Re: Affordable Adlib clone (and low profile friendly)

Posted on 2018-12-03, 15:51

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But for the rest of the world shipping+import taxes make it a 100+ card, which is no more at the inexpensive range. More options are always welcome ;) While true, I'm looking at $100 AU for this kickstarter project for this assembled board, and $130 AU for the ebay one, so not a heap of saving …

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Re: What affordable keyboard for retro gaming?

Posted on 2018-12-02, 23:04

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borgie83 wrote: Try out the Microsoft Keyboard 500. Comes in beige or black, is PS2 and readily available on eBay as brand new in box. Cheap and works great. Been using them for years. Just checked, sadly no German sellers... shipping kills this. 🙁

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Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card

Posted on 2018-12-02, 20:49

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Mouser parts list comes out at 25€ after tax per card. Add to that 4€ for the obsolete ICs and 6€ for the PCBs from jlcpcb. Those will come in at least 10 PCBs... so I will have to get rid of quite a few... ;) But it's cheaper than at Aisler...So basically materials will be 35€. Add to that …

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Re: What affordable keyboard for retro gaming?

Posted on 2018-12-02, 16:20

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Well, limited NKRO would be good. For games like Micro Machines unlimited would probably be better.

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Re: When ISA vga card speed matters?

Posted on 2018-12-02, 12:52

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I definitely noticed when I switched from a TVGA9000 to an ET4000. Scrolling of screens in e.g. Monkey Island 2 got much smoother. I also have one of those tvga9000 cards. I think it is model TVGA9000A and it is quite slow. Did you test it on a slow 286 when you played monkey island 2? I also have …

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Re: Al Lowe releasing source code on ebay?

Posted on 2018-12-01, 22:29

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...and that's why open source is such a good idea. Look at all the good stuff that id software spawned by releasing their obsolete engines as open source.

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Re: When ISA vga card speed matters?

Posted on 2018-11-30, 21:17

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I definitely noticed when I switched from a TVGA9000 to an ET4000. Scrolling of screens in e.g. Monkey Island 2 got much smoother.

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Re: Al Lowe releasing source code on ebay?

Posted on 2018-11-30, 20:10

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Yep, true. Check out that MetalJesusRocks' video, it's like a promo for the listings. Weird, very weird in my opinion, if not fishy. Such valuable disks, even from a historical perspective, are getting tossed across each other in the video. But hey, "this is the only copy!". Also, according to his …

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Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card

Posted on 2018-11-30, 09:19

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I will make a calculation over the weekend, create a Mouser project for parts cost and get a quote from Aisler and alternative PCB makers. I'll post the cost and a link to the Mouser project here then.

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Re: Affordable Adlib clone (and low profile friendly)

Posted on 2018-11-29, 21:05

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I would pay around 20€ at Aisler but with extremely high quality gold plating all around. Might even be less on such a small PCB. Chinese manufacturers are a fraction of that indeed.

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MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card

Posted on 2018-11-29, 09:33

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One of the cards that I have never tried yet is the GameBlaster. There is an open source project for a compatible card: https://github.com/gemedetpaps/MUS-1099 I have already sourced a handful of the synth and amp ICs and would like to build 3-5 of those cards (due to minimum order of PCBs). Would …

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Re: Extent OPL3 Musicdisk is out!

Posted on 2018-11-26, 20:28

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Yes, ISA ET4000.

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Re: Newb Question About Replacing Capacitors

Posted on 2018-11-24, 12:27

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EEVBlog is a great source. For pure solder technique, without comment and chill music, check out Androkavo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKDfmGeSKmwP6SdGDHhu6hg

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Re: Mindscape save disk

Posted on 2018-11-24, 08:08

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What about simply installing VirtualBox with FreeDos? Then you can use multiple floppy images and swap them at will.

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Re: Newb Question About Replacing Capacitors

Posted on 2018-11-24, 08:06

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Multiple things: 1. Pictures of the leaking caps in question, please. Best with ratings visible. 2. Try something easier for starters, if you never soldered before. I used some LED blinking solder kit to get started, then worked my way up. 3. You can probably order correct replacements from digikey, …

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Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread

Posted on 2018-11-23, 23:15

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New video: GoTek Floppy Emulator Mod: OLED Display with 3D printed bracket https://youtu.be/pX5blrJYb5w

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Re: Extent OPL3 Musicdisk is out!

Posted on 2018-11-23, 23:00

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Ok, I quickly recorded the disk on my 386 with the Jazz16 board, using a real YMF262: https://youtu.be/2eBOZuICX2g As time of writing video is still uploading, pending a few minutes. Note that I skipped in between a bit, since I can only upload 15 minutes on my secondary channel, and it seems that …

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Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread

Posted on 2018-11-23, 22:38

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elianda wrote: Stargunner self running demo in VGA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8hzU6w89Jk Neat. That is one Apogee game that has eluded me so far. Did not know about that!

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Re: Best place to get the chips for a clone AdLib PCB?

Posted on 2018-11-22, 21:51

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I have created a Mouser project. You can find it linked on schlae‘s adlib project: https://github.com/schlae/adlib/issues/1 Also, ebay for the Yamaha chips.

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Re: Floppies found on Space Station

Posted on 2018-11-21, 21:52

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Did he put the images already on archive.org or vogonsdrivers? It'd be interesting, although the personal support floppies should be checked for privacy I guess. It was not t meant seriously... :) However I wonder why they never got rid of those. I figure they must be obsolete even there by now. I …

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