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Re: VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-07-02, 12:19

Okay... I've done some more messing around. It seems that: If I run Chronomaster or any other game from a normal NTVDM window, it's fine. If I enabled VDMS from that same NTVDM window, it's still fine. Sound works and the speed seems correct. It's only when using Launchpad that things slow down …

Re: VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-07-02, 08:08

Yeah, that's what I mean. The game uses digitized sound and MIDI. My testing showed that it is slowest when configured that way. If I tell the game there is no sound card, and yet I still run it with Launchpad, it's slow but not *as* slow. Running it in a vanilla NTVDM window grants full-speed. My …

VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-06-30, 03:07

Maybe it's just me, and I haven't tried any game but Chronomaster since I installed SP4, but... Here's a repost from the Announcements forum: Hmm... Everything else seems fine, but now VDMS is having issues. Before SP4 I was playing Chronomaster (DOS adventure game) with VDMS and no problem. Now …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-16, 06:20

BTW, I noticed that there are now options to choose how the power supply reacts on some motherboards, including the classic "immediate shut-down". Yeah, I've noticed that option, too, but I haven't bothered to set it that way. I guess I like the extra protection I get against people accidently …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-12, 08:07

Pretty sure they are. (Ah, they...gender ambiguosity at its best!) Of course, a rabbit...;) Heh. Yeah, I'm male. I just happen to like rabbits and various other animals. My mom pushed me to be a vet, but I didn't particularly feel like holding the life of someone's dearly beloved pet in my hands. …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-11, 07:03

boozy wrote: Uhmm...do I completely miss the point here or isn't it just like putting DEVICE=EMM386.EXE in your config.sys? In DOS, yeah. But we're really talking about Win2K's NTVDM. I don't have EMS in the NTVDM. The topic sorta drifted around and got onto DOS and other stuff, too.😀

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-11, 07:00

Most of the prices I see on Pricewatch are bullshit. They used to be really bad when they didn't show the shipping costs, and it took some work to track down a really good price. Depending on what you're shopping for, they've been fairly good to me recently. It's usually the really cheap stuff that …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-11, 06:46

CNR kind of proves my point. I'm sure someone out there thought it would really take off. So there was a push for this to be placed on motherboards using up that precious space you were referring to, while there was precious little desire or need for it. So the manufacturer gave up the space for a …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-09, 03:05

Just so ya know, it really isn't that important to me, so I don't intend to start an argument or anything. But I'll reply... It's always good to see all sides of a thing. My 2 PS2 connectors take up a trivial amount of space. Certainly less than that (for all intents and purposes) useless CNR "riser …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-08, 01:17

That's bad policy. PS2 will go away on it's own. Lack of consumer desire is why they should remove it (and people still count on having PS2 connectors). Well, it's a mixed thing, really. They need to move on with more recent technologies, and PS/2 and all the other legacy adapters are taking up a …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-07, 22:05

Well, ya know, over the next few generations of motherboards the industry as a whole will be phasing out PS/2 ports as well as parallel and serial ports, in the same way the got rid of ISA a few years back. It's already been decided by motherboard manufacturers, Abit was just the first to release a …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-07, 06:51

Originally posted by DosFreak I've been eyeing this piece of hardware for awhile now: http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata.asp gorgeous :drool: Sweeeeeet. Now, if serial drives were actually available, that would actually make it useful. ;) Originally posted by Snover I want an ATA/100 RAID …

Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-07, 06:45

Yeah, HPT372A is his RAID controller. Mine's the HPT374. Very similar, but mine has 2 extra channels. VirutalPC can run Windows 95. I currently have it running Win98SE. Runs great, too. It can run WinXP and 2000, as well. And it's quite speedy. I'm thoroughly impressed with it. If it had General …

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