Re: What soundsolutions (speakers/soundbars etc.) are you using on your machines?

Posted on Yesterday, 02:31

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To give some context, I live in an apartment, so neighbours are just on the other side of a wall. The sound insulation is pretty good, but not perfect. That in mind... For my gaming PC, some Corsair Void Pro wireless headphones. Sound reproduction is good, if a little bit bassy, decent trade-off for …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-02-18, 04:45

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Added an update in the OP, thank you all for your contributions and support. Y'all are awesome.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-02-17, 02:27

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Thanks Pierre32 ! Added MS Intellipoint mouse driver and MS 3D Pro Joystick drivers for Win95, also went thru some of the "uncategorised" and moved some stuff to more appropriate section (like the motherboard stuff to "motherboard") Awesome, thank you so much! I really appreciate the effort you've …

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Re: Diablo 2 Upscaled / Remaster (interactive visualisation only)

Posted on 2020-02-04, 00:50

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Very cool, but like, how is this "General Old Hardware" related at all???

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-02-03, 02:59

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by SquallStrife

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Glad you're enjoying the site, guys. 😀 In case anybody didn't know, there is a W3C HTML 2.0 compliant fallback at http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/lofi/ in case you need to browse the site on Mosaic or something ancient like that!

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Re: Dosbox Screen Rows

Posted on 2020-01-31, 05:39

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I recently installed Dosbox on a Linux Mint 19.1 system, and I noted that it contains 25 screen rows when I run it. Is there any way to have Dosbox display more than 25 screen rows? Worth mentioning that the text mode screen in DOSBox isn't a terminal like you're used to (like xterm or what-have- …

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The Old-Timey Computer Show

Posted on 2020-01-31, 01:28

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by SquallStrife

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Stumbled across this channel while browsing the Retro category on Twitch, and thought y'all would appreciate it. https://www.twitch.tv/oldtimeycomputershow They livestream a selection of computer related content from 80s and early 90s TV, from the US, UK, and more. There's a Google doc showing their …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-01-31, 01:16

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by SquallStrife

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A relevant and entertaining read, regarding C# and old Microsoft platforms. https://www.hanselman.com/blog/NETEverywhereA … s311AndDOS.aspx Probably doesn't help with your objective, but thought it might be of interest! 😀

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Re: PC speaker connector with 3 with connected pins. How to use?

Posted on 2020-01-30, 02:18

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by SquallStrife

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Probing the Speaker header with an oscilloscope has a couple of gotchas. First, the data pin is open collector, so it's either in a high-impedance state, or pulled low with a transistor. You will not see a signal on it with an oscilloscope unless you bias it up with a resistor. The speaker's …

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Re: Not for the faint hearted

Posted on 2020-01-29, 04:53

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by SquallStrife

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jmarsh wrote on 2020-01-29, 04:31: At least that one actually has face numbers, the others are just dumb. "Oh look at the time, it's headphone port past linear regulator already, I'm going to be late!" Why? You can read an analogue clock without digits pretty easily.

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Re: Not for the faint hearted

Posted on 2020-01-29, 04:03

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douglar wrote on 2020-01-29, 03:41: I can't imagine the response if they came out with a Voodoo 5500 PCI or an Alaris Cougar II clock. That's why they're all made with cheap garbage parts, there's no value proposition otherwise.

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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 is here!

Posted on 2020-01-29, 01:08

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Pi4 is definitely a welcome addition to the SBC offerings. Performance is really quite good now, and you don't have the garbage Linux driver situation that plagues the Allwinner and Rockchip ecosystems (Android notwithstanding). I haven't picked one up yet, my 3B+ is still perfectly adequate for my …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-01-23, 04:59

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by SquallStrife

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I'm very interested in one of these!!

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-01-14, 00:58

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I fixed an issue with uploading files >2MB through the web interface. An update to PHP didn't carry over some of the non-default settings I had implemented. :( I will go through any new files and account requests tonight. Sorry once again for my slowness at keeping up with this thread, I have a LOT …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-01-13, 00:48

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by SquallStrife

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FWIW, the generic cheapo Composite to HDMI adaptor you can find on Amazon for <$20 is actually decent considering the price point. I used one for a while before I got my OSSC for capping Amiga, here's an Amazon link. Demo of the output: https://clips.twitch.tv/ElegantAmazonianGiraffePlanking For $15 …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-01-10, 00:24

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by SquallStrife

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When did OSSC gain an OSD??

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Re: Amstrad mega pc

Posted on 2020-01-09, 12:09

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by SquallStrife

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Yes the terradrive , it was a 286 system but the megadrive part was more integrated so it could also be used for debugging/development (or so I have read) They are, but there is exactly one (known) piece of software that communicates between the PC and Mega Drive sides, and that't the Puzzle …

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Re: Windows NT on Motorola Powerstack II

Posted on 2020-01-09, 11:57

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by SquallStrife

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This thread made me wonder Intel x32 executables will run on a PowerPC NT4 system, does anyone know is they will? This is possible on my DEC Alpha NT4/W2K system, but I have never tried doing so on either PowerPC or MIPs system. If they do I would be interested to know how my SIV32L utility does, …

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Re: Windows NT on Motorola Powerstack II

Posted on 2020-01-08, 05:57

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by SquallStrife

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Are there any hardware differences between boards shipped with OpenFirmware, and those shipped with PPCBug? I could dump the EEPROM on my board, but I think I'd need to get a PLCC->DIP adaptor first, so I couldn't do it immediately.

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Re: Windows NT on Motorola Powerstack II

Posted on 2020-01-08, 01:35

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Fascinating!! Yeah our systems definitely have very different firmwares installed. Unfortunately I'm not an expert on this system, I really just fumbled my way through getting NT installed. If it's giving you Data Access Exception, I would be suspicious of the RAM, but if it was previously running …

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