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 hidde

Re: Apple DOS card sound on Beige G3

Robert P. Greene wrote: Listers, I have a beige G3, into which I'd like to add an Apple PC Compatibility card. It's the 166MHz. version, and supports SoundBlaster. The sound signals run through the CD-ROM drive circuitry: one cable runs from the card to the CD-ROM drive, another cable runs from the

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 majo

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 >

Gaming with your DOS card

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 t

Re: PC won't shut down

w turn off your computer" message, but I never did before. It would just shut down. On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:07:58 -0500, Brian Futrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far as what I have used to scan for spyware, Spybot: Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware seem to work OK for me. They are both fre

Re: PC won't shut down

As far as what I have used to scan for spyware, Spybot: Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware seem to work OK for me. They are both free for personal use. MS is supposed to have a Malicious Software Removal Tool for XP, but I haven't tried it yet. When your are shutting down, does it seem to freeze

Re: revisit pearpc

On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, at 11:48 PM, Darren wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: How exactly are you getting PearPC to work? I've tried it several times with WinXP and an AMD Sempron 2200. I can get the initial gray screen with the Apple Logo on it, but if you press a key or move the mouse,

Re: revisit pearpc

How exactly are you getting PearPC to work? I've tried it several times with WinXP and an AMD Sempron 2200. I can get the initial gray screen with the Apple Logo on it, but if you press a key or move the mouse, I get an event timeout message. If I ever get it to work, it will be tempting to see

Re: Note about Voodoo 2

On Friday, January 14, 2005, at 11:30 PM, Darren wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: As I understand it VPC will make use of a Voodoo2 breaking the 4mb ceiling for vram which I see as the major drawback of pc emulation. I'll throw a couple of bucks at it to find out, last local V2 on ebay went fo

Note about Voodoo 2

card to the 2D video card either, communicating through the PCI bus instead. Nowadays the Voodoo 1/2 cards (at least on the PC side) are getting a little long in the tooth. Most 2D/3D PC cards will run faster for not much money. Brian Futrell -- Sharkey: G3 AIO/266/320MB/40GB/Zip100/10.2.8 Mint

Re: Time to upgrade my VPC?

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:44:15 -0500 Brian Futrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday, January 9, 2005, at 08:03 PM, Brian Futrell > wrote: > > > > >On Wednesday, January 5, 2005, at 01:07 PM, Brian > Futrell wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 05 Ja

Re: Time to upgrade my VPC?

On Sunday, January 9, 2005, at 08:03 PM, Brian Futrell wrote: On Wednesday, January 5, 2005, at 01:07 PM, Brian Futrell wrote: On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:06:01 +1300 M D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: Well, I was going to attempt to set up VPC 2 on my 9600 or 8600, and I hit a

Re: Time to upgrade my VPC?

On Wednesday, January 5, 2005, at 01:07 PM, Brian Futrell wrote: On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:06:01 +1300 M D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: Well, I was going to attempt to set up VPC 2 on my 9600 or 8600, and I hit a small snag. I can't seem to find the VPC 2.1.3 upda

Re: Time to upgrade my VPC?

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:06:01 +1300 M D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > > > Well, I was going to attempt to set up VPC 2 on my 9600 > or 8600, and I > > hit a small snag. I can't seem to find the VPC 2.1.3 > update anywhere > > onl

Re: Time to upgrade my VPC?

On Tuesday, December 28, 2004, at 08:49 PM, M D wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 08:36 PM, M D wrote: Darren wrote: M D wrote: So Duke plays on VPC3 and DOS? Cool. As I understand it VPC will make use of a Voodoo2 breaking the 4mb ceiling for vram which I see as

Re: Time to upgrade my VPC?

On Tuesday, December 28, 2004, at 08:49 PM, M D wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 08:36 PM, M D wrote: Darren wrote: M D wrote: So Duke plays on VPC3 and DOS? Cool. As I understand it VPC will make use of a Voodoo2 breaking the 4mb ceiling for vram which I see as

Re: Time to upgrade my VPC?

