Re: Unlocked PIIs

Posted on 2012-04-23, 10:33

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by Mau1wurf1977

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These chips / mainbaords don't have mainboard cache (what I/we? call L2 cache on 486 / Super Socket 7 machines) anymore. So they are either super fast (with the fast on-chip cache) or totally crippled (286, 386SX, 386DX depending on what speed, FSB, memory speed). The FSB and memory speed (and …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2012-04-23, 07:02

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by Mau1wurf1977

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DOH! Other way round of course 😀 AWE64 goes to A240 and the AWE32 to A220. But regarding the offset you confused me even more. 😊 The other option is to mute FM on the AWE64. Because otherwise FM will come out of both cards.

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2012-04-22, 23:28

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Yes and on the AWE64 you can change 388 to something else! There are games that send FM to 220h+offset, and will in your example go through the AWE64, regardless of 388h, or what it has been changed to. But the AWE64 sits on 240 + different offset now. Just to clarify I'm not talking about just …

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2012-04-22, 23:17

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Yes and on the AWE64 you can change 388 to something else!

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2012-04-22, 22:59

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Yes that should work really well. See the AWE64 as the main Sound Blaster card and the AWE32 as the OPL / MIDI card and configure it that way. So the AWE64 should go 220/7/1/5/300 and the AWE32 whatever else is left like 240/5/3/?/330. And the best thing is that the FM address of the AWE64GOLD can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-04-22, 22:47

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Artex wrote: Picked up a new (but old) gem 😀[/img] Very nice! Well worth the investment 😀 Make sure you get a MT-32 as well!

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Re: A history of DOS gaming :) (article suggestions and etc)

Posted on 2012-04-22, 00:14

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by Mau1wurf1977

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A very good resource for the 3D graphics accelerator era is Tomshardware. They cover the whole Nvidia vs. Voodoo fight really well. Before the Internet it was all through magazines. There is a German site Kultpower or something like that. They have scans of many popular magazines from that time. But …

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Re: Two new retro PC's coming my way

Posted on 2012-04-21, 16:41

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Man that sucks, I can feel for you. All the best.

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Re: An old game in a mansion (or house)

Posted on 2012-04-21, 08:37

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Mystery house from Sierra?

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Re: Best OS9 and earlier exclusive games?

Posted on 2012-04-21, 00:38

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Not an Apple person so I don't know how this fits in but all the early Sierra games like Space Quest 1 and 2 or Kings Quest 1,2 and 3 have vastly superior music on the Apple version. And mouse control for the character 😀

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2012-04-20, 09:03

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Just a heads up, I just got a price quote back from utsource.net, SAA1099P's are 3$ each+shipping and are in stock, plus they take paypal and ship worldwide. Sweet! Edit: Just ordered a pair, 10$, coming from Singapore. Awesome. Just a heads up! The chips get cheaper if you order more. I ordered 20 …

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Re: Anyway interested in a PHP/MySQL Benchmark Storage App?

Posted on 2012-04-20, 08:21

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Something like this would be awesome! However wouldn't using Google Docs work just as well? I started this 3DBENCH database a while ago, but it was just me adding information into a spreadsheet and uploading it as a PNG file. It got quite tedious after a while...

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2012-04-20, 02:04

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by Mau1wurf1977

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I have these two cards: Happy to test if it helps!

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Re: Which of the two revisions of CT1600 would you use?

Posted on 2012-04-19, 14:15

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Like sliderider said! Test both cards and use the one that is less noisy 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-04-19, 06:52

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Just found this out! Another way to get that retro feeling boosted is getting basic powered 2.0 Stereo speakers. So no sub, no Hi-Fi speakers, just something really basic. Took me right back to my school days when I listened to the tunes of Monkey Island. :happy: http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/ …

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Re: Sound handling

Posted on 2012-04-17, 17:37

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Easiest is to use MIDI for music and Sound Blaster for sound effects. Then you just record directly off whatever MIDI device you use!

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Re: Favorite brands for your retro hardware

Posted on 2012-04-17, 03:14

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by Mau1wurf1977

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- Asus and Gigabyte because both brands are well documented and you can still download manuals, drivers and BIOS files. - Intel. It just works :D - Creative and Roland. Despite Creative cards being noisy, hanging notes, 12 bit DAC and whatever they are the original and things also just work. - …

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Re: Roland SCC-1A - No Sound?

Posted on 2012-04-17, 03:09

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by Mau1wurf1977

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And congrats to your purchase! Just so you know the SCC-1 also has a Roland MPU401 interface so you can drive a Roland MT-32 if you ever want to!

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Re: Roland SCC-1A - No Sound?

Posted on 2012-04-17, 00:37

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by Mau1wurf1977

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The Sound Canvas should be at address 330 and IRQ 2 or 9 I believe. Make sure the Sound Blaster 16 has the MIDI Port at 300 or something that isn't 330. Also boot into MS-Mode to see if you can get Doom or some other game to work with it.

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Re: It's Official!

Posted on 2012-04-15, 04:47

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That's awesome 😀

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