Older NTs are …

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Re: Rambus box

Posted on 2010-06-01, 20:58

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by swaaye

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It's almost as awesome as my Gateway P4 1.5 GHz Willamette on 845 w/ SDRAM PC133!!!! I treasure the classic sluggishness of the Willamette. Combine it with SDRAM and you have pure gold. 😉

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Re: Choosing Sound Cards - Some questions left

Posted on 2010-05-30, 01:28

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by swaaye

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I'd like to hear opinions on: Pro Audio Spectrum 16 (or Studio 16) Turtle Beach cards Orchid cards OPL4-based cards

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Re: Windows 98 versus Windows 98SE? DOS compatibility differences?

Posted on 2010-05-29, 23:33

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by swaaye

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nLite'ing XP is only really beneficial for storage-limited situations (say, less than 4GB). Disabling startup programs and services works just as well to get speed, and you don't permanently remove parts of the OS you may need later. I think the most useful aspect to nLite is the integration of …

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Re: Choosing Sound Cards - Some questions left

Posted on 2010-05-29, 18:19

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by swaaye

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You shouldn't need XP. I'm fairly certain that every game up through the DX8 era will run on 98SE. DX9 games started to require XP. BTW, some of the AWE32 cards do have real OPL3 hardware. CT2760 has it, for example. Lots of AWE info http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php?topic=2175.0

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Re: Choosing Sound Cards - Some questions left

Posted on 2010-05-29, 05:07

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by swaaye

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You can't build a machine that will work with everything. That project will end up over budget and with no solution. :D I think the best you can do is build a box that will run most games from the 486 era up to DirectX 8 stuff. Older games will usually need quirky speed tweaks. There are a few 440BX …

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Re: Wing Commander III - A good game? (Warning: rant inside!)

Posted on 2010-05-28, 21:39

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by swaaye

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Well it seemed pretty impressive for a bit. I wasn't into military sims but had a friend who was playing USNF. Forgot about it.

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Re: Wing Commander III - A good game? (Warning: rant inside!)

Posted on 2010-05-28, 17:49

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by swaaye

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I played it again a couple of years ago. This was 1994's Crysis. It didn't run well on max detail on any hardware on release and it had very nice realtime texture-mapped SVGA 3D graphics ~3 years before XvT. Video was all the rage at the time and some of the video is enjoyable I think. Ignoring WC …

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Re: Real MIDI emulation?

Posted on 2010-05-28, 00:03

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by swaaye

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One place it would be useful is console homebrew ports. For example SCUMMVM on Xbox has Fluidsynth so you can run soundfonts on Xbox. It was buggy when I tried it though (maybe just doesn't work with some soundfonts). On computers though or anywhere you have access to installing Timidity or whatever …

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Re: SoundBlaster AWE32

Posted on 2010-05-27, 17:51

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by swaaye

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SB32 is essentially a AWE32 but using the Vibra 16 tech instead of the more expensive SB16 hardware. It has the same compatibility but I'm thinking the FM synthesis hardware may be inferior. Probably lacks the onboard RAM, but it has SIMM slots. They are physically smaller cards than AWE32 because …

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