Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-22, 07:19

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ODwilly wrote on 2021-02-22, 07:04: crvs wrote on 2021-02-21, 17:48: Got these today for $20. Green one is dead, but the gold one has passed all tests. The green one may only work in the pc chips m919 motherboard. IIRC pcchips liked to use non-standard pinouts for some of the COAST slots on their …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-21, 17:48

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Got these today for $20. Green one is dead, but the gold one has passed all tests.

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2021-01-07, 21:46

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Apologies for a noobish question, but what other advantages does the version with HDPMI32 have apart from solving certain hardware compatibility issues (if I understood that part correctly)? Also, which build (I've noticed binaries optimised for specific processors in previous posts here) would be …

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Re: AWE64 or Audigy 2 ZS for 98/Pure DOS Mode?

Posted on 2020-12-31, 11:04

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I'd like to support prevous posts - for Win9x & Win 9x dos prompt, dual card setup would be probably optimal (Audigy 2ZS + ISA sound with genuine yamaha OPL3). Please also keep in mind that 2ZS drivers are emulating SB16, so it could rather make sense to pair it with SB PRO compatible ISA card. In …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2020-12-31, 10:30

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Hi crvs! Can you share the environment you use to build MBF ? I want to make some tests with this port, but i'm not able to compile it. Also, do you have any git repository with your code? Thanks! Hi, have you seen and followed build instructions in "_README.TXT"? What errors do you have? On the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-13, 14:28

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Early Christmas gift to myself

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Re: Looking for Pentium 3 1GHz for ASUS P3B-F, need guidance on what to get for Slot 1 to S370 adapter

Posted on 2020-12-13, 14:16

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P3B-F is a nice board, with a proper BIOS , you can go up to PIII Tualatin 1.4s / 133 . I do not recommend using 'noname' SLOT1-S370 adapters though, they may have stability issues with FSB 100 and 133 MHz. Aforementioned Abit Slotket III would be a good choice, I have them working with Coppermine …

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Re: Looking for Olivetti M380 XP1 setup floppy

Posted on 2020-11-22, 16:38

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Here it is, if I'm not mistaken.

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2020-11-17, 19:10

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gerwin wrote on 2020-11-17, 17:31: Thanks, nice work! I do use a voodoo 3, but it is plugged into a CRT screen usually. Will try it with an LCD later. Test with CRT would be also nice, to get sure I didn't break anything. It should work but I can't verify.

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Re: Pentium 3 600 Katmai Voodoo 2 SLI System

Posted on 2020-11-16, 22:13

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Greetings from cousin of your case, I kept it 486 though.

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2020-11-16, 21:16

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New build with improved 3dfx video cards support: With LCD monitor in hires (640x400), all previous versions were giving unpleasant "greenish" tint on the image. Difference can be seen on the attached pictures. In my understanding, all Voodoos starting from Banshee and up to Voodoo5 bios 1.15 should …

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Re: New sound card(s) project(s): Vortex2 Tribute

Posted on 2020-11-14, 21:01

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IMO biggest drawbacks of Vortex cards were rather related to drivers, especially for DOS and Win 2k+. There was a promising thread in this forum dedicated to development of an alternative DOS driver - not many recent updates unfortunately, however, some documentation is mentioned there, and the …

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Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI

Posted on 2020-11-14, 19:16

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Sounds like I need to pull out my AWE32 cards and do some testing. On the DX4-120 setup, what speed is the ISA bus running at? Would you be able to post some hi-resolution pictures so we can take a look? Probably best to not attach them to the forum since it absolutely destroys image quality since …

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Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI

Posted on 2020-11-14, 19:07

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The AWE32 should indeed work with all of your combinations, although I never tested 2x16 because I don't have this kind of modules. As I'm currently on vacation, I can't check what connections to check, but it is very likely that all address and data pins, as well as /WE, /RAS and /CAS are directly …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-04, 22:19

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Nice - a SB PRo 1.0 clone ( the AV300 card) That is one of the cards I would like to get my hands on but have only ever seen 1 for sale and it went for a stupid high price. Zoltrix Audio Performer, to be precise; also seen it before just once. It appeared to be really nice sounding card but by …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-04, 15:49

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Couldn't resist couple of good deals, + 4 soundcards into my pile

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-11-04, 15:42

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I tried latest version (v0.75e) with the following hardware: 486-class PC, ES1868 sound card + MIDI daughterboard: With the default settings (no "SET BLASTER", UNISOUND run without parameters) there is no digital sound in many games; and some apps (for example Duke3d setup) report IRQ conflict. I …

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Re: pci/isa shared used both

Posted on 2020-10-02, 20:25

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I'm in the impression that the chipset support both and it's only a limit design specification. With modern SMD design and the growth of 3/4 isa/pci socket 7 motherboard offer on ebay, we can imagine a demand to use both. Anyone where successful at it and have example case scenario ? I have …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2020-09-08, 19:26

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Renaissance 2K wrote on 2020-09-07, 22:28: Motherboard is an Asus P3B-F, which is the 440BX chipset I have the same MB, rev 1.03 🤣 You should definitely try my package for DOS "as is". Install Audigy2 into the 5th PCI slot (counting from processor) and assign to it IRQ 10 in BIOS, I believe all …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2020-09-07, 21:50

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I edited the two PCIIRQ lines in CTSYN.INI , ran SBECFG , and double-checked AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS . Unfortunately, I got the same result when I ran AUDIGY12 again . Hmm. Here is my minimal config that 100% works in MS-DOS 6.22, at least in my machine, maybe it will give you a clue. Just note …

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