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by ppgrainbow
Fri 14 Aug, 2015 4:46 am
Forum: General
Topic: PCem v9 r304: Trident TGUI9440 text mode display corruption
Replies: 21
Views: 16412

Re: PCem v9 r304: Trident TGUI9440 text mode display corrupt

After reading here: http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs140/projects/pintos/specs/freevga/vga/extreg.htm , seems this: O/E Page -- Odd/Even Page Select "Selects the upper/lower 64K page of memory when the system is in an eve/odd mode (modes 0,1,2,3,7). = 0 selects the low page = 1 selects the high...
by ppgrainbow
Fri 14 Aug, 2015 4:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: PCem v9 r304: Trident TGUI9440 text mode display corruption
Replies: 21
Views: 16412

Re: PCem v9 r304: Trident TGUI9440 text mode display corrupt

So did Mach64... oops.png ps. the rainbow logo of Energy Star has a better looking than the original one, kind of... in my point of view. That doesn't sound too good. :( Beside that, the rainbow coloured Energy Star EPA logo sounded much better. epa rainbow.png Seriously, the Award Modular BIOS' 64...
by ppgrainbow
Fri 14 Aug, 2015 3:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can download the latest revision?
Replies: 18
Views: 14628

Re: Where I can download the latest revision?

You're welcome! :D
by ppgrainbow
Fri 14 Aug, 2015 1:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can download the latest revision?
Replies: 18
Views: 14628

Re: Where I can download the latest revision?

amadama wrote:Debug versions of rev 304 here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8eowqdiieg8ri ... g.zip?dl=0
Thanks again! :)
by ppgrainbow
Fri 14 Aug, 2015 1:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: PCem v9 r304: Trident TGUI9440 text mode display corruption
Replies: 21
Views: 16412

PCem v9 r304: Trident TGUI9440 text mode display corruption

I'm using the Trident TGUI9440 driver for the AMI WinBIOS 486 machine (Intel 80486 33MHz w/16 MB RAM, Sound Blaster 16 sound card) and since I updated to PCem v9 r304, I'm starting to notice display corruption issue when running MS-DOS 6.22 in text mode. Have a look: TGUI9440 text mode display corru...
by ppgrainbow
Fri 14 Aug, 2015 12:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 crashes PCem v9 r292
Replies: 10
Views: 10265

Re: Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 hangs/crashes PCem v9 r292

Flight Simulator 5.1 no longer hangs or crashes PCem v9 on exit with r304! :D The bad news still is that Microsoft Defrag and Norton Speedisk both do not retain the correct colours after exiting Microsoft Space Simulator. It must be either something with the S3 Trio compatible adapters or bugs in th...
by ppgrainbow
Fri 14 Aug, 2015 12:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can download the latest revision?
Replies: 18
Views: 14628

Re: Where I can download the latest revision?

Thank you!

There is no r304 debugger version of PCem. I'll be reporting any problems that may arise in r304 once it occurs.
by ppgrainbow
Thu 13 Aug, 2015 8:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where I can download the latest revision?
Replies: 18
Views: 14628

Re: Where I can download the latest revision?

The latest version of PCem is version 9. You can find it on the Downloads section. The latest revision that I currently have installed is r292 and sadly, I will be stuck at this revision, until either v10 is released or someone complies the latest revision of PCem v9.
by ppgrainbow
Thu 13 Aug, 2015 5:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: JPEG issues in IE
Replies: 5
Views: 5563

Re: Windows 3.1 DOS Box VGA grabbing

Also, JPEG images messed up in IE, Windows 9x and 2k/XP. On 16-bit or 24/32-bit color mode. I tried a couple of video cards and none of them could get rid of this issue. I'm wondering if JPEG images in Windows NT (3.1, 3.5x and 4.0) has the same corruption issue as well. Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1...
by ppgrainbow
Wed 12 Aug, 2015 12:06 am
Forum: General
Topic: OS/2 2.0 installer hard resets after loading kernel
Replies: 11
Views: 11039

Re: OS/2 2.0 installer hard resets after loading kernel

Thank you for fixing the bugs in OS/2 1.3 and OS/2 2.0. Once I update to r301, I will do a test installation of OS/2 Warp 3 and if there are any problems, I will report back. :)
by ppgrainbow
Mon 10 Aug, 2015 11:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Direct3D Bug: Display flickering frequently
Replies: 0
Views: 3862

Direct3D Bug: Display flickering frequently

Does anyone have a problem running the latest revision of PCem v9 using the Direct3D video mode? For me, I'm currently running the Award SiS 496/497 machine (486DX2 @ 66 MHz with 64 MB RAM, Number Nine FX graphics card with 2 MB VRAM) for example. Text mode and ironically, Windows 3.11 in 1024 x 768...
by ppgrainbow
Mon 10 Aug, 2015 10:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: OS/2 2.0 installer hard resets after loading kernel
Replies: 11
Views: 11039

Re: OS/2 2.0 installer hard resets after loading kernel

TomWalker wrote:OS/2 2.0 should be working fine as of rev 300.

