Re: Gaming with your DOS card
Gregg Eshelman wrote: I want to get this Windows 95 game Warheads to work with 2000. It has to run from the CD-ROM, so I make a desktop shortcut and set it to run in Win95 compatability mode. All goes well until I click to start the game, then it hides the mouse pointer and pops up a hidden window. To get things back I have to use the keyboard to open the start menu. Then the hidden window appears with -1 in the titlebar, and an OK button under the word EXCEPTION. The whole game is only 1.7 megs ZIPped, including the small server app. It was produced/published by Ionos and TotalPlay, which are both out of business. This sounds a lot like what Slave Zero did on my 2000 and XP machines. Setting the compatibility mode didn't help either, unfortunately. I do wonder if the VDMSound applicaiton would help your situation. Brian -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/macndos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:mac-n-dos@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Gaming with your DOS card
Brian Futrell wrote: Has anyone had this particular problem when playing games on a PC Compatibility Card? If playing a game that requires the use of the keyboard to move around, occasionally it seems to get stuck moving left or right. On my P166 card, it seems to be fairly frequent. The only way to get it back to normal is to press Escape to the game's menu and wait a little bit, and sometimes that doesn't work. I had similar problem on the p100 card which I put down to running the full extension set on the mac. Sorry I can't test it for you ATM. I used to use a different extension set for the dos card. I've been looking through my colleciton of games to try to finish ones that I never completed. I'm currently playing Tomb Raider I in Virtual PC 3 on a 9600/300 with 80MB set aside for the program and a Voodoo2 card. It plays very smoothly, but there is at least a 1-second delay between the action and the resulting sound. I'll be placing the DOS card in this one when I get the chance. I wouldn't have thought TR1 would play well under VPC, thanks for the tip. The playstation version works well through VGS, I have to say that as VGS likes the Radeon 7000 where the dos card doesn't. On a gaming note, am I the only person who has a very dark screen when running. OpenGL games on a mac? We have tried other monitors and verious extensions with little real improvement, the gamma option in some games helps a bit. Its rather annoying to have a nice bright screen under emulation to then try the mac version and have most games to dark to play. -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:mac-n-dos@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Gaming with your DOS card
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:39:40 +1000 Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: Has anyone had this particular problem when playing games on a PC Compatibility Card? If playing a game that requires the use of the keyboard to move around, occasionally it seems to get stuck moving left or right. On my P166 card, it seems to be fairly frequent. The only way to get it back to normal is to press Escape to the game's menu and wait a little bit, and sometimes that doesn't work. I had similar problem on the p100 card which I put down to running the full extension set on the mac. Sorry I can't test it for you ATM. I used to use a different extension set for the dos card. I'll give that a try when I get home. The main reason I'm trying this with VPC/Dos cards is that even though I have several PCs, the majority of them are too fast for some of the games. TR1 on a Semperon 2200 when it ran OK on a P75? Right. I've been looking through my colleciton of games to try to finish ones that I never completed. I'm currently playing Tomb Raider I in Virtual PC 3 on a 9600/300 with 80MB set aside for the program and a Voodoo2 card. It plays very smoothly, but there is at least a 1-second delay between the action and the resulting sound. I'll be placing the DOS card in this one when I get the chance. I wouldn't have thought TR1 would play well under VPC, thanks for the tip. The playstation version works well through VGS, I have to say that as VGS likes the Radeon 7000 where the dos card doesn't. It even plays well when not using the Voodoo 2 card - it just does not look all that great. I think I'm at least 2/3 of the way through the game - I have two parts of the Scion thingie :). On a gaming note, am I the only person who has a very dark screen when running. OpenGL games on a mac? We have tried other monitors and verious extensions with little real improvement, the gamma option in some games helps a bit. Its rather annoying to have a nice bright screen under emulation to then try the mac version and have most games to dark to play. I'll have to look through my Mac CDs for some games to try that with. I have some, but precious few use OpenGL. -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:mac-n-dos@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Gaming with your DOS card
Brian Futrell wrote: I'll give that a try when I get home. The main reason I'm trying this with VPC/Dos cards is that even though I have several PCs, the majority of them are too fast for some of the games. TR1 on a Semperon 2200 when it ran OK on a P75? Right. Have you had a look at DosBox http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1begaming_website_session=28a055e2c1b38f2300ba05d4ddab8f38 Not exactly windows but I dont know how many games you have. ;) There are a few new emulators getting about for the pc the one above also has a OSX port. just does not look all that great. I think I'm at least 2/3 of the way through the game - I have two parts of the Scion thingie :). :) I have some time off, sometime ago I came accross some video drivers for emulation I cant remember if they where for vpc or the dos card, they would have been voodoo drivers, regardless I have time to install the card into another mac along with the voodoo3 and test a couple of things. It even plays well when not using the Voodoo 2 card - it On a gaming note, am I the only person who has a very dark screen when running. OpenGL games on a mac? We have tried other monitors and various extensions with little real improvement, the gamma option in some games helps a bit. Its rather annoying to have a nice bright screen under emulation to then try the mac version and have most games to dark to play. I'll have to look through my Mac CDs for some games to try that with. I have some, but precious few use OpenGL. Quake2 and Diablo 2 have the same problem, both are very playable if you could see more, niether are very bright games which doesnt help there are a few more - thanks, I wonder if the dos cards video cable . something to try. -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:mac-n-dos@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
Re: Gaming with your DOS card
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:21:15 +1000 Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: I'll give that a try when I get home. The main reason I'm trying this with VPC/Dos cards is that even though I have several PCs, the majority of them are too fast for some of the games. TR1 on a Semperon 2200 when it ran OK on a P75? Right. Have you had a look at DosBox http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1begaming_website_session=28a055e2c1b38f2300ba05d4ddab8f38 Not exactly windows but I dont know how many games you have. ;) There are a few new emulators getting about for the pc the one above also has a OSX port. just does not look all that great. I think I'm at least 2/3 of the way through the game - I have two parts of the Scion thingie :). Actually I do have DOSBox installed on the Sempron 2200. However, another of the games I wanted to play (System Shock) doesn't like it too much. Apparently it wants to check for the CD. As to how many games I have, several hundred. I've been collecting them since 1988. It's way too easy to amass a large pile of them if you relegate yourself to the discount/used software bins. The last game I bought new for over $30 was Half-Life. :) I have some time off, sometime ago I came accross some video drivers for emulation I cant remember if they where for vpc or the dos card, they would have been voodoo drivers, regardless I have time to install the card into another mac along with the voodoo3 and test a couple of things. It even plays well when not using the Voodoo 2 card - it On a gaming note, am I the only person who has a very dark screen when running. OpenGL games on a mac? We have tried other monitors and various extensions with little real improvement, the gamma option in some games helps a bit. Its rather annoying to have a nice bright screen under emulation to then try the mac version and have most games to dark to play. I'll have to look through my Mac CDs for some games to try that with. I have some, but precious few use OpenGL. Quake2 and Diablo 2 have the same problem, both are very playable if you could see more, niether are very bright games which doesnt help there are a few more - thanks, I wonder if the dos cards video cable . something to try. I just finished Quake 2 along with Mission Pack 1 and 2 under OS X. That machine uses software rendering because it still uses the built-in video. Supposedly the developer of the OS X executable also has an OS 9 one as well. My DOS video cable is slightly off - it has to be in a certain position to show the correct colors. -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac \ Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Mac-N-DOS list info:http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:mac-n-dos@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/ iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
