Re: My modest Creative Labs collection (no 56k!)

Posted on 2012-08-01, 01:55

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by NJRoadfan

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I could do it with Macromedia Action! (way better than Powerpoint for interactivity), I just need a capture card. There were a few TrueVision EISA capture cards out there that worked with Windows 3.1x and NT 3.x that could do full motion video, but they are tough to find nowadays. My 486 already has …

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Re: My modest Creative Labs collection (no 56k!)

Posted on 2012-07-31, 23:40

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by NJRoadfan

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Well if you think 320x240@15fps video is cool..... the killer application for these cards back in the day was CU-SeeMe video conferencing and to add pizazz to your Macromedia Action! or Director presentations. As for my Creative Labs Collection -2xCT1320C (one has factory CMS kit) -A random SB16 …

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Re: My modest Creative Labs collection (no 56k!)

Posted on 2012-07-31, 00:21

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by NJRoadfan

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The Pro Movie Spectrum could do actual full motion video capture. It has onboard Microsoft Video One hardware compression. Don't expect much more than postage stamp resolution video however. Creative also made a short lived 3DOBlaster card that allowed you to play 3DO games on your PC. http://i165. …

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Re: SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)

Posted on 2012-07-29, 04:21

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by NJRoadfan

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On an interesting note, and putting the 30/32-voice marketing fiasco aside, Creative's "stealing" of synth channels for other purposes is hardly unique... Even Apple Computer is guilty of this. The Ensoniq 5503DOC found in the Apple IIgs normally only has 30 of its 32 oscillators available as one …

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Re: New computers with an IDT WinChip or Rise mP6?

Posted on 2012-07-22, 06:41

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by NJRoadfan

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The iOpener was only sold in the USA. It was a $99 internet appliance sold at a loss that many repurposed into a PC, which eventually killed the company. My unit came with the Winchip, but units that I hacked into full PCs for people had the Rise MP6 in them.

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Re: New computers with an IDT WinChip or Rise mP6?

Posted on 2012-07-22, 04:37

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by NJRoadfan

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The Netpliance iOpener initially shipped with the WinChip, and later switched to the Rise mp6 around June-July of 2000. Performance was abysmal since the machine lacked any L2 cache.

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Re: Good NICs for retro rigs?

Posted on 2012-07-11, 03:27

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by NJRoadfan

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I always stuck with the 3Com 3c509 ISA cards. They supported everything, including old versions of Windows NT and the QNX 1.44MB demo disk! In the early Linux days (1.2.x and 2.0.x kernels), the 3Com cards also had the best support. For PCI machines I stuck with Realtek 8139 cards.... they even had …

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2012-07-11, 03:17

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by NJRoadfan

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My own BX board machine lasted me until April of 2008. I finally caved and got a Core2Duo and sent the old one to the basement to stream MP3s. I was originally going to upgrade it in 2000 or so, but the whole RDRAM/i820 mess happened. I reconsidered replacing it in 2002, but then the whole era of …

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2012-07-08, 19:51

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by NJRoadfan

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MaxWar wrote: I guess Feipoa won the thread :p Props for using the same box since then. Umm, the machine I posted in the beginning of the thread is still in use albeit with upgrades since then. It streams MP3s on the stereo in the basement. 😜

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2012-07-04, 04:49

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by NJRoadfan

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Keep in mind that my machine was fairly new at the time having built it Christmas 1998. -AOpen AX6B+ 440BX board -Pentium II 400Mhz -64MB RAM -ATI All-in-Wonder paired with a 4MB voodoo 1 card (couldn't afford a new card when I built the machine, later got a Matrox Marvel G400TV) -SB Live! soundcard …

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Re: Super Socket 7: VIA MVP3 vs. ALi Aladdin V

Posted on 2012-07-01, 22:30

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by NJRoadfan

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I happen to own both the Asus P5A and P5A-B. They might even be the 1MB L2 cache versions. Windows 2000 runs fine on them, but I couldn't get XP working on the P5A-B (forced APM mode with AT power supply) without it bombing out with weird errors in setup. I went with the Ali chipset when I bought …

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Re: 2000 and newer PC's

Posted on 2012-06-29, 15:34

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by NJRoadfan

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Its been awhile, but it was either a bad power supply or a power surge. One day it decided to never POST again. I also recall the Antec power supply going bad around the same time. The board didn't have any bad caps on it. The AX6B+ was a NICE board for the time. 4 DIMM slots and built in Adaptec …

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Re: 2000 and newer PC's

Posted on 2012-06-29, 14:04

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by NJRoadfan

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That 440BX rig is still running as a MP3 streaming machine with its PIII-550Mhz. I had to replace the AOpen AX6B+ motherboard that was in it, but I had another BX board on hand (Supermicro P6SBA) to throw in.

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Re: Ark Logic PCI, an interesting VGA card.

Posted on 2012-06-29, 13:57

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by NJRoadfan

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Never knew Diamond made a card with this chip. By the time I got a card with it, I thought it was some obscure off brand chip nobody used with horrible driver support. XFree86 support seemed half hearted. I remember having to specify the RAMDAC on the card, plus do some crazy mode lines settings in …

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Re: 2000 and newer PC's

Posted on 2012-06-29, 13:29

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by NJRoadfan

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Ahh yes, the era of crap hardware. I remember it all too well as I was working as a repair tech back then. It was a combination of several factors and lasted until about 2006 (when the Core CPUs became available) 1. Razor thin margins: 2000 was about the time it became unprofitable to sell any …

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Re: The ultimate Ultima 7 machine

Posted on 2012-06-26, 04:19

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by NJRoadfan

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That AST looks awfully familiar..... Radio Shack used that same case for the Tandy Sensation II! Different motherboard though. Not surprising as Radio Shack was moving towards selling AST PCs at the time.

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Re: Am I weird?

Posted on 2012-06-25, 16:47

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by NJRoadfan

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Was Video 7 the only one to have this? I seem to recall a friend having a crappy VGA only clone card with it. I think it might have been a Trident or some other off brand. My original ATI All-in-Wonder has a silly spinning ATI logo. It gets REALLY annoying after rebooting a few times since it …

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Re: What Pentium III motherboards support NMI

Posted on 2012-06-19, 03:34

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by NJRoadfan

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During the time Tabor 3 was in use (440BX in general), the common audio cards were the AudioPCI and Live!. It's unlikely that they would have broken the DOS SB emulation support of those cards. Heh, I remember my AOpen AX6B+ having that SB-Link connector for the AWE64 PCI. The Live! DOS emulation …

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Re: My gaming laptops

Posted on 2012-06-18, 00:22

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by NJRoadfan

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in Marvin \ System Specs

The "yo-yo" power supply from the clamshell iBooks will work with all the Powerbook G3s, they just fashionably clash. I actually have a bog standard Powerbook AC adapter for my Lombard, they seem rare compared to the yo-yos!

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Re: What Pentium III motherboards support NMI

Posted on 2012-06-16, 04:25

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by NJRoadfan

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I seem to remember getting MPU-401 emulation working by jumping the "MFBEN" jumper. Whats weird is that I don't ever recall loading AWEUTIL under DOS to have it work, but its been a LONG time since I used a AWE32/64 card under DOS without either native support or my MT-32 on the MIDI port. The 440BX …

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