What can I do with an HP t620?

Posted on 2022-10-16, 09:39

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by Zup

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Lately, I've received a number of faulty HP t620s. After combining parts, I've made a (very?) unbalanced HP t620. It is the dual core model, upgraded to 16Gb RAM... but sadly the it has a small 16Gb M2 SSD (and it doesn't seem to be a fast one). Also, I've upgraded it to the latest BIOS available. …

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Re: Final Fantasy VII AWE Ripping

Posted on 2022-09-25, 17:55

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by Zup

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I used Final Fantasy VII with a Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold, so three things I remember: - Although FF7 had a built-in soundfont utility, it didn't work with AWE64. You had to load the soundfont using the card utility before running FF7. - Some tracks had "sound effects" embedded. Besides that vocals/ …

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Re: Creating a BIN/CUE thingy from Linux?

Posted on 2022-09-07, 04:59

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So I used cdrdao to rip the game (fortunately, it only took 8 hours). Still I haven't found a way to pause (and power off the computer) without having to restart. Now I have got two CUE+BIN (F22TAW and TFX) images that have audio data, but I was wondering about CUE+BIN+WAV. - What tools can split my …

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Re: Help me understand memory chip size.

Posted on 2022-09-07, 04:52

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256K --> Number of words in each chip 32 --> Size of word in bits (data bus width) 2 --> Number of banks? So the banks have 256K addresses of 32 bits each (4 bytes) and sums 1Mb of RAM per bank. I don't know what does it means the bank thing... maybe they have 2Mb available per chip at every time, …

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Re: HIDman - USB to PS/2 converter (Open Source)

Posted on 2022-09-03, 16:48

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in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Can it work with multi-keyboards (my keyboard is NKRO, and to achieve that it presents itself as multiple devices? Also, old Amstrad keyboards used a proprietary protocol... could it be supported?

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Re: When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-29, 21:28

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My answer is... when you see it as a mean to re-live your memories.

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Re: Does a Nvidia 6200 PCI actually work without crashing in Win9x? Which Driver?

Posted on 2022-08-24, 15:06

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I remember that my wife had a similar problem with a FX5200 card... it worked great in desktop, crashed in 3D. The problem was that the AGP bus could not give the card enough power (although the card could be plugged) and she had to replace the mainboard. Has your card any power connector that you …

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Re: Printer conundrum (images)

Posted on 2022-08-24, 06:43

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by Zup

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What kind of cable did you use? There are many kinds of RS-232 cables: - DTE-DCE (straight) and DTE-DTE (crosswired). Similar to RJ45 ones, usually the first is used to connect a computer to a peripheral (modem, printer) and the second to connect two computers directly. If your printer is configured …

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Re: olivetti pcs 86

Posted on 2022-08-22, 11:06

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

AFAIK, it's not a 8088 but an V30. That means: - 16 bits data bus. - Faster CPU (it can do 10Mhz instead of 8, and some instructions take less clocks in an V30 than in a 8086). - It has some instructions borrowed from 80186/80286 (I remember they were needed to run some VGA drivers on Windows 3.0). …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-08-21, 21:32

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in Milliways

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Gunman Chronicles. It seems that it was better in my memories than on a modern PC. It has some interesting ideas (i.e.: weapons where you can choose some parameters) and it has some variety... but levels are very linear and it has some plot issues. There is a funny thing about it... it has never …

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Re: Creating a BIN/CUE thingy from Linux?

Posted on 2022-08-10, 06:53

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The key is being able to do resumeable dumping. I don't mind using Windows or Linux tools, but some discs can take days to dump (and I don't like to leave my computers working overnight). I guess that ANY tool that can ignore errors and stop/resume the dump would work fine (but AFAIK, ddrescue is …

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Creating a BIN/CUE thingy from Linux?

Posted on 2022-08-09, 07:08

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by Zup

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I'm trying to dump some games from Dinamic Multimedia / FX Interactive using Linux. The "protection" used in those games is a "ring". They ring is composed by many, many unused/unrecorded/damaged sectors that makes a visible "ring" on the disk. Usually, the protection don't check those sectors, they …

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Re: Emulation on Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2022-08-08, 06:45

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by Zup

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

BGB, a GameBoy and GameBoy Color emulator requires DirectX 7, which won't work under Windows NT 4.0 and in Windows 95, it might include dependencies that don't exist on the OS. BGB 1.5.9 requires Windows 98 or later. Windows NT 4.0 can only support up to DirectX 3 (DirectX 6.1 unofficially). I …

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Re: B350 and Ryzen 5500 failed upgrade... any ideas?

Posted on 2022-07-28, 04:41

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OK, so I've returned that 5500 and got a Ryzen 5 3600 instead. It runs fine, so this will be (probably) the last update for that computer. The next step (in another 4 o 5 years) would be buying a new computer... if PC parts prices drop to a reasonable level.

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Re: Is gaming a waste of time?

Posted on 2022-07-18, 17:41

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Does it any good for you? It could be money, fun or sanity (sometimes games helps me to heal some mental wounds). If so, you're not wasting time.

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Re: B350 and Ryzen 5500 failed upgrade... any ideas?

Posted on 2022-07-13, 05:01

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So, going back to gigabyte CPU support list... - T52d states that it adds support for Vermeer / Renoir CPUs. - F52g states that it adds support for Vermeer (again!) / Cezanne CPUs. - All Cezanne CPUs are marked as working since F52 BIOS (no suffix). - Vermeer and Renoir CPUs are marked proper BIOS …

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Re: B350 and Ryzen 5500 failed upgrade... any ideas?

Posted on 2022-07-12, 15:00

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I've tried every 52 BIOS. It seems that my board is not compatible with that CPU. The results: - T52d: It goes CPU > DRAM and gets stuck. - F52e: It only lights the CPU led. - F52g: It goes CPU > DRAM > Boot > CPU > DRAM... and gets stuck. So, in the end, it seems that CPU supported list for my …

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Re: B350 and Ryzen 5500 failed upgrade... any ideas?

Posted on 2022-07-07, 13:41

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I'm getting very confused because of AMD... Possibly a continuing issue with the 5000 series beyond T52d - despite the final edit para, maybe try the rollback to T52d anyway I've also seen some comments about that, but I thought that it was not my case (see below). Gigabyte says that a F52 BIOS is …

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B350 and Ryzen 5500 failed upgrade... any ideas?

Posted on 2022-07-07, 04:53

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by Zup

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(I'm trying to get an answer from gigabyte, but I'd like to know if anyone has had this issue and how to solve it) Some years ago I replaced my main computer and the specs were: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200. - Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3. - RAM: 16Gb DDR4 @ 2666 MHz. - GPU: Nvidia 1050Ti. Not …

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Re: Computers in disguise, do you know any?

Posted on 2022-06-21, 04:43

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by Zup

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Older black and white Xerox copiers (165, 232, 56xx without TAG 40) could have an MBC attached to the lower back. It was a x86 thing (AMD Geode?) that had VGA and even some PCI ports, but I don't remember if it had PS/2 ports. It booted a custom BIOS that allowed serial connection. I don't know if …

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