'MODE: 0' in 'SET MIDI=' results in unrecognised hardware

Posted on 2021-10-30, 15:25

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by janskjaer

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I have recently re-organised my Sound Blaster drivers on my MS-DOS 6.22 installation. However, I am now receiving errors from both MIXERSET and AWEUTIL. My hardware setup is an integrated VIBRA16C and AWE32 upgrade card. The errors reported are: Sound Mixer Control v2.15 - MIXERSET /P /Q: MIXER0007: …

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Re: SB16 or VIBRA16 MS-DOS driver? Any difference?

Posted on 2021-10-12, 07:02

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by janskjaer

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Yes, I have that file too. However, I always refrained from using that on my Vibra16C/AWE32 setup, as I always felt it was more appropriate for my AWE 64 I have in another system. I also didn't want to have to extract that file on a system, just to pull out the pieces I needed (e.g. AWEUTIL) and …

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SB16 or VIBRA16 MS-DOS driver? Any difference?

Posted on 2021-10-11, 20:56

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by janskjaer

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According to multiple resources on VOGONS and the rest of the Internet, my Dell Dimension XPS M200s has an onboard Vibra16C. I also have the AWE32 Wavetable upgrade PCI card installed. As part of my MS-DOS 6.22 installation, I've been using the latest sbbasic drivers (30 Dec 97) that include the …

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Re: Overclocking the Videologic PowerVR PCX2?

Posted on 2021-09-07, 12:04

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by janskjaer

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Pardon my somewhat cautious approach, but may I ask why you are wanting to overclock a PCX2? What is it that you are looking to achieve? Of course, it is your hardware, and you are free to do what you wish with it. But, given the increasing rarity of such cards, does the purpose of your efforts …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-06-06, 17:00

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by janskjaer

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I applied a caster wheel set to my NZXT Glidebox case, as well as my custom 3dfx vinyl window stickers that I ordered. Currently sitting inside is my 3DLabs Permedia2 / ELSA GLoria Synergy in the AGP slot, and my STB BlackMagic / 3dfx V2 1000's in SLI, nicely separated in PCI1 and PCI5 thanks to my …

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Re: How to quickly find and directly navigate to your own posts within topics?

Posted on 2021-06-06, 16:55

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by janskjaer

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Oh wow! That post number in each message is a link? :facepalm. I never realised as it doesn't immediately look like something you can interact with. Yes, that's exactly what I was looking for, thanks @weedeewee. It's strange the post number and the 'Your posts' button have such different …

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How to quickly find and directly navigate to your own posts within topics?

Posted on 2021-06-06, 16:07

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by janskjaer

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Since the forum update (which is great), one frustration I do have with it is finding your own previous posts. In the top-right, select 'Your posts'. This takes you to the 'Your posts' page . However, unlike the previous forum version, the only option to view the results is by forum topic. The only …

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Re: Rendition Verite Thread

Posted on 2021-05-14, 17:53

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by janskjaer

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Does anyone with a V1000 (3D Blaster PCI) has experienced overheating on the card? A friend of mine has one that was working fine, but now his card is overheating and the image gets pixelated and then it stops. He's using an old Compaq PSU and an ASUS P3B-F motherboard. Did he just fry the card? I …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-05-05, 14:32

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by janskjaer

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I applied a caster wheel set to my NZXT Glidebox case, as well as my custom 3dfx vinyl window stickers that I ordered. Currently sitting inside is my 3DLabs Permedia2 / ELSA GLoria Synergy in the AGP slot, and my STB BlackMagic / 3dfx V2 1000's in SLI, nicely separated in PCI1 and PCI5 thanks to my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-04, 21:52

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by janskjaer

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Got these two at the end of last year, both still sealed. This will complement my two ASUS P3B-F setups. I'm looking forward to unsealing, breaking that packaging open, then then trying to work out what to store on the Jaz disks 😀

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2021-03-13, 10:49

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by janskjaer

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@Scythifuge: Voodoo 1, Voodoo 2 and a Voodoo 5 in one system is a recipe for trouble. It already starts with the V1's PCI incompatibilities with many chipsets especially when it's PCI 2.2 and newer. So be mentally prepared :-) It's possible. I know because I have done it many times. I used my own …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-03-13, 10:43

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by janskjaer

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Finished benchmarking these on my Chaintech 7VJL Apogee / AMD Athlon XP 2800+ setup. Next step is to benchmark the same cards on my ASUS P3B-F boards with Slot 1 Intel Pentium IIIs.

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Re: VOGONS Benchmark archive?

Posted on 2020-10-03, 17:50

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by janskjaer

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I'm sure that some are already aware, but I thought it worth mentioning here that as well as the classic versions of CPU-Z, CPUID have released a Vintage Edition: https://www.cpuid.com/news/66-cpu-z-vintage-edition.html There's already been a couple of release versions, currently v1.02. It can be …

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Re: Rendition Verite Thread

Posted on 2020-08-07, 08:35

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by janskjaer

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Hi guys, recently acquired a Diamond Stealth II S220 and trying to catch up on this thread. I’m having an issue with vquake108 where it freezes within a few seconds of the game starting. I’ve tried version 106 of vquake but it mentions I have the wrong microcode. Any help would be appreciated and …

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Re: How to disable V-Sync on Permedia 2 boards (and others)

Posted on 2020-07-23, 18:57

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by janskjaer

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I can confirm that Powerstrip can disable Vsync for Direct3D and enable it for OpenGL. I saw that too, in version 3.9. I tried 2.78 to begin with, but that offered no such options. The OpenGL/DirectX settings buttons on the toolbar do nothing. I tried 3.9 and got the same options as you. Does that …

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Re: How to disable V-Sync on Permedia 2 boards (and others)

Posted on 2020-07-21, 12:19

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by janskjaer

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Thanks. I know of Powerstrup but never think to use it. I will give it a go and post an update.

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How to disable V-Sync on Permedia 2 boards (and others)

Posted on 2020-07-20, 21:13

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by janskjaer

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I have several Permedia 2 boards from varying manufacturers, but none of the branded or reference drivers have a clear way of disabling v-sync. I've tried: - ELSA Win98 Driver v0203-0013 - Diamond Driver Release v1098 - 3Dlabs reference driver v2105-0366 Can this be done via a control applet, …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F Comparison v1.03, v1.04

Posted on 2020-07-04, 15:38

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by janskjaer

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My suspicion is that the differences in the VRM layout are related to the update to VRM 8.4 that occured during the v1.03 . Yes, only revision 1.04 of the P3B-F officially supports processors with higher power demands (i.e. most Coppermine cores), see here . The capacitor in location CE33 is not …

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Re: PSU Voltage Concerns

Posted on 2020-07-03, 09:46

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by janskjaer

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@gdjacobs - Some really good points there. I was anticipating the capacitors not to have been of the highest quality, but certainly a standard above the rest. I agree that the build quality is rather high and they've really gone all out on the components. To answer your question, it has seen 0 hours …

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Re: ASUS P3B-F Comparison v1.03, v1.04

Posted on 2020-07-02, 13:42

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by janskjaer

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Additional photos of further differences.

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