Re: What is a good linux distribution to run on a testbench for testing purposes?

Posted on 2024-06-05, 15:53

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by pyrogx

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Old versions of AntiX (Debian based) or Slackware should work. Depends on your preference regarding package management and overall system complexity. 8GB CF card is enough for simple testing system, 16-32GB should be fine for most cases.

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Re: Jetway J433-A Socket 3 mainboard with AM5x86

Posted on 2024-06-05, 10:53

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by pyrogx

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How's the PCI performance (and the compatibility)? I ran into a lot of issue with 486 PCI boards in the past, especially with graphics cards.

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-06-02, 19:25

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by pyrogx

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The card doesn't need to be initialized with pgusinit if it's using the default port of 240h. Linux would be interesting to try out, especially since the Linux Ultra Sound Project drivers are what evolved into ALSA. I remember those drivers being really good back in the 90s on my GUS. I might build …

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-05-30, 21:53

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by pyrogx

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The card doesn't need to be initialized with pgusinit if it's using the default port of 240h. Linux would be interesting to try out, especially since the Linux Ultra Sound Project drivers are what evolved into ALSA. I remember those drivers being really good back in the 90s on my GUS. I'll give it …

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-05-30, 12:09

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by pyrogx

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I have a bit of an odd question: Is the PicoGUS compatible with Linux? Especially some older versions from, like from 25 years ago. I know that there was quite extensive support for the GUS back then, including MIDI and patch loading, etc.

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Re: Getting Terminal Velocity running on Virge DX/GX/GX2

Posted on 2024-05-25, 20:48

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by pyrogx

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I don't think so, but S3DRUN, S3DSRVR and DOS4GW need to be in one of the %PATH% directories then. You need to call TV.EXE from its install directory though. I normally copy all the S3D* stuff into the game directory for simplicity.

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Re: Getting Terminal Velocity running on Virge DX/GX/GX2

Posted on 2024-05-25, 18:57

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by pyrogx

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You can simply copy back the original GAME.EXE file to restore software mode.

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Re: Getting Terminal Velocity running on Virge DX/GX/GX2

Posted on 2024-05-25, 10:27

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by pyrogx

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Pure DOS. Does the software renderer version work?

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Re: PC sound cards with hardware MP3 decoding

Posted on 2024-05-25, 08:55

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by pyrogx

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I think it's not even included in he santa cruz driver package (maybe because it's broken...). You have to grab a generic driver package for the cs46xx chips and extract the files from there.

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Re: Getting Terminal Velocity running on Virge DX/GX/GX2

Posted on 2024-05-25, 08:45

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by pyrogx

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TV plus newer Virges can be a PITA to get running. You definitely need to use something like "S3DRUN TV.EXE", not game.exe. You also need to select a sound driver with SETD.EXE, maybe that's why TV complains about running SETUP. Or the game is not installed properly. There are several versions of …

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Re: PC sound cards with hardware MP3 decoding

Posted on 2024-05-25, 08:35

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by pyrogx

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All the Crystal soundfusion based cards (CS46xx) can do mp3 decoding. There is a DirectShow filter driver cwcmp3.ax that needs to be installed somehow, and a microcode file cwcmp3.osp. Then you can use DirectShow compatible media players like Mediaplayer Classic for hw mp3 decoding. But I wouldn't …

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Re: I acquired a Turtle beach santa cruz

Posted on 2024-05-24, 21:01

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by pyrogx

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S/PDIF from CD works fine with my Santa Cruz. Maybe the spdif output from your cdrom is incompatible with the card (it expects 5V TTL voltage level AFAIK). Try a different cdrom drive.

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Re: Looking for information about ISA Media Magic sound card

Posted on 2024-04-23, 18:02

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by pyrogx

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I think I have a slightly older version of that card: IMG_20240423_195320.jpg IMG_20240423_195332.jpg It says "MediaMagic ISP-16" on the PCB and indeed has a MAD16 (manufactured by Mediachips???). It also seems to have jumpers for configuration so I'm not sure that it actually the same card as yours …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo Rush oldest drivers

Posted on 2024-04-09, 18:28

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by pyrogx

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Hercules v1.00 drivers are on this archived CDROM: https://archive.org/details/herccd154

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo Rush oldest drivers

Posted on 2024-04-09, 15:56

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by pyrogx

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Maybe try WaybackMachine on the old websites of the card vendors. Most of their downloads, however, are probably lost forever.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo Rush oldest drivers

Posted on 2024-04-09, 15:39

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by pyrogx

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The oldest drivers I can find are from 09/97, see here: http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/rush.htm

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UMC UM8890 Pentium Chipset Info Collection

Posted on 2024-02-11, 14:00

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by pyrogx

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I got my hands on a PT-733A mainboard which has the not-so-common UMC 8890 Pentium chipset. Now I am trying to collect some information on this type of hardware. Info on the 8890 is ...scarce, even worse than the 8881/6 chipset. Very few drivers and BIOS images exist and absolutely *no* datasheets …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 / Geforce FX 5200??

Posted on 2023-12-10, 12:32

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by pyrogx

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There are slightly newer chipset drivers available (1.30), these work for me just fine. Only difference I see is that I use DirectX 8.1 instead of 9. AGP 2x also works on a Geforce FX5900, but it has to be forced on by using Rivatuner. Performance gain, however, is close to zero on my Athlon-800 …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 / Geforce FX 5200??

Posted on 2023-12-09, 20:37

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by pyrogx

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I have this board as well, it is working fine with NVidia cards up to a FX 5900. I used the 52.16 driver version. Board can also do AGP2x but nvidia drivers disable this normally due to potential stability issues. The freeze in the BIOS hw monitor happens if you don't have a PSU with a -5V line. If …

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Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+

Posted on 2023-12-03, 20:23

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by pyrogx

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I'm having problems with SETMUL on a KT7A rev. 1.0. I tried two different CPUs (XP-M 2800+ Barton and a Athlon Mobile/Palomino) but each time I try to change the multiplier, the system just freezes. I changed reg 55h/bit2 to 1, but no difference. Both CPUs work fine on a ECS K7VZA and can be re- …

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