Re: Old Find

Posted on 2011-03-07, 05:36

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I really don't want to run into this issue again so if you can clear up my confusion, what do you mean by the "keyboard matrix"? Is that the actual connections inside the keyboard itself? Pretty much. Electronically, the keys on your keyboard are arranged into a 2-dimensional grid, but physically …

---

Re: wolf3d for mac

Posted on 2011-03-07, 05:09

by

by SquallStrife

in Macintosh Emulation

in Macintosh Emulation

Sheepshaver runs OS9, Wolf3D should run on that right? I think Sheepshaver is a pretty fast emulator.

---

Re: 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database

Posted on 2011-03-07, 04:45

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey, I just noticed something, my 286 is faster than the first two 386s on your leaderboard! 🤣

---

Re: Old Find

Posted on 2011-03-07, 04:40

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was refering to AT keyboards not being able to handle more than a couple keys being pressed at once To repeat Thrashbarg: PS/2 keyboards are the same as AT keyboards, just with a different connector on the cord. A PS/2 to AT adaptor is purely a mechanical adaptor, there are no electronics inside …

---

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2011-03-05, 14:37

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

It looks really neat! Though a little bit cramped at the keybaord( s :D) Thanks! Yeah it is a little cramped on the desk there, but I can't see myself using the Mac and Ami simultaneously, so I can just shuffle them around as needed. :) aaand I see a NWN collector's box? Neat! Yeah, picked that up …

---

Re: Disney The Sound Source & Roland LAPC-I

Posted on 2011-03-05, 09:28

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Build your own with a buck worth of resistors? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_Speech_Thing

---

Re: 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database

Posted on 2011-03-05, 08:00

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah righto.

---

Re: 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database

Posted on 2011-03-05, 07:52

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel-286-20-1-20-Octek-HT1X-Unknown-Unknown-ISA-Tseng ET4000-1MB-SquallStrife-6.2 Intel-486DX2-33-2-66-DataExpert-EXP4044-OPTI-256KB-ISA-Diamond Stealth 24-1MB-SquallStrife-27.7 Intel-Pentium-66-2-133-PC Partner-VXB830DS-Intel 430VX-512KB-PCI-S3 Virge DX-4MB-SquallStrife-123.8 Performance on the …

---

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2011-03-05, 06:31

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Here goes. Welcome to my Gametopia! http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/GGF_SquallStrife/1.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/GGF_SquallStrife/2.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/GGF_SquallStrife/3.jpg Over at the left end is Consolia, housing my console collection. Middle …

---

Re: A gallery of strange sound devices

Posted on 2011-03-04, 04:47

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I had a home-made Disney Sound Source/Covox Speech Thing at one stage, but then I scrapped it because I wanted the veroboard for another purpose. :P It was kind of crappy anyway, barely anything supported it, and the Windows 3.1x driver locked the machine up while it produced sounds. None the less, …

---

Re: 386DX40 build

Posted on 2011-03-03, 05:58

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Ooooh man, who's green with envy? <-- This guy! I have no more room for retro computers! JUST NONE!!!! 😵 Got my 286/20 box, 486/66 box, Pentium 133 box, P3 667 box, and Amiga A1200HD. There is no more room on my museum bench, and no more room for benches in my den!!

---

Re: Compact Flash type 2 card reader for micro drive

Posted on 2010-12-21, 21:10

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've never had any real success using Microdrives in USB readers. You'd be better off getting something like this http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9304

---

Re: Retro Hardware Collections

Posted on 2010-12-21, 04:58

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Loving the blue anodised look on that 486DX2! 😁

---

Canopus Pure3D

Posted on 2010-12-18, 11:50

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Found a Canopus Pure3D among some old AGP graphics cards this afternoon: http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w148/GGF_SquallStrife/th_IMG_5875.jpg Click to enlarge. The top card is a reference-design 4MB Voodoo card, the bottom card is the Canopus, with its unique 6MB of VRAM. Are there any games …

---

Re: Post your list of (un)favorite motherboard manufacturers here!

Posted on 2010-12-17, 09:54

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The good: Gigabyte: Didn't own any of these "in the day", but my last two motherboards have been great, a 965P-DS3P, and now a P55A-UD3. Stable, great overclockers, decent feature level. Asus: Pretty much every Asus board I've owned has been tits. The only reason I went Gigabyte was because …

---

Dos PC Superguide

Posted on 2010-12-16, 00:38

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Something I've been knocking up over the last few months: http://wiki.squallstrife.net/index.php/DOS_PC_Superguide It's pretty rough at the moment. I'm going to add a bunch of photos, and hopefully flesh out a bit of the instructional stuff over the Xmas break. So, let me know what y'all think. …

---

Re: Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-15, 21:24

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Anyway, if you are looking for another sound card, I have a few Vibra CT2800's which are just like a normal SB16 except with much higher sound quality (in my experience anyway) plus they have real OPL3 chips. I'm using one in my 486 now. Seems to drive the MT32 alright as well. Could probably spare …

---

Re: Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-15, 11:57

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sound Blaster Pro doesn't have a midi port, so you won't be able to drive your MT-32. Well there you go, the more you know! :) So yea if you don't play games that need the "intelligent mode" then this shouldn't be a big deal. For speech / FM any Soundblaster should do the trick. I don't know your …

---

Re: Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-15, 10:44

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The other SB16 I have is a CT2740, DSP version 4.12. Any good?

---

Re: Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-14, 23:01

by

by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Actually, just thinking about SB Clones... I remember that back in the day, one of my sisters had a computer with an ESS 1868, and it always made AdLib based games (like Commander Keen) sound weird... kind of..cheaper...not sure how else to describe it. Would an SB Pro be a better alternative if I …

---