Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-07-02, 15:20
Predator99 wrote on 2020-07-02, 15:05: Was advertised as "Goldstar Graphics card" - OK, take it 😉 s-l1600.jpg False advertising! Nice catch
Re: Tulip pc compact 2
Posted on 2020-07-01, 20:03
It's a few AA batteries in a holder. They are above the mainboard, and I have an AT Compact 3 (same design) motherboard that is damaged by leaking batteries...
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-07-01, 18:40
Ah, good job! Did you take time to figure out if it was U2, U8 or U16? So there were (at least) two separate problems. As for you PCM distortion question. I don't know.
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-06-30, 20:59
Actually, sounds just like mine. It does not have the crackles like the OPL2 or the distortion of the PCM audio. Well.. I'm not familiar with how CMS sounds, I guess it just sounds metallic/distorted due to being limited to square waves or something? Regardless, I'm looking at the schematics and I …
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-06-30, 20:23
CMS is the same quality as OPL2 music? Also with more distortion on the left? I added a recording of Monkey Island in CMS mode: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AWtnFMgwHpkFFN9T56XP-YktpK_z5vqX?usp=sharing As far as I can tell, yes the distortion is there. Actually, sounds just like mine. It …
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-06-30, 19:37
CMS is the same quality as OPL2 music? Also with more distortion on the left?
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-06-30, 12:56
That does not sound right. Music is okay but PCM is broken.
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-06-29, 11:42
If you're going that route, also try U4 if you have one (EDIT: a spare). My broken TEA2025 sounded like this: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=822621#p822621 After a couple of weeks I had time to look into the issue with this card.. I am now trying it in mmy 430TX Pentium 200-MMX system …
Re: Identifying my XT clone
Posted on 2020-06-25, 10:09
Hard to find, but we can still try :) Whereabouts did you live then? Europe, USA, elsewhere? Is the black rectangle in the middle a drive (5.25" slot)? And another slot above it? Is there anything to the right of those drives? Maybe a 3.5" slot on its side? EDIT and you can browse through this …
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-06-22, 07:25
Well.. How about CMS? I haven't tried this yet. So here is my question: What is a good game to try CMS sound on the Snark Barker? If CMS levels are on par with FM then I know the issue is not FM being too loud.. Which would be a weird twist. Paku Paku is easy and free: https://deathshadow.com/ …
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2020-06-20, 15:26
You could try and swap out the TEA2025 if you have a spare one. Mine died and it gave weird results.
Re: 486 asus motherboard with no slots
Posted on 2020-06-19, 14:17
If I look at the pictures of a TC-40 here: Re: AT Power Supply Cable Color Codes I don;t think mine is the right riser. The board might be ISA only?
Re: 486 asus motherboard with no slots
Posted on 2020-06-19, 13:12
I have this one in my spare parts/recycler box. It's branded Tulip and might not work if I read the comment above me, but I have no use for it so you can have it if you want for shipping costs. Although depending on where you are located those might be steep and we'll need to find out if it is …
Re: Evergreen Spectra 233MHz questions
Posted on 2020-06-18, 14:16
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-06-18, 14:01: voltage regulator IC on the other side. Voltage regulator right under CPU core? On boi. Yeah so the MOSFET is right underneath the CPU (that might be a little toasty), and there is a voltage controller IC (MIC5158BM) on the underside.
Evergreen Spectra 233MHz questions
Posted on 2020-06-18, 13:57
A while back I got this Evergreen Spectra 233MHz Processor Upgrade. I got around to looking at it today, and I have some questions. It was sold as a Processor Upgrade kit for socket 5 (I think). Mine has corrosion, it had a CPU pin stuck in the socket, and came with a Intel Pentium MXX 233MHz. The …
Re: Show us your retro computer cases
Posted on 2020-06-16, 13:06
I think I've seen about 8 for sale (here locally) in the last 6 years. I always keep an eye out, because the 386 SX 16MHz from my childhood was in this case. They are usually sold as complete systems, for quite some money if you just want the case :) It was popular with quite a few OEM builders I …
Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2020-06-16, 07:11
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-06-15, 19:36
Won this on ebay Didnt know specs or anything and it was(still is) pretty beaten up. Stripped it down and gave it some TLC. Cleaned up very well and is a fair bit sturdier now. 486 sx 25mhz - 4mb ram - 122mb HDD. https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=85966&mode=view That's good-looking :) Was …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-06-15, 11:12
Bancho wrote on 2020-06-15, 09:58: Powerleap PL-IP3/T sloket arrived today. Came with a 1400 Tuleron. […] Show full quote Powerleap PL-IP3/T sloket arrived today. Came with a 1400 Tuleron. Excellent combination if you ask me 😀
Re: Internal OPL3 ISA 8 bits (PCXT)
Posted on 2020-06-14, 19:01
Looks and sounds great!
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