Re: OPL3 - what's the deal?

Posted on 2016-11-14, 00:12

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by blaker1983

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That's exactly what I meant. I was wondering why people choose it or not.I didn't hit the "PC Scene" until 1994 when I was 11, so I was accustomed to bleeps and blips at school on the old IBM PS2's and my old Tandy CoCo3. My first "real" pc was a Packard Bell 33mhz which I know the soundcard had a …

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OPL3 - what's the deal?

Posted on 2016-11-13, 23:43

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by blaker1983

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So, What's the deal with OPL 3 coming from Yamaha chips? Why are these cards, with these chips more desirable than say running like an AWE32 or AWE64, Soundscape etc. They to me sound "more realistic" and more vibrant than a harsh sounding synthesis coming from a YMF262 chip - so.. why exactly are …

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Re: AWE 64 help

Posted on 2016-11-02, 14:09

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by blaker1983

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Well, this is strange. I pulled the card from the PII system and put it in the P133 - after it was seen by Windows 98 and installed all drivers it showed not connected on any peripheral installed since it still had some of the old Aztech drivers installed. I removed the Aztech card and disabled …

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Re: AWE 64 help

Posted on 2016-10-31, 21:44

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by blaker1983

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🙁 I might just fire up my P133. at least it has a real OPL3 card in it 😒

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Re: AWE 64 help

Posted on 2016-10-31, 21:27

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by blaker1983

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So I'm home from work and I fired up the system. It has the creative drivers installed "hardware version 1.0.10" 12/10/97 and it is enabled, working etc. I/O 0200-0207. The following : VJOYD.VXD MMDEVLDR.VXD MSJSTICK.DRV is obviously Microsoft. I removed the Audio PCI and checked the bios just to be …

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Re: AWE 64 help

Posted on 2016-10-31, 16:03

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by blaker1983

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Thanks, when I get off of work I'll fire it up and check to see what's going on. All I know is the board that I have is an original Gateway 2000 some crap with a PII 300 in it, from what I saw it had no soundcard/gameport. It came with the Audio PCI card. I may pull that pc for something else and …

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Re: AWE 64 help

Posted on 2016-10-31, 13:40

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by blaker1983

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I've tried all of my old joysticks, Gravis Blackhawk, Logitech Wingman, MS Gamepad, MS Freestyle, MS Wheel, MS Sidewinder, 3d pro, Precision, Precision 2.. etc. They don't work. If I put the USB adapter on obviously they all work. The Audio PCI I put in after the gameport didn't work on the AWE 64 …

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AWE 64 help

Posted on 2016-10-31, 13:00

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by blaker1983

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Hey guys, I've got a problem with my AWE64. It's the non gold version, I've installed all drivers and the card works great. The only problem with it is that the gameport does not work? It shows up, but any time I plug something into it, the joystick etc. does not get detected? Am I missing something …

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Re: power supply

Posted on 2016-10-08, 02:38

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by blaker1983

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Are any of those for use with ISA slot boards as well? I have ISA slots on both boards to support older soundcards, i.e. gravis ultrasound

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power supply

Posted on 2016-10-07, 19:23

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by blaker1983

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Hey guys, can anyone point me in a direction for a nice tried and true QUIET power supply for PII/PIII boards? i.e. 24pin connector etc. with enough juice to support everything. I don't want any helicopter sounding power supplies or anything super loud, which I have one in my PII system right now …

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Re: Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-18, 01:44

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by blaker1983

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Works for me, I appreciate the advice. I did get the P2 up and running but it has a hard drive in it with XP on it so it's in a boot loop. At any rate, on any of those 3 systems, what would you recommend for most compatibility? I know you said dos6.22 for the P133, it's already got Dos and Win95b on …

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Re: Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-17, 23:52

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by blaker1983

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So I'm looking again at this PII motherboard, I'm about to stuff it into a case really quick with a hard drive etc and see if it posts. Though I remember hearing about something with "oem" style motherboards having a proprietary power connector ?

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Re: Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-17, 20:11

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by blaker1983

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440LX, had to remove the processor to see it. The P133 not sure, I'll bring it in within the hour and start to take it apart and see. never knew of overclocking the P133.

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Re: Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-17, 19:59

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by blaker1983

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Man, I might look into that - though on the topic, can anyone help me identify this board? This is the PII board I have and all I know is it came from a Gateway. It has a PII 300.

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Re: Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-17, 19:37

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by blaker1983

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Hmm, I'll have to see if I can find a 200mhz pentium, I don't know if this board supports it as I cannot find a ton of information about PB systems. I don't believe it has L2 cache either on the 133. The problem with my P3 is I wish I could underclock it some and get it down to maybe 500mhz or so …

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Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-17, 18:20

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by blaker1983

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Hey guys, I'm a lurker but I want to become more involved with Vogons. At any rate I have a few systems here that I want to start using but I'm unsure about what exactly I want to do. I miss the good games from 90-96 or so but also those afterwards until about 2002. Right now I have a "old pc" that …

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Re: Maximizing my build

Posted on 2013-06-19, 01:42

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by blaker1983

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that's precisely what i needed to hear. - i have over 170 jewel cases with games burning for me to install as well as disks etc. always tell my wife i'm going to "get around to it" but finally i have thrown it together. Is there a place for old school style cases? the one I have is pretty beat up, …

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Maximizing my build

Posted on 2013-06-18, 23:10

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by blaker1983

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Hey guys, just wondering if I'm going to be maximizing or limiting my build. Currently I'm putting together a P3 system with the intent to play everything from the late 80's up until around 2001-2003. So far I've got the PC chips socket 370 board with a P3 933 that I plan on underclocking. 256mb of …

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My Build - Suggestions

Posted on 2012-11-25, 06:15

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by blaker1983

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Alright guys, been wanting to get this thing up and running for a long time now, but I have a few questions. Ideally I am wanting to run anything from say, 1992 to 2002, though mainly hovering around 96-00. Right now I have a system that I have put together - Pentium 3 1ghz (if I knew the board …

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AudioPCI problems / help

Posted on 2012-10-25, 02:31

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by blaker1983

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Hey guys, I'm new here and I've lurked a while. I finally have a question about something that is annoying me. I have a few "legacy" computers but my main one is a P3 1ghz (working on underclocking it) though I have a Ensoniq AudioPCI. The soundcard works fine but say I have a game that uses Adlib …

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