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  3. Posted

    Yeah I have been using DOSBox for the old DOS applications, its just 16-bit Windows games that don't work like Ski Free or Chip's Challenge...basically that 16-bit Entertainment Pack that came out for Windows 3.1. I can use the emulation layer with Virtual PC....I just don't see why the need, is there anyway to get 16-bit emulation working on x64? Or getting the NTVDM working somehow and then getting the program working on top it? If somebody ever did, that would be quite awesome, even some of those 16-bit installers annoy me because the actual program is 32-bit. Eg. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 (requires manual install)

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    I seriously do not like reviving old threads, but it has been a year or so since I last posted. I too miss the way these forums were, during the NT4/2000 days these forums were buzzing about getting things to work. With the emergence of XP2 and its maturity as the best OS even with Vista's release, the need for compatibility has just dived.

     

    I tried Vista, and I don't like it, I just find it a memory pig, and the new effects are nice, but not needed right now. I will wait for SP1 but even then, I will probably only switch when a MUST HAVE DX10 game comes.

     

    I have been putting my focus on Windows XP x64, and trying to figure out how to get stuff working on that. I think XP x64 is underrated. I mean its XP in a 64-bit shell, and it can use all 4 gigs of my RAM. Now....how to get 16-bit applications to work!

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    I have 4 hard drives all hooked up on my Asus P5W DH. They are as follows:

     

    Intel SATA AHCI Controller:

    Port 1: Seagate 320GB (NTFS, Drive C, WinXP / apps installed)

    Port 2: Seagate 320GB (NTFS, Drive F, Empty)

    Port 3: Western Digital 120 GB (NTFS, Drive D, storage /apps)

     

    JMicron IDE/SATA Controller:

    IDE Port: Western Digital 80GB (NTFS, Drive E, storage, temp drive)

    SATA Port: Empty

     

    Onboard Intel IDE Controller:

    2 DVD Drives.

     

    I had Windows Vista installed on the F drive above, but I removed it, as I would like to install my copy of Windows 2000 SP4 (made a slipstream CD from my original disk)

     

    Now I know that W2K will overwrite my XP bootloader, but I know how to restore it. The only problem is, I can't get Windows 2000 to install correctly.

     

    I started the setup, and used F6 for both the Intel/Jmicron controllers, and installed W2K to the E drive (IDE). It completed but on the restart it failed complaining it could not find (Windows 2000 Root)\System32\name file here. Of course XP didn't work either, so I reinserted my XP CD, repaired it, and removed the 2K Failed installation.

     

    I then tried to only install the OS to the IDE drive by not specifying the Intel SATA controller on startup, just the JMicron, so it installed, added a boot loader to that drive, and then in the BIOS I set that drive to startup, but then I got a message on startup saying it could not find the hard disk.

     

    What can I do to get Windows 2000 installed on that E drive, without wiping out my XP installation?

     

    Btw, can I create a slipstream CD that has a copy of XP's NTLDR and NTDETECT on it? As to avoid having to repair afterward?

     

     

     

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    Use a source port for the game like Quake 2 Max www.quake2max.com or EGL www.echon.org or Quake 2 Evolved, www.quake2evolved.com.

     

    These ports work better than the original Quake 2 EXE and offer much improved graphics and compatibility with newer hardware.

     

    EGL has problems with mission packs, but I recently played both missions packs, The Reckoning and Ground Zero with Quake2Max and recommend it. Evolved is kinda slow, and the graphical effects are better with Quake2Max. but evolved does have more features.

  8. Posted

    Originally posted by packman:

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    Thanks pmistry, but I always make an Emergency Repair Disk. I also install Win2K's Repair Console. However, these are not designed for curing specific bugs in Win2K, they're primarily for enabling you to boot into Windows in the situation where the problem has prevented that.

     

     

    From the looks of it, you already know the answer to your problem. Which is a format, I think the answer you were looking for probably doesn't exist. smile Just get it over with and start fresh again, that is what us experts do anyways, we wouldn't be satisfied with a "repaired" install anyways.

  10. Posted

    This might seem like a dumb question, but I am new to this kind of stuff.

     

    I have a 9800 PRO 128MB , ATI retail brand video card, that comes with a DVI-I port. I want to buy this Samsung LCD that has a DVI-D port, how do I plug the two together? and could someone give me a link to the product so I can see it? Also what is the different between single link and dual link?

