Re: Modern sound cards for DOS?

Posted on 2017-03-22, 15:14

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by Jorpho

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While there are PCI sound cards with DOS drivers, these drivers generally relied on motherboard features which disappeared around the time of the Pentium 4 (specifically after the ICH7 southbridge disappeared). So, even if you found such a card, it would pretty much never work in DOS in a "modern …

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Re: Civ 2 Cue -- In Game Audio Not Working

Posted on 2017-03-22, 15:05

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by Jorpho

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I think the original file format was aiff It's not AIFF; it's "redbook CD audio" . Redbook CD audio isn't exactly a "file format". Windows programs can sometimes access it as "cda", but I don't think there's any way of displaying the tracks on a mixed-mode CD (i.e. a CD with both Redbook CD audio …

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Re: Civ 2 Cue -- In Game Audio Not Working

Posted on 2017-03-22, 13:55

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by Jorpho

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

I don't know what the status of DOSBox on RetroPie is, but it's quite likely that it doesn't have MP3 support. You should use OGG compression, or otherwise an uncompressed BIN/CUE pair.

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Re: Recommend me my next retro RPG

Posted on 2017-03-21, 18:15

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by Jorpho

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I hear the Baldur's Gate "Tutu" mod is the way to go, i.e. which allows you to play the original Baldur's Gate with some of the nice little fixes from the Baldur's Gate II engine. I also hear that some people are not entirely pleased with the "Enhanced Edition" that is also available for purchase. …

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Re: Printing from DOSBox

Posted on 2017-03-21, 06:07

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by Jorpho

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in DOSBox General

Install a PDF printer (there's one included with Foxit Reader) and print to a PDF instead. Then scale the PDF as you need to.

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Re: Windows 10 machine does not stay asleep

Posted on 2017-03-20, 19:30

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by Jorpho

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Disable devices one by one? I would start with input devices (keyboard, mouse, and anything else) and then network devices.

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Re: do not sell dosbox to any company!

Posted on 2017-03-20, 17:24

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by Jorpho

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On that note, was the source code for DOSBox Turbo (i.e. the Android build) ever actually made available?

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Re: !! Full Throttle now on GOG !!

Posted on 2017-03-19, 04:27

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by Jorpho

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How difficult is it? It's about on par with the other LucasArts games, or maybe slightly easier. Apart from the aforementioned end sequence (which admittedly does make a teensy amount of logical sense and is kind of suspenseful the first half-dozen times you attempt it), one puzzle that often gets …

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Re: do not sell dosbox to any company!

Posted on 2017-03-19, 04:17

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by Jorpho

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I remember I once thought it would be useful for there to be a subtle way to identify if DOSBox is running – sort of like how some of the old Macintosh BIOS ROMs would display a "Stolen from Apple Computer" if you poked them in a certain way, or how an illegal ScummVM port was easily identified …

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Re: Windows 98 SE - Installing Hardware Issue

Posted on 2017-03-17, 20:37

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by Jorpho

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

"sfc /scannow" from the command prompt should tell you if any file has been corrupted. http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindo … ysfilecheck.asp

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Re: Ultimate MIDI Emulator Project

Posted on 2017-03-17, 20:35

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by Jorpho

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in Marvin \ Sound

The high cost of those cables has always been very discouraging. It's strange that they can't be ordered for pennies from Hong Kong like everything else.

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Re: whatss best for IBM PC Jr/XT emulation?

Posted on 2017-03-17, 15:36

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by Jorpho

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I remember those! They were pretty neat. The big problem with them is that at the time there were so many different versions of BASIC and they all had their weird little quirks. Can you provide a link to that video? DOSBox with the machine types set and a low cycle count should work fine, but the …

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Re: How to get Sound in Dos Games on windows 98

Posted on 2017-03-17, 15:26

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by Jorpho

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hi yes miss spelt autobac I meant that it looks like you misspelled "blaster" as well. If you are misspelling things on your machine then you may expect to encounter problems. i have tried that apllication and it just says no sound device found on this address That application is intended to allow …

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Re: FrankenDOS?

Posted on 2017-03-17, 15:22

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by Jorpho

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jade_angel wrote: Actually, PC-DOS 7.1 doesn't seem to grok LFNs at all. So, for example, if you have a file named "This is a test.txt" and try to copy it in PC-DOS 7.1 (as "thisis~1.txt"), does the copy not retain the long file name?

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Re: How to get Sound in Dos Games on windows 98

Posted on 2017-03-17, 05:36

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by Jorpho

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vkcpolice wrote: my autobat file in my c drive was empty so i put in there SET BLASTERA=2400 I11 T4 Did you mistype that..? You should probably try the SETBLAST utility from Re: get no sound in MS-dos, but get it in win98SE to determine the proper settings for your sound device.

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Re: FrankenDOS?

Posted on 2017-03-17, 05:33

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by Jorpho

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Anonymous Coward wrote: Also, what's the deal with PC-DOS 7.1 FAT32 support? Does it support LFN? I don't believe I've heard of anything that has FAT32 support that does not support LFN at least in some capacity.

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Re: DMA issues

Posted on 2017-03-17, 05:31

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by Jorpho

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Where did i read what? You said, "i have read the interrupt selected should be 7", so: did you read it somewhere? Address is 220 channel 1 irq 7 or 5 usually in all dos game setup.exe befor loading games. What do you mean by "7 or 5" ? Are you trying to use 7 in some games and 5 in others..? Try …

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Re: DMA issues

Posted on 2017-03-16, 23:48

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by Jorpho

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When i look at the interupt channel it shows channel 9. As i have read the interrupt selected should be 7. Where did you read that? The interrupt can go wherever it needs to go. Sometimes 7 is used for compatibility reasons, but frequently that conflicts with the parallel port. If you think you are …

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Re: GAME FRACAS FROM GECKOSOFT AND WINDOWS VISTA

Posted on 2017-03-16, 21:20

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by Jorpho

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Are you able to use your joystick with any other game in DOSBox?

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Re: Wolfenstein 3D memory problem

Posted on 2017-03-16, 18:51

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by Jorpho

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But, on both 7.1 and 6.22 I was using the included HIMEM... Are they different and do they produce a different result? That would be the subject matter of my previous post, yes. :blah: But then, as noted above, Mr. Keropi has the same amount of RAM and has no problems. Are you using the latest …

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