Re: Okay but did you ever PURCHASE WinRAR?

Posted on Yesterday, 20:59

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Mandrew wrote on Yesterday, 20:22: Sure, bought it for $3 used since it's perfectly legal to sell used software and transfer the license here. Legal, yes. But it's not personalized for you, is it? There's plenty of people who want their own name in the "About" screen...

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Re: Power / Motherboard requirements for a SB 2.0 CT 1350B

Posted on Yesterday, 10:09

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It should work, but it also depends of software. The FM synth (OPL2) is known for heavy distortions on fast CPUs if the software doesn't add proper delays. Slot 1 CPUs are definitely fast enough for this problem to occur.

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Re: Drivers/Questions about ESS488

Posted on Yesterday, 03:03

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by Grzyb

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Windows 98 has drivers for ISA ESS chips built in.

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Re: Drivers/Questions about ESS488

Posted on Yesterday, 01:57

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Wait, there were native drivers for ES488... https://web.archive.org/web/20000229161511/ht … vers/driver.htm

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Re: Drivers/Questions about ESS488

Posted on Yesterday, 01:43

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I think TEST-SBC uses some undocumented DSP commands, which makes it fail on non-Creative cards. Does the Windows 3.1 driver for SB 2.0 work with your card? If not, the problem may be the same - try using the SB driver shipped with Windows instead.

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Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-18, 14:14

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Why use the 8-bit XTIDE card if you have the 16-bit IDE card? BIOS HDD support too limited?

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Re: Replacing a serial mouse... how?

Posted on 2024-05-16, 19:43

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by Grzyb

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Serial (RS232) port uses +12 and -12 Volt. PS/2 port uses 0 and +5 Volt. Never connect a PS/2 mouse to serial port unless you're 100% sure it's designed for the higher voltage.

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Re: Is it possible to enable more than 634K of free conventional memory?

Posted on 2024-05-16, 15:46

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I have some vague memory of QEMM providing 635 KB of free conventional, but I'm not 100% sure... You can try it, if you believe that such marginal increase may be helpful.

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Re: Is it possible to enable more than 634K of free conventional memory?

Posted on 2024-05-16, 01:44

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OS/2 VDM allows for 704 or 736 KB of conventional memory, but it limits available video modes to MDA or CGA. Xargon seems to use VGA mode 13h, where the video memory is located at A0000h = 640 K...

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-15, 21:55

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by Grzyb

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The command-line FTP client provided with Windows still lacks passive mode, which makes it pretty much useless.

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Re: Intel wants to drop 16/32bit. A possible opportunity...?

Posted on 2024-05-13, 01:02

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by Grzyb

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Jo22 wrote on 2024-05-13, 00:13: xS64 You're very close - it's called "x86S". S = subset.

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Re: What do you use your ramdisk/ramdrive for?

Posted on 2024-05-12, 22:25

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by Grzyb

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Does COMMAND.COM ever get called after boot that might get an improved speed being referenced from the ramdisk? Yes, it often happens that COMMAND.COM gets reloaded, eg. Norton Commander reloads it whenever running a program. Copying COMMAND.COM to the RAMdrive, and doing eg.: SET COMSPEC=D:\ …

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Re: Rise of the Triad Vibra 128 problems

Posted on 2024-05-12, 20:10

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by Grzyb

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That's Sound Blaster PCI 128, nothing to do with Vibra.

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Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-12, 12:53

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I'm only wondering why the RESET pins in the middle of the board... It would be logical to place them in the corner, and it seems that either JP11 or JP13 must be RESET...

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Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-12, 12:31

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JP12 seems to be Turbo Switch. JP15 - Speaker. JP14 - Power LED and Keylock. JP11 and JP13 - Reset Switch and Turbo LED, probe them with a LED first, while toggling the Turbo Switch. In general, don't probe with switches, as they do total short. A diode, however, should be safe - no total short.

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Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-11, 10:42

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Wait... You have both SERIAL PORT 1 and SERIAL PORT 2 configured as COM1 (3F8h)... change JP6 to COM2 (2F8h) - Pins 1 & 3, 2 & 4 closed.

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Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-10, 23:34

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Hi again, Im still facing a problem installing a mouse at the serial port. I feel Im very close, but its not working yet. With the correct manual, I can set the jumpers correctly: https://arvutimuuseum.ee/th99/c/I-L/21402.htm to install a mouse, I have 2 connectors (J4 and J5) available that I can …

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Re: DOS software for post-ISA sound devices

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:40

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darry wrote on 2024-05-10, 14:32: SBEMU and VSBHDA Well, that would also include all the ISA SB emulation software bundled with many PCI sound cards...

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DOS software for post-ISA sound devices

Posted on 2024-05-10, 14:06

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Vast majority of DOS software only supports ISA sound cards... however, there's a few programs with native support for newer hardware: PCI, PCIe, USB, and onboard chips acting as PCI devices... Live! Module Player Mpxplay QuickView Pro - with external drivers Anything else?

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Re: CARDINAL -286 Build

Posted on 2024-05-10, 09:48

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by Grzyb

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You can try the extended EV673 modes in MODETEST.EXE from Pizazz Plus 2.0... Filename modetest_000.png File size 5.55 KiB Views 312 views

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