Re: Korg Midi Daughterboards

Posted on 2008-12-06, 00:06

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by akula65

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My MediaVision Pro Wave Korg board has a layout different from both of the two displayed above, but the dimensions are more like the Topwave-32 (not square). My card is marked 650-0120-01-D. The large square Korg chip is marked as follows: KORG MBCS35104 TGL 9327 E17 The smaller square Korg chip is …

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Re: Slam Tilt Pinball

Posted on 2008-11-25, 15:22

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by akula65

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I did an install of my Pinball Madness 4 copy of Slam Tilt onto my C: drive on a Win98 SE machine, and the resulting file organization is fairly simple: C:\21STCENT\SlamTilt\DAT (entire folder from your CD-ROM) C:\21STCENT\SlamTilt\SLAMTILT.EXE C:\21STCENT\SlamTilt\SLAMTILT.ICO The installation also …

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Re: ''' sıɥʇ ǝʞıן ǝdʎʇ oʇ ʍoɥ uɹɐǝן oʇ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı

Posted on 2008-10-24, 15:15

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by akula65

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Firefox 2 was apparently the last version to support Win9x, so that is why I still use it on the Win98 machine.

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Re: ''' sıɥʇ ǝʞıן ǝdʎʇ oʇ ʍoɥ uɹɐǝן oʇ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı

Posted on 2008-10-24, 12:26

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by akula65

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The font displays like an unsupported foreign language in IE6 on my Win98 SE machine (U.S. English), but no crashes. It looks fine in Firefox 2.0.0.17 on the same machine.

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Re: Voodoo2 vs. Voodoo3/5

Posted on 2008-09-29, 18:25

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by akula65

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Creative Labs had a GlideSwitcher utility for their cards. Here is the info page at FalconFly's site: http://www.falconfly.de/info/Readme-CreativeGlideSwitcher.txt Here is the link for the utility itself (889 KB): http://www.falconfly.de/downloads/Creative-GlideSwitcher.zip I have no idea if it …

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Re: very big problem

Posted on 2008-09-29, 18:17

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by akula65

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Many turntables come with a 45-rpm adapter that you place on/over the small protrusion on which you place a 33-rpm album. You might check your turntable manual or the box that your turntable came in and see if you have misplaced it.

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Re: Software to create & apply patches to binary files?

Posted on 2008-09-08, 12:50

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by akula65

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Thanks, Qbix. I would also appreciate any suggestions. I had the same experience as Addict when I put together the Descent V. 1.5 sound fix and the MS SideWinder 3D Pro drivers for Win9x available elsewhere on this board. My patch program requirements were virtually identical to Addict's, but in …

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Re: Help Me Find This Game Please

Posted on 2008-09-07, 19:11

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by akula65

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxian A third official sequel, Gaplus, was released in 1984. Like Galaga, this was a bottom shooter, with some limited up/down movement (like Centipede). Centipede was actually the first thing that came to mind based on your description of what happens at the …

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Re: Need For Speed II and Fifa 98 Glide Version for Voodoo 2 SLI

Posted on 2008-07-12, 11:26

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by akula65

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The Need for Speed II Wiki mentions the problem for the Special Edition version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_II "Q: Why does the game Need for Speed II SE from Electronic Arts fail to load in 3dfx mode? A: There is a known issue with the the game Need for Speed II SE's detection …

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LittleWing Game Under Development

Posted on 2008-06-23, 21:02

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by akula65

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LittleWing Pinball recently indicated in their blog that they have a new title under development in the mold of Loony Labyrinth: http://littlewingpinball.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/under-development/ If you have forgotten what the package for the original Loony Labyrinth looks like, Martin Mathis has …

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Re: Anyone play Battlezone 2 ?

Posted on 2008-06-18, 18:39

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by akula65

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in Windows

Have a look at the Graphics section on this page: http://www.planetbattlezone.com/battlezone/faq.shtml You would want to make sure that you have updated to the latest official patch (bzpat14.exe) and have applied the large_assets.zip patch. I believe the readme file in one of those two patches …

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Re: final doom 95 mouse trouble

Posted on 2008-06-06, 21:05

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by akula65

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in Windows

This thread might be of interest: Collector's Edition DOOM is a huge steaming piece of a turd.

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Re: Archimedean Dynasty Joystick

Posted on 2008-06-05, 18:32

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by akula65

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in DOS

Well, anything is possible. It might be helpful if you indicated exactly what controller you are using. Perhaps someone who owns one like it will be able to give some information about problematic games or circumstances. One thing that might be worth checking is what resources your motherboard is …

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Re: Archimedean Dynasty Joystick

Posted on 2008-06-05, 16:59

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by akula65

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Apart from the requirement to use the "Calibrate Joystick" option in the menu before trying to use the device (even on a Windows machine), there don't seem to be any limitations listed in the printed documentation. If your motherboard has an on-board gameport, you might consider making sure it is …

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Re: Voodoo 3 and drivers

Posted on 2008-05-29, 11:29

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by akula65

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in DOS

This site may be helpful for getting Tomb Raider to run under Glide: http://www.smokeypoint.com/banshee.html#voodoo

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Re: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Posted on 2008-04-02, 18:47

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by akula65

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You can find patches for it at this site (do a search for starfleet academy): http://www.patches-scrolls.de/ The Interplay self-help for the game is available in the Wayback Machine (search for this page): http://www.interplay.com/support/product.asp?GameID=212 TrekCore is also a good resource for …

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Re: Archimedan Dynasty 3dfx Version (dos) - does not work with voodoo2?

Posted on 2008-03-16, 17:14

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by akula65

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in DOS

Silent Loon's thread in the FalconFly forum might be of interest: http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1194454008

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We're Sending a Balloon to Europe...

Posted on 2008-03-10, 21:07

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by akula65

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so you guys over there had better catch it! The Spirit of Knoxville IV Trans-Atlantic balloon flight is supposed to launch later today (tomorrow UTC time): http://www.arrl.org/?artid=8076 Check the download page for hardware requirements necessary to forward telemetry data. Sounds kind of like …

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MS SideWinder 3D Pro Win9x Drivers

Posted on 2008-02-29, 22:54

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by akula65

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For years, many Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro joystick owners have been unable to use their controllers in Win9x systems because the Microsoft driver (SW3DPRO.VXD) does not function properly on systems with FSB speeds of 100 MHz or higher. Microsoft has never provided an effective solution for the …

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Re: Afterlife CD version on Windows XP

Posted on 2008-02-07, 13:52

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by akula65

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I get the same results as collector on my WinXP Pro machine. I did a Windows installation on a Win98 SE machine, and the installation process does the following: 1. Copies the following files from the CD-ROM to the install directory (C:\ALIFE by default): ALIFE.000 ALIFE.EXE ALIFE.INI README.TXT …

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