After further experiments with the BIOS settings, the hanging occurs when the External Cache is enable. Could my CPU be on the fritz?

Greetings, I have a Zida Tomator Board 4DPS ver. 2.1 board which I was hoping to use for a custom hobby build. I tested the board while it was on a piece of cardboard, I successfully set the jumpers to recognize my 486DX2-66 CPU, and was able to use a CF adapter to transfer files. Everything seemed …

Greetings, So I am trying to play Frank Herbert's Dune on Windows 7 and a Radeon HD 7900 series video card. However, the title screen as well as the in game colors are messed up. There are a lot of blue, green, and yellows where they shouldn't be, such as Paul's skin being blue. I have been trying …

Thanks, all! So in order to avoid the noise, I will try CDBeQuiet and other experiments. It is difficult to keep a retro PC authentic as possible. I found very few quad speeds on ebay as of late. As parts fail, I will probably have to just use dosbox.

Greetings, I apologize if this has been covered already. I have been searching the forum and the net for the answers I seek. I have a custom 486 retro gaming rig. The 4x cd-rom reads cd-r media. However, it doesn't always work. For example, I sometimes get an "Abort, Retry, Fail?" error. I can " …

Awesome! Thank you, laxdragon, for sharing your video! You filmed your pc booting up, which showed boot screens displaying properly. The computer which is the focus of the thread is running MS-DOS 6.22 & Windows 3.11,rather than DOS programs through Windows 9x. Because the Hammerhead displays the …

Awesome, laxdragon! Thanks for the info! I just want to double check with you on the Hammerhead's capabilities. I know you said you use it with your Win98SE rig, but do you run MS-DOS; 320x200 games with it?

I think that I am going to try the Sewell hammerhead. http://sewelldirect.com/Hammerhead.asp From an online chat with one of their representatives: "The converter just outputs whatever VGA resolution is input through the HDMI port. In reality the converter will handle any resolution at all, it just …

PcBytes - My card has TV out, but composite video is poor compared to VGA out. It is too blurry. I read that it supports interlacing only. Mau1wurf1977 - This is a custom 486 build that I have been using for nostalgia computing, purposefully built to contain parts not created past 94. The video card …

Tobias Reich from hazard-city.de emailed back. He hasn't ever tried what I am trying to do, but he thinks that a cheap box will work for me. I hate Wal*Mart, but they have VGA to HDMI converters which I can test and return if they do not work. The trouble is buying something online and being stuck …

I emailed the hazard-city.de guy.

Thanks, dirkmirk! That is definitely as start. I may be able to get away with using a unit like that with component cables. Selling the TV isn't an option. We just bought it & I haggled it down. It Is a Samsung 6350 series. I have to assume that 320x200 is supported by other converters, even if it …

armankordi, I cannot find a CRT large enough for what I am trying to do. Plus, they are bulky. My older Samsung did do 4:3 perfectly via VGA cable and by setting the picture setting to 4:3. dirkmirk, I have looked into that a bit, but i am not sure that my video card will support it. It is a Dos/Win …

So far, I am seeing converters that support only 640x480 & up.

bristlehog, thank you for your reply. My new TV is a Samsung & allows me to switch to 4:3 aspect ratio & pillarboxing is ok. I do not have a CRT monitor. The idea is to get the largest, sharpest picture possible without buying a projector. My previous Samsung had the VGA port & everything worked …

Greetings! I am about to create a custom wooden case for my 486. While I love Dosbox & use it a lot, I want to get back to using the real thing. The problem is the display. We just purchased a new LED LCD TV. It lacks the VGA port that they used to have. In fact, it lacks most legacy ports. What I …

Its with MS-DOS on a 486. Once I get past the hurdles with the MT-32 on my classic gaming machines, I'll hook the MT-32 up to my main PC to start Dosbox experimentation.

Greetings! This doesn't have to do with emulation, but with an issue with a real MT-32. Whenever I try to run either Savage Empire or Martian Dreams, they hang. They will run if set up to use a Sound Blaster. Does anyone have any clue as to why this is happening? Thanks! Scythifuge