Re: SB16 issues

Posted on 2021-01-18, 22:10

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by TechieDude

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in Marvin \ Sound

No, I don't mean -12V. It is true that hard drives and many floppy drives don't work without +12V. It's also true that a power supply should not indicate "power good" is +12V is out of spec (inside the supply). Yet, many mainboards work without +12V if they rely on POWERGOOD instead of probing …

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Re: SB16 issues

Posted on 2021-01-18, 21:45

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by TechieDude

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Maybe I am missing something important,but after installing the drivers for my CT2290 on a DX2-66, I get no output on the speaker jack but on the line-out. It 'works' but I hear a lot of other noises too and not a clear,crisp sound. So I switched it for a CT2920 and the same thing happens. Is this …

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Re: My retro PCs and games collections

Posted on 2021-01-18, 14:19

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Awesome builds! Though you should probably avoid anything Turbo-X like the plague. Too many crappy experiences with that netbook I got back in 2009... Also, how about you post pics?

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

Posted on 2021-01-16, 12:24

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does compiling Super Mario 64 for PSP and playing it there natively count? I had quite a bit of trouble getting the PSP toolchain to compile and install on my laptop for the last 3 days but I finally found a (surprisingly) working guide from 2011. I only needed to add a few lines to my login scripts …

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

Posted on 2021-01-06, 22:49

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by TechieDude

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i feel you man, i was doing some cleaning in my appartment and look what happend to my Thinkpad 760ED after 1 year in storage: https://i.ibb.co/pRpBdwq/IMG-20210105-0648044.jpg https://i.ibb.co/fHJ587w/IMG-20210105-0648286.jpg it smells like some type of glue and now its shorted (no power/no lights …

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Re: A good cheap no frills handheld emulator with SD slot.

Posted on 2021-01-06, 22:23

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by TechieDude

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in Console & Arcade Emulation

Guys: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQZoVB5PCR8 Tremendous piece of emulation (PSX/PS too!) got 2 of them and it's just masterpiece... SNES, NES, Megadrive, Saturn, Arcade, Mame, Amiga, DosBox... And many more! Im getting over 60fps in Resident Evil 2, Tomb Raider 2, Wipeout, Alien Trilogy... Built …

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Re: A good cheap no frills handheld emulator with SD slot.

Posted on 2021-01-06, 11:00

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by TechieDude

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in Console & Arcade Emulation

Well, the PSP works very well for me, and you can always run CFW on it without actually flashing it, making it permanent or modifying it in any other way. Only downside to that would be that you have to launch it every time you power it on, which can get a bit annoying. However, making it permanent …

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

Posted on 2020-12-25, 17:31

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by TechieDude

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's folded into a new, bizarre shape, the front fork completely bent under the rest of the bike and the grips bent... I can't even grip what they did. The driver offered some other bike, btw. As for the rest, let's see some lawyers/insurance company match. I don't even have an idea how to assess …

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

Posted on 2020-12-16, 20:47

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The bike is completely done for. Unfortunately. But thanks anyway, everyone. And today I finished with the 20-120GB HDDs so I continued my tests with FDDs and CFs. Storage days, I say. Well, if the frame isn't bent, it should be fixable. Worst case scenario, you might salvage some spare parts from …

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

Posted on 2020-12-16, 19:10

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

alvaro84 wrote on 2020-12-15, 18:53: I met a Volkswagen Golf, frontally. All I had was a bicycle. Holy shit, dude. Get well soon, and I hope your bike didn't get too badly damaged either...

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

Posted on 2020-12-10, 23:39

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You can continue to mince words all you want. The Service Packs for XP contained Windows Updates and the Windows Activation components. No kernel patches. Vista had a complete kernel rewrite in SP2. First of all, you start accusing me of 'mincing words', whatever that means. Second, complete kernel …

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

Posted on 2020-12-10, 21:07

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It took two Service Packs to fix all the issues with Vista. I wouldn't be blaming the hardware, especially if you had much more than the minimal requirements to use it. Service Pack 1 brought in some kernel fixes to resolve the memory usage/disk paging problems that plagued Vista. SP2 added further …

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Re: *nix software and systems

Posted on 2020-12-10, 21:05

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by TechieDude

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in Marvin \ Software

Caluser2000 wrote on 2020-12-10, 17:35: [https://www.linux-distros.com/mandrake-9-0/ Definitely bookmarking that site.

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Re: *nix software and systems

Posted on 2020-12-10, 14:42

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by TechieDude

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in Marvin \ Software

The system throws out a message about sound not being supported by the kernel. I don't know if that's true or not, but it was worth asking about. Generally, it's easier to get help for whatever issue you're having if you mention the hardware and OS upfront. Older Linux can be a bit flakey with …

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

Posted on 2020-12-10, 14:25

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As much as I prefer mostly *nix OSes, I have to disagree, ME and Vista weren't really that bad, especially the latter was crippled by shitty drivers and old hardware that was released in the early 00's. Basically, manufacturers went out of their way to provide the absolute minimum, and didn't make …

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Re: *nix software and systems

Posted on 2020-12-05, 16:06

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by TechieDude

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RetroLizard wrote on 2020-12-05, 16:03: I'm mainly trying to get sound to work. What hardware are you using?

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-03, 00:42

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by TechieDude

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in Marvin \ Sound

Perhaps you mean DIGPAK (The Audio Solution)? Although I believe there are quite a few more modular driver standards that DOS games supported and for which WSS drivers were available. Yep, seems to be it. I don't really know which games actually support WSS, or can be patched/modded/hacked to …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-02, 22:55

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I bumped into the RMC video as well - I've been looking for a SB16 compatible card with OPL3 and clean noise. I'm very interested in this card BUT I can't seem to find any solid info on how compatible it is. I recall Phil's Computer Lab raving about how good Audician 32 was but when I tried it, I …

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

Posted on 2020-11-30, 12:47

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In other news, I went totally Office Space on my old Brother Printer. I bought brand new toner for it, only for something in the paper path to screw up. I wasn't having a good day to start with, and truth be told smashing that 100lb monster on my basement floor felt AMAZING. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-11-30, 12:28

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by TechieDude

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I bought this desk recently - late 90's / early naughties era I'm guessing. Not great quality but solid enough and in very nice condition. I replaced the sun yellowed brown trim and re-laminated the edge of the keyboard tray. I also added some reinforcement under the desktop to better handle a CRT …

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