Re: Any ISA sound card sound as good as the Gravis Ultrasound ?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 22:38

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The Waveblaster and EMU SoundEngine (has chorus and reverb) use a similar chipset to the EMU8000, but are limited to ROMs oh for FFS. Its the same chip. Its not limited to ROM. The Waveblaster had no need for RAM, as thats not what the Waveblaster was made for, so no ram is wired up. You're …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 21:14

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by j^aws

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Keep the payment. Look after your health first. Investigate the best way to handover the project to the community so that we can continue it, if you can't.

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Re: Any ISA sound card sound as good as the Gravis Ultrasound ?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 21:08

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^^ The string of replies started with this: *wavetable chipsets* For 1992, the GUS apparently had no peers. We weren't discussing samplers.

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Re: To find the right projects and retro computers AKA what should I build or focus on? (486,Pentium 1-4?)

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:45

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Those arguments towards a versatile 486 play right into my need of one :P And I'll have a look into the Coppermine P3s. Prices are not too inflated. Is it absolutely neccesary to have a Socket 370 board with ISA or is a PCI card compatible enough for the games a P3 would run (the ones that are too …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:30

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+1 The original project was serving the community with affordable GUSes - have you seen the prices of these lately? ARGUS is even more relevant today. You'll be stronger when you return - everyone goes through stages in their lives. Just take things one at a time, you will be back.

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Re: Any ISA sound card sound as good as the Gravis Ultrasound ?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 20:21

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What I see on some boards above is the IC376 which is the same chip as on the original WaveBlaster and predecessor of the EMU8000 (not an early version of it). There is no dispute that evolution of these early chips eventually lead to the EMU8000. I would rather say that the EMU8000 used some tech …

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Re: Any love for AM2?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 17:45

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What is the lowest clocked build you can get on AM2/ AM2+ sockets? I recall seeing somewhere on this forum around 300 MHz - is this possible? I have some parts and wouldn't mind building one that clocks this low and is Win98 compatible.

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Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2020-02-15, 17:38

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Before posting, I did load 1 image attachment and added 1 inline tag (this is the image showing in my post above with the DOS CPUID tool) and took screenshots, then deleted the tag and attachment in the editor before loading 2 new images. I added 2 inline image tags and 2 attachments were present. …

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Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2020-02-15, 16:28

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The preview seems to be working again when using the post editor. Was anything changed since my last post? Yes, though not anything that should have affected this. Please keep an eye on it and let me know if it starts happening again and we can continue investigating together. EDIT: As I was …

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Re: Any ISA sound card sound as good as the Gravis Ultrasound ?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 16:02

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GF1 is a 1992 chip. None of the other superior wavetable chipsets existed back then. just for the record, the EMU8000 chip existed in 1991, E-MU were putting them in all their synths before they made the wavetable card. The first version was 1988/1989 for the proteus/1. Wait a moment. Do you have …

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Re: What is the name of this space combat racing game?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 22:51

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It's a 3d game most likely released in late 90s It is like the starwars racing game series, you race on another planet similar to mars. I remember the first level is in the morning (Light blue sky) and the second level is in the dusk time. The first and default car you get has a max speed of 90, …

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Re: Wht's the fastest unlocked PII?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 22:35

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This isn't true for all Deschutes. Below is a Pentium II Deschutes 400 MHz (4 multi x 100 FSB default), clocked at 2x multi to 5x multi (at 2x multi, Speedsys doesn't report the CPU name correctly): Isn't that because Deschutes disables L2 cache at 2x multiplier? Speedsys looks like it's choosing …

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Re: Wht's the fastest unlocked PII?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 20:26

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foil_fresh wrote on 2020-02-07, 12:44: how low can an unlocked P2 go? 66 x 2 ? Depends on your boards FSB range : 50x2 is possible, maybe even lower. You can also force write-through L1 cache policy as well, depending on the board. This takes you to fast 486/ Pentium 60 MHz range. And all caches …

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Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2020-02-14, 20:11

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^^ EDIT: As I was submitting this, I had two image tags in the editor, but the preview was showing three images and has posted three?

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Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2020-02-14, 20:09

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I haven't uploaded and posted an image for a while on this site. However, I had to use Imgur to host and link today as the usual site uploading and placing inline wouldn't preview images anymore? Anyone know why that is? When you say it would not preview images when placing inline, what do you mean …

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Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2020-02-13, 23:25

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I haven't uploaded and posted an image for a while on this site. However, I had to use Imgur to host and link today as the usual site uploading and placing inline wouldn't preview images anymore? Anyone know why that is? I'm posting from my usual Samsung Galaxy Note 9, however, I have recently …

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Re: Wht's the fastest unlocked PII?

Posted on 2020-02-13, 23:10

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the 333mhz version has a higher default multiplier, and because these multipliers are only unlocked downward, it offers more flexibility than the faster models. Fastest I've used is an unlocked PII 400 Mhz. It easily clocks to 450 MHz (IIRC, 4.5 multi x 100 FSB). I'm confused now. Can the …

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Re: Wht's the fastest unlocked PII?

Posted on 2020-02-10, 00:00

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Fastest I've used is an unlocked PII 400 Mhz. It easily clocks to 450 MHz (IIRC, 4.5 multi x 100 FSB). I tried overclocking t0 500 and 533 MHz, but no POST. Probably due to the cache chips being out of specification. If you can get an unlocked Coppermine or Tualeron/ Tualatin, they are more flexible …

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Re: Socket 3 vs Socket 4 build

Posted on 2020-01-23, 20:15

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-01-23, 20:01: why would you want a GUS playing GUS is overrated, yes. For the prices they currently go for, definitely. If you want to run some demoscene productions on real hardware for example, some won't play sounds without a GUS.

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Re: Socket 3 vs Socket 4 build

Posted on 2020-01-23, 19:57

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[...] To get multiple cards to play nice is not to use oddball resources that games fail to use, but rather choosing sound cards that are naturally complementary without conflicting resources, as well as cards that can be disabled whilst still installed in your system. This way, you can enable and …

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