Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-24, 20:53

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That would be great. I guess they would be really expensive. You would need to sell thousands (?) to get to a reasonable price I think. Edit: As long as I have storage I will buy all AT cases in reasonable shape and with a reasonable price. I have too many now... whats important is not the full …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-23, 21:10

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Well, the seller responded fairly quickly and was quite apologetic. They had another case of the exact same style, though maybe a tad bit more yellowed. He's willing to send it to me for free due to the damage to this one, and is going to "do everything [they] can to pack it better this time." cheap …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-23, 20:26

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Sad day for me today. The particular style AT case I had been looking for was posted up on eBay a couple weeks ago and I bought it even though it was (IMHO) overpriced. It arrived today: http://i.imgur.com/dbZ0ZFut.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qG0Pr8ht.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sxlDUkOt.jpg http://i.imgur. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-22, 14:46

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Arrived yesterday: First time owning one of these, very happy with the difference it makes in the games which support it.

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Re: Retro Consoles.... who plays them

Posted on 2017-10-22, 12:40

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Love retro consoles. :) http://i.imgur.com/2iunKIrm.jpg Slightly older picture... not shown is a new SCART switch with two outputs that gives me a much better method than what I was doing before to play games on either the PVM or the HDTV (via Framemeister, also not pictured). HDTV is still a better …

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Re: FM / Midi Composition & programming help

Posted on 2017-10-07, 15:22

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Yeah, mine arrived on Thursday (same 1992 edition as BeginnerGuy, though mine did not have the disk... though can't say I'm interested in the software that was on it). You're exactly right that much of the book feels like a glorified advertisement piece, heh. Was kind of sad to see that the majority …

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Re: FM / Midi Composition & programming help

Posted on 2017-10-02, 22:06

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The programming section is an appendix of around 60 pages, there is no ready made code for you to dabble with, but it seems to have everything I need. knowledge of 80x86 assembly is assumed by this book, instructions are written like this: Initializing the DSP for Voice 1. Write a byte value of 01h …

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Re: Dx2or (Dextor) - A tale of a Dx2 Rebuild Log

Posted on 2017-10-02, 17:15

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Haha. 😀 Depends on if the seller knows what it is or not or if it's being sold as scrap for gold (risk of it not working then too).

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Re: Dx2or (Dextor) - A tale of a Dx2 Rebuild Log

Posted on 2017-10-01, 20:53

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I am not loading any Vesa drivers or anything, and the L1 is in WT and not WB mode. I don't think that there were any Dx2-80-WB version, as all I can find is WT models. Ah interesting. I'm also not running WB L1 either as my CPU doesn't support it. I actually just today bought a processor (SX955) …

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Re: Dx2or (Dextor) - A tale of a Dx2 Rebuild Log

Posted on 2017-10-01, 15:16

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I have no idea how much (if any) difference upgrading to 256KB cache would make, but since you have the space for more cache, I figure might as well, right? ;) Regarding Doom performance... I've seen some videos that have really left me scratching my head regarding the performance the person was …

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Re: Dx2or (Dextor) - A tale of a Dx2 Rebuild Log

Posted on 2017-10-01, 12:52

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Very nice build! Love it. :) The benchmarks you took were interesting to me to compare against and see how much of a performance boost a DX2-80 might be in my build versus the DX2-66 I'm using now. Kind of an apples-to-oranges comparison though of course, given I'm using a different motherboard (FIC …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-29, 17:19

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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote: Ah, I see. Installing Windows 3.1 isn't the end of the day, you know, because you can always boot to DOS without problem. For sure, heh. I'm just being super picky about it for no good reason. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-29, 12:01

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I actually really want version 3.0 as that's the last one that includes the DOS IDE, but I didn't think I could pass up a complete 4.0 set with 4.5 update CD. This version requires at least Win 3.1 (but can still produce DOS executables), which I suppose I can install on my 486 anyway ( that way I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-28, 21:54

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http://i.imgur.com/77Xhowym.jpg?1 I actually really want version 3.0 as that's the last one that includes the DOS IDE, but I didn't think I could pass up a complete 4.0 set with 4.5 update CD. This version requires at least Win 3.1 (but can still produce DOS executables), which I suppose I can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-28, 01:49

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probnot wrote: Two systems I grabbed if only for the sweet, sweet baby AT cases. pic1.png Nice find! Still looking for a case like the one on the left myself (one day!).

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Re: FM / Midi Composition & programming help

Posted on 2017-09-24, 14:36

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This topic got me thinking about it again, so I tracked down another seller with a copy of the book in new condition. Sent him a question asking if it has the disk or not and will definitely buy it if it does (cost is quite a bit more then it would be from a thrift store though, so that sucks). I do …

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Re: FM / Midi Composition & programming help

Posted on 2017-09-24, 12:31

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I have not received it yet, the goodwill book sellers I buy from offer free shipping that can sometimes take as long as 3-4 weeks. I'll let you know what I find when I read it. I also prefer physical books, I've gone through a few now with a chapter on audio. Mainly just reading the CT-VOICE.DRV …

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Re: FM / Midi Composition & programming help

Posted on 2017-09-23, 21:58

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I've ordered a book called "Sound Blaster The Official Book" on a whim, but not sure if that will contain discussion on programming. Did you receive this book yet and have a chance to flip through it at all? I was curious about it a while back but wasn't sure how much actual programming stuff was …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-09-23, 21:13

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Almost done with my 486 build. Finished figuring out the remaining hardware things today. I definitely underestimated how hard it would all be, haha. Just now, I finally felt that I had earned the right to re-assemble the case (that is, I'm not expecting to have to tweak any hardware inside any …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-09-20, 01:58

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Assembled most of my 486 build. Still some little things to work out, but have been able to verify that everything at least works (big sigh of relief 😀 almost everything was obtained from different places/sellers).

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