Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2023-07-30, 22:30

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wierd_w wrote on 2023-07-30, 06:43: Sadly, QEMM tops out at 256mb of RAM, while later versions of HIMEM and EMM386 could do upward of 3GB of RAM. (Very useful in DOS systems, if you want to use something like XMSDSK) How do you get the MS-DOS's HIMEM to access more than 64MB RAM?

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2023-07-30, 00:00

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Yes, QEMM can really salvage a lot of free available conv. RAM. Which is quite impressive with it's OPTIMIZE process. And I did come across a few games that couldn't work with QEMM. Especially when it used the aggressive shadow ram salvaging.

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2023-07-29, 03:17

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Playing around with 86Box too, and today, my search for alternatives to EMM386 brought me back here. In my 386DX-33 "machine" configuration in 86Box with 4MB RAM with 2MB EMS "board" and MS-DOS 5.0, I get 612K free conventional RAM with EMM386 NOEMS. I noticed that the EMM386 from DOS 5.0 takes up …

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Re: Jack Orlando DOS version.

Posted on 2023-07-04, 00:06

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A simple solution is to use the machine=vesa_oldvbe setting in DOSBox, and then install and run the game normally with that setting. With this method the game will automatically load a UNIVBE driver. Thanks. I just managed to play this after all these years. I'm playing this on my Android Tablet …

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Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?

Posted on 2023-05-13, 11:03

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@Malik I agree with what you wrote, however, due to personal experience, I feel I must add something to that: - Not all doctors/psychiatrists/therapist are necessarily friendly or emphatic - Some of them have serious mental health problems themselves, probably due to long time contact/exposure to …

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Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?

Posted on 2023-05-11, 15:01

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Though I admit, this forum is not for personal problems, people with similar hobbies like us with classic computing, also do have other problems. I suggest those who have problems with personal issues seek professional help . I'm from medical profession myself but I believe this is not the platform …

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Re: Best video card for Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon

Posted on 2023-04-16, 01:39

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S3 Virge (375) cards are easy to find, cheap and work well with almost all the games. Virge DX is another good variant.

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Re: How can I remove all the contents under a certain directory in an easy way in MS-DOS 5.0?

Posted on 2023-04-03, 15:49

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Not an answer, but I made a similar request before in this thread.

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Re: 15 FPS Doom 2 with Pentium MMX 200

Posted on 2022-11-12, 12:03

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Vresiberba wrote on 2022-10-13, 08:12: Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2022-10-13, 08:11: Also, as others have pointed out, not all ISA graphics cards are the same. Some perform better than others. Obviously. Just change your graphics card if you want to test or play DOOM.

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Re: MS DOS INSTALL

Posted on 2022-10-28, 23:26

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If you don't want it, please PM me. Instead of throwing into the bin, I would like to take it. Just let me know the shipping charge in the PM. Thanks.

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Re: Old games that had CD Audio tracks?

Posted on 2022-09-16, 08:38

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Hmmm... I never thought Commandos had audio CD tracks.

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Re: 3dfx glide msdos drivers needed

Posted on 2022-09-12, 05:50

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There are no MS-DOS 3dfx drivers. If you have the card, use the 3dfx executable. DOS games supporting 3dfx come with separate executable to use the card. If having a Voodoo2 card, you need to add some lines in the autoexec file. And finally, this thread is not for dosbox, but real DOS platform.

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Re: A solution to the WC1 speed problem – no more CPU cycle adjustment needed

Posted on 2022-09-03, 05:35

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And this does not belong in this DOS thread. It's a Dosbox topic.

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Re: Utilities under FreeDOS

Posted on 2022-08-26, 09:20

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Thanks for advices. Now I know that I should stick to 'real' implementations. Do you know any place I can download MS/PC/DR-DOS and/or WfW 3.11 and/or Norton Utilities? It's very much readily available online. A simple Google search can take you there. If you still need help, you can send a PM. For …

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Re: Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)

Posted on 2022-08-01, 23:15

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My favorite SC-55 SoundFont is this. It's the closest I can hear to my real SC-55MKII, especially when playing games like Heretic and DOOM.

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Re: Games that uses the CM-32L specific sound effects

Posted on 2022-08-01, 23:08

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GODS by The Bitmap Brothers uses the LAPC-I / CM32L sound effects exclusively. The flying witches' dying sounds are the most obvious.

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Re: Can't Create Partitions after DOS install

Posted on 2022-06-19, 23:10

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I believe Smart Boot Manager has the option to enable the interrupt 13h to enable the full size of the hdd. You need to install it as the boot manager in that system, where it resides in the MBR and takes care of allowing resources to the OS. One of the links to SBM

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Re: 86box and video cards

Posted on 2022-04-25, 06:44

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I either narrow down to the SVGA Virge, TVGA 8900D or ET4000 "card" in 86Box. For me, I just require 640x480x256c in Win3.x for the games I want to play, and most do require or play best at this setting, and these cards run them without problems.

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Re: Windows 3.1 will turn 30 soon

Posted on 2022-04-01, 14:46

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Windows 3.x will always be remembered fondly, for me. There's something about it that makes me feel warm and fuzzy over it. Maybe it's the GUI during the time when DOS was the king. Maybe the so called "multimedia" explosion that started with 3.1 - CD-ROMS with movies, graphics, texts and audio, …

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Re: Mobygames site very slow?

Posted on 2022-02-14, 09:18

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Just noticed that some sites, including Mobygames, pass through maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com, which is being blocked here by the Multimedia Commission, why, I don't know. All the sites that pass through that site have problems loading. Any way I can bypass this block? Woops. My DNS servers were still …

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