     

    Thanks in advance

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    Never saw this coming, and with that Adobe now has a huge market share in web publishing, desktop design, and graphics. Adding products like Dreamweaver, Flash, and ColdFusion, to a list that includes PhotoShop, Acrobat and Premiere, wow.

  12. Posted

    Ah yeah nostalgic PC hardware:

     

    Intel 486 DX2-66MHz on an ALI Green Motherboard

    8 MB 72-pin RAM

    512 MB Fujitsu Hard Disk, no DMA support I believe.

    Vesa Bus I/O Controller, with 2 serial, 1 parallel, 1 game, 1 floppy and 2 IDE.

    2x "Genoa Systems" CD ROM drive, hooked up via a proprietary CD-ROM controller running on the ISA bus, Windows 95 could never detect the damn thing and was stuck running in MS DOS Drive compatability mode.

    ATI VGA Stereo F/X, this long ass ISA card was so long that Voodoo5 cards are small compared to it. This was a combined 8-bit Soundblaster compatible and 1 MB VGA card. It also had a bus port for my mouse.

    Zoltrix (remmber Zoltrix?) 14.4k modem.

    A couple of 5 watt speakers.

    Honeywell 101-key keyboard, this thing was so tough and well built, it was a dream to use.

    TTX 14" Monitor.

    Ran MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, never got Windows 95 running that well on it, same for OS/2 Warp 3.0.

     

     

     

     

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    It should work just fine, try this right click the setup.exeon the CD and choose the compatibility tab and select Windows 95. This should get the game to install. Do this for both Hexen 2 and the Mission Pack. If it still refuses to work, simply copy the directory "Hexen2" inside the "Install" folder and just run if from the hard disk, this won't work for Portals of Praevus for the expansion copy the FILES and "portals" directory in the "Data" folder inside the "Install" folder and dump it into the Hexen2 directory. If you are running OpenGL delete the glide dll file.

     

     

  16. Posted

    I think maybe for Metal Gear Solid you will need to run the setup.exe or install.exe in Windows 98 compatibility mode. Give that a try. Basically create a shortcut on the desktop to the setup.exe or install.exe or whatever file that starts the install of the game. Then right click the shortcut, select properties, and select the compatability tab and select run under [Win98/Me] mode. Hopefully that will get it going.

  18. Posted

    Originally posted by athfemory:

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    Hi.

    I found this site searching for a GL port for Blood. I have Transfusion, but that's not what I was looking for.. I've been using Transfusion for a while, but I want to do something with the single player part of the game, not botmatch.

    If anyone has a link to anything, I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks.

     

     

    Same here, I hope someone creates a port for the original Blood. I do remember back trying to get the Glide version of Blood working on my Rage 128 with a Glide Wrapper, I haven't experimented for a while and that was several years ago. Might be worth trying for someone up to the task, and with a new glide wrapper.

     

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    By mainstream you mean packaged computers like Dell, Compaq, HP, and IBM. If yes, then what can you expect, thats just the way it is with them, you buy the machine and use it. Its tough to configure those things, and you can't review a motherboard for those machines, cuz you can only buy them inside a new PC, so either you review the whole machine or nothing.

     

    Mainstream users usually don't care or worry too much about SATA or IDE is, they just say I have 80 gigs of space and thats all they care...speeds, buzzwords, RPMs, all that stuff doesn't really matter to them. If you are the owner of a mainstream PC, and do care about that stuff, then shouldn't you have bought more enthusiast geared parts?

     

    As for if you are getting SATA, in the above posts it seems to be not the case, a patch or tech support workaround could alleviate the issue.

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    Okay Okay, hang on a second here....just let me share my experiences on this.

     

    I bought a Western Digital 120GB SATA drive and hooked it up to my Intel 865 chipset motherboard (Abit IS7).

     

    When I first loaded up Windows it detected the drive as an IDE disk running at Ultra DMA 5/ATA-100 speeds? Why? Simply because in the BIOS I had the SATA set to IDE mode.

     

    If you install the SATA disk and SATA is running in IDE legacy mode, it will function like an IDE disk and cap off at ATA-100. If you set the option to "RAID" in the BIOS, EVEN if you aren't using RAID, the drive will function in SATA mode, and top off at 150 MB/s. However, if you choose this way, you need the disk supplied by your motherboard manufacturer, which if you don't you should be able to find at their website. This is the only way you can install Windows XP on the SATA disk via the F6 method.

     

     

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