Re: Looking for IBM Music Feature Card owners

Posted on 2022-08-24, 21:53

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by DaveJustDave

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Thanks for the comprehensive answer. I will try to process this information. I hope that I have no more questions about the components. Very excited for this! and thanks to @Shponglefan for posting those photos! As a kid I've never even SEEN the music feature card apart from a few blurry magazine …

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Re: Hey Vogonians, what are your other hobbies?

Posted on 2022-08-01, 23:09

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by DaveJustDave

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Pretty much all hobbies summarized in two photos

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Re: IBM AT RAM expansion

Posted on 2022-03-31, 20:48

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by DaveJustDave

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I'm using an AST Rampage on mine, 16 bit ISA takes SIMMs. works great and fills in the memory hole up to 640k. I've also used an Intel Aboveboard that worked as well.

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Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?

Posted on 2022-03-24, 03:05

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by DaveJustDave

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Take up road cycling. 3-4 hours at a time out in the sun, empty your mind and keep your heart over 130bpm. Does wonders for your mental health. That number varies with age, and people who had a 486 back in the day probably should not be at 130bpm unless they are already fit. 110 would be where most …

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Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 17:43

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by DaveJustDave

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Take up road cycling. 3-4 hours at a time out in the sun, empty your mind and keep your heart over 130bpm. Does wonders for your mental health.

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Re: IBM 5170 Troubleshooting

Posted on 2022-03-15, 17:41

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by DaveJustDave

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Hmm, do you have another video card to test with? Are you using the IBM Diagnostic/setup disk? Have you tried GSETUP from minuszerodegrees? the way i see it, you have a 50/50 chance of being right on the floppies. I'd try to set them to HD first and see if they read/write any 1.2mb floppies.

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Re: Things you regret passing up on?

Posted on 2022-02-16, 16:56

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by DaveJustDave

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Roland SCC-1 for ~$200 on eBay a couple of years ago. I hesitated, hit refresh, and it was gone 🙁

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Re: 286 pc

Posted on 2022-02-07, 22:24

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by DaveJustDave

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just trying to build an 286 machine whats the best video card whats the best way to get someform of hard disk The most expedient approach would be 1. pretty much ANY ISA VGA card. The difference between the "best" and the "worst" VGA card will be unnoticeable for anything a 286 can run. Although …

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Re: Cambridge Soundworks PCworks Vs Roland MA-12C ?

Posted on 2022-01-28, 18:42

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by DaveJustDave

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It really depends on what you mean by "better" ... one thing I've found with the MA-12C is that a) they're overpriced, prices shot up after LGR got a pair b) individual volume controls on both speakers so you're constantly fiddling with twice as many knobs. Cambridge setup depends on whether you …

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Re: Whats the most rare piece of hardware you own?

Posted on 2022-01-27, 19:35

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by DaveJustDave

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probably my Atari Falcon 030

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-01-26, 21:35

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thanks. I left out the 5.25 because it shipped with the machine. Not many pictures of the inside off hand, but this is the last video I had made after finalizing the internals ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-ruZiOQws Stunning. You left out the 5.25 inch floppy drive. Also we need people to take …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-01-26, 18:41

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by DaveJustDave

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https://i.imgur.com/MBpnxRIh.jpg the current state of my new-old-stock 5170 - IBM EGA adapter - IBM 5154 EGA display with memory expansion (for mode 10h) - 80287 FPU - AST Rampage 2MB memory expansion - Adaptec 1520 16-bit ISA SCSI adapter - 4gb Quantum Fireball SCSI drive - SB Pro 2.0 with CMS …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2022-01-24, 03:45

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I drive this. I built the engine myself, among other areas. I don't just enjoy retro computers! We also have a 2011 Honda Accord EX-L. 150, 000 miles and still going strong. very hard to find a clean foxbody anymore. I should have grabbed one when they were cheap. For the matter, if there is a gas …

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Re: Are we opening sealed copies of old games?

Posted on 2022-01-10, 17:30

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by DaveJustDave

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I'm curious... which David Eddings novel does it come with? What is your general stance on sealed copies of old games? Personally, I like to keep my boxed copies in good shape but prefer to see them used. I'm asking because I just received a sealed copy of Age of Wonders. I loved this game to pieces …

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Looking for OEM mfg VGA slideshows

Posted on 2021-12-24, 18:35

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by DaveJustDave

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I remember going to various computer shows/swapmeets/fairs, etc. Vendors used to demo advanced 320x200x256 color graphics with these rotating VGA slideshows. These were usually supplied by manufacturers like Trident and Everex... lots of landscape photos, colorful parrots, etc. I know its a long …

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Re: Suggestions for which build should get which of these sound cards

Posted on 2021-12-24, 17:34

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by DaveJustDave

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I've currently got the gus max and awe32 running properly on the 233mmx. It was supposed to be the do everything machine.. Doing two new builds, the 486 and the K6 is just throwing me off a bit. The K6 will be the voodoo 2 SLI machine The 486 I was leaning on using the awe64 gold. Its my first time …

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Suggestions for which build should get which of these sound cards

Posted on 2021-12-24, 01:13

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by DaveJustDave

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I have three rigs I'm refreshing. 486-DX4-100 Pentium 233MMX AMD K6-2-570 these are the sound cards -SB16 (CT2230) -SB Awe32 -SB Awe64 Gold -Gus Max -Audigy 2 Gold Which combinations do you think would make the most sense?

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Re: Dos gaming on the go

Posted on 2021-12-22, 18:16

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by DaveJustDave

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Here's another alternative.. a Motorola Droid 4. Has a slide out keyboard, runs dos box really well (dosbox turbo even works with Munt, so you can have MT32 sound). I set one up a few years ago, and i've found it pretty good for playing old sierra adventure games on the train. https://www.youtube. …

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Re: Huge number of K6-2E+/570ACZ CPUs for sale on eBay

Posted on 2021-12-16, 16:58

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by DaveJustDave

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I ordered some because there's a build i've been meaning to finish, originally with K6-2 450. How do you guys think the 570 would run with voodoo 2 SLI?

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Re: 486DX/50 VLB Build

Posted on 2021-12-15, 17:06

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by DaveJustDave

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chinny22 wrote on 2021-12-15, 14:57: Why 50Mhz? I get that you already have a POD 83 and 5x86 but would think a Dx2/66 rounds off the high end 486 line up nicely? Sounds like you have a nice setup for some dos LAN gaming though! I would think running a 50mhz bus makes this a nice quirky build!

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