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Re: M571 - Is it dead?

Posted on 2013-02-10, 22:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

shamino: I touched them and they didn't feel bulgy at all, I don't think it's the caps. But then again, I might be wrong, as I said I'm not very good at electronics. I have not ventured in the desoldering/soldering yet, last time I did it to a keyboard connector I made a mess (melted the edge of a …

Re: M571 - Is it dead?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 00:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks guys, it's connected to an AT power supply. The CPU fan and the case lights turn on but that's it. I tried with different RAM and different processors, I'm beginning to think that the problem might be the battery after all. Is it very complicated to replace the slot with another? I have a …

Re: Advice on Gravis UltraSound Max

Posted on 2013-02-08, 20:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I say buy it and post pictures for us to see it 😀

Re: M571 - Is it dead?

Posted on 2013-02-08, 18:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here's a picture of it:

Re: M571 - Is it dead?

Posted on 2013-02-08, 16:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Could be blown caps. You should be able to visibly tell by looking at them, if any have bulging or rounded tops then they are bad. It is possible to repair, but not easy, requires desoldering the bad ones and replacing them. I did check them and they were fine (I think, I really don't know much …

M571 - Is it dead?

Posted on 2013-02-08, 10:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello! I have this PCChips M571 Socket 7 board that came with a computer I found lying on the street a couple of years ago, I remember it booting fine right after I took it home. The CPU is a Pentium 166Mhz. I ended up dissasembling it to use some of it components for other projects; now I want to …

Re: Which software applications are used to produce game arts in 80s to mid 90s?

Posted on 2012-11-20, 11:01

in Milliways

in Milliways

I think that Autodesk Animator was frequently used too.

Re: Movies, series, documentaries you know about prehistoric life.

Posted on 2012-09-14, 19:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

There's also Ugh!

Re: Movies, series, documentaries you know about prehistoric life.

Posted on 2012-09-13, 18:57

in Milliways

in Milliways

Some time ago I was fascinated by man in it's primitive state, and I came across a really good film: "Quest for Fire". It's rather old, from 1982, and I think it's the only film that tried to depict "cavemen" in a realistic way. I thought it was fantastic, I wish there were more like it! If you …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-09-13, 01:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Robin4, that AT tower is awesome. I'm always looking around for one of those. I think I have that same model in the standard case size, extremely yellowed though. Are you going to set up a system with it?

Re: Issue with a Gravis Ultrasound Classic

Posted on 2012-09-07, 11:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yesterday I received those D424256C-80 chips. I was prepared for a letdown since they are obviously used and super old, but they worked fine. And what's even better, the missing instrument issue is gone. So you guys were right, that was the problem, it sounds superb now! Thank you all for your help …

Re: Issue with a Gravis Ultrasound Classic

Posted on 2012-09-03, 10:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks like they might work, although I'm not 100% sure. Maybe someone else can confirm? Well, I went ahead and ordered six of them, since they are cheap (less than $2 each), and also they are the model mentioned in the manual (D424256C-80). I should have them here in a couple of days. Will report …

Re: Issue with a Gravis Ultrasound Classic

Posted on 2012-08-31, 10:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I also believe the issues are due to the amount of RAM your GUS Classic has, fantasma. I happen to have a GUS ACE in my P166mmx retro-build; it originally came with 512k of RAM, and games like Doom, Raptor, Duke Nukem 3D and Descent had the same type of problems - midi music that had missing and/or …

Re: Issue with a Gravis Ultrasound Classic

Posted on 2012-08-31, 01:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How strange, right now I'm trying MIDIDEMO.BAT with the real soundcard and with DOSBox emulating it, simultaneously, and here they sound exactly the same. But I'm still having the issues described above with ROTT and Doom II, so I'm inclined to think that it must be the configuration...

Re: Issue with a Gravis Ultrasound Classic

Posted on 2012-08-30, 16:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The ROTT Shareware episode doesn't have a readme I think (at least the 3d Realms site version), but the full version manual doesn't say anything about it. As I have zero prior experience with these sound cards, I don't know anything about the patches... but I installed the 4.11 drivers, so probably …

Issue with a Gravis Ultrasound Classic

Posted on 2012-08-30, 14:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello, so I recently acquired a Gravis Ultrasound Classic, Rev. 3.7, with 256k of RAM. http://i.imgur.com/8RIEZ.jpg I installed it in my K6-2 450Mhz (the oldest computer I have at the moment), motherboard Soyo 5EHM, with Windows 98SE, in DOS mode. I set the address jumpers to 240, installed the 4.11 …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-30, 10:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

DonutKing wrote: wow... you got some nerve, posting that in the bluray vs DVD & ISP discussion thread I know, I was trying to get myself banned 😜

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-29, 23:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Gravis Ultrasound Rev 3.7

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-28, 11:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So recently I missed the chance of getting a VFX1 helmet, but luckily a few days ago I came across this: Photo is from the seller, but I already have it. Still haven't opened it!

Re: 3DO Blaster Help

Posted on 2012-08-17, 10:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's extremely cool on the few games that support the head-tracking. Origin's Wings of Glory is really cool with the ability to look around your airplane... but I think that support is pretty limited! (I'm a terrible person to ask, sadly, my setup is all Origin games... and I'm blind in one eye so …

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