Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

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Social schisms aren't uncommon in the wild mixing pot that is the internet. Pandemic blues and society exhaustion are also big factors which sap tolerance and patience from us all. I regret anything negative I have said in the past. Everyone must make a conscious effort to take a lighter approach, …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on Yesterday, 20:41

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georgel wrote on Yesterday, 18:52: You are free to debug, reverse, waste your time and effort and write your own utilities to solve your problems. They are not mine nor do I intend to provide further development on my projects published in this forum. You know why. 🤣

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Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life

Posted on 2022-01-23, 03:50

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He didnt have much of a choice

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Re: Missing chip on CT2770 soundblaster

Posted on 2022-01-23, 03:43

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by maxtherabbit

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That's where the (mostly useless) CSP would go

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Re: Voodoo connection cable

Posted on 2022-01-22, 14:31

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Voodoo2 is severely underpowered for that system

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Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations

Posted on 2022-01-22, 14:23

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Practical? Has anyone gotten one of these chips 100% stable on air at 180 or 200? Using a peltier on any voltage is not practical IMO

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Re: Can NVME drives be partitioned as MBR and boot in Legacy mode?

Posted on 2022-01-22, 14:19

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is it possible to migrate a disk image of an installed Windows 10 system from a MBR drive to a UEFI one? I've done this recently with an old x58 based system I still use as my daily. A lot of guides out there will tell you how to partition the drive manually as GPT, how to set up the EFI partition …

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Re: Can NVME drives be partitioned as MBR and boot in Legacy mode?

Posted on 2022-01-21, 16:12

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is it possible to migrate a disk image of an installed Windows 10 system from a MBR drive to a UEFI one?

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Re: A nice late socket7 motherboard: PCPartner TXB820DS 35-8333-03

Posted on 2022-01-20, 19:33

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Talimook

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Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life

Posted on 2022-01-20, 15:22

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He's not a real guy Sam, can I keep his head for a souvenir?

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-20, 15:19

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I've never used a wavetable header in my life, didn't realise most people cared about them at all With a DreamBlaster X2GS you can have a Roland SC-55 inside your computer for beautiful Sound Canvas General MIDI without the need for extra cables and wires outside of your computer. There are also …

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Re: Capacitors on old 386/486 boards

Posted on 2022-01-19, 20:06

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The tantalum issue on 80's IBM boards and expansion cards is way more frequent, so that is probably a completely different problem, more related to the manufacturing of the caps. Idk I think it's the same thing. You never see the +-5V tants go on the IBM stuff - it's always the +-12V rails. And …

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-19, 15:13

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I've never used a wavetable header in my life, didn't realise most people cared about them at all

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-19, 03:12

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ESS cards are also good, but I prefer having the AWE in DOS even if you're limited to the ROM samples. They aren't that bad

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Re: New to DOS builds, need a sound card but not sure where to start

Posted on 2022-01-19, 02:09

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An AWE64 with a SIMMCONN is probably the best all-around ISA sound card. CQM sucks balls though, so add an additional Adlib or SB16 or something to provide OPL. (You can disable port 338h on the AWE64)

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Re: Lets make new M919 Cache sticks?

Posted on 2022-01-19, 01:59

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Sorry to barge in here but I've got to ask: why is the M919 so popular? It seems like there are more threads about it and projects directed at it than any other single mainboard model ever. Were there just that many of them made? Dirt cheap at time of release? High performance? All of the above?

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Re: CRT nostalgia vs the 15KHz monitor whine

Posted on 2022-01-19, 01:57

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If that high pitched CRT whine doesn't bother you: Either your *old*, or somehow grown use to it. I love my CRTs, but i can't be in a room with one for more then a few minutes before i start feeling physically ill from that high pitched noise. Iv had a few quiet CRTs though, those i keep. It didn't …

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Re: Make your own IDE cables?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 23:11

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I'm pretty sure the original xbox used 40 conductor IDE cables. Those are quite easy to crimp on in a small vise

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Re: How do you keep old machine Windows 95/98 stable and no crash?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 23:06

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Sort out a reasonably stable assortment of hardware and drivers, do a clean install per the guide here at Vogons, then save an image on another partition of your hard drive using Norton Ghost 2003 (available for free at the Internet Archive). Then, should you ever foul up your Win98 by installing a …

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Re: Sound Blaster AWE32 Supports 30-pin EDO RAM (up to 16MB x2)

Posted on 2022-01-17, 19:22

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EDO also definitely works in the SIMMCONN on the AWE64

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