Re: Problem with Voodoo 2

Posted on 2015-02-25, 02:09

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by Dakkiller

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

emosun wrote: does it do it in every game? those are artifacts and usually caused by bad vram. But if it only does it in that games could just be software issue It happens on every Glide game I tried

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Problem with Voodoo 2

Posted on 2015-02-24, 10:33

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by Dakkiller

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I bought this computer and it came with a Voodoo 2 Unfortinally the Voodoo 2 has problems I'm thinking about getting a replacement soon

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My DOS Games think the joystick is plugged in dispite there being no joystick plugged in

Posted on 2015-02-16, 04:56

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by Dakkiller

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I have a IBM300GL and on some games like NASCAR Racing 2 where joystick support is always on, the game defaults to the joystick controls I also launched Boppin and the selector was going down always (I have nothing plugged into the joystick port of the sound card whatsoever Is there a way to disable …

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Re: Need to get more free Conventional Memory in DOS Mode and also, something related to Alien Trilogy

Posted on 2015-01-20, 18:41

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by Dakkiller

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After the HIMEM.SYS line in config.sys add: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM I=B000-B7FF FRAME=d000 I=D800-EFFF This should give you UMBs so that LH and DEVICEHIGH will actually load stuff high. Even DOS itself will load parts of itself high that way. Thanks for the help:) Now I have lots of …

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Need to get more free Conventional Memory in DOS Mode and also, something related to Alien Trilogy

Posted on 2015-01-20, 18:21

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by Dakkiller

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I have a 266MHz Pentium 2 and M-Wave sound card which appears to be a Sound Blaster Pro like card and according to UniVBE, has a integrated Cirrus Logic Laguna CL-GD5465 AGP Chipset with 2MB Onboard. Here's the Custom Autoexec.bat settings that are used for booting into DOS Mode C:\WINDOWS\CWBMIX …

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Re: Just aquired a IBM Aptiva 2168-26P

Posted on 2014-12-31, 00:20

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by Dakkiller

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Actually I lied, here's *A* recovery disc for 2168: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Vintage-IBM-Bundle-/351266048357?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Parts_Accessories&hash=item51c9168965 This page here outlines every single Aptiva recovery disc PN: http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/deca.htm The …

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Just aquired a IBM Aptiva 2168-26P

Posted on 2014-12-28, 22:47

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by Dakkiller

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And I was wondering if there's a recovery floppy set or CD for the machine (It came with PC-DOS and Windows 3.1 along with a bunch of preinstalled stuff

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Re: DOS Games using CD Audio always hang on me

Posted on 2014-11-06, 06:45

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by Dakkiller

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in DOS

I guess I'm the only one who has this problem with Audio CD Music in DOS Titles. (I might swap the CD Drive and see if that fixes the problem)

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Re: DOS Games using CD Audio always hang on me

Posted on 2014-11-04, 03:03

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by Dakkiller

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in DOS

philscomputerlab wrote: What CD-ROM driver do you use for DOS? When I tried under real DOS Mode on the machine, I used the one from your site

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DOS Games using CD Audio always hang on me

Posted on 2014-11-03, 01:59

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by Dakkiller

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in DOS

All Windows games I've tested on the machine including games using Audio CD tracks work fine Any DOS Game that isn't reading Audio CD tracks will run fine. However, it would always either freeze at a black screen (Shadow Warrior in both Windows 95 and DOS Mode) or open up Autorun (GTA) in 95 and I …

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Re: IBM PC-300PL - Diamond powered!

Posted on 2014-11-02, 04:16

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by Dakkiller

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Hey it actually looks kinda like the IBM 300GL I've just gotten Though the Voodoo 2 is glitching (Could it just be a dying card or is it just running too hot inside)

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Re: Very Slow IBM 300GL

Posted on 2014-11-01, 10:40

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by Dakkiller

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Stiletto wrote: MOVED. Dakkiller, please pay more attention next time 😀 Alrighty And the machine runs excellent.

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Re: Very Slow IBM 300GL

Posted on 2014-10-31, 20:59

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by Dakkiller

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UPDATE Turned out that it would run as it should if I saved BIOS settings instead of exiting it when I get the CMOS dead battery screen xD

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Re: Very Slow IBM 300GL

Posted on 2014-10-31, 20:14

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by Dakkiller

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leileilol wrote: Did the previous owner disable the caches? 😁 I seriously doubt it since I've actually seen the original owner run Jazz 2 on it

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Re: Very Slow IBM 300GL

Posted on 2014-10-31, 19:57

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by Dakkiller

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Yeah that is what I would guess. Bad hard drive seems most probable since I have an IBM PC300GL as well and mine is pretty quick and responsive. I don't think its the hard drive, because even when I ran Superscape Benchmark from a floppy, it still ran super slow (And the system isn't even accessing …

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Very Slow IBM 300GL

Posted on 2014-10-31, 18:23

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by Dakkiller

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Today, a IBM 300GL just arrived today that I bought 3 days ago. And the computer appears to be running slower then a 286 for some reason PC came with Windows 95, but it would Blue Screen 2 times then get stuck on the screen. I reformatted the PC and putted DOS, and 3D Benchmark 2 ran super slowly …

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Re: PC been locking up recently sometimes

Posted on 2014-09-23, 03:15

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by Dakkiller

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If this system can boot CDs, try using the "ultimate boot CD" (.iso available online) and test mprime and/or memtest86 or other such stability testing utilities. This can help narrow down the problem to a smaller set of possible causes, and it's probably quicker and more repeatable than testing in …

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Re: PC been locking up recently sometimes

Posted on 2014-09-21, 13:41

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by Dakkiller

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Perhaps your PSU or your motherboard are giving up the ghost. I once threw out a really nice 486 system I had because it started crashing whenever I played DooM. :( I kept the hard drives and sound card and put them in another 486 box, but it just wasn't the same. If thats the case then I'll …

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Re: Specs on a Gateway 2000 PC I used to have

Posted on 2014-09-21, 02:30

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by Dakkiller

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AlphaWing wrote: Could of not even been an intel cpu. I do remember seeing an Intel Pentium Sticker on the Gateway 2000 machine when I was little so it was definally an Intel

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Specs on a Gateway 2000 PC I used to have

Posted on 2014-09-21, 01:45

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by Dakkiller

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From 2002-2006 I used to have a Gateway 2000 PC with Windows 98 on it It had a Pentium Processor from what I remember and a Sound Blaster 16 Card and I think it had 32MB-64MB RAM on it (Can't remember if it had MMX or not) It ran all 2D stuff including Sonic and Knuckles Collection at full framerate …

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