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I'm not sure I've ever seen an application program loading/unloading VxDs directly and I'm pretty sure a driver is not needed for a serial device. Have you tried setting compatibility mode for .exe file? Are serial ports working normally under XP? If yes/yes, it's possible to debug what's...

DS is just a device that can run emulators. You can run dosbox anywhere. Somebody's fridge may "run" Windows 98 that way too. The practical difference between 95 and 98 is in driver model, as driver model was changed to support faster hardware via ever-evolving APIs like DirectX, but old one...

Debian 3.0, FreeBSD 5.5, NetBSD 4 work on 386 out of the box. NetBSD is from 2007. And it looks like some checks are preventing 98 to run on 386, there could be a way of installing in on a certain 386 configuration, I don't know is Pocket386 sufficient. I'm pretty sure Windows 2000 kernel uses...

For what it's worth we didn't have computer retail in the 90s in my city, e.g. shops and companies only. My family used to run one. When first retailers came at the end of 90s they started wiping out everyone, regardless of us saying good luck with that no name components and good luck with...

Thanks for suggestion but I went for Orpheus 2 LT + X16GS combo. At 310eur+shipping it's pretty expensive but looks like an ultimate solution to everything I want to do. Having enormous wavetable frees me up from MIDI routing including use of physical Roland soundcanvas. The OPL3 output section...

I think I'm gonna go with Orpheus+Dreamblaster. It's a hefty price but should be worthwhile.

@GiGaBiTe I'm aware of Creative card issues, hence why I ask for clone recommendations too. The high noise floor is a problem to me in my setup, I would try to use one of my old machines for tracking, so it gets connected to my soundboard but it's not located next to it. Right now I have to turn...

What are some of the best ISA Sound Blaster compatible cards, e.g. for DOS gaming, in this regard? I have AWE64 Value and an ESS, they both have a lot of noise on their output.

Yeah tested it today, I have a 2 slot 8 bit ISA riser, works with TVGA9000. Seems like a good SBC. The problem is even a 3 slot backplane is more expensive than it.

The seller did a typo, it's not 61445 but 6144S - the manual is https://support.elmark.com.pl/advantech/pdf/PCA-6144man.PDF and this board doesn't have integrated graphics. Now I have to find a riser or backplane...

In Europe it's bit different, lots of countries have national TV station that's a state run agency. Moving that out of the air implies that state should now own or have right on new delivery infrastructure too. What I hate about ours, apart from the fact that a state TV will always be a tool of...

Same thing happened here. You are expected to pay for upgrades in full after that first one. But unlike USA someone got big $ to produce the subsidized boxes e.g. rebrand some cheap Chinese receiver.

DVB-T2 in Croatia, there is no chance in hell of removing TV from the airwaves because the state TV agency is harassing people to pay TV tax. We have a roof antenna on our building, and it's still operational and I use it with a DVB-T2 receiver, so I'm one of rare people that have airwave TV at...

Progress is always non linear. Modern PCs and connectivity have resolved the problem of multimedia. Multimedia is used for information, entertainment, and communication. Unless you're doing a work that benefits from Computer Aided software, and most of the people on the planet aren't, there's...

Logical because a server from 2005 was sold to enterprises and same server in 2024 is sold to a group of niche enthusiasts. It's worth nothing that huge portion of the market that used OEM desktops switched to laptop+dock. On the other side people that want PC want it chiefly because of...

XT architecture is very simple, bus and DMA are very crude, and in the age of 286 it was already available as LSI chipset. You won't have much negative impact if you aren't using I/O bound 1M+ programs.

^ at this point he's acting like a troll, unintentionally but still trolling. I'm done there and won't increase the post count any more. Sure but this target group is highly unlikely to fall blind to some payment scam or shenanigan as opposed to general population.

I've asked you three questions to guide you through the process - you answered none. You keep babbling about business practices while being on an enthusiast forum - where everyone and their mother boots from CFs and couple of people have came out to help you. You also seem to lack skills, tools...

Huh it's quite funny who they're trying to steal from. Computer people that instinctively detect these low-effort internet scams.

Definitely weird first 10 posts