. Voodoo 3 cards do require flashing to use with Macs, but they work rather well afterwards. Brian Futrell -- Sharkey: G3 AIO/266/320MB/40GB/Zip100/10.2.8 Minty: Beige G3-ATX 266 (oc 300) 256MB/10GB,4GB,9GB/Zip100/16x10x40/10.2.8 Goliath: 8600/200 128MB/2.1, 9.1GB/Zip100/9.1-P166/40MB Titan: 9600

Re: downloading Dos/Win/PC Linux drivers and apps with OS X

On Sunday, October 3, 2004, at 12:00 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Jose Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I have an Albook running OS X 10.2.3. I just got an old Pentium II with no OS. I have a DOS boot disk and some utilities on floppies, and a Gentoo distro that runs off the CD. But I'm wo

Re: 8.6 for win32, the back way

D K6-2 500mhz PC for faster games that will still play only in 98 and require a video card capable of 3D acceleration (Slave Zero comes to mind). Brian Futrell -- Sharkey: G3 AIO/266/320MB/40GB/Zip100/10.2.6 Minty: Beige G3-ATX 266 (oc 300) 256MB/10GB,4GB,9GB/Zip100/16x10x40/10.2.6 -- Mac-

Re: sharing printers

On Sunday, March 28, 2004, at 09:50 PM, Darren wrote: Brian Futrell wrote: I don't have a root account either. There is two user account on this G3 AIO: the default has admin capabilities, and the other one is a test account to see what can be done with a standard account. I do have some

Re: sharing printers

I don't have a root account either. There is two user account on this G3 AIO: the default has admin capabilities, and the other one is a test account to see what can be done with a standard account. I do have some other programs not normally installed by most OS X users, like Complete MySQL,

Re: sharing printers

the email itself. On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:43:40 -0500, Brian Futrell wrote: On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 12:33 PM, Gretchen Summers wrote: Essentially when you open a file with pico, it copies the file to a section of memory called a buffer. When it asks you to save the modified buffer, it'

Re: sharing printers

, it said "file not found." So I closed the terminal window, and opened a new one. I typed in "pico.mime.types," and it said "file not found." I don't know what else to do. BTW, I hope I didn't mess anything up by just closing the window. I really am a novice

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 12:16 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Brian Futrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've got a: 8500 logic board 7200 case 7300 CD-ROM and case cover So does that make it a 7666? ;) = Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March

Re: Reinstalling Win98 on a P166 card

On Sunday, March 21, 2004, at 09:03 PM, Mark D. Chapman wrote: I have a P166 card in my 7500. The disk image has Win98 on it but it is so messed up I think I need to start from scratch. Can I do that using the existing image or is it better to just delete it and start over. I am using PCsetup

Re: sharing printers

AIL PROTECTED] I hope my steps help you out Gretchen. If not, let me know. The two files mentioned above can only be saved once the sudo command is issued. This is done in Step 3. While I'm not as proficient with the BSD command line, I've used PCs long before Windows was in w

Re: sharing printers

I'm curious as to how this ended up. Are you still having trouble printing between computers? I finally managed to share the HP Deskjet 812c connected to my G3 AIO with my Windows XP computer using an article from www.macOSXhints.com. Here's the exact link I used: http://www.macosxhints.c

Re: New Disk Image Files

On Saturday, February 28, 2004, at 02:49 AM, Robin Ashe wrote: On 2/27/04 9:00 PM, "Brian Futrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While I have PC emulators (VirtualPC, RealPC), the PC Compatibility card blows them away for speed with the hardware that I have. Well, speaking of

Re: New Disk Image Files

tions. On 2/27/04 8:02 PM, "Brian Futrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been trying to create a new drive image file for use with my PC Compatibility Card. I've tried to create one while initializing it. DOS can't see the drive. I then tried to make one withou

New Disk Image Files

I've been trying to create a new drive image file for use with my PC Compatibility Card. I've tried to create one while initializing it. DOS can't see the drive. I then tried to make one without initializing the drive. DOS will format it, but only 255MB out of 1024MB. I'm using PCSetup 2.1.

Re: sharing printers

you can choose. For mine, there wasn't an option for an S400. The FAQ at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_FAQ_OS_X.php3 has a question dealing with adding a Windows printer. Number 21 in the list. Brian Futrell --- "Dentyne": G3/266 AIO 320MB/40GB/Zip100/24x/10.2.6 "FrankenMa

Re: sharing printers

reason I could not share it natively and have the AIO recognize it. With GIMP Print, it works great. I still have to do some tweaking to get the print to be darker - it's a little light at the moment. Brian Futrell --- "Dentyne": G3/266 AIO 320MB/40GB/Zip100/24x/10.2.6 "Fr

Re: OMG, what did I buy?

