Re: Is it possible add a virtual remap driver from SB/Adlib to MPU-401 in win98?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 08:55

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Shouldn't be that difficult. The base work has already been done: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=83629 Thanks! Just read the post and it seems only a 'port remapping' TSR for DOS, but I believe except that the port is one obvious difference, the real hardwares(OPL/GM) have different …

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Re: IBM ThinkPad A30 - Best OS?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 08:03

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The audio drivers have SoundBlaster emulation for DOS games within Windows. It can be enabled through the device manager. I've read the A31p's driver has soundblaster emulation, https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=800257#p800257 , It's a VXD driver with GM MIDI virtual service for DOS, and I've …

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Is it possible add a virtual remap driver from SB/Adlib to MPU-401 in win98?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 05:58

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I've read some basics about FM synth and MIDI here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=65573 I'm not quite familiar with this, maybe I'm totally talking about bullshit but I hope this is doable: Background: Win98 with WDM driver (especially AC97) has SB emulation and General MIDI MPU-401 synth, …

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Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop

Posted on 2021-11-22, 02:37

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Looks very nice. BTW one update of 2805: I ran Prince of Persia in 98, music and sound effect plays good but it crashes right on the first sound effect when entering level1, win98 report errors on some address and IRQ 7 (sound blaster irq). I tried play in DOS and the game works fine. Found a …

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Re: Need Help: Win98SE cannot recognize partition/files correctly

Posted on 2021-11-22, 02:28

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UPDATE: I stopped bothering with win98 because it is a laptop with 855M chipset. Instead, I instlalled WinME and everything works fine. the board has a SoundMax AC97 card so win98 won't get any good (especially DOS bootup) from it since the sound card doesn't support DOS.

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Re: Getting sound to work on windows 98 laptop for DOS

Posted on 2021-11-20, 02:24

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Use the Windows 95 driver, I downloaded it for you . I tried this win95 driver for my laptop, which has Ali 1535 chip, by manually updating driver using INF. It installed successfully. Unfortunately the SB digital audio is missing. The legacy PCI driver provides FM wavetable on address 220, 388, …

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Re: Need Help: Win98SE cannot recognize partition/files correctly

Posted on 2021-11-19, 03:11

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Okay, if safe mode is working, I probably should use step-by-step mode to locate the driver causing the problem. Gonna do it in next week.

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Re: Need Help: Win98SE cannot recognize partition/files correctly

Posted on 2021-11-19, 01:28

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https://msfn.org/board/topic/159631-testing-ms-dos-limitations/ I used a usb ping to create my partitions, i don't let scandisk or defrag from Win 98 touch the drive, everythign get's fubared. Need to load it into my win 10 box, checkdisk it and make it work again. I have a 128GB volume for my Win …

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Re: Need Help: Win98SE cannot recognize partition/files correctly

Posted on 2021-11-19, 01:21

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I never encountered such situation myself. Tried PowerQuest Partition Manager in 98, created new partitions and found the only difference is: the extended partition is Extended LBA (0F) same as before but the logical partition is FAT32 without LBA. XP can access the partition without problem. I …

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Re: Need Help: Win98SE cannot recognize partition/files correctly

Posted on 2021-11-18, 19:17

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Update: I checked the disk (partition) at the property dialog in XP and nothing happened. Then in 98se, I ran scandisk on the partition, it generated a huge amount of fragment files and the original folder became inaccessible. Results look the same for all OSes including DOS. Tried recopy all files …

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Re: Windows, Doom, Apogee OPL3 Synthesizer.

Posted on 2021-11-18, 15:48

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I got a "copy file error" on install windows-opl3, and checked the code in Github, it seems detecting WDM audio drivers but I have a VXD, I'll install a WDM and try again.

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Need Help: Win98SE cannot recognize partition/files correctly

Posted on 2021-11-18, 15:30

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Hi guys, I'm not sure I'm posting in the right place, plz move the thread if it is not. I was making an XP / 98SE dual boot, and the partition and its folders can be viewed correctly in DOS, XP, and safe mode in 98SE. but when I view the content in a folder in Win98, for one folder with contents, it …

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Re: Retro Gaming Laptops Win9x and XP

Posted on 2021-11-16, 16:21

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Hi. The laptop I use to play Win9x games that not run under WindowsXP is a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 [CNET.com] CPU: Pentium III @ 800MHz RAM: 256MB HD: 60GB FDD: DVD reader. WiFi / Ethernet / Modem / USB 1.1 Graphics card: Trident CyberBlade XP 16MB Sound: Yamaha, sounds very good with their …

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Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2021-11-08, 20:27

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-11-05, 05:55: crazii wrote on 2021-10-18, 14:14: BTW doesn't anyone have the WinME DOS patch? I am not at home and don't have a CDROM/floppy to install 98 in hand, dammit. A quick search by internet search engine should pin point it in a pinch. I've installed win98 after …

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Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop

Posted on 2021-10-24, 06:14

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I don't figure any wavetable in the package (maybe its there but I've knowledge about that sorry). Interesting things is that the S-YXG50 drivers for XP works on XP and 98 drivers acts the same as all other soft synthesizer. Maybe its related to the WDM driver / chips itself, as AC-XG soft …

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Re: Geforce FX Go 5200 and Windows 98SE - drivers that work?

Posted on 2021-10-24, 06:05

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For anyone interested in Geforce FX Go5200 drivers on 98SE here is my share. Hope it can help. I've just got a Toshiba Portege M200 with Geforce FX Go5200 and this driver with modded INF works without error: driver: 81.98 from https://www.philscomputerlab.com/nvidia-9x-graphics-drivers.html INF: …

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Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop

Posted on 2021-10-22, 08:51

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It's maybe irrelevant to this topic but I wanna ask a simple question about MIDI and synthesizer, what exactly does the software synthesizer do for games? i.e. the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth for WDM sounds. My understanding is that it transform the notes from musical instrument into audio signal. …

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Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop

Posted on 2021-10-21, 09:52

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Emmm, that's interesting. For 2805 I just installed the WDM driver from Toshiba and then installed VXD from your post without uninstall the WDM one. For Satellite 2410, I used the driver from Yamaha. The Toshiba driver don't have AC-XG MIDI playback interface, leaving Microsoft GS wavetable only, …

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Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop

Posted on 2021-10-20, 14:34

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Hey I got another laptop the other day, Toshiba 2410 as I said earlier and it have a Geforce4 420Go graphics card and Yamaha YMF753 sound chip. Unfortunately the YMF753 is AC97 and don't have any DOS SB support. Good thing is YMF753 has SB EMU in Win98 DOS window(WDM), and crappy MIDI (general MPU- …

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Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2021-10-18, 14:14

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BTW doesn't anyone have the WinME DOS patch? I am not at home and don't have a CDROM/floppy to install 98 in hand, dammit.

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