Re: Are there any pci cards that are slow in dos
Posted on 2013-05-11, 14:54
Fair enough - on reading about the rendition, it looks like mode X may well be what I mean. So - are there any pther PCI cards slow at mode X?
Are there any pci cards that are slow in dos
Posted on 2013-05-11, 12:36
The rendition verite v1000 is slow in dos or at least in a dos window from 98. But are there more common cards that are similarly slow? I assume Trident ISA cards would be one but are there other PCI cards than the rendition that give slow dos performance?
Re: Games that don't run properly on faster CPUs
Posted on 2013-05-11, 09:31
warcraft 1 speed issues can be solved by: - using a rendition verite card [chokes the video from updating too fast] - worked for a socket 7 - disabling l1/l2 cache on socket 7's or even athlon 700 [though athlon 700 is on the fast side of slow it just seems the water is a bit choppy today] - using a …
Re: Picking the best DOS Sound Blaster(s)
Posted on 2013-05-10, 06:50
I vote for the awe32 non-pnp. It's the only one I kept. I found sb 16s were muffled and crackly, awe64 was muffled to my ears too, and the games I needed FM synth for had sb16 settings so would work with awe32. I never came across anything needing SB pro 1 rather than 2. when I need SB pro i use my …
Re: Suggestions on sources for AT PSU
Posted on 2013-05-10, 06:35
I've never seen a 5.25 floppy drive with a mini-molex.
Re: Hercules Game Theater XP
Posted on 2013-05-09, 17:34
also bear in mind the santa cruz seems not much good for dos: Aureal Vortex 2 / TB Santa Cruz aka Videologic Sonic Fury unter DOS
Re: B0rked DB50?
Posted on 2013-05-09, 16:39
you could be right about the db getting shorted or some such. it made some crackling noises and died. but i was using the plastic pegs on the corners. the ews64 is really weird and incredibly annoying to deal with as it seems to not have a clear, single, unequivocal way of doing things. if you have …
Re: B0rked DB50?
Posted on 2013-05-09, 15:29
Goddamit... I took my ews64 out of my test pc and moved the db50xg from that [where it was working] to my awe32. try to play midii.. some buzzing then nothing. My DB50XG is now confirmed dead after putting on an awe32. It was working immediately before, on a different card in the same machine, but …
Re: Diablo graphices??? WTH
Posted on 2013-05-09, 06:52
So you downloaded diablo, it doesn't work and there is no diablo.exe. Maybe the solution would be to start by getting a legitimate copy.
Re: Hercules Game Theater XP
Posted on 2013-05-08, 20:49
Santa Cruz has good quality, great control panel and does eax 1/2 afaik. Also has a daughter board header.
Re: Just an idea I had for the forums...
Posted on 2013-05-08, 11:57
I was a n00b here not that long ago, and I still ask stupid questions semi-regularly. The thing I like about this community is that it's tolerant and doesn't laugh. And I dunno if you noticed but the forum package this place runs on is far from cutting edge, keyword searches, etc are well beyond …
Re: B0rked DB50?
Posted on 2013-05-08, 06:45
Have you selected the right midi port in game? I'd suspect the awe32. On mine, a ct2760, I can't get external midi working. I am just using windows drives though.
Re: Consolidating down to one machine
Posted on 2013-05-07, 17:54
Trying to keep the number of boxes down has been a constant headache for me. Along with keeping control of the level of "spares". The way I'm doing it now: - focus on the few games I really am OCD about and build boxes around them. This gives me a P4/fx5950u/sblive box and an athlonxp/voodoo5/ …
Re: redline racer on a voodoo 5?
Posted on 2013-05-06, 22:26
Re: Just an idea I had for the forums...
Posted on 2013-05-06, 20:25
Depending on how it's done, a splash page might just be annoying. I think locking threads with a brief explanation why is good enough. Quite entertaining as well at times.
Re: redline racer on a voodoo 5?
Posted on 2013-05-04, 17:53
great, thanks will have to bite the bullet and try nglide, never used a wrapper before edit: yep it nows runs in xp using nglide and i can set up a game with my 98 box. 😁
Re: redline racer on a voodoo 5?
Posted on 2013-05-04, 12:02
Necro but it's my thread anyway and same subject. How time flies. Just tried this again after reinstall in windows 98 in between times, and RR works fine on the v5 this time using 3dfx at install. Maybe something in the v5 drivers I used before. I was hoping to set it up as a lan game as it looks …
Re: What Dos Menu programmes exist?
Posted on 2013-05-04, 08:16
just wondering if anyone knows what programme this could be or something similar I want to simply things for my kids. All examples I've seen of trying to get the kids into Dad's old computer games were unsuccessful. Have you succeeded in this? Haha, when my kids were little it was hard to stop them …
Re: What Dos Menu programmes exist?
Posted on 2013-05-04, 08:09
You can knock some of this up in batch files - Eg a simple batch file (say menu.bat) that clears the screen and displays the menu. Then individual batch files called 1.bat, 2.bat etc to run each game and with a final command to go back to where the menu files are and run the menu file. You can do a …
Re: Is multi-monitor possible on Voodoo2 SLI?
Posted on 2013-05-01, 20:32
@northernosprey02: do you mean: - a dual head g400 which each of the g400's vga output connected to a different voodoo2 - the v2's not connected by ribbon cable - a monitor on each voodoo2 if so then my guess is: - when the g400 is doing the video work, you should get it displayed on both monitors …
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