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

Posted on 2020-06-06, 12:26

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by TechieDude

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Like black is grey? Probably yes then. It's not so much of a bug but rather because of the default brightness set in the bios, some cards have a value that is too bright, perhaps they thought it would compensate for tired or substandard monitors back in the day. Have a look here https://www.vogons. …

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

Posted on 2020-06-06, 11:43

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by TechieDude

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Today (well, yesterday) I did some work on a Viewtop S3 Virge DX. - RAM was upgraded from 2 to 4 MB using chips salvaged from another dead S3. They're a different brand but 35ns EDO is 35ns EDO. - Replaced the original ROM, which suffered from the brightness bug , with an EPROM* flashed with the …

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Re: AGP System, 939 Athlon 64 FX-60, HD3850 Windows XP (New+Old)

Posted on 2020-06-04, 16:51

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by TechieDude

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Did you buy the Mono Plus? The L2 Plus seems adequate enough as it is rated at 120W TDP and this is a 75W card. Yeah, I generally prefer to keep my hardware as cool as possible, even if it can be a bit excessive. You can never be too careful with these things. Plus, if I ever decide to overclock it …

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

Posted on 2020-06-04, 11:45

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by TechieDude

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Bruninho wrote on 2020-06-04, 04:54: I was researching on Web Archive for some old FIFA 98/World Cup 98 patches. Most notably, the FGO Champions League patch and WC98 Libertadores Cup patch. All links broken. Oh dear, a big part of my childhood has been gone. Whatever. Don't give up, you might find …

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Re: AGP System, 939 Athlon 64 FX-60, HD3850 Windows XP (New+Old)

Posted on 2020-06-03, 23:43

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by TechieDude

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Cool system man. I recently joined the HD3850 AGP Owners' club too. I'm definitely going to install an Arctic Accelero too, cause these cards run waaaay too hot. Anything above 80 celcius is not acceptable for me, and this thing hits 90 after 10 minutes in furmark... Btw, I opted for the intel …

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Re: Sound Blaster Live incompatibilities with VIA chipsets

Posted on 2020-06-03, 22:00

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by TechieDude

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I don't have my VIA chipset detail handy, but it's a low end Acer Aspire mobo that I found in trash and turned into a PIII Win98 build. I had watched Phil's vid on the SB Live which mentioned possible VIA issues. Then I found an SB0100 for cheap, and yep, issues. Some games had partial sound, and …

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

Posted on 2020-06-03, 20:49

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by TechieDude

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Yes, that's why he connected the Gotek via USB. But if that's for file transfer, there's no sense in it when he could also just use USB sticks for file transfer. He's now using a USB stick to mount floppy images on a Gotek which is connected via USB by itself. He has USB and he has a real floppy …

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Re: Dells crippled live or a pci 512

Posted on 2020-06-03, 15:44

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by TechieDude

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I would still go for an AudioPCI over an SB0200

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Re: Flytech Carry-1 S370-based mini PC (2001)

Posted on 2020-06-02, 23:19

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by TechieDude

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Not if you want Glide.

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape leaking capacitors

Posted on 2020-06-02, 23:16

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by TechieDude

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Sorry for reviving this old thread, but I recently found an old ensoniq Soundscape 2000 with bad capacitors. I can configure and initialize it, but there is no sound. So I would like to try to replace the capacitors. I'm unsure about the type of capacitors I will need (as I want to replace all of …

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Re: Win98 SBLive stuck at Irq11 can't play Dos games... Help Please

Posted on 2020-06-02, 22:56

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by TechieDude

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To add to the previous reply, what drivers have you installed? Do you know if they are WDM or VXD? VXD drivers tend to have better compatibility with EAX and DOS games, the latter being for running them from within Windows. Generally, you're going to have better luck running DOS games from within …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-06-02, 22:39

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by TechieDude

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-06-02, 22:16: Trust me you wouldn't want a Vortex2 in a PC with Windows 2000. I looked it up and saw what you mean. Seems fun.

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-06-02, 21:17

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by TechieDude

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for dos sound awe64 and even better the awaited awe64 legacy for win32 games go aureal vortex 2. and you will never want to hear about sblive. and i have apollo pro 133a aureal is great I have an AWE32 on one of my DOS rigs, an ALS100 on the other and an SBLive on my Tualeron/V3 Win98 rig, and I'm …

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Re: Dells crippled live or a pci 512

Posted on 2020-06-02, 14:11

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by TechieDude

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-06-02, 13:54: Not all Dell Live! cards are crippled. I have a CT4750 from Dell that is fully functional, for example. He was referring to the infamous SB0200, which is in fact a crappy, crippled product. I happen to have a Dell SB0220 which isn't crippled either.

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Re: Dells crippled live or a pci 512

Posted on 2020-06-02, 13:44

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by TechieDude

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Well, from what I've read, the limitations on the PCI 512 are software-imposed and they only affected MIDI polyphony anyway. It still uses a full EMU10K chip, so it's definitely better than the SB0200. I don't have either, so I can't test them first-hand. I do have an SB0220 with the full …

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Re: Freezes with a SoundBlaster AWE 32 CT2760

Posted on 2020-06-02, 13:06

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by TechieDude

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Have you tried newer drivers and/or without EMM386? Some games can be really picky with the latter. Hell, you should probably even check your system RAM for errors, and try cleaning the contacts of the SIMMs. On second thought, What are the full specs of your system?

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New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-06-02, 12:13

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by TechieDude

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I think Dell is still ordering those from Creative or something. Doesn't matter where I look for parts, there is always a Dell version of a Live there. I don't think they still do, but they certainly ordered a huge lot back in the day. Funnily enough, only one of my Live! cards is a Dell (also my …

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New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-06-02, 12:13

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by TechieDude

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Likely card won't be detected. This has plenty of results https://www.google.com/search?q=sb+live+via+chipset+problems&oq=sb+live+via+chipset+problems And that explains it all. It just can't share IRQ's without crapping itself and in my configurations they just didn't have to share IRQ's anyway. I …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-06-01, 23:14

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by TechieDude

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I thought Apollo Pro was widely affected, and I believe all Live cardsm in fact Audigy was affected too, and only until Audigy2 was it fixed to my knowledge. ...Which surprises me even more that I haven't had issues... Since my Google-fu is kinda failing me, what exactly did that incompatibility …

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Re: Help installing Sound Blasters Live! CT4780 on Windows 98 please

Posted on 2020-06-01, 23:08

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by TechieDude

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A few minutes of Googling has failed to reveal what, exactly, "improved" means in a technical context here. So, sure, maybe 98 FE has exactly the same support for WDM audio drivers as 98 SE, and people have just been spreading unfounded rumors for the last twenty years. Why not. :-P But I doubt …

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