Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gameport Header

Posted on 2022-03-11, 00:11

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by Cuttoon

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Are you sure you're looking for the right item? As far as I can see, that card's header is a generic one, meaning the same "bracket" or "breakout cable" has been used since the dawn of time to connect to contoller cards or motherboards that incorporated a game port. Don't know where you're based, …

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Re: Soundcard capabilities benchmark or tool, and ASOUND ALS100 based card questions

Posted on 2022-03-10, 20:08

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by Cuttoon

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Boohyaka wrote on 2022-03-10, 20:03: According to the old website, yours is the ASOUND 100 3D 16 PnP 😁 Thank you again. Ah, those wonderful times when even Panzer General 2 was maketed as "Panzer General IIID" in Germany because, well...

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Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!

Posted on 2022-03-10, 19:43

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by Cuttoon

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How did you find one on ebay!? I was searching earlier and no matter what I put in I got back either macs (which have built in spekaers), old computers with speakers, just speakers, or things unrelated to any of my search terms. But no PCs with actually built in speakers. Well, as I initially wrote …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-10, 14:06

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by Cuttoon

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Cheap NICs are almost synonymous. What was wrong with Realtek NICs of the time? Nothing wrong with them, yet more fancy ones like intel or 3com were supposed to run faster and/or take load off the CPU. I did not check. I assume you're referring to the ISA ones? Pretty much half of any add-on …

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Re: Soundcard capabilities benchmark or tool, and ASOUND ALS100 based card questions

Posted on 2022-03-10, 13:52

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by Cuttoon

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Boohyaka, thank you for the info on that card. Thought it might fit here, I just received the version with simple OPL3 clone in the mail. It has the same designation or FCC ID, MA5ASAOUND. The "LS262" seems to by one of the more common disguises of the Yamaha YMF-262. ASOUND.JPG I wonder what caused …

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Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!

Posted on 2022-03-10, 11:30

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by Cuttoon

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Audio is not as bad as you may think - comparable to most mid-range small computer speakers of this time just with less 'boxy' sound to it (speakers are usually well insulated from the inside with at least some thick plasic 'cups' sitting over them), and with more control over it (some cases even …

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Re: What color is a "Beige" computer ?

Posted on 2022-03-10, 11:10

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by Cuttoon

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Great thread, very informative, thank you! As I understand it, beige was used so the machines would blend in with most office environments, furniture, etc. Technology was supposed to serve its function, not to be seen. German OEM Escom pioneered black cases in the early 90s, including 386 pizza …

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Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!

Posted on 2022-03-10, 10:20

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by Cuttoon

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Thank you for broadening my horizon with this thread. Didn't even know these existed, let alone in such a variety. Until I came by this offering on ebay: https://www.ebay.de/itm/PC-486-retro-Computer-486-DX-2-66-MM-Vintage-Palladium-Texas-Instruments-/154826245495 palladium.jpg 281 € "for parts or …

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Re: My ASUS P2B motherboard died suddenly

Posted on 2022-03-10, 09:41

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by Cuttoon

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Kahenraz wrote on 2022-03-10, 09:05: I've never seen a diode in a TO-220 package before. It's not a diode, it's two diodes. You could probably buy it for 30 ct. If you're taking 10.000 of it. https://www.transistorall.com/transistor-data … t?search=W1002C

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-10, 09:18

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by Cuttoon

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The mighty MX460, Medion edition. Made by pros for pros with rather cheap computers. 64 MB Samsung 3.6 ns memory, Dual VGA, native S-video out with Philips chip and weird yellow Dupont style connector for front panel video ports. Paid the rusty iron price for it. Made by MSI, their retail product MS …

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Re: Building pc 1997

Posted on 2022-03-09, 14:35

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by Cuttoon

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Hi, that's pretty much the golden age of tinkering to me - lots of options from lots of manufacturers. After all, that was the last platform that combined CPUs from Intel and AMD, then came Slot/Socket 1 and A, all with their own chipset. Keep it simple. Try getting a major brand, if not even one …

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Re: My ASUS P2B motherboard died suddenly

Posted on 2022-03-09, 14:14

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by Cuttoon

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Lots of experience here. Just not with reversing the symptom. Sorry. Boards tend to do that. There are the BIOS bootup beeps, if you get that far, dignostic cards and of course, try another psu. Good luck!

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Re: Ears/speakers test

Posted on 2022-03-09, 14:10

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solid 16k, but that's a hereditary birth defect. Also, Heinrich would like you to know that it's "Hz" or or "Hertz", ffs.

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Re: Would storing a GPU like that be a risk of static?

Posted on 2022-03-09, 14:01

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by Cuttoon

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That depends. Are any children around on rubber shoes to grab it? Then again, they might as well use it as a hockey stick, so never mind. smullyoz wrote on 2022-03-09, 02:26: Yeah not sure how static build up works really. It's magic! No, actually, much like acne, but with electrons.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-09, 13:52

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by Cuttoon

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Don't quite remember what had me risk the initial Euro on a box of early 2000s noise generators, but here we are. Think it was the idea of a DVD-ROM with those silly "play/pause" control buttons, headphone jack and volume control. At least it's not completely DOA, that's rare enough. But as a member …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-09, 13:45

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by Cuttoon

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I don't know much about XTs, but I expect this to be a valid use case, so long as there is a 16-bit ISA slot available. As someone already pointed out, that ersatz potato of a graphics card is backwards compatible, will work in 8 bit slots. No, I'm not saying that would be in good taste, but it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-09, 13:18

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by Cuttoon

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That's the thread I remember reading. :) I couldn't remember much about it, but this one reply seemed to stick in my memory: All Realtek chips are horrible I guess they are everywhere because they're cheap? Any real good models by Realtek? I remember reading in paper magazines about good sound …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-09, 09:39

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by Cuttoon

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Also received this ISA VGA card in this lot. It is the most curious ISA card in my collection to be honest. Anyone know anything about this weird VGA card? Wow, now that thing looks basic. Integrated and cost reduced I would say :) Interesting little thing though. I wonder how much memory it has …

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Re: DB9 to MIDI Jack (5-pin DIN) - aka Music Quest MIDI cable

Posted on 2022-03-09, 09:31

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by Cuttoon

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Does anyone know any stockists that still build these, or is the only route to buy connector ends and solder pins etc? Don't think that anyone ever build those except the original manufacturer. But both ends being utterly trivial industry parts, a trip to the store or some one-figure clicks and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-09, 09:20

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by Cuttoon

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Also received this ISA VGA card in this lot. It is the most curious ISA card in my collection to be honest. Anyone know anything about this weird VGA card? Wow, now that thing looks basic. Much like the "we've found the very cheapest, highly integrated budget 386 board in 1993 with shitty all- …

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