Incidentally, I now officially hate OS/2. And also the concept of conforming code segments.
Aww. Why do you dislike OS/2, including the concept of conforming code segments? :(
by ppgrainbow
Mon 10 Aug, 2015 8:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: OS/2 2.0 installer hard resets after loading kernel
Replies: 11
Views: 11039

Re: OS/2 2.0 installer hard resets after loading kernel

TomWalker wrote:Rev 297 fixes the OS/2 1.3 disc error bug.
Thank you for fixing the disk error bug when attempting to install OS/2 1.3. If I update to r297, I'll test OS/2 1.3 and Warp 3 to see if the disk error bug is gone. :)
by ppgrainbow
Mon 10 Aug, 2015 5:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: OS/2 2.0 installer hard resets after loading kernel
Replies: 11
Views: 11039

Issues with OS/2 1.3 and OS/2 Warp 3; OS/2 Warp 4 bugs

I think that we have a bigger problem here and it has to do with the OS/2 operating system itself. 1. OS/2 1.3 OS/2 1.31 installer stops on the first diskette install with the error message after displaying the text splash message: A disk read error occurred. Insert a system diskette and restart the...
by ppgrainbow
Mon 10 Aug, 2015 3:36 am
Forum: Development
Topic: v10 rough timetable
Replies: 40
Views: 36826

Re: v10 rough timetable

I would also like to see SLiRP networking support (ported from QEMU)! :) That way it would be much easier to go online in PCem. Not only I would like to see NE2000 network cards implemented, I would also like to see AMD PCNET Family Ethernet (PCI/ISA). Here's a documentation on networking: http://wi...
by ppgrainbow
Sun 09 Aug, 2015 6:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 crashes PCem v9 r292
Replies: 10
Views: 10265

Re: Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 hangs/crashes PCem v9 r292

TomWalker wrote:And rev 296 gets it running on the recompiler.
Thank you so much for fixing the emulator hang! I really appreciate it! Once I update to r295, I will do further debugging and testing whatever or not if Flight Simulator crashes PCem on exit or hangs and get back to you. :)
by ppgrainbow
Sun 09 Aug, 2015 10:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 crashes PCem v9 r292
Replies: 10
Views: 10265

Re: Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 hangs/crashes PCem v9 r292

Can you post your config.sys and autoexec.bat files? Sure. Here's what I have so far. CONFIG.SYS: FILES=50 BUFFERS=10 FCBS=1,0 STACKS=9,256 DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOSDATA.SYS /INITBASE=1101 DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM BE:N FR=D000 I=B000-B7FF R:3 DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.SYS @C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.DA...
by ppgrainbow
Sun 09 Aug, 2015 9:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 crashes PCem v9 r292
Replies: 10
Views: 10265

Re: Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 hangs/crashes PCem v9 r292

Can you give more details about your setup? What machine, CPU, graphics card, OS etc? Are you running interpreter or recompiler? I forgot to put this down. I'm currently running the Award SiS 496/497 machine with a Intel 80486 DX2 processor running at 66 MHz, an Number Nine FX (S3 Trio 64) graphics...
by ppgrainbow
Sat 08 Aug, 2015 8:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 crashes PCem v9 r292
Replies: 10
Views: 10265

[SOLVED] Exiting Flight Simulator 5.1 crashes PCem v9 r292

Anyone played Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1 under PCem? I played that game for a while and the game does work fine for as long as I remain in the game. I exit the game once and it works well. Sometimes when I enable XMS support for the Sound Blaster 16 card Flight Simulator 5.1 does NOT start for a...
by ppgrainbow
Sat 08 Aug, 2015 5:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] DESQview/X causes hard reset under PCem v9 r285
Replies: 5
Views: 5852

Re: DESQview/X causes hard reset under PCem v9 r285

Now working in rev 291. Thank you so much for fixing this bug! I deeply appreciate it! :D Update: I got DESQview/X working in higher resolutions! To get it to work, I had to manually edit the DVX.CFG file in the C:\DVX directory with the following: client dwm,backdrop type VG8 dispsize 240x180 font...
by ppgrainbow
Sat 08 Aug, 2015 6:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] DESQview/X causes hard reset under PCem v9 r285
Replies: 5
Views: 5852

