Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-12-13, 14:28
Early Christmas gift to myself
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
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 …
Re: Looking for Olivetti M380 XP1 setup floppy
Posted on 2020-11-22, 16:38
Here it is, if I'm not mistaken.
Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04
Posted on 2020-11-17, 19:10
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.
Re: Pentium 3 600 Katmai Voodoo 2 SLI System
Posted on 2020-11-16, 22:13
Greetings from cousin of your case, I kept it 486 though.
Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04
Posted on 2020-11-16, 21:16
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 …
Re: New sound card(s) project(s): Vortex2 Tribute
Posted on 2020-11-14, 21:01
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 …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-11-14, 19:16
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 …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-11-14, 19:07
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 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-11-04, 22:19
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 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-11-04, 15:49
Couldn't resist couple of good deals, + 4 soundcards into my pile
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e
Posted on 2020-11-04, 15:42
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 …
Re: pci/isa shared used both
Posted on 2020-10-02, 20:25
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 …
Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS
Posted on 2020-09-08, 19:26
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 …
Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS
Posted on 2020-09-07, 21:50
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 …
Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS
Posted on 2020-09-06, 20:25
Thanks for posting such a detailed guide. I'm trying to see if it's feasible to use the Audigy 2 in Pure DOS using AUDIGY12.EXE YES. Audigy 2 ZS works in DOS 6.22 like a charm. I fixed similar issues pretty quickly so don't remember exact steps, try the following: Verify that PCIIRQ value in "CTSYN …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-05, 17:32
cyclone3d wrote on 2020-08-05, 17:15: Have you tried cleaning the edge connector on the awe32 yet? Yes of course.
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-05, 17:19
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 …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-05, 17:09
What are the specs of your system? If I remember correctly, Diagnose.exe has issues with faster computers. K6-III+/450 + ASUS TX97-LE + 384 Mb RAM Yesterday I have temporarily moved the card into 486 (DX4-120), and tested it with both Turbo On / Off = DRAM had been also not detected in both cases. …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-03, 20:08
This sounds very much like RAM not working properly, but good enough for the windows driver to recognize the size. You are most likely aware that you need to insert two identical modules into the two slots. The AWE32 does not work with a single memory module. In that case, the issue sounds like …
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