Re: Fastest motherboard that accepts a Voodoo 5500?

Posted on 2012-08-10, 06:54

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But wouldn't the usefulness of the ISA bus(soundcards) diminsh with certain chipsets ? Not sure which one is the newest chipset usable, but something like in the links below ?: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/mix_entry.php?id=2827 http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=8702 (sampled …

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Re: Modern sound card with waveblaster header?

Posted on 2012-08-08, 19:17

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EDIT: Also here (not sure why you used Google Cache): http://www.thomann.de/de/miditemp_doxbox.htm Heh... my ancient browser was acting very temperamental(virus?), and was impossible to get to that page(and most others as well) for some reason (!)... hence googlecache. I've now killed my C-drive …

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Re: Modern sound card with waveblaster header?

Posted on 2012-08-07, 17:48

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I'm ok with not looking good :P I'd like to see more of those boxes, if it's as safe as you say I'd like to try it out! Maybe some of the info here would be of interest ?: http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php?topic=2211 http://queststudios.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID= …

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Re: Fastest motherboard that accepts a Voodoo 5500?

Posted on 2012-08-05, 15:30

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Here are a few links on the topic... :cool: : http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17938 http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30575 http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17257 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/11/30/3dfx_voodoo_5_incompatible/ http://arstechnica.com/civis/ …

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Re: Roland LAPC-I

Posted on 2012-08-02, 13:44

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I read on another thread something about the card needing a "5v rail" on the PSU, I didn't really understand what that meant, any help? It wasn't this thread ?: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30944 Should be some explanations here (about the -5v): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atx Pin 20 on …

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Re: MT-32 - check, all the other stuff... maybe?

Posted on 2012-07-31, 12:01

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Too bad this one is US only.... 😢 http://www.ebay.com/itm/320954867428

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Re: My modest Creative Labs collection (no 56k!)

Posted on 2012-07-30, 14:15

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All these retail sets inspired me to dig out some weirdo gizmo I've stumbled upon - something called the "Video Blaster"....! :lol: ("Multimedia Internet Toolkit") The blurb on the box promises things like: - Make long distance video phone calls on the internet (!) - Create Everlasting Family Albums …

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Re: Partitioning and formatting - disk issues

Posted on 2012-07-28, 14:10

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You only need logical and extended partitions if you want more than 4 partitions on a device. Use Win98SE bootdisk to boot from in the machine you're using the hdd in. fdisk /mbr to wipe the boot record fdisk - delete all existing partitions Reboot with Win98 boot floppy again fdisk partition the …

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Re: Partitioning and formatting - disk issues

Posted on 2012-07-28, 13:50

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I think you are totally over-engineering the task :) Probably... but when I started out I wasn't expecting such hard resistance from DOS... :happyhappy: And there should (in theory?) be no reason this very simple(!!) desire for a small C-partion is too much to ask, right ? (I mean, how did they …

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Re: Partitioning and formatting - disk issues

Posted on 2012-07-28, 13:18

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Again, why not create 2x2GB partitions? 2 GB is the max size a FAT16 partition can have and I never had issues with several partitions as long as they are 2GB. I want to (try to) minimize wasted space(cluster size doubles at 1024mb). AND be able to just kill/re-image C-disk if any strange problems …

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Re: Partitioning and formatting - disk issues

Posted on 2012-07-28, 11:53

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In my opinion, the patched versions of fdisk from DOS 7.1 and that of PTS DOS and Freedos all do a much more reliable job -even if one still uses DOS 6.22- than fdisk shipped with DOS 6.22. http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/129027-big-hdd-48-bit-lba-thread-index/ No doubt, but I believe the poster …

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Re: Partitioning and formatting - disk issues

Posted on 2012-07-26, 09:05

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collector wrote: Does the BIOS of the destination machine support that large of a disk? What does it report for the size of the disk? Check first picture... 🤣 "IDE Pri Master : LBA,UDMA 33,4096MB" We're talking normal BX slot1 mobo here, nothing 'fancy'....

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Partitioning and formatting - disk issues

Posted on 2012-07-26, 05:12

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Ok, so here I thought this should be a walk in the park, but no such luck. Trying to partition and eventually format some small hard drives for FAT16/DOS use. When using PartitionMagic and/or DiskManager in WinXP, everything looks peachy, same goes for Fdisk via Win98 dos prompt. But when …

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Re: Your Best PC Dumpster Finds

Posted on 2012-07-24, 23:32

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Yeah tell me about it - I paid full price for that Lian-Li, a decade ago... :disapproving: Still sits here under my desk though. Now, talking about dumptsters, here's something a german vogoner should consider taking pity on, and just buy (I can't/shipping would be a killer/probably wont ship …

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Re: Your Best PC Dumpster Finds

Posted on 2012-07-24, 22:00

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Well, I don't really do dumpster diving, but... at our building complex there's an annual 'clean-up', as in they order a trailer size(!) dumpster and people clean out their lofts etc for a couple of days. Found there a fully working 486 25-sx not too long ago, but that's about it for my dumpster …

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Re: Dos easy installation CD

Posted on 2012-07-24, 20:19

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If I remember this correctly, I just used Powerquest PartitionMagic in XP. (2 partitions, 1 set active, this was a few years ago..) And then copied the files... I must admit I've never really used DOS commands much for these types of things, though having some vague memories about fiddling with …

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Re: IDE to Compact Flash as MS-DOS boot drive.

Posted on 2012-07-24, 07:40

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Anyone managed to actually make usable partitions(2+) and then format these things ? (granted, I'm using a 'real' hdd, 2,5gb microdrive, but still via CF connector...) Meaning, that any logical partitions exists and gets assigned a drive letter in DOS and is visible ? I have partioned and formatted …

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Re: Dos easy installation CD

Posted on 2012-07-24, 05:07

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Oh, floppy boot sector.... :sweatdrop: Well, I did a post mortem "sys a:" on the offending disk, with old files and all, and no visible changes, but NOW it boots just fine! As for the disk-2-disk copy, all I did was: - prepare disk, as in partition and format, setting active partition etc - copy all …

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Re: Dos easy installation CD

Posted on 2012-07-24, 04:09

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I've been wrestling with getting a microdrive to boot now for hours.... :dead: And finally gave up the idea of just copying a full install from another hdd to the preformatted microdrive... sigh... whatever I did I could NOT for the life of me get the drive to actually boot off the copied install. ( …

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Re: Need some help flashing a Abit BH6 1.01

Posted on 2012-07-15, 13:30

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I assume you have the bin-only version of the SS-file(s) ? Never encountered a size mismatch(have you changed the original chip??), so I'm probably not much help, but... What commands are you writing when executing the awdflash ? http://i47.tinypic.com/zjh354.jpg PS: worst case, getting a new chip …

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