Re: DESQview/X causes hard reset under PCem v9

QEMM doesn't run on v9. I fixed it last night, in rev 290. DESQview has/had the same issue, I haven't tested DESQview/X yet. Thank you for telling me. QEMM did run on v8.1 though. I suspect that one of the reason why QEMM didn't run is the REP instructions in 32-bit mode with both 0x66 and 0x67 was...
by ppgrainbow
Sat 08 Aug, 2015 2:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Norton Commander 5 Install program does not work
Replies: 4
Views: 5085

Re: Norton Commander 5 Install program does not work

I sure hope that bug gets fixed soon. The bug is not present in Norton Commander v5.51 (released in 1999), the last version that supported MS-DOS. I tested it on a Award SiS 496/497 BIOS (486SX, 486SX2, 486DX, 486DX2 and 486DX4) and it found no problems. :)
by ppgrainbow
Sat 08 Aug, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] DESQview/X causes hard reset under PCem v9 r285
Replies: 5
Views: 5852

[SOLVED] DESQview/X causes hard reset under PCem v9 r285

Does anyone have a problem trying to install and run DESQview/X under PCem v9 r285? The product from the defunct company Quarterdeck Systems used to work on PCem v8.1 as well as the latest versions of the MAME arcade and console emulator. Anyways, I have a problem when attempting to install DESQview...
by ppgrainbow
Wed 05 Aug, 2015 7:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: Intel Advanced/EV Endeavour issues
Replies: 2
Views: 4084

Re: Intel Advanced/EV Endeavour issues

TomWalker wrote:Haven't seen the first issue before. The infinite memory count is a known bug.
Thank you for telling me about this issue regarding the infinite memory count bug. I sure hope that it will be fixed in a future revision. :)
by ppgrainbow
Wed 05 Aug, 2015 1:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Intel Advanced/EV Endeavour issues
Replies: 2
Views: 4084

Intel Advanced/EV Endeavour issues

Has anyone used the Intel Advanced/EV Endeavour ROM under using the standard (IDT Winchip) and dynamically complied (Pentium/Pentium MMX) versions of PCem? In that case, there are a couple of annoying bugs to look into and it has to do with the BIOS. First issue: When I hit F1 to enter the CMOS setu...
by ppgrainbow
Mon 03 Aug, 2015 4:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] ALT key does not work in PCem v9 r279
Replies: 3
Views: 4665

Re: ALT key does not work in PCem v9 r279

Does pressing another key with it work? Like Alt+F for the File menu? I know that a lot of old DOS applications worked that way. Pressing Alt alone did nothing. Nope, it does not. It sounds to me like my keyboard was starting to act weird. Last November, the Alt and Windows keys were swapped on my ...
by ppgrainbow
Sun 02 Aug, 2015 6:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] ALT key does not work in PCem v9 r279
Replies: 3
Views: 4665

Re: ALT key does not work in PCem v9 r279

Updated to r285 and the ALT key still does not work. :(

Is anyone experiencing with this problem or is it just me?
by ppgrainbow
Fri 24 Jul, 2015 7:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Award Sis 496/497 and 430VX do not detect HDDs
Replies: 9
Views: 11034

Re: Award Sis 496/497 and 430VX do not detect HDDs

It is strange. However, this only applies to the first revision of the SiS 496/497 chipset. The 3rd revision of the SiS 497/497 chipset released on 7 October 1995 fixed the 4,096 cylinder (1.97 GB) bug. It has a file name of SIS496_3.AWA. To get it work with PCem, I had to rename it to SIS496-1.AWA....
by ppgrainbow
Fri 24 Jul, 2015 3:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Award Sis 496/497 and 430VX do not detect HDDs
Replies: 9
Views: 11034

Re: Award Sis 496/497 and 430VX do not detect HDDs

I'm currently using revision 279 of PCem v9 using the Award SIS 496/497 BIOS, created a hard disk with 4,064 cylinders, 16 heads and 63 sectors per track, went to the BIOS, used the auto-detect feature to detect the hard disk image. The auto-detection feature can detect a hard disk using option 1 f...
by ppgrainbow
Thu 23 Jul, 2015 1:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: [SOLVED] ALT key does not work in PCem v9 r279
Replies: 3
Views: 4665

[SOLVED] ALT key does not work in PCem v9 r279

I have a problem here, I'm currently using PCem v9 r279 with the Award SiS 496/497 ROM, I installed MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 so far. The problem is that when I type EDIT in the MS-DOS problem, the ALT key does not respond at all. This means that I cannot use the menu options to save and open text...