Any tips/ideas/suggestions for putting a 486 mobo inside a more modern case?

Posted on 2020-01-28, 15:26

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I have a 486 mobo which I'd like to put inside a case, and wondered what my options are? I am looking for a case that has approximately 5 or 6 "front bay" panel/slots. (For things like CD-ROM, floppy, etc.) (I'd love to have something in that area to display the CPU speed, and perhaps a temperature …

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Question about the CT1350B's Yamaha DAC.

Posted on 2020-01-25, 15:34

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I have a SB2, and its one that has the Creative labels on it, to hide the two Yamaha chips. The OPL2 chip is hidden by the FM1312 label, and the other tiny chip is hidden underneath a label that reads FM1314. This is the DAC, and I wonder if someone could please tell me a little bit about it? For …

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A question about some of the jumpers on the Creative 8-bit SB2 card

Posted on 2020-01-24, 12:10

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Please can someone tell me what these jumpers do? Thanks a lot. Filename sb2.png File size 891.9 KiB Views 592 views

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Re: AWE64 Gold Differences

Posted on 2020-01-17, 17:11

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I really don't think either of them are different enough to require different drivers... both of them use the same mixer chip (CT1745A-SCP) and both uses the same EMU chip Old thread I know, but there's something specific that I was going to ask anyway, and I spotted this topic, so thought it was …

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Re: On my Window 10 machine, when I browse the contents of my retro CF drive, I can't see autoexec.bat or config.sys.

Posted on 2020-01-12, 17:14

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Ah thanks, I forgot about the System Files attribute. Tomorrow, I will double-check this. (At the moment, I only edit these "system files" on my retro machine.)

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On my Window 10 machine, when I browse the contents of my retro CF drive, I can't see autoexec.bat or config.sys.

Posted on 2020-01-12, 16:55

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I don't know whether I'm going blind, or stupid, but when I browse my retro compact flash drive (has DOS on it) on my Windows 10 machine, I can't see the autoexec.bat or config.sys files on it. They are there, because I can edit them when I use the CF drive on my retro PC. In Windows 10, I have the …

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Creative AWE64 soundfonts recommendation

Posted on 2020-01-12, 16:39

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I would like to test out a RAM module for a Creative AWE64 card, and would be interested in getting some soundfont recommendations please. I am using a RAM adapter, with 1 stick of 32MB in it, and so I have 28MB that I can use. I would be interested in loading up some big soundfonts, to test this …

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Some questions about the CT1350B

Posted on 2019-12-31, 10:21

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1. Is the CT1350B, the SB2, a mono only card? 2. If you upgrade the card, with the CMS chips, is it still a mono card? (Because I thought the Game Blaster had stereo output.) 3. The PCB says CT1350B, but all the cards I have seen also have a sticker on the reverse that says CT1350A. Why is this? …

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Re: Creative Sound Blaster Pro 2, CT1600, what is it compatible with?

Posted on 2019-12-28, 12:07

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Thanks a lot! BTW, do you know what the CT1600's maximum sample rate is? The VogonsWiki website says: unknown. Also, regarding the CD-ROM interface, VogonsWiki says: Matsushita MKE. Is that also known as the Creative/Panasonic proprietory interface? Finally, I think I read somewhere that Microsoft …

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Creative Sound Blaster Pro 2, CT1600, what is it compatible with?

Posted on 2019-12-28, 10:42

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Is the CT1600 backwards compatible with all of the older Creative cards? I believe there are 4 types of SB cards that predate the CT1600, excluding the CMS card. And also, is it compatible with other sound standards, like Windows Sound System? Any others? (I guess it's also compatible with Adlib.) …

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Turtle Beach Maui - a question about RAM and jumpers

Posted on 2019-05-23, 14:22

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When the DOS setupsnd.exe program is run, what is the amount of DRAM that is reported? For instance, if 2x 4MB (8MB in total) SIMM RAM is installed, what would this .exe program report, in terms of the DRAM available? Can it "see" all 8MB at the DOS prompt? (Or, can it only see a percentage of it? …

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Re: Turtle Beach - Maui, 16-bit ISA sound card, some questions please

Posted on 2019-05-08, 07:02

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Thanks a lot for all of the excellent comments!

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Re: Media Vision - Pro AudioSpectrum STUDIO, a question about its enhancement.

Posted on 2019-05-08, 07:01

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Nice! Thanks! 😀

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Re: Media Vision - Pro AudioSpectrum STUDIO, a question about its enhancement.

Posted on 2019-05-07, 09:54

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Thanks. Please can you tell me how to identify the PAS16, from the PAS Studio card? Is there a difference in the FCC ID / Part Numner, for instance? Thanks a lot. BTW, thanks to everyone who replies to my questions on this amazing website. This is such a great place to discuss vintage PC hardware.

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Media Vision - Pro AudioSpectrum STUDIO, a question about its enhancement.

Posted on 2019-05-07, 07:27

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I understand that the Studio version is "enchanced", but what is the / are the enhancement(s) over the 'regular' P.A.S card? Thanks a lot for any comments! 😀

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Turtle Beach - Maui, 16-bit ISA sound card, some questions please

Posted on 2019-05-05, 08:16

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Can someone please tell me what the chips do on the Maui? I think the ones very close to the SIMM RAM are onboard RAM, although it's interesting that further away from that area (not pictured) there is another small RAM IC. I think the chip next to this area is the 2MB ROM chip. The large chip I …

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A question about the Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000 sound card

Posted on 2019-04-27, 08:41

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Does anyone know what the 3 "codes" are for, in the (sorry blurry) photo? The letter codes to the left are: A T/U T I wonder what they mean, and what the hand written codes mean in the spaces to the right, next to these letters? Thanks a lot for any comments! :) Picture "screen grabbed" from …

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A question about the Thunder Board Media Vision 8-bit sound card

Posted on 2019-04-18, 10:49

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I understand from the Wikipedia entry for the 8-bit Thunder Board sound card, that it emulates Creative Labs Sound Blaster 1.0 and 1.5. How does it do this please? Thanks a lot for any comments! 😀

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Re: Do you know where there are some Terratec and/or Guillemot music recordings?

Posted on 2019-04-15, 14:13

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Thanks! I remember seeing those recordings a few years ago, and then I visited your retronn website, but I forgot that the recordings were on your ftp server. (I couldn't spot the ftp server link on your main menu, on your website.)

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Do you know where there are some Terratec and/or Guillemot music recordings?

Posted on 2019-04-13, 09:11

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I would be very interested in hearing some recordings made from the Terratec Maestro 32/96, EWS64, and also the Guillemot Maxi (Home Theater, eg SC8500 model) sound cards. I am interested in General Midi DOS games in particular. Thanks for any comments/suggestions!

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