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Re: which specs would you recommend for a gaming rig that can cover the whole DOS area

Posted on 2023-07-11, 19:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Personally I just use two machines. A P3 thats real fast with Voodoo 2 and a good geforce card, all for Win98. The other machine is a 486 DX33 which is my everything DOS. If something can't be configured slowed down properly on the 486, just use DOSBOX with the Win98 machine. I did do a single P4 …

MS-DOS 7 vs 6 - Are there incompatibilities to know about?

Posted on 2021-10-15, 01:44

in DOS

in DOS

I'm always playing around with DOS, and sometimes I have DOS 7 installed and other times 6.22. I love having 7 because of the large fat32 support. Are there any compatibility problems to worry about with DOS 7? Windows 3.1? Specific games that don't work?

Re: series Presario 5500

Posted on 2021-05-28, 19:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I can't find the CD/Floppy either. I just obtained a 5528 but I can't get it to boot without the disc 🙁

Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2020-01-13, 02:09

in Milliways

in Milliways

Awesome, love the redesign! Is there a possibility of adding markdown? It's so much cleaner and easier than bbcode.

Re: Some confusion over versions of Starflight

Posted on 2019-08-21, 00:14

in DOS

in DOS

Bringing this thread back... I'm curious about this too. I just installed my copy of Starflight that I've been sitting on forever and it doesn't have an EGA mode so I can't play it. I am confused. 🙁 is there a patch I can apply?

Re: DOSBox on the Zipit Z2.

Posted on 2018-04-24, 17:38

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

Never heard of that device. Pretty cool looking though!

Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows)

Posted on 2018-04-24, 16:53

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

I haven't updated ECE for a while, it is my fav build though. 😀 Has any shader support been added yet? I miss the CRT look and feel.

Re: Audician 32 - 16-bit settings for sound blaster?

Posted on 2017-10-20, 15:29

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks for replies!

Audician 32 - 16-bit settings for sound blaster?

Posted on 2017-10-19, 16:57

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Does this card handle 16-bit sound? No matter what I try (duke3d/rott) I cannot get 16-bit sound configured properly. Nor can I find any settings for it in the driver executable. Does this card only do 8-bit sound in dos?

Re: Athlon 64 or Athlon XP?

Posted on 2017-03-04, 15:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, in my opinion it really depends on what OS you're planning to use. If you go W98, it'd be a shame to not get good DOS support too, and that means you'd want ISA. In my opinion, this involves too many compromises resulting in a machine that is not overly compatible in DOS with significant …

Re: Athlon 64 or Athlon XP?

Posted on 2017-03-04, 15:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For XP? Athlon 64 hands down :) Any Athlon 64, including X2 models, will work fine. If you're using a dual-core, do install that AMD dual core optimizer driver. Sorry, I meant compat issues between the processor types, the AthlonXP vs Athlon64. Is there a reason to ever use the AthlonXP? They're …

Re: Athlon 64 or Athlon XP?

Posted on 2017-03-04, 05:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm curious about any compat issues not running the XP?

Athlon 64 or Athlon XP?

Posted on 2017-03-04, 01:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm curious as to which to go for. I can build both but only want one. Are there any drawbacks?

Re: Zone 66 - What hardware does it not work on?

Posted on 2017-01-12, 04:08

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Yes it is picky 😀 I was using it as a test to see how compatible the K6-III+ with DOS stuff. I'm bypassing the config.sys and autoexec.bat on startup to remove any sort of setting that could interfere.

Re: Protecting antique hardware from capacitor ruptures; maybe silly questions inside.

Posted on 2017-01-12, 01:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got some more bad caps to replace. Can I replace KZG6.3VB222M10X20LL (united chemi-con 2200uf, 6.3v) with EEU-FR0J222 (panisonic 2200uf, 6.3v) ? Trying to figure out the best replacement, using the mouser website. I just want to double check :) The ripple rating seems slightly different on them

Zone 66 - What hardware does it not work on?

Posted on 2017-01-11, 18:31

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I tried testing Zone 66 on a Super Socket 7 with K6-III+ 400 but no matter what I did (disable caches, lower speed multiplier, etc) I couldn't get it to run. Anyone gotten it to run on a k6? I'm going to start swapping CPUs and jumpers but figured I would check here while I was at work 😁

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-11, 02:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

brostenen wrote: Thraka wrote: Picked these up at a local recycling place for free. Also nabbed an ISA IDE controller card there too. Nice find. V2-SLI setup are allways nice to have in the collection. 12mb each? I think so, chips on both sides of the boards.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-10, 07:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked these up at a local recycling place for free. Also nabbed an ISA IDE controller card there too.

Re: Voltages for K6-3+ and a Super Socket 7 board - is 2.0v OK?

Posted on 2016-12-13, 23:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks everyone. With some of that extra mobo information I think I got perhaps the last bios made for it. Had a note in it about knowing about K6-3 so we'll see how it goes. 😀

Re: Voltages for K6-3+ and a Super Socket 7 board - is 2.0v OK?

Posted on 2016-12-13, 18:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks like your motherboard was also sold as the PC CHIPS m579. Hopefully that helps track down a newer/patched bios. That helped in trying to find more information. But still not finding something definitive. I found possibly updated bios (mentioned K6-3 but not 3+) but no updated manual to tell …

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