Re: Using a 10GB hard disk in DOS
Posted on 2011-10-07, 21:47
keropi wrote: Yeah you can't have 8GB partition in DOS , as Malik said you are limited to 2GB per partition. I never wrote this. I wrote 8 GB per HDD which means 4x 2 GB partition.
Re: Using a 10GB hard disk in DOS
Posted on 2011-10-07, 10:09
yeah using hard drive with fat16 is a pain in the ass. I don't see the point here for DOS. Using FAT16 you can get 8 GB without setting up an exotic configuration and have the opportunity to use a full fledged DOS < 7.10. Also all programs requiring FAT16 run fine. So what scenario is this, where …
Re: Sound Card Recordings
Posted on 2011-10-07, 08:34
It is a bit more complicated. Usually sound output from the old soundcards is analog and most of the single chip solutions nowadays feature some kind of automatic input gain detection of their analog inputs. In most drivers there is no option to disable this 'feature'. This basically means that each …
Re: Posting from 1996 system!
Posted on 2011-10-06, 11:37
IBM PS/2 8580 from 1987. (Yeah 1996 is just 9 years later 😉 ) Running WfW 3.11, Opera 3.52 in 1024x768 256 colors on 8514A.
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2011-10-06, 07:58
Very well configured system. Could you add some information about network card and CD-ROM drive? Do you plan to add some special card like TV or similar? What OS do you use? How much memory do you use (looks like 16 MB) ? What is the L2 cacheable size and does this SIS chipset features additional …
Re: Help with 386DX-40 & 386 mobo
Posted on 2011-09-28, 08:13
Davros wrote: there may be a setting in the bios for fast a20 gate handler try changing it or try another keyboard I already tried this and it has no influence. Only Hardreset seems to fix this. And somehow the config program never detects any soundcard.
Re: Help with 386DX-40 & 386 mobo
Posted on 2011-09-27, 23:11
Please note the smilie. My screen is from a real 386DX-40 whereas benches within Dosbox are not very useful for comparison. The FPU is an Intel 387DX. There are some drawbacks I noticed with the config.exe from TFX. It requires a mouse driver and somehow corrupts the A20 gate line on the 386 system …
Re: Help with 386DX-40 & 386 mobo
Posted on 2011-09-27, 19:30
Your Dosbox has some completely unrealistic speed 😉.
Re: Help with 386DX-40 & 386 mobo
Posted on 2011-09-26, 11:14
CPU score in Speedsys is a bit questionable since it gets lower if a FPU is present. A splitted score for CPU and FPU would be much better.
Re: Help with 386DX-40 & 386 mobo
Posted on 2011-09-25, 21:08
Yes thats a standard EMC socket. It works. The remaining pins are for FPUs like Weitek Abacus and not used by a usual 387 FPU. Just make sure the orientation is correct.
Re: Robins Drivers and Software!
Posted on 2011-09-24, 15:20
Drivers like any piece of software are copyrighted material BUT since they are used in conjunction with a piece of hardware that actually needs them do not fall in the "do not spread" category... that is why for example you can download ati/nv/intel/amd/etc drivers from thousands of places without …
Re: Whats the deal with this board?
Posted on 2011-09-22, 07:45
Looks like it was used in some military environment as most chips are ceramics with metal cap. Though this is not so special about electronics from this time. I really doubt the board is still in working condition. Maybe the 386-20 is a somewhat rarer 386 CPU, but then again it's soldered and can't …
Re: Multiple soundcard question (GUS MAX/SB16)
Posted on 2011-09-09, 09:28
There are no IRQ jumpers on the GUS, jumper Base Address then set ULTRASND variable accordingly (and ULTRADIR) run ultrinit.exe nothing else required. f.e. I have my GUS at Port 240 Playback IRQ 7, DMA 7 Record IRQ 7, DMA 7 thus ULTRASND=240,7,7,7,7 (this resource doubling between playback and …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2011-09-06, 11:37
I will see if I can set the limits of the ftp a bit higher within the next days. As a quick fix just refresh the page once and it will load the remaining images, works fine here.
Re: Windows 95 Realtek RTL8139C network driver problems
Posted on 2011-09-06, 11:34
Hmm, I never had such problems. The main point is, that for Win98SE and newer you can use the WDM architecture drivers, for Win95 you have to use the older/other drivers. But it is written in the readme. For RTL8029 cards it's noteworthy to mention that the default drivers that come with windows are …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2011-09-05, 17:43
Yeah this case is rock solid, but even more badass is what comes now... Alternative Strike Two: Yet nothing spectacular, a Pioneer Slot-In DVD A04SZ drive (RPC1 patched), 5.25" HD, 3.5" HD, Turbo, Reset, Power ftp://78.47.153.163/pictures/p166mmx/front.jpg Back side reveals, a power through AT power …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2011-09-04, 21:18
Ok here we go: Some MIDI AT-Tower with Power, Reset and Turbo Button, EWS64 front module, Plextor UltraPlex 40x, 3.5" disk drive ftp://78.47.153.163/pictures/k6233/front.jpg Back side: Power supply with monitor power through, serial and parallel connectors directly in case, PS/2 Adapter for keyboard …
Re: Are Yamaha YMF724s supposed to be this unreliable?
Posted on 2011-09-03, 10:06
The noise effect you describe sounds like the card is recording 'what you hear' i.e. the sum output with 20dB amplification. So there is a feedback loop. Could you check the mixer settings again? And change settings even if it looks correct. Sometimes it shows settings that are not really set on …
Re: 128 vs 64MB of ram for a dos-only machine
Posted on 2011-08-30, 00:03
He may just load a ramdrive in the top 64 MB if he needs the speed of cached ram in DOS. For some games it is also a good idea to just leave the lower 16 MB free. Wing Commander 4 shows for example this problem, if its own memory manager just gets free RAM beyond 16 MB. It can not use it. (f.e. if …
Re: Ideas for a Dos/9x PC?
Posted on 2011-08-26, 16:59
I think for his games it really doesn't matter if he goes for the ZX or BX as both are quite similar. It also doesn't matter if he uses 384 MB or 768 MB. (NFS Porsche recommended requirements are 64 MB). The only thing would be that he might add something like a GUS in a second ISA slot, since it is …
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