Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-08, 20:10

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by danieljm

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Found a Roland MT 200 on FB for $30. MT200.jpeg The seller knew it would go for much more on eBay, but just wanted someone to have some fun with it. Until I saw it listed, I didn't know anything about it. But after a quick search online I figured out it's SC-55 compatible and I jumped at it. I've …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-08-08, 16:26

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Found a Roland MT 200 on FB for $30. MT200.jpeg The seller knew it would go for much more on eBay, but just wanted someone to have some fun with it. Until I saw it listed, I didn't know anything about it. But after a quick search online I figured out it's SC-55 compatible and I jumped at it. I've …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-07-02, 20:21

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A few pickups in the last couple weeks. Including an MT-32. Never thought I'd actually find one. mt32.jpeg Also came with the original power adapter and a bunch of patch cables. Seems to be a really early unit with the 1.0.4 firmware. I thought I'd be able to put the 1.0.7 firmware on some 28c256 …

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Re: Causes for common VGA output artifacts?

Posted on 2024-06-20, 19:54

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by danieljm

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I have considered taking a heat gun to the cards that have this problem... it is probably a lot safer than baking them. I do have a moderate success rate with baking computer parts though. I baked a Ti 4600 10-11 years ago and it brought it back around to working condition. Sometime after that I …

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Re: Causes for common VGA output artifacts?

Posted on 2024-06-20, 18:15

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I just recently got a Diamond V770 (TNT2) and I'm seeing the exact same issues. Problem persists across different monitors(CRT and LCD), cables, and motherboards, all of which work fine on everything else. smear.jpeg My card doesn't have DVI as an option, so sadly a mod like that won't work here. …

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Re: Best games for rush

Posted on 2024-05-21, 06:24

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by danieljm

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Have you proplems like this with your card https://youtu.be/v8Q11Xpj7Mw https://youtu.be/_GT_s-IaxTI Too high memory clock - solve it with .inf file edit or registry patch. Do you know which file to edit , im new at voodoo cards :) That might not apply to your card. As I understand it, the drivers …

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Re: Voodoo Banshee pci black screen

Posted on 2024-05-11, 00:53

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by danieljm

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Nice! Good eye catching the problem.

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Re: Nforce2 build, no beeps, no POST?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 16:52

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by danieljm

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I've got an Asus A7N8X board (nForce2 chipset) that refuses to make any beeping sounds, even when the system is working fine. Not sure if you're experiencing the same thing as me, but that might be something to keep in mind for the future.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-07, 22:12

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~50-60MB of ram. We are looking at ~$10K in 1987 money here :D At the rate that retro prices are going, I could wait 10 years and they'll be worth that much again. ;) And also I think I'm supposed to watch out for exploding tantalums, so that's got me a little worried too. :D The Tantalums won't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-07, 18:31

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So, I think I hit the jackpot. I've only ever found one 486 board in my area. Never seen anything older that wasn't going for a crazy high price. But the other day someone posted this on FB for FREE! mobos.jpeg They both had Vartas that were exploding, but I think I got really lucky. The top board …

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Re: Voodoo Banshee pci black screen

Posted on 2024-05-03, 16:32

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by danieljm

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Does the system beep and sound like it's still booting? Could be corrupted VBIOS. Plug in a working video card beside it and use that one to boot into Windows. Does the Banshee show up under device manager?

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-04-22, 02:04

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by danieljm

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So, I decided to try on my K6-2+ 500ACZ and it seems to have worked! I ran the custom range Memtest for a few hundred passes and got zero errors. Also did a 3DMark 99 run without issue. I haven't tried overclocking or anything yet. And now that I think about it, I never tried it before the mod …

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Re: Voodoo3 desktop not sharp

Posted on 2024-04-18, 23:34

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by danieljm

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If it's an LCD, is 1024x768 the native resolution of the panel? If not, that'll definitely make it less sharp.

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Re: Anyone in the Community Able to Repair/Replate Aureal Vortex 2?

Posted on 2024-04-16, 17:41

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by danieljm

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Unless it's particularly bad, the rust should just be on the surface of the contact. Using something like a fibreglass pen should be able to clean it up. Just be gentle and be careful not to scratch off more than necessary. Hmm, I didn't think to try that! I'll give that a shot, thank you! No …

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Re: 486 PCI motherboard doesn't POST

Posted on 2024-04-16, 17:18

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by danieljm

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The battery in the Dallas chip is almost certainly dead. I know some motherboards don't like to turn on with a dead battery, but I'm not sure how common that is with a board of this era. Still worth considering though.

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Re: Which Voodoo Card for a Pentium 166/200/233 MHz build?

Posted on 2024-04-03, 23:22

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by danieljm

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Unless you like pain, do NOT get a Voodoo Rush. :) As others have said, the Matrox/Voodoo combo is really nice as the Matrox card will have excellent 2D image quality and good Windows performance, and most 3D accelerated games at the time would have supported the Voodoo. But if you're also hoping to …

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Re: Anyone in the Community Able to Repair/Replate Aureal Vortex 2?

Posted on 2024-03-25, 18:53

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by danieljm

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Unless it's particularly bad, the rust should just be on the surface of the contact. Using something like a fibreglass pen should be able to clean it up. Just be gentle and be careful not to scratch off more than necessary.

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Re: Windows 98 and latest drivers

Posted on 2024-03-22, 22:17

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by danieljm

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I don't know if it would fix your problem, but 1GB of RAM will make Win98 unstable and flaky. I think 512MB is okay, but I always go with 256MB to be safe.

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Re: The LlamaBlaster

Posted on 2024-03-07, 17:09

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Very cool. This seemed to come together really quickly. Good luck.

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Re: Unknown 486 board, case connectors

Posted on 2024-02-21, 17:43

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by danieljm

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I'm not so sure about that. Looks like the cables in the foreground of the 2nd pic are for an AT power switch. Those headers do seem weird though. Is this case from one of the major brands? Might be a custom layout for a specific motherboard. If you can trace all those wires, you should be able to …

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