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

Posted on 2023-03-30, 03:33

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by Kahenraz

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I agree. Always install DOS first, and this can be done on any other machine. You can always fix DOS not booting, but it's a lot harder if you blow away what XP needs. My preference is to have a dedicated FreeDOS partition that boots into GRUB4DOS. This isn't always possible, depending on your setup …

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

Posted on 2023-03-29, 21:23

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by Kahenraz

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I've never managed to get XP to install from a bootable USB drive. It was never designed for it. Good job if you can figure it out. You can setup the drive in a second machine, get DOS booting, set the second partition as primary, then... I'm not sure what to do then. It has to boot from the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-29, 13:12

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by Kahenraz

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How did you figure out which RAM chip to replace? Did you replace them all or one at a time until the problem went away?

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

Posted on 2023-03-28, 14:28

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by Kahenraz

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The problem with these early palmtops is that the screen is a passive matrix, and these types of screens have already deteriorated significantly over the years. I've never seen one when they were new, but now they're all a blurry smeary mess. Does this device have a video output? I think LGR did an …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2023-03-28, 02:58

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by Kahenraz

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That would have required time, knowledge, expertise, and money. I'm sure most people are the time didn't know any better anyways.

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2023-03-27, 02:22

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by Kahenraz

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That's an incredible. It's like night and day between those two renderers. This is a great comparison.

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Re: Overclocking the Videologic PowerVR PCX2?

Posted on 2023-03-26, 04:59

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by Kahenraz

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JustJulião wrote on 2023-03-25, 10:58: Of course I made the benchmarks in 640x480 16bit colors like you. Which demo did you run ? This was a long time ago and I can't remember.

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

Posted on 2023-03-24, 15:35

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by Kahenraz

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It's not redundant. Creative cards, for example. I want to know which one has a Yamaha OPL3 chip and a DSP without the hanging note bug. It's easy if I read the label. Otherwise I would need to remove the cards from their bags and examine that chips on each one individually. The bags are translucent …

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Re: Apparently not all GS-only sc-55s are the same, some are GM

Posted on 2023-03-24, 15:30

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by Kahenraz

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Or maybe it's accurate, but they still had some of the old chips leftover that they were using up.

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Re: Apparently not all GS-only sc-55s are the same, some are GM

Posted on 2023-03-23, 18:33

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by Kahenraz

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Does the GS/GM logo always indicate a 2.0 firmware or newer revision?

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Re: Does anyone know where I can find a right angle AC adapter for my stereo?

Posted on 2023-03-22, 18:19

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by Kahenraz

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Not at the same right angle orientation as the adapter I attached. I also need it to be polarized (square on one end). Actually, I don't think that any polarized plugs are right angle at any orientation.

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Does anyone know where I can find a right angle AC adapter for my stereo?

Posted on 2023-03-22, 17:45

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by Kahenraz

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I just moved to a new place and the rack I built can't accommodate my stereo with the AC cable plugged into the side. I found the right kind of adapter, but I can't find it in a polarized variety. Does anyone know if these exist? I could swap the position of the cassette deck and stereo, but I would …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-03-22, 16:21

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by Kahenraz

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You're also risking a lot of bent, damaged, or missing pins in that lot. I wouldn't bother.

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

Posted on 2023-03-22, 05:14

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by Kahenraz

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You're right. That's actually a terrible example! I opened the first bin I could find and that was the card on top. It should read "Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold" instead. This is probably a copy/paste error. My collection has outpaced my cataloging, but this is what it looks like for how I store my …

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

Posted on 2023-03-20, 22:15

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by Kahenraz

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Here is an example of the info card I attach. The information is different depending on ISA/PCI/AGP and sound/video/etc. I try to include as much information as possible. All of my CPUs are sorted and labeled as well. Filename 20230320_181411.jpg File size 1.25 MiB Views 1120 views

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-03-20, 18:14

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by Kahenraz

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That's very interesting. I guess because various pins had to go elsewhere, it was easier to piggyback them and bend the pins outward for easy access. Although I suspect he could have done the same by bending those pins upwards, out of the through holes. Isn't a proper piggyback done by matching all …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-03-20, 15:06

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by Kahenraz

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That's an incredible photo. Is there any more history behind it?

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-03-20, 14:05

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by Kahenraz

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Are you sure it's an issue with PCMIDI and not just a quirk of Windows 98?

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

Posted on 2023-03-20, 04:51

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by Kahenraz

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I write a lot of detailed information on a piece of paper and tape that to the bag I make for each card. This way I can tell at a glance, while digging through a bin, which card has how much memory, bit width, etc. This is important when comparing older cards, and especially when cards have no …

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

Posted on 2023-03-20, 04:29

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by Kahenraz

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I just moved to a new apartment and I have stacks and stacks of my collection in clip boxes filling up my kitchen until I can build shelving. Luckily I have made significant efforts over time to organize and safely store my collection, even if I haven't properly taken inventory or cataloged them. I …

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