akira^8GB
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I been pulling my hair out trying to configure my Toshiba Libretto 50CT to run useful stuff. It was specially hard to find some of the old DOS software necessary to get it to work.

I thought it would be a cool idea if, in this thread, we can post resources to get our old DOS PCs running, ready for tracking.

I'll start adding these files:

DOS4GW - Took longer to find than I expected, scene.org saved the day.
DOS Boot Disk - If you have a floppy drive and want to use it, go here.
MOUSE driver for DOS - Bootdisk saves the day again.
OPL3-SA driver/utilities for DOS - I am yet to find this. It has useful stuff like a mixer. If anybody knows where to get it, pass the link.

TRACKERS - Maz has most you will want for DOS, including Impulse Tracker, Fast Tracker 2 and Ad Lib Tracker.
Open Cubic Player - Fantastic MOD player, loads man, many formats.


Keep addin' !
I'd like to read about optimal PC configurations. I forgot all about how to use the memory management, what the hell is XMS, EMS, etc.

Also: anybody knows if there are PCMCIA drivers for DOS for a generic multicard reader?? This is the ONLY thing that is making me want to install Win98.

Last edited by akira^8GB (May 27, 2011 8:59 pm)

arfink
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PCMCIA drivers for DOS is a touchy one. If your card was released in the days of Windows there is not likely to be anything, as few people wrote general purpose or generic drivers in those days except for things like mice. If you wanted to get such a thing running on a Libretto you might be stuck loading up Windows, or perhaps you could use a very basic Linux install alongside your DOS for doing file pushing, though I cannot imagine that a multi-OS setup will go very far on whatever tiny hardware your Libretto has.

I'm still scoping a Libretto for myself, and while I'm not sure I'll be using DOS all the time I will be sure to share my experience.

EDIT: as for general DOS tips, I thought I'd share a few as I'm still using DOS on a regular basis for the machine that burns my EPROMs.
TIP 1: Use Norton Commander or DOS Navigator. Both make living in DOS more bearable, but Norton Commander is still copyrighted and DOS Navigator is better and free Link: http://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/dn/ (you're on your own if you want to use Norton Commander and don't have a copy, I don't know where to find it *wink*)

Last edited by arfink (May 28, 2011 4:05 pm)

akira^8GB
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Oh yeah DOS Navigator, great tip arfink!
Make sure to share your experience once you set up your Libretto.

Mine is a Pentium 75 with 16MB of RAM, I don't know about how it would do with Linux since I have installed a Compactflash "solid state drive" in it and in Windows I would turn off the swap file altogether to avoid destroying the card with swapfile writes.

Last edited by akira^8GB (May 28, 2011 4:27 pm)

arfink
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I will be getting mine soon I hope. Step 1 will likely be an overclock. smile

Saskrotch
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pouet has a bunch of dos trackers, go to http://pouet.net/prodlist.php set type to demotool, platform to ms-dos (the links are too messy for BBCode)

Last edited by Saskrotch (May 28, 2011 9:37 pm)

ant1
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this is a cool page: http://adlib.wave460.net/trackers.html
just trackers not utilities though

this is a less pretty but more full-of-obscure-chippy-junk page: http://www.dcee.net/Files/
look at "sound blaster utilities" or "gravis ultrasound utilities" or whatever big_smile

akira^8GB
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I will make a little filre repository with files that helped me set up my machine.

For those about to get a Libretto: MAKE SURE to update the BIOS to the latest verison (6.60). All the problems I was having were solved when I upgraded the frigging BIOS.

HEre's Toshiba's file repository for the Libretto 50CT:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais … 1073768659

Last edited by akira^8GB (May 29, 2011 3:46 am)

akira^8GB
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I need one of those mixer softwares that set the audio levels of stuff in DOS. I think it was some sort of audio driver for OPL compatible cards. Anybody has any? O2STAR?

akira^8GB
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Alright, talking to myself.

The DOS (+Win3.1 ;P) Sound Blaster Pro drivers are here. They contain a software mixer that is necessary to set the volume of your card in DOS mode.

facundo
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this might be why some things are way loud and some things i can barely hear. i'll have to try and see if this'll work. thanks

akira^8GB wrote:

Alright, talking to myself.

The DOS (+Win3.1 ;P) Sound Blaster Pro drivers are here. They contain a software mixer that is necessary to set the volume of your card in DOS mode.

akira^8GB
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I forgot about my own thread tongue
I am still running into issues with my Libretto 50CT, regarding volume control when booting in pure DOS mode.
I found a freeware volume control software, BCCVOL: http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownlo … =4&i=1
This still doesn't work on my Libretto but it might be useful for other people's computers.

[update] After installing the SB Pro II drivers found in the Creative link and configuring the BIOS properly, I have managed to get sound running on the Libretto. So if you got a Libretto and are running into trouble running audio in pure DOS mode, give those a try.

Last edited by akira^8GB (Sep 16, 2012 2:05 pm)

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akira^8GB wrote:

I need one of those mixer softwares that set the audio levels of stuff in DOS. I think it was some sort of audio driver for OPL compatible cards. Anybody has any? O2STAR?

Did that exe file I gave you a long while back ever work? "SB16.exe" or what not??