Re: General MIDI: do you prefer fidelity or quality?

Posted on 2013-05-04, 10:52

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Crisis GM 3.01 is one of the largest. Crisis GM 3.01 - 1.6 Gb Evanessence GM/GS - 1.7 Gb Colossus GM - 6Gb (that in fact is an EWQL Colossus soundset GM part ripped by someone and converted to SF2)

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-05-04, 09:02

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As for mouse, I'd like to use an optical one which is easier to use than ones with a ball inside. But is there ever a way to get one working with a serial port?

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Re: When knowledge of a particular language makes you laugh....

Posted on 2013-05-03, 21:50

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Some Spanish words are really funny for a Russian. Say, 'huevo' is understood as 'fucked up', 'huesos' - cocksucker, 'traje negro' - 'fucked by a black man'. But even more funny for us are other Slavic languages. What Czech say / What Russian hear Fresh groceries / Stale poison Attention! Police is …

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-05-03, 20:52

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$24. Mobo battery is dead though. Any suggestions on how to prevent BIOS settings from wiping every power-off?

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Re: ATX 2.x to ATX 1.1 mod?

Posted on 2013-05-03, 19:28

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I used a pretty new Corsair 430CX-V2 with an ASUS P3B-F without any problems... except for lack of -5V rail, but I set up the BIOS power management to ignore -5V value so that I get no errors upon turning the power on.

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-04-30, 21:36

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Er, I kinda don't know if the games utilizing CT1330's dual OPL2 will run on a 286.

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Re: Power suply questions

Posted on 2013-04-30, 21:30

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Some ISA cards require a -5v line to operate, I know of two: Roland LAPC-I and Sound Blaster 2.0. New ATX PSUs have no such line. When I bought a Roland LAPC-I, had to throw my pretty new Corsair PSU out because of no -5v line in it. If you need a new ATX PSU with a -5v, think of Emacs/Zippy/ …

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Re: Floppy Disk not recognise

Posted on 2013-04-29, 22:33

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Mau1wurf1977 , hope you did not buy any really new (2000+) FDDs? They're so cheap for a reason: lack of the mechanics that allowed smooth head movement. Thus they quickly destroy any diskette. To avoid that you need an old drive, like 1990+/-. Chinon FZ-357 is notorious for its quality, but Teac, …

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-04-29, 20:39

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Well, I do have an opportunity to buy a 386 for 30$ BIN, and a 486 for 17$ BIN, but these are in full-tower and mini-tower cases respectively. As of 286, it has a 22.50$ starting bid and no BIN... but it's in a really slim case and is miraculously compatible with modern peripherals for a 286. It's …

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Re: What retro configuration would you suggest?

Posted on 2013-04-29, 18:50

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Depends on form factor of your P3. If you got a Slot1, there are ASUS P2B/P2B-F/P3B-F, ABIT BE6-II, Chaintech 6BTM. If it's Socket 370, you could go for an ASUS CUBX/CUBX-L/CUBX-E. The 440BX chipset used on all mobos mentioned is very fast and reliable. But look for latest revisions of the boards, …

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Re: Old PC or DOSBox?

Posted on 2013-04-29, 18:47

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Where should one look for bargains then?

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-04-28, 21:33

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Will there be a possibility to install a faster 286, or these CPUs are soldered to motherboards?

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Re: What retro configuration would you suggest?

Posted on 2013-04-28, 21:16

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Did you try it with another PSU?

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Re: Games you were impressed by graphically when they came out

Posted on 2013-04-28, 19:54

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Golden Axe (PC VGA version) King's Bounty (old NWC version of 1990) Heroes of Might and Magic II Diablo (both graphically and musically 😜) Rage of Mages Evil Islands The Witcher King's Bounty: the Legend (new Katauri version of 2008)

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-04-28, 18:58

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I am more into game music than into the games themselves. I have already encountered that one PC isn't enough to install all the music hardware and stumbled upon this in search for a compact something (I don't want to be slaughtered by wife!) This one could serve a home for some SB 2.0 or an ATI …

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-04-28, 18:46

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Yes, it's a Tandon 286/N, and it has an IDE Seagate ST157A HDD, but I couldn't find any info on its video subsystem. Seems it was a cheaper model of the later times of 386, otherwise it wouldn't cost a mere thousand bucks.

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Re: 12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-04-28, 18:11

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But I thought that 15-pin means at least VGA? And wtf is that K/B connector, is it a mere PS/2 or something more intricate?

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12 mhz 286

Posted on 2013-04-28, 17:58

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I am considering a purchase: a 12 mhz 286, 1 Mb RAM, 40 Mb HDD in a slim proprietary case, that has built-in video out (15-pin), COM and LPT ports and seemingly allows installation of 2 ISA cards. http://geryon.ru/tandon.jpg Though I were introduced to the world of computers already at Pentium epoch …

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Re: What's the fastest, single-slot, AGP2x graphics card (to complement a PCI V5500)?

Posted on 2013-04-28, 05:25

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FX5950 Ultra has 2-slot reference design, however I have seen 1-slot cards.

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Re: Turtle Beach Pinnacle SPDIF

Posted on 2013-04-25, 20:34

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There are lots of nuances concerning digital signal routing, and if something goes wrong, you might end up frying something. You need to carefully study all the papers concerning digital input/output on all the cards mentioned. Different manufacturers used different voltages of S/PDIF signal. So if …

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