I'm guessing that if it's the server version of NT, it could. It has Appletalk as a protocol. Windows 2000 Professional has it also, but I haven't messed around with it too much. I think that while it will allow Macs to connect to it, it won't let PCs connect to the Macs. As for netatalk, it

Re: Something Wrong ...

to Monitor. The Joystick port is built into the card. Brian Futrell --- "Dentyne": G3/266 AIO 320MB/40GB/Zip100/10.2.6 "FrankenMac": 8500/180-7200 case 160MB/2x1GB/9.1-P166/48MB/DOS "Minty": G3/266 DT (oc 300) 96MB/4GB/Zip100/9.1 -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <

Re: Getting Started with a PC Card

ight, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." None of the PC Compatibility card image files from Apple are bootable. The first one is the drivers/clipboard on the Mac side, the second one is the DOS/Win drivers on the PC side. Brian Futrell --- "Dentyne": G3/266 AI

Re: Getting Started with a PC Card

bles for that card. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2762719496&category=4606 Brian Futrell --- "Dentyne": G3/266 AIO 320MB/40GB/Zip100/CD-ROM/10.2.6 "FrankenMac": 8500/180-7200 case 160MB/2x1GB/9.1-P166/48MB/DOS -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowen

Re: Copying Mac CDs and Burning ISOs on a PC

) So far, I've had success with Nero Burning Rom, although I'm sure there are other burning programs for the PC that would work just as well. I just tell it to do a Disk Copy. There's also an option in the program to burn an HFS partition, but I haven't tried it yet. Brian

PC Setup 2.1.7 Woes resolution

k, one of the main reasons for tinkering with the card. Works OK, some of the intro files stutter a bit. For now, the card will live in the FrankenMac. Brian Futrell -- Macs: "PowerTower": 9500/200 128M/4.3GB/USB/9.1 "FrankenMac": 8500/180 7200 case 96MB/4.3GB/8.1/PCCard

Re: PC Setup 2.1.7 Troubles

on 12/22/02 9:30 AM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > >> Well, I finally upgraded to 9.2.2, and PC Setup 2.1.7. >> > > I've yet to see a post in which any PCsetup works over OS9.1.2, sorry > Brian, hope your the first. > >>

Re: PC Setup 2.1.7 Troubles

on 12/22/02 10:01 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > >> I tried what you mentioned, and when it got to 99% (sometimes it occurs when >> less has been done) it just sits there. >> > Thats odd, is this while your creating the partition

Re: PC Setup 2.1.7 Troubles

on 12/22/02 9:30 AM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > >> Well, I finally upgraded to 9.2.2, and PC Setup 2.1.7. >> > > I've yet to see a post in which any PCsetup works over OS9.1.2, sorry > Brian, hope your the first. > >>

PC Setup 2.1.7 Troubles

That didn't work either. Any suggestions? Brian Futrell -- Macs: "PowerTower": 9500/200 128M/2x4.3GB/USB/9.2.2 PC Card 166/80 "Goliath": Q900 64/1GB/7.6.1 "TinyTim": P475 20/1GB/7.6.1 -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://l

Re: More PC Card Questions

on 12/2/02 11:07 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > >> I got to try Quake 2 yesterday. It works ok, but has the same problem as >> Diablo - pausing every few seconds. Also, any resolution under 640*480 can >> not be played full-screen.

Re: Matrox MII

However, I also downloaded the PC flasher to the Mac and flashed the PC bios to it. This allowed me to be able to use it on the PC again. I now have a Voodoo 3 3000 in mine, so I no longer need it. :> Brian Futrell -- Macs: "PowerTower": 9500/200 128M/Zip100/4.3GB/USB/9.1 &q

Re: More PC Card Questions

on 11/30/02 10:45 AM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > >> on 11/20/02 4:42 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote something which I >> have cut out: >> >> >> As far as I know, the particular PC Compatibility card I have has 2MB

Re: More PC Card Questions

on 11/30/02 2:10 AM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > >> At the moment, I am not using 2.1.7. I haven't been able to get it to work >> properly yet. Besides, the 8500/180 with that card in it is still running >> MacOS 8.1. Currently,

Re: More PC Card Questions

et it to work properly yet. Besides, the 8500/180 with that card in it is still running MacOS 8.1. Currently, I have 95C installed to a 1GB image file with no defined swap space - it takes as much as it needs. As soon as I connect it again, I'll try Diablo on it again. I had to get it out

Re: More PC Card Questions

on 11/20/02 4:42 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:38:32 +1100 >> Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Diablo is not a 3D game, and can use a standard video card >> without difficulty

Re: More PC Card Questions

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:38:32 +1100 Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Futrell wrote: > > >I recently updated the RAM in my 12" PC Compatibility > PCI Card to 80MB from > >a junked 6400! :> > > > >Since it has 80MB, I decided to try Quake 2

