Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

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I'm loving the SVGA modes and they seem to work really well - the inbuilt benchmark is also fantastic. Apologies if this has been asked before or if it's just some side effect of the higher resolution that I'm not aware of, but the SVGA modes are much brighter than non-SVGA (on my system at least). …

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Re: Do you keep a tech-journal?

Posted on 2024-05-15, 01:51

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Yes I use a Google sheet to keep track of the hardware I own and what each build looks like. I've been using it for ~10 years but unfortunately I haven't kept a track of all of the things I've bought and sold over that time, I just delete them from the sheet. Having the prices would be interesting …

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Re: Riva 128 PCI (Diamond Viper V330) screen position problems

Posted on 2024-05-14, 00:08

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Edit: Switched to 6.7. Now it works for both cases. The package also contained a tool to adjust position by video mode, which might help to allign the univbe output to the same position that the card delivers without univbe. Excellent! There are lots of tools out there that help with this era of …

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Re: Pentium 4 Multi-OS Build Log (DOS/3.11/95/NT4/98/2k/Me/XP)

Posted on 2024-05-14, 00:03

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I think I tried UniRefresh when I was mucking with refresh rates and Windows 3.11. But I don't think it worked on my particular GPU (GeForce4). Yes some of the later Nvidia BIOSes dropped the relevant VESA 3 commands to support it (this is in DOS I'm talking about). I use NVPatch with my MX440 - …

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-05-13, 10:28

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Great result! I've never heard of that option either.

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-05-13, 05:59

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I'm wondering if the issue is actually something related to the VIA chipset DMA implementation. Yes sounds like something is messing with it - are there any interesting options in the BIOS to fiddle with around the ISA bus? I can also recommend the Crystal based ISA cards - some of them are super …

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Re: Pentium 4 Multi-OS Build Log (DOS/3.11/95/NT4/98/2k/Me/XP)

Posted on 2024-05-13, 05:53

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by badmojo

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Shponglefan wrote on 2024-05-11, 20:58: More benchmarks, this time for Duke Nukem 3D and Quake with software rendering. Are you using UniRefresh? Makes Duke3D feel super premium.

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Re: Riva 128 PCI (Diamond Viper V330) screen position problems

Posted on 2024-05-13, 05:51

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Which brings me to #2, finding a UniVBE or similar that makes the card visible for older software. What do you mean by 'finding'? The later versions of Scitech Display Doctor (UniVBE) will detect with the Riva128 and does indeed help with compatibility in some instances. The registered version is …

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Re: The King has left the Building.

Posted on 2024-05-10, 05:57

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by badmojo

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A human would respond to accusations of being a bot with something like "I am not a bot", not just post more random pictures.

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-05-08, 00:25

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Good luck with it, they're good cards. There are older versions of that chipset too like the YMF701, which is not PnP. Still the same great compatibility but might cooperate with your board a bit more...? Or could be worse! Worth trying if you come across one.

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Re: UniRefresh no longer works on nVidia's latest

Posted on 2024-05-07, 22:55

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I just use this: NVPatch - making UniVBE work on NVidia cards Let's you patch UniVBE to work with your card, and then UniRefresh will work with it too.

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-05-07, 03:59

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by badmojo

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Not sure but I doubt it, that sounds like a more fundamental problem to me.

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-05-06, 22:39

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You might consider the low pass filter mod on you YMF719, which makes it sound almost identical to a real SB Pro: Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

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Re: Unofficial Soundbanks for Dreamblaster X2 / X3M / X16

Posted on 2024-05-06, 22:37

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by badmojo

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appiah4 wrote on 2024-04-15, 09:50: Masterpiece.sf2 is my preferred soundbank +1, it rocks. I'd be a very happy man if I could load that into my X2

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Re: Okay but did you ever PURCHASE WinRAR?

Posted on 2024-05-06, 11:16

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by badmojo

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Yes I bought it about 10 years ago and use it constantly.

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Re: PAS16 Rev. C

Posted on 2024-04-30, 11:20

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by badmojo

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The 166MMX is pretty quick, I'd be interested to see what happened if you slow the machine down by turning one of the caches off. I could be way off but I know I've had trouble with the PAS16 in a fast machine. Might be worth a try.

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Re: What would you do different?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 05:00

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by badmojo

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Keep things instead of tossing them the moment something better came along, or at least take some damn photos of the stuff that brought me so much joy.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 (CT2800) Oddities - Bio Menace and Xargon Sound Issues on Wind0ws 98

Posted on 2024-04-30, 00:19

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by badmojo

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Sounds like a resource conflict, what's going on in your resource manager? Any conflicts identified? Are you using the same resources in Windows as you are in DOS?

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Re: PAS16 Rev. C

Posted on 2024-04-30, 00:09

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What are the specs for your PC? These cards are speed sensitive and require a -5V rail on your PSU. And what drivers are you using? There are different versions around and using the wrong version will cause issues. I also notice that you have the sound blaster emulation set to IRQ 7, which is also …

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Re: Wolf3d left shift

Posted on 2024-04-29, 22:40

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by badmojo

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Got it. I've only used the modern control version, which I find to be a great improvement.

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