Re: General MIDI only works

Posted on 2020-02-05, 16:13

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by joeyjojo

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I think you asked a similar question before: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=71382&p=817046 I assume you're running those games in a DOS window under Win98 (as opposed to booting into pure DOS 7). "General MIDI" emulates an MPU-401 interface and sends the MIDI data back to the MIDI …

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General MIDI only works

Posted on 2020-02-03, 15:09

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by joeyjojo

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Hello friends. I have a windows 98 machine with a SBlive! I play games like Blood and DukeNukem and have to select General MIDI for music. Its the only option that seems to work. The other options just say " you should hear bla bla music playing" but I don't. Only General MIDI works, am I missing …

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Re: Gateway MBDPCI016AAWW

Posted on 2020-01-27, 17:33

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by joeyjojo

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[...] thanks for the info. im not above modding the cpu to get something faster in it. or modding to motherboard. im pretty handy with the soldering iron. i was hoping a bios would be available that would allow a cpu upgrade do you have any information about how to mod a cpu as you suggested? this …

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Re: Gateway MBDPCI016AAWW

Posted on 2020-01-25, 18:17

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by joeyjojo

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Not sure about any manuals, but the board itself can tell us a lot: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~iIAAOSw5LRcgsn5/s-l640.jpg - So5, so single-voltage and possibly only 1.5/2.0 multiplier - i430FX with no visible L2 cache - that castrates an otherwise excellent chipset, this thing will crawl :( - …

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Gateway MBDPCI016AAWW

Posted on 2020-01-25, 14:52

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by joeyjojo

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does anyone know where i can find a manual for this motherboard? i cant seem to find any info about it. i would like to know what is the fastest processor for it and if there are any bios updates for it.

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Re: is the ct2890 a good sound card?

Posted on 2020-01-23, 23:50

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by joeyjojo

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thanks for the reply. i can get them for about 30$ a card but have no use for any but 1 in my gateway 2000. i just want my boys to enjoy wolf3d and doom the way i did.

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is the ct2890 a good sound card?

Posted on 2020-01-23, 19:17

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by joeyjojo

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got a line on a good price for a ct2890, plan on putting it in a gateway 2000 p75. the guy has other sound blaster cards. the sb value and ct2230 and a ct1300? what do u think would be the best choice.

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Re: USB on an old gateway 2000

Posted on 2020-01-22, 00:54

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by joeyjojo

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Oh, my mistake. I thought you had said the plug was on the PCI card, not on the motherboard next to the PCI slot. That's different. Still, be careful. The original AT and all its clones used two of those connectors, side-by-side. ATX replaced it with the 20-pin Molex Mini-Fit Jr plug. But, later, …

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Re: USB on an old gateway 2000

Posted on 2020-01-21, 02:29

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by joeyjojo

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here is a pic of the plug

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

Posted on 2020-01-21, 01:26

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by joeyjojo

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Got this 6 disk cd rom drive with 2 caddies.

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USB on an old gateway 2000

Posted on 2020-01-21, 00:40

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by joeyjojo

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hello again. I have been trying to get a usb pci card working on my old gateway 2000 p5-75 for a few days. After tracking down a card that is supposed to work on windows 95(dlink DSB-500) and then tracking down the proper drivers....its still not working! Imagine that lmao. So the device manager …

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Is ebay the best place to get hardware?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 19:57

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by joeyjojo

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Im just starting out building retro pc's. I came across some old sound cards and some agp video cards. i doubt ill get that luckey again. Is there any forums dedicated to buy sell and trade of old hardware?

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Re: Turbo setting on Gateway 2000.

Posted on 2020-01-16, 19:51

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by joeyjojo

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Windows9566 wrote on 2020-01-16, 18:17: CTRL-ALT-Numpad + for turbo CTRL-ALT-Numpad - for de-turbo […] Show full quote CTRL-ALT-Numpad + for turbo CTRL-ALT-Numpad - for de-turbo you change the turbo setting with a hotkey my Intel Advanced/ML, Advanced/ATX, Advanced/ZP, and TC430HX has that same …

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Re: Turbo setting on Gateway 2000.

Posted on 2020-01-16, 16:23

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by joeyjojo

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derSammler wrote on 2020-01-16, 12:51: joeyjojo wrote on 2020-01-16, 02:49: do you by any chance know what the dip switches on this board are for? No, sorry. It's not the NX-based mainboard that I thought it was. Did you try finding a PDF of the manual? Shouldn't be that hard for Gateway 2000 stuff …

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Re: Turbo setting on Gateway 2000.

Posted on 2020-01-16, 02:49

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by joeyjojo

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If that's the one with the Intel NX/Neptune mainboard, then yes, turbo mode with the led on is the faster mode. But isn't that how it is on every system? I've never seen a system that runs slower when the turbo mode and the led is on. do you by any chance know what the dip switches on this board …

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Re: Turbo setting on Gateway 2000.

Posted on 2020-01-16, 00:28

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by joeyjojo

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If that's the one with the Intel NX/Neptune mainboard, then yes, turbo mode with the led on is the faster mode. But isn't that how it is on every system? I've never seen a system that runs slower when the turbo mode and the led is on. i have seen backwards turbo on a friends system when i was …

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Turbo setting on Gateway 2000.

Posted on 2020-01-15, 16:29

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by joeyjojo

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I have an old Gateway 2000 P5 - 75. It has a turbo light with no turbo button. In the Bios I have the option of Turbo or de- Turbo. I was under the impression that when the turbo light is lit the computer is running at the slower speed but that does not seem to be the case with my setup. The …

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Re: Strange sound issues with SBlive and win95

Posted on 2020-01-15, 01:39

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by joeyjojo

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It'll be the sound card. Wolf3D does not use MIDI, it uses FM synthesis via the Yamaha OPL2 chip on AdLib, and compatible, sound cards. The SB Live does not have a real OPL2 chip so emulates it in software with a DOS TSR. The P75 is probably not fast enough for that and running the game at the same …

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Strange sound issues with SBlive and win95

Posted on 2020-01-15, 01:08

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by joeyjojo

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So I finally got this gateway 2000 p5-75 up and running. I tried some games in DOS and they run ok but if I turn on the midi music in wolf3d the game slows to a crawl. Sound effects work fine through the sound blaster but midi is slow as whale dung. I used to have a p75 back in the day and I don't …

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Re: Problem with old ide hard drive. (wdc ac2700)

Posted on 2020-01-14, 05:01

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by joeyjojo

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thanks. thats the most useful info i have seen and ive searched the internet for hours. im getting my hands on some floppy disk tomorrow and im going to wipe the drive and start fresh.

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