More PC Card Questions

hose two programs install. Any hints? Brian Futrell -- Macs: "PowerTower": 9500/200 128M/Zip100/4.3GB/USB/9.1 "MiniPower": 8500/180 128M/4.3GB+1GB/8.1-PC Card 166/80/Win98SE "Goliath": Q900 64/1GB/7.6.1 "TinyTim": P475 20/1GB/7.6.1 --

Re: PC Card questions

tup. When I start it, I get an error message stating that PC Setup had a problem. I thought having an actual partition instead of an image file might make it run faster - no translation needed. Brian Futrell -- Macs: "PowerTower": 9500/200 128M/Zip100/4.3GB/USB/9.1 &quo

Re: PC Card

e card had 128 + 16 > (built-in) for > 144megs of memory. What kind / type of memory module are > you using? > > Michael > > on 10/29/02 7:48 AM, Brian Futrell at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Well, I just found out what happens when you put a > 128MB > &

PC Card

Well, I just found out what happens when you put a 128MB DIMM in the 12" PC Compatibility Card. It thinks it has 270MB RAM. :> Brian -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ /

PC Card questions

running MacOS 8.1 on a 1GB drive, MacOS 9.1 on a 4.3GB drive, and the DOS images on another 4.3GB drive. I've tried PCSetup 2.1.7f, but have had more trouble with it than 1.6.4. Once I get 1.6.4 working, then I'll back up what I'm doing and try the update again. Brian Futrell -- M

Re: Stupid PC CPU question

ip). :> I've also had a Pentium overdrive 83mhz, which ran rather well. It could even be overclocked (sometimes) to 100mhz if you had a 40mhz bus setting on your motherboard. Brian Futrell -- Macs: "PowerTower": 9500/200 256M/Zip100/4.3GB/USB/9.1/YDL 2.2 "MiniPower&quo

YDL 2.3

ux PPC 8.2 to try as well. I'll inform you of the results. Brian Futrell -- Macs: "PowerTower": 9500/200 256M/Zip100/4.3GB/USB/9.1/YDL 2.2 "MiniPower": 8500/180 96M/4.3GB/9.1/YDL 2.2 "Goliath": Q900 64/1GB/7.6.1 "TinyTim":

Re: Basilisk II and CDs

> > --- Brian Futrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm trying to get Mac Only disks to work, like >> system disks and Quicken >> Deluxe 98. The CD-ROM was added under the CD-Rom >> tab. Don't know about the >> other items yet, but I&

Re: Basilisk II and CDs

> --- Brian Futrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The only problem I have with it is that it doesn't >> like CD-ROM disks. When >> I put one in, it asks to format the disk or eject >> it. If it is put in >> before Basilisk II is started, it

Re: virtual pc resources

better. RealPC is MUCH cheaper though. Brian Futrell --- Macs"PowerTower": 9500/200 312MB/4.3GB*2/Zip100/ 4x2x6 CDRW/Mach64*2/Voodoo1/9.1 "Tiny Tim": Performa 475 20MB/1GB/7.6.1 -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/&g

Re: VPC 3 vs VPC 4 Re: virtual pc resources

oodoo 1 (and access to a Voodoo 2), I've declined to upgrade to 4 on this 9500. Unfortunately, since my Voodoo card(s) are of the PC variety, I need a Mac-VGA adapter so I can still use my 17" Mac monitor, or sacrifice my 15" PC monitor when wanting to use the card. Brian Futrell

Re: virtual pc resources

ous > workaround consisted of using only OS 9.0.4. Is this issue resolved > with VPC 5? > > Are there other good resources for people working with vpc? > > thanks. Brian Futrell --- Macs"PowerTower": 9500/200 312MB/4.3GB*2/Zip100/ 4x2x6

Re: yadc

D-ROM setup disk. As mentioned previously, a 98 emergency disk would also do the job. What Mac are you running that on? I wouldn't mind getting one for my 9500/200 - VPC and RealPC are a bit slow on it. Brian Futrell --- Macs"PowerTower": 9500/200 312MB/4.3GB*2/Zip100/

Re: Emulators and OS frustrations

7.5.3 disk image. I've tried 8.1 on a P3-800EB with 256MB RAM and 20GB disk space using a Q650 ROM and a 500MB image file. It boots, but crashes. Brian Futrell --- Macs"Mackey": iMac RevB 96/20GB/ZipCD/9.0.4 "Slim": 6100/66 Newer G3/250 72/4x4.5GB/4x2x6/Z