Re: The Exodus Project (Update Ultima 2-5 with MIDI)

Posted on 2016-06-02, 12:26

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These conversions are great. The updated EGA/VGA graphics are gorgeous, with flashy colors, and the ported sound makes them more fun. However, for me, they only work with 386+ systems, not with 8088 or 286. There's something in the programming of these conversions which demand virtual mode, I assume …

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Re: Huge 286 tower found

Posted on 2013-12-03, 16:07

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Half-Saint wrote: Wow, that actually did it! Thanks a bunch 😀 Awesome! Glad to have been of help. Enjoy!

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Re: Huge 286 tower found

Posted on 2013-12-02, 19:23

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Half-Saint wrote: I ended up adding a 3.5" floppy and a CD-ROM (which of course doesn't work properly)... now, if only I could make this work 😀 Try using the vide-cdd.sys driver. It works on my 286 CD-Rom drive.

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Re: Huge 286 tower found

Posted on 2013-11-27, 19:12

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Jorpho wrote: Half-Saint wrote: Some games took advantage of extra memory. On a 286? Can you name some? I am genuinely curious. I remember two Event Horizon games that could use more than 4mb of EMS ram, The Summoning and Veil of Darkness. They perform well on a fast 286.

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Re: Finally scored a 25 mhz Harris

Posted on 2013-05-08, 15:36

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Great find! My question is (and I am struggling with this problem as well), how do you use expanded memory with that motherboard? I have Harris 20mhz 286 motherboard, but I cannot use my AST Rampage 286 card at that speed to produce expanded memory (even using wait states). I tried different drivers …

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Re: voodoo 1 card dead.

Posted on 2013-03-27, 23:14

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Probably redundant question, but have you installed the drivers in windows?

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Re: Anybody know which synth the ultima series soundtrack was composed on...

Posted on 2012-08-14, 23:50

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while Ultima 6+7 are MT-32 games. I agree about Ultima 7, but Ultima 6 was definitely composed for FM, not MT-32: the *.M format music files, when decompressed, contain no instrument numbers but OPL2 instruments directly hard-coded into the song data, with the MT-32 driver getting its instruments …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 | 3D card conversion files

Posted on 2012-07-15, 13:14

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It works very well, and it is looking good, with lots of textured details. I had no idea that the clouds could move that fast 🤣. Thank you again for the files!

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Re: MechWarrior 2 | 3D card conversion files

Posted on 2012-07-14, 21:43

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Thank you for providing these, RoyBatty. I look forward to experiencing MW2 with my Orchid Voodoo 1 card very much!

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Re: MechWarrior 2 | 3D card conversion files

Posted on 2012-07-13, 14:37

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I've been looking for the Orchid 3dfx Voodoo 1 version for quite a while now. I would certainly appreciate acquiring those files, if you are able to put them up. Thanks in advance!

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Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine

Posted on 2012-06-26, 16:04

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I did take things a bit further than necessary, perhaps, by expanding the memory to the full 32MB capacity, and writing a little batch file that copies the entire game in and out of RAM for disk-free play. Interesting, I also hold 32mb of ram in my 486 pc. Before I'm thinking to try this method, …

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Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine

Posted on 2012-06-22, 13:46

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@pianoman72 - I'll have to read the manual! The version I have came from eBay without the manual, but I'm sure it can be downloaded from somewhere. thanks for the tip! No problem. Also, following the instructions for making an Ultima 7 boot disk, then manually adding smartdrv.exe afterwards, it …

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Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine

Posted on 2012-06-22, 02:42

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I agree that your 486 machine rocks for this game. I have had a similar experience fiddling between my 386DX40 and 486DX33, and I have noticed that the 486 machine is just right in terms of speed. If you go higher than that, say even at 50mhz, to me the game plays a bit too fast. I also remember …

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Re: Windows Gaming 96-2004 Questions

Posted on 2012-05-08, 00:16

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Iris030380 wrote: What are the most demanding games for the PC pre Doom III? Deus Ex maybe? Total Annihilation (CPU wise)? Or Giants : Citizen Kabuto? 😊 As a prelude to Doom 3, Morrowind comes to mind as probably one of the most hardware demanding games, which came out in May 2002.

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Re: Windows Gaming 96-2004 Questions

Posted on 2012-05-07, 14:20

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Since he mentioned gaming as his main goal on this machine, I would not recommend Win2k and above, because a large number (probably most) of late 90s games, and even up to 2001, do not play well with an OS beyond Win98. Even KOTOR, a 2003 game, runs smoothly on my Win98, Nvidia 4200TI, 1.4ghz …

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Re: What's your favourite gamepad for DOS?

Posted on 2012-03-30, 19:24

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by pianoman72

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nope, it does not

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Re: Windows XP Legacy Status

Posted on 2012-01-06, 03:20

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Would you elaborate on which specific games don't work anymore on your XP system?

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Re: 3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread

Posted on 2011-09-24, 02:13

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RoyBatty wrote: For unecm, just drag and drop the .ecm encoded images onto unecm.exe. It will decode them into .bin images. Thanks so much, it worked beautifully.

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Re: 3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread

Posted on 2011-09-23, 15:15

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Wonderful driver collection, thanks to everyone for providing them here. I had a question about the decoding of the Orchid Righteous 3d CD files. I used the accompanying unecm.exe program with one of the CD image files, but it does not seem to make it happen. I also tried to erase the .ecm extension …

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Re: Voodoo 1 & 2 games

Posted on 2011-08-26, 14:43

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Really? I played and finished that game about 2 years ago, on my Voodoo 1 rig, in DOS protected mode even. Played flawlessly. F2bnp, you might check to make sure if you're using the most up to date glide drivers.

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