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Re: ISA RAM card, my easter project

Posted on 2019-04-02, 14:11

in Milliways

in Milliways

This looks great! Have you had a look at this? http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?28128-HIMEMV2-or-equivillent-PROM This is a very nice write up about the same project http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?62626-1M-memory-upgrade-mod-for-IBM-PCXT-5160-and-Portable-5155 This provides UMB …

Re: FMonster, the monster of sound synth

Posted on 2019-02-03, 21:37

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Is it possible to add a "intelligent MPU 401 Interface" on the FMonster? It'd be great if he did. Would probably save a lot of us yet another precious ISA slot. Then again, with as much as this has it might end up stealing two slots using a daughterboard :P Just adding I'm optimistic about this …

Re: Win 98 / DOS Build Help

Posted on 2019-01-25, 12:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello and welcome to the forum! Being new to a lot of this as well I can definitely say that this place and the ancillary resources provided by its members are a treasure trove of information. The only downside, as you might be aware, is that the sheer amount of detailed information is overwhelming …

Re: Reversing the Disney Sound Source

Posted on 2019-01-21, 15:53

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I read through this thread and I'm glad to see more efforts to clone more gear at the hardware level versus software workarounds. Are there any games that actually use Stereo-on-2 for DSS/CST? Also, would this intermediary board/combined unit have any issues with the pin 12-to-17 mod for FTL Sound …

Re: The Ultimate DOS/Win3x Thinkpad Thread

Posted on 2018-12-25, 01:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

II'm writing this post from Netscape. I'd consider this an impressive feat on both sides. On one hand there's you with a boxy ThinkPad making posts to an active forum two decades after its production, and on the other hand is Vogons not being a bloated mess, allowing a twenty year-old PC to post to …

Re: ~1999 Pentium 3/Voodoo 2 SLI build with a bunch of sound devices

Posted on 2018-12-24, 16:57

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I've always heard that it's better to use a mixer rather than just splicing two signals together like that. Any noticeable degradation from going that? I've got my MT-32 and I'm currently looking for an SC-55 and I'll need to route them in a similar way or run the MT-32 through the SC-55. I might …

Re: HOW-TO: make an AT I/O shield for your ATX case, in the worst way possible

Posted on 2018-12-24, 00:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So you’ve put your classy old Baby-AT board in one of those new-fangled ATX cases and you don’t like the resulting giant hole in the back. Maybe you like to keep all your holes neat & tidy, or maybe you don’t want rats/mice/gerbils entering your back hole. Let’s not go there (TOO LATE, BEAVIS), but …

Re: ~1999 Pentium 3/Voodoo 2 SLI build with a bunch of sound devices

Posted on 2018-12-23, 22:41

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Another nice lifehack is that I've used a simple headphone jack splitter so that I could plug the output of both MT-32 and SC-55 into my SB16's line in. No mixer needed! I've always heard that it's better to use a mixer rather than just splicing two signals together like that. Any noticeable …

Re: Sound card for retro PC

Posted on 2018-12-19, 16:52

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Cyberdyne wrote: Sound Blaster 16 is not even compatible to PRO 😁 Really? How many games does this break? I've been digging how my Sound blaster 16 sounds, but I've stuck to DOOM and Duke Nukem 3D so I'd hardly consider that a thorough comb through available DOS games.

Re: Win98 & DOS games: Voodoo 5 or Voodoo 2 + some other AGP card?

Posted on 2018-11-19, 03:07

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I do still have the cards to do Voodoo 5 + Voodoo 2 SLI, but wouldn't games get confused and barf upon seeing multiple GLide cards? You might want to take a general look around on here, including at this Voodoo thread . When you combine something like a Voodoo 5 and a Voodoo 2 you can dump the DLL …

Re: PC98 system

Posted on 2018-11-07, 13:22

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Oh man, I'm always glad to see more Japanese computers. Aside from a few buying guides and a handful of cursory videos on YouTube I haven't seen much. That thing is super imposing too, very beefy. What are you planning to run on it? I have at least one PC-98 on my to-grab list so I can stumble my …

Re: Win98 & DOS games: Voodoo 5 or Voodoo 2 + some other AGP card?

Posted on 2018-10-18, 14:44

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Given that I have enough modern systems for newer games, would upgrading the Voodoo 3 to Voodoo 5 bring any performance benefit? Or would the K6-II @500MHz bottleneck like crazy? I've read that the reason you'd use the Voodoo 5 in a machine like that would be to run the 4X FSAA and get a really …

Re: Win98 & DOS games: Voodoo 5 or Voodoo 2 + some other AGP card?

Posted on 2018-10-18, 12:08

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I'm currently trying to spec-up a general-purpose Windows 98 SE & DOS machine, but I don't know which way to go for graphics. Which is the more practical option; will a Voodoo 5 card even work with DOS GLide games? I tried doing a full 98SE-only Super Socket 7 machine with a Voodoo 5. Didn't quite …

Re: Voodoo 5 Troubleshooting Adventures

Posted on 2018-09-28, 12:37

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Just wanted to provide an update on this. So far, none of the flipping of BIOS switches has helped. This is all a big doo-doo mess. Also got another nice Socket 7 board off Craigslist that also spat out the three disappointing beeps. However, through my Googling I (of course) found a VOGONS thread …

Re: Voodoo 5 Troubleshooting Adventures

Posted on 2018-09-24, 01:11

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Hey man did you check if Video BIOS Shadow and/or C8000 - CFFFF Shadow / D0000 - DFFFF Shadow were enabled? If so, turn em off and try again, otherwise it looks like the EEPROM of your card maybe might need replacing. Yeah, to be extra sure I booted it up, made sure everything was off, then tried …

Re: Voodoo 5 Troubleshooting Adventures

Posted on 2018-09-24, 00:22

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I was able to download and transfer the required flash.exe and ROM image to my machine. Loaded up the DOS prompt and tried to run the tool. "ERROR: Unknown flash EEPROM manufacturer. (Man. ID: 1Fh, Dev. ID: 00h)" Tried it in a command prompt from within Windows and got the same result. Should I …

Re: Voodoo 5 Troubleshooting Adventures

Posted on 2018-09-21, 12:15

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Hey everyone, I've got an update on this. I ordered a PCI Radeon 9250 off good ol' eBay. Brand new and CompUSA-branded for good measure. I installed it on its own in the GA-5AX successfully. Whether the BIOS is set to boot from AGP or PCI, it will find it and load the machine. Windows sees it, which …

Re: Voodoo 5 Troubleshooting Adventures

Posted on 2018-09-17, 13:16

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Hi! You could take a look at this forum topic, this guy had bad capacitors on his voodoo5 and had similar issues. I understand recapping it is the first thing to do if it has issues like this. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=59870 I also had a topic on issues with my voodoo5: https:// …

Voodoo 5 Troubleshooting Adventures

Posted on 2018-09-13, 12:40

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Good morning from scenic and foggy northeast Ohio, everyone. I started a Super Socket 7 project and I've been having loads of fun. Perhaps you folks can help me troubleshoot why I can't even get my machines to POST. Primary Machine (New Build, old parts): Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Gold Gigabyte …

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