Re: Source of HDDs?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 19:54

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by Mau1wurf1977

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HAha I don't use CF cards and FDD emulators for performance, but because they are more reliable and I can trust them. I don't trust floppies. I purchased four floppy drives a while ago and brand new disks and got error after error. All the disks I carefully created would throw errors. Really …

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Re: Source of HDDs?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 17:12

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by Mau1wurf1977

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I use 2GB CF cards on my 386 gear. Both are auto detected by the BIOS. When partitioning and formatting you end up with a ~ 500MB drive. The controller I use is GoldStar Prime 2. I have others from UMC (this one has an issue with not detecting changing of floppies) and a ton of Winbond controllers, …

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Re: MS-DOS Time-Machine Gaming - Mau1wurf1977's YT Videos

Posted on 2013-12-22, 17:05

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SM2, like WC2, allows you to control the frame duration and also skip frames. I believe the keys are ALT+ and ALT- and CTRL+ and CTRL-.

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Re: CM-32L and Sound Blaster 1.5 trimpot problems

Posted on 2013-12-22, 16:49

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Sound Blaster 1.5 PIRATE trimpot repair

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Re: USB Floppy Emulator / Simulator - Video Review

Posted on 2013-12-22, 15:44

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Hey figured it out! I was always formatting the USB sticks with the drive (holding down the buttons when powered on). But now I tried the software (your version) and followed the instructions from that German site. It created 100 images on my Sandisk (which wouldn't format through the buttons …

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Re: USB Floppy Emulator / Simulator - Video Review

Posted on 2013-12-22, 13:46

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Export image works beautifully, but importing throws a "access denied" error. I'll check out your version. EDIT: Ok that tool doesn't work with mine... I already have three 3 digit floppies, so I'm going to stick with them. Currently I use the asian utility to extract image files. And I can use …

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Re: Sound Blaster PRO2 proper PC speaker Connection

Posted on 2013-12-22, 10:25

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Very likely!

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Re: USB Floppy Emulator / Simulator - Video Review

Posted on 2013-12-22, 10:14

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Ok guys I have some more time and trying to get my head around the supplied software. I can't read the commands, but figured out that you can: - Open a folder to show the contents of each folder - Extract a floppy as an image file What I really would like to know is how to: - Load an image file and …

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Re: Source of HDDs?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 09:54

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by Mau1wurf1977

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maximus wrote: Mau1wurf1977 wrote: I use CF cards and never looked back. Using IDE to CF adapters, I guess? How's that going? Any compatibility / performance / durability issues? Best thing since slices bread 😁

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Re: Sound Blaster PRO2 proper PC speaker Connection

Posted on 2013-12-22, 09:40

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by Mau1wurf1977

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A video ready to go 😀 PC Speaker Tutorial HOWEVER, the PC speaker cable picks up a lot of static. So I ended up not using it and just using a tiny piezo speaker. For recording purposes I do hook it up. So just keep this in mind before spending time and energy on this 😁

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Re: Gold Rush! Remake & Original

Posted on 2013-12-22, 07:37

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by Mau1wurf1977

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collector wrote: Not for a year or more. The original should be ready soon. My bad, I meant the original of course 😀 Can't wait. How will it be sold? GOG.com / Steam or directly? Or as a physical product?

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Re: Any of you got a 1GB DDR1 SODIMM for my little Inspiron 500m?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 06:07

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by Mau1wurf1977

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No sales / trading allowed on VOGONS! Have a look on eBay, craigslist or other places.

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Re: Gold Rush! Remake & Original

Posted on 2013-12-22, 05:47

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by Mau1wurf1977

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So when will the remake launch? Now is the time that people have time and money 😀

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2013-12-22, 05:14

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486 motherboard for 1k 😀 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-LS486e-rev … da263005&_uhb=1 Says NIB but opens it to take pictures...

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Re: SBPRO2 Golden Axe no sound effects problem.

Posted on 2013-12-22, 05:06

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Well the BIOS has no option for the POST beep, but it does beep and also does that memory test ticking sound.

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Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine

Posted on 2013-12-22, 05:00

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Does there seem to be any diffrence between running it on a 33mhz as compared to a 40mhz? A 40 MHz performs 20% faster and this seems to be quite a demanding game. I personally would also play this rather on a 486. To see the difference between 40 and 33 MHz on a 386 you can head to my YT channel …

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Re: SBPRO2 Golden Axe no sound effects problem.

Posted on 2013-12-22, 04:53

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by Mau1wurf1977

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That IS weird, but glad it's sorted 😀

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Re: Source of HDDs?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 00:30

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by Mau1wurf1977

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I use CF cards and never looked back.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-12-22, 00:01

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Nice find! SIS chipset boards should always be decent. The battery looks fine, maybe even replaced. The S7 board has an ODIN RTC. So either needs a mod or replacement if you get a battery error.

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Re: MS-DOS Time-Machine Gaming - Mau1wurf1977's YT Videos

Posted on 2013-12-21, 23:42

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That would be fantastic! And also offer dual sound card support for Wing Commander 1 😀 Also, another video: VIDEO: Ultima 7 on a 386DX 40 MHz with Sound Blaster Pro 2 and Roland MT-32

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