Re: SB CT1770 w/SCSI info ?

Posted on 2019-08-05, 16:34

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I bought one of these ct1770 cards along with a compatible SCSI CD drive over 10 years ago from a guy on eBay. I finally got it working using a set of DOS drivers on driverguide, but that was over 10 years ago. Anyway, if it's at all helpful, here are the autoexec.bat and config.sys from the …

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Re: Problems installing Windows 98

Posted on 2019-05-25, 00:32

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I had an 80 GB drive where the fdisk/format that came with Windows 98SE did not work. That's why that computer ended up with Windows ME, which worked just fine. Ordinarily I'd have used a Linux Boot CD with gparted and created and formatted a FAT32 partition with that, but the newer Linux Boot CD's …

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Re: Reset time for the first personal computers.

Posted on 2019-04-29, 19:43

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Another thing that contributed to that was the time it took to change to another game, because just like the spectrum you had to wait. In the Spectrum you had to wait for the loading time from the k7, in the PC for the reset time. Do you remember having tho wait for the PC to reset? Are you talking …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 (CT2950) install failing ?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 03:47

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Intel486dx33 wrote: Where can I download the CTCM ? If you download and extract these https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fil … =43&menustate=0 the CTCM installation will be in the "pnpcfg" folder

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Re: Socket 7 board issue

Posted on 2019-04-05, 03:25

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by skitters

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Recently I watched a fixit video on YouTube where the problem was that the reset switch on the case was bad. So try disconnecting the power switch and reset switch and see if you can turn it on by shorting pins instead of using the power button on the case.

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Re: ESS ES1989 Allegro PCI card and DOS compatibility

Posted on 2019-01-18, 18:38

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The second, and more severe problem is with the talkie edition of Day of The Tentacle. With the speech activated, the game freezes after some minutes of play, with the background music that goes on forever. If I disable the speech, the game plays just fine. The talkie edition of Indiana Jones and …

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Re: Randomly scanned old hardware ads from 1987-2002

Posted on 2019-01-08, 22:20

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Filename december 1995 b.jpg File size 1.63 MiB Views 1364 views I want one of these monitors with the gear controls instead of buttons.

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Re: What joysticks was Tomb Raider 1996 meant to work with?

Posted on 2019-01-08, 00:19

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There was a Top Gun joystick that came with Tomb Raider on CD, reported by a vogons member in this thread https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=203782 But that version of Tomb Raider is probably different from retail. Picture of the Top Gun joystick and box If "Thrustmaster 2 JS" means Thrustmaster …

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What joysticks was Tomb Raider 1996 meant to work with?

Posted on 2019-01-06, 21:17

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What joysticks was Tomb Raider 1996 meant to work with? I remember having to play it with keyboard back in the 90's because my Madcatz joystick caused the spinning menu. I found this Eidos page from 2001 on the Internet Archive that lists the following joysticks as incompatible with the game: …

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Re: Eye of the Beholder disk images

Posted on 2018-12-22, 19:47

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Currently GOG is selling all three Eye of the Beholder games for $2.49. https://www.gog.com/game/forgotten_realms_the … _collection_one

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Re: The perfect 486 motherboard

Posted on 2018-12-17, 19:02

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IMO the most important feature would be fine-grained control of processor speed that could be adjusted on the fly, without having to reboot to the BIOS to adjust cache. The motherboard should allow you to adjust speed-sensitive games like Wing Commander, where optimum processor speed varies with how …

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Re: Searching an old DOS game

Posted on 2018-12-12, 15:29

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Spiderbot ? Robot Odyssey ?

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Re: sb32 cdrom support

Posted on 2018-12-10, 01:28

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List of CD-ROM Drive Supported creative CR521 (sbcd.sys) creative CR523 (sbcd.sys) creative CR563 (sbcd.sys) sony CDU31A (slcd.sys) sony CDU33A (slcd.sys) MITSUMI CRMC LU005S (MTMCDS.SYS MTMCDE.SYS) MITSUMI CRMC FX001 (MTMCDAS.SYS MTMCDAE.SYS) MITSUMI CRMC FX001D (MTMCDAS.SYS MTMCDAE.SYS) Don't …

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Re: Dual boot setup question: Win98SE and Win2K

Posted on 2018-12-08, 17:11

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by skitters

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C0deHunter wrote: What partition type should I create for Win2K? NTFS or FAT32? Do you want to be able to see the contents of your Win2K partition when booted to Windows 98? If so, use FAT32.

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Re: 486 100mhz motherboard build advice ?

Posted on 2018-11-29, 23:08

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Assuming the motherboard you liked to is the one you have, look on pages 10 and 17 of the motherboard manual you linked to. It's a Gigabyte GA-486vs. http://www.motherboards.org/files/manuals/47/486vs8a.pdf It looks to me like you need 72-pin SIMM going by your motherboard picture. The manual says …

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Re: Load BIOS Defaults or Setup Defaults ?

Posted on 2018-11-28, 20:57

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I found answers at Hardware Central "Load BIOS Default" is used to load a set of BIOS values to be used for troubleshooting. These are non optimal values that disable all high performance features of the chipset. "Load Setup Defaults" is the standard BIOS settings that will work best with most …

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Re: How stable is your Windows 98?

Posted on 2018-11-24, 23:33

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It was mostly games that made Windows 98 unstable. If I didn't play a game, I didn't have to reboot. If I played a game I'd have to reboot afterwards to avoid problems. Windows 2000 did a better job of protecting itself from weird game code, as did XP and later. Windows 95 wasn't bad either -- …

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Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy Basic Audio 16 - driver problems

Posted on 2018-11-20, 16:54

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Also are you trying to install on a computer with DOS and not Windows?

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Re: Psu help

Posted on 2018-11-15, 20:10

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https://www.newegg.com/global/uk-en/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817151119 https://www.scan.co.uk/products/520w-seasonic-m1211-520-evo-full-modular-80-plus-bronze-atx-psu Either of those could work, but you'd need SATA to Molex adapters if you're using IDE drives. Also check the dimensions of …

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Re: Ambidextrous gameport joystick for Win98/DOS?

Posted on 2018-11-14, 01:35

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CH Products made the Flightstick Pro, which had 3 buttons and a hat. CH Products also made the GameStick, which has a very skinny handle and a light touch. There was a "3D" version with "twist rudder" that came in both gameport and USB models. There was also a 14 button model that only came with …

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