Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-21, 14:59

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Your experiences are certainly very strange... Roland gear is made very well (Japanese) and I haven't heard of many (any) people with such negative experiences as you have. Here some more tunes, these ones are from Dynamix games: http://www.philscomputerlab.com/dynamix-games.html Roland starts at 6: …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-21, 14:10

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My GUS experience is different. Got the card, installed it. Listened to a few demos, then tried a few games I know and packed it away never to be used again LOL AWE 64 Gold + MPU401AT + MT-32 (Old) + CM-32L + SC-55 is, as I already mentioned earlier, and most know, my recommended setup. I've …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-21, 07:25

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Maybe I'm crazy. I got the Roland SCC-1 in today and had a little time to listen. It sounds great but I only had time to listen to Duke Nukem 3d and Doom. I actually think I prefer the OPL3. Maybe it's the nostalgia or maybe my brain just thinks that old games should have that synthesizer sound. I …

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Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.

Posted on 2014-09-21, 07:08

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The other option you have is installing Windows 98SE and using MS-DOS mode. This allows you a few more things such as disabling the splash screen for example and running defrag from within Windows. Yes the MMX, even at the slowest setting it will beat the K6-2+ (I didn't have a K6-III+ back then) at …

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Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.

Posted on 2014-09-21, 06:17

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Don't let MS-DOS 7.1 put you off. There is very little you need to get going. I made a video covering this: http://youtu.be/k_pppclfshE This will give you all the command line utilities, but seriously, for playing games all you need are himem, emm386 and mscdex. Feel free to use my start-up files as …

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Re: Wasn't 3DFX related to Sega becoming a third-party software developer?

Posted on 2014-09-21, 06:11

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I remember going to a computer show with my brother and they had the PSX and Sega Saturn on display. Neither were launched yet. PSX had Ridge Racer, Wipeout and Tekken. Sega Saturn had Virtua Fighter, Sega Rally nad I believe Panzer Dragoon. Even back then it was clear to me that the PSX was the " …

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Re: End of the line

Posted on 2014-09-20, 14:20

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kixs wrote: Dumping this many cards into the "market" will crash the prices It won't 😀 It's a big world...

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2014-09-20, 13:46

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Anybody want a demonstration? Sure! I also agree. 60 fps captures are so much smoother. I did this Quake 2 gameplay on a V3 with v-sync and it's so smooth to see at 60 fps on the big screen. Thing is compression actually works quite well with 60 fps so videos shouldn't become that much larger in …

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

Posted on 2014-09-20, 13:10

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StarTech VGA2HDMIPRO Professional VGA to HDMI® Audio Video Converter with Scaler

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2014-09-20, 13:08

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This might be of interest! A quite decent solution for capturing low resolution 320 x 200 DOS footage: StarTech VGA2HDMIPRO Professional VGA to HDMI® Audio Video Converter with Scaler

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Re: End of the line

Posted on 2014-09-20, 12:37

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Wow, what a collection! Are you sure about selling? Must have taken you ages to get it all together. I'm not familiar with Falconfly, what about eBay?

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

Posted on 2014-09-20, 03:27

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Started a big Voodoo benchmarking project focusing on the faster cards this time. Done the Velocity 100 and V3 2000 and lots more benchmarks to go 😀

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-18, 17:02

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I've got two 1680s. Now I don't remember if these had the swapped L and R or if it was a SB Pro compatible card like the Audacian. Still it is something one should be aware off and double check.

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-18, 16:35

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by Mau1wurf1977

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SB Pro has L and R swapped.

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

Posted on 2014-09-18, 02:01

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brostenen wrote: And now for something completely different.... My retro-lunch.... Chicken N'bacon burger. Yum 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-18, 02:00

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They are awesome aren't they 😀

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Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.

Posted on 2014-09-17, 22:34

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Very nice!

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Re: Blood and hardware Roland Midi problem

Posted on 2014-09-17, 05:50

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I haven't looked into aftermarket memory managers like 386MAX or QEMM because I heard many games are not compatible - can somebody provide comment on this? There should be zero need for after market managers. You could try my start-up files with CD-ROM and mouse drives. It has 6 boot options to …

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Re: Ok, I'm building a new DOS rig from scratch.

Posted on 2014-09-17, 05:46

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Don't have that board, but it should be pretty decent. Eager to see if you can enable DMA mode. I have one ALI board that does it, but with another board DMA mode doesn't stick. $50 is a fair price IMO, they certainly aren't getting cheaper. I never had the need for UMBPCI. You can use the start-up …

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Re: Has any one tried the new IDE SSDs yet?

Posted on 2014-09-17, 05:40

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edited my post. even with stroking wouldn't an SSD still be faster in some repsects? i know for the Toughbook it's no brainier since it has no moving parts. then again in retro laptops there isn't room for adapters so at least for desktops stroking may be a better option. Yes I can only speak for …

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