Re: Cirrus CS4624 dos mixer
Posted on 2018-08-31, 20:46
Here's the hexeditor created data file. My guess is that it's either some basic bootstrap code for the DSP, or something like the 'SEGA' cartridge unlock code.
Re: Cirrus CS4624 dos mixer
Posted on 2018-08-31, 20:44
No problem. You need the CS4624 drivers, which work for Win3.1/95/98, but also include a DOS initialisation part. However, if you don't install them via Windows, then a crucial initialisation data file is NOT generated and the DSP won't work. Fortunately, some clever guy (https://flaterco.com/kb/ …
Re: Cirrus CS4624 dos mixer
Posted on 2018-08-28, 10:35
What a dummy. The Function keys with volume control work in dos. 🤣
Cirrus CS4624 dos init - fails after PCMCIA
Posted on 2018-08-28, 10:00
I've just put together an old IBM Thinkpad 600X (P3-450, 1024x768, 4MB AGP2x NeoMagic) - I've maxed out the RAM (576MB), fitted a big drive (320GB) and gotten all of the drivers sourced. It works really nicely, and a fair bit speedier for later games than my earlier Thinkpad 385ED. I've got sound …
Re: Keyboard not working on Asus PVI-486SP3
Posted on 2017-04-07, 22:43
Hey folks, having similar problems with my PVI SP3. It's been turned off for a long time, probably 12 months or more. On re-assembling everything, I have now replaced the CMOS battery and reset the BIOS. I'm not getting any keyboard input at all. The POST screen comes up with the "Keyboard error or …
Re: 8 bit 3D card
Posted on 2016-03-04, 22:45
is there any LGA 1150 mobo with ISA hidden out there... like in the industrial market or something? Last with fully working ISA slots (DMA, bus mastering etc) was socket 478/Pentium 4 (845, 865 and rumours of 875 chipset). However, you can get ISA support on Intel Q77 (3rd gen i3/i5/i7) if you can …
Re: Just how many (sound) cards do I want?
Posted on 2016-02-22, 20:49
Oh, and a bit of a practical question: how streamlined is the use of a soundcard with MIDI daughterboard, along with an external MT-32? How do I select one or the other? Is it a per game setting that I can automatise? Can I just leave everything on with the correct setting and the sound will only …
Re: Atari Transputer
Posted on 2016-02-21, 19:49
I believe so, and Wikipedia shows at least one platform (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriade) that is still using it. I'd bet there's quite a few still in industrial applications, as that tends to be the type of stuff that shows up on Ebay, attached to various VME boards, IO controllers and the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-02-21, 12:17
I just bought this motherboard with CPU for 17 euro with free shipping! :) Lets play name the motherboard! fun_times.jpg Seems to be a workstation class board - multiple SCSI ports, a 64bit PCI/PCI-X slot, lots of DIMM slots. Unusual to see one with an ISA slot though! If my ASUS CUR-DLS (dual s370 …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-02-21, 11:57
Labelled up my 3, 4-way SCART switch boxes so that I know which device is plugged in to each: They're remote controlled, but I'm always putting the remotes down somewhere where I can't find them, so I labelled the front of the switch boxes, so I've got: Switch 1 - Thor AVC100: MSX 2+, ZX Spectrum + …
Re: hybrid computer
Posted on 2016-02-21, 10:37
I often hear that "supermicro" chipset can support : isa, pci and vlb... but in such a bad manner that no one cares... I cares, anyone got a board of those ? I'm not aware there ever was a "supermicro" chipset. "Supermicro" the company was formed in 1993. The same year PCI was introduced. As far as …
Re: System power usage - how much is too much?
Posted on 2016-02-21, 10:16
Everything in my office/games room is on remote-control powered sockets, only my main PC/server runs 24/7, and it's on a UPS. Anything I want to use I power up with the remote control (speakers, monitor, games machines, retro computers etc), and then the relay in the power strip physically turns it …
Re: Atari Transputer
Posted on 2016-02-21, 09:58
I didn't realise anyone else on here had any knowledge of the Transputer! It's a bit of a favourite of mine. In some ways it's an example of a typical British success and failure - the Transputer came from INMOS Technologies, a very early pioneer in memory technology (SRAM, for example), they had …
Re: Earliest multiprocessing (on home PCs)
Posted on 2016-02-07, 16:48
How about the BBC Master and any one of the various second processor boxes? I'm lucky enough to have a Master and a second 65c02 to play Elite 'Executive Edition' :-) Plus there were compilers and such that could run code using both. Loads of CP/M era machines had combinations of 6502 and Z80, or …
Re: SNK S3 Graphics Card Question
Posted on 2014-01-13, 21:49
That feature connector and psu section makes me think this is something a bit more special than just a normal S3 card. Interesting find - I'd love to know what it turns out to be! (NeoGeo fan andowner of MVS, AES, Hyper64 & NGPC systems)
Re: Customs policy in your country
Posted on 2013-12-28, 18:19
The UK is the same - 20% VAT (or whatever the rate is for the item being imported) for items imported from outside the EU, plus release fees / clearance charges for the delivery company to pay the VAT 'on your behalf' ... of course if customs and excise gave you the option of paying the VAT directly …
Re: Cache advice on "new" PVI-486SP3
Posted on 2013-12-28, 16:22
Here's my thread about upgrading my PVI-486SP3 to 512kb cache: Re: Asus PVI-486SP3 with 512kb cache Didn't really 'feel' much faster, but 512kb certainly works.
Re: Which OS on a faster 486 system.
Posted on 2013-12-15, 15:12
If it's going to be a DOS-only machine, why not use a Windows 98SE boot disk to fdisk, format and then sys the drive - then you get the benefit of using FAT32 with partitions as large as you want (the full size of that drive you've got [and bigger]) ... to games, it's still just DOS.
Re: GUS adjust volume levels
Posted on 2013-11-27, 21:00
I have no experience of the pnp versions - but it will work on the GUS Max, as that is what I use.
Re: GUS adjust volume levels
Posted on 2013-11-26, 20:48
You want ULTRAMIX.EXE, it uses an configuration file called (funnily enough) ULTRAMIX.INI. You can set all the parameters in that file (or simply pass them as command line arguments) and call ultramix.exe in your autoexec.bat just after ULTRINIT.EXE sets up the hardware.
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