Re: Aureal Vortex 2 - Positional audio is screwed up through TOSLINK

Posted on 2020-10-29, 12:45

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by kalm_traveler

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I have never tried this and I don't have the hardware at hand to test: Is it possible at all the SQ2500 is outputting four channel audio through the digital connector and it is remixed to stereo in your amplifier? Maybe, but to my knowledge there is only one setting for sound output in the driver …

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Re: SC-55 vs SC-55MkII - Quest for Glory

Posted on 2020-10-29, 12:37

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by kalm_traveler

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Sounds like you already made a decision - but I would add in case anyone else finds this thread in the future: in my case I just listened to clips of the games I was wanting one of these units for and found that for my use case the Mkii had no drawbacks and seemed to be just as easy to find so I …

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Re: Windows 98 PC Build - Better overall compatibility

Posted on 2020-10-05, 15:22

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by kalm_traveler

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So you can r un a voodoo card along with an average gpu? I was wondering and probably look into nabbing a card. Though I almost wonder if it would be possible to build a 3dfx card from a fpga? Heck would be neat if it was possible to build a gpu that's roughly late 90s era that could do dx, ogl, …

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Re: Windows 98 PC Build - Better overall compatibility

Posted on 2020-10-02, 15:13

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by kalm_traveler

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As far as I recall especially for early 3D hardware accelerated games you pretty much HAVE to have the hardware they were designed for There are few exceptions like DOS Glide games for Voodoo 1, but most will run better on Voodoo 2 or even Voodoo 3. Other obscure proprietary stuff usually don't …

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Re: Windows 98 PC Build - Better overall compatibility

Posted on 2020-10-01, 19:02

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by kalm_traveler

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it seems that sticking with hardware roughly of the same era as the games you want to play typically gives the best game compatibility and experience Mostly never, especially when it comes to hardware 3D accelerated games. you're saying that using hardware from the same era as the game 'mostly …

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Re: windows xp build and 98 vm older games compatibility?

Posted on 2020-10-01, 18:49

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by kalm_traveler

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It really just depends on the specific games you want to play. I haven't met anyone who realistically wants to play through thousands of Windows-only 1995-2002 games. Most folks seem to end up having a collection of nostalgia or games that they'd always wanted to try but couldn't get back in the day …

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Re: Windows 98 PC Build - Better overall compatibility

Posted on 2020-10-01, 16:32

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by kalm_traveler

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Yeah I have picked up several Pentium III and 4 platforms as i've been trying to come up with the perfect retro rig for me, but ultimately found that sticking with a single Pentium III and closer-to-Windows 98-era graphics card seems to work best since I want to be able to play everything from a …

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

Posted on 2020-10-01, 16:15

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by kalm_traveler

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On recommendation of some other forum users I monkeyed around with my first Asus TUSL2-C socket 370 board yesterday to see if I could get the rear USB ports to work and voila disabling +5vsb did the trick! Now to address the new-to-me Quadro4 900XGL graphics card which had 4 capacitors bulge and …

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Re: ASUS TUSL2-C rear USB ports not working - voltage too low

Posted on 2020-09-30, 22:07

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by kalm_traveler

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I don't know what voodoo magic you guys did but I cleared CMOS and set both the keyboard and rear USB power jumpers to Disabled (so no +5vsb) and magically the rear USB ports are working fine now on my original TUSL2-C board. I'll have to try the same thing on the second board but this brings me to …

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Re: ASUS TUSL2-C rear USB ports not working - voltage too low

Posted on 2020-09-29, 14:01

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by kalm_traveler

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I'm also suspecting the fuse. It's most likely the larger rectangular green flat part that reads ' P 160' on it. It is marked as F3 on the PCB silkscreen. I checked that one on both motherboards (for continuity only) and they both show continuity. What's interesting to me right now is why they only …

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Re: ASUS TUSL2-C rear USB ports not working - voltage too low

Posted on 2020-09-29, 00:07

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by kalm_traveler

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The resettable fuse is bad on these. Green medium size SMD package near these USB connectors. Turn off and no power, measure across these with meter set to ohms. Should be under 0.1 ohms. Another way to get 5V routed through is using powered USB hub. Cheers, I'm not sure I see the component you're …

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Re: ASUS TUSL2-C rear USB ports not working - voltage too low

Posted on 2020-09-29, 00:00

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by kalm_traveler

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Volts don't just disappear, you have somewhere a big voltage drop, just follow the path. Can't 100% tell from the picture, but seems there's a (poly)fuse and perhaps an inductor (L20) and a jumper to choose between +5V/+5Vsb to be checked. I have encountered a bad inductor near the KB connector on …

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Re: ASUS TUSL2-C rear USB ports not working - voltage too low

Posted on 2020-09-28, 20:32

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by kalm_traveler

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@kalm_traveler Hey man, have you managed those USB ports to work? whoops, I forgot to reply - no sadly the connector was not the issue. In fact, I picked up another TUSL2-C and it has the exact same problem. The 2 rear USB ports don't seem to work at all ever, but the 2 onboard header USB ports …

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Re: Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-24, 16:24

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by kalm_traveler

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If you must have a GS daughterboard, try to get an SCB-55 . I can confirm upon preliminary re-listening to the Monster Midi with Duke Nukem 3D midi files that, although it is better than I remember, it is distinctly different from my SC-88 with SC-55 map on many instruments and not in a good way . …

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Re: Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-21, 15:47

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by kalm_traveler

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What the hell, while I was on a roll, I made a successful offer on a Turtle Beach Monte Carlo too . In theory , I would have preferred a YMF-71x as it is more integrated and has less things that can go wrong, but nothing remotely affordable showed up . Anyway, getting back to OP's question, all …

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Re: Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-20, 19:19

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by kalm_traveler

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I think I may have found a solution - seems the SCB-55 was also sold as an SCD-15, and under that part number it was part of a European MIDI player device called a Charlie Lab Megabeat One. I can find those on some European sites, and for a lot less than $400 USD.

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Re: Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-19, 02:06

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by kalm_traveler

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It is a known discussion about old, rare and demanded things. You can buy it today for 390$ or in one year for more than 500$ or maybe for 10$ on a garage sale. For my 2nd SCB-55 i payed 200€ five years ago and this was a little over the average price this days. There is no correct answer to your …

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Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-18, 16:32

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by kalm_traveler

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Hi guys, With all this extra free time, I've revamped my retro rig a bit and would like to finalize it. I have an SC-55 mk ii but to make it cleaner I'd rather get the SCB-55 so there are no cables and external box necessary. I have seen 2 included in bundles on ebay but the first one is with an MPU …

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Speaker options for Windows 98SE/2000 rig - surround vs 2.1 ?

Posted on 2020-02-08, 16:50

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by kalm_traveler

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Hi guys, long time no chat :) I am finally getting back to wrapping up my 98SE/2k setup and am having second thoughts about the audio situation. Although I have both an SB Live Audigy 2 and an Aureal Vortex 2, I decided the Vortex 2 made the most sense because I have a handful of DOS games that I'd …

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

Posted on 2019-12-09, 02:25

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by kalm_traveler

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Finally made some time to tinker with the Tyan S2507T dual Pentium 3 setup today. Good news is with a beefy old PSU for all the 5v and 3.3v amps, it seems to run like a champ! Not as good news, still not sure why my 600w Enermax PSU won't turn on after recapping, but since this 450w unit definitely …

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