Re: Ambra (IBM) 486SLC slimline desktop "restoration"
Posted on 2020-02-06, 04:48
Nice work, it's pleasant to see someone done this neat system justice.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-02-05, 05:58
Bought this nice Siemens Nixdorf keyboard with detachable flat PS/2 cord. siemens-kbd-front.JPG siemens-kbd-back.JPG Looks similar to one from Scenic Expert series, but not exactly the same. Luckily, I have QWERTY layout instead of QWERTZ. I'm puzzled why would a QWERTZ keyboard have Russian letters …
Re: Hearsay 1000 for IBM PC - a missing piece of PC sound history from mid-eighties
Posted on 2020-02-04, 16:06
Well, in a strange way we were an insurance company for our clients. heheheh. Without us there'd have been a lot worse releases going out to the public and a lot more returns. Hard to argue with that. It seems that Top Star was the first UX company long before the term 'UX' was invented. Speaking …
Re: Hearsay 1000 for IBM PC - a missing piece of PC sound history from mid-eighties
Posted on 2020-02-04, 05:29
I'm not sure, after all the battles of the 80s and 90s why anyone would have any reason to doubt the history I've laid out, but that's how the world works it seems. I don't even know who it was, but someone outlined Hearsay 1000 for PC release status as 'unknown' in our Vogons spreadsheet of rare …
Re: Hearsay 1000 for IBM PC - a missing piece of PC sound history from mid-eighties
Posted on 2020-02-03, 18:48
I probably won't build a clone, but I'm still interested in how this card works. Well, here's an article for you, from Byte Magazine Nov'84, about how to assemble a sound card based on General Instrument SP-1000: lisner-1000.jpg It is in Google Books, search 'Lisner 1000'. Also, here's a related …
Re: Hearsay 1000 for IBM PC - a missing piece of PC sound history from mid-eighties
Posted on 2020-02-03, 17:13
We might not be able to use it, but we can still build a new one! :-P (Or at least figure out how this thing works.) I hope so. I am no engineer, so this is beyond me. All I can do is negotiate with the seller (who already agreed to search for the missing disks), make hi-res photos the card if need …
Re: Hearsay 1000 for IBM PC - a missing piece of PC sound history from mid-eighties
Posted on 2020-02-03, 16:13
Without software, its only a cool museum piece. You're right, I just read in the manual that a TSR driver from "Hearsay 1000" disk is needed for the card to operate, while I have no disks. I already contacted the seller, hopefully he can find them, or we can wait 'FOR ALL AGES' (just like depicted …
Hearsay 1000 for IBM PC - a missing piece of PC sound history from mid-eighties
Posted on 2020-02-03, 14:01
Rich Heimlich mentioned Hearsay 1000 as something that provided sound to a PC about mid-80s in his interview . There are plenty of Hearsay 1000 cartridges for Commodore 64, but there were doubts that this card even existed for IBM PC. Today I got the delivery: new old stock boxed Hearsay 1000 for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-02-02, 19:22
Bought this 133 MHz 486 PC locally. Nice case with a door, but dirty and yellowed, also missing one footrest.
Re: What are your favorite in-game soundtracks (arcade, PC, NES)?
Posted on 2020-02-02, 03:39
Here's game soundtracks I like the most. I'll provide some examples for each game. Arcade : Golden Axe (1989) [You Takada] - Wilderness , Boss fight Sega Genesis (Megadrive) : Golden Axe III (1993) [Naofumi Hataya & others] - The Vast Field , The Bloody Street Sharp X68000 : Akimajou Dracula (1993) …
Re: Has anyone else experienced a particular "smell" from old electronics?
Posted on 2020-02-01, 17:56
I experienced the smell many times when buying old PCs. When I clean them thoroughly, including washing everything (that has no batteries and moving parts), the smell goes away.
Re: IBM 5150 vs Amiga 500
Posted on 2020-01-27, 18:29
FreddyV wrote on 2020-01-27, 15:59: Of course Amiga mixing is better But better in what way? Does it support higher mixing rate, or involves some interpolation, or something else?
Re: IBM 5150 vs Amiga 500
Posted on 2020-01-27, 11:52
A fiend did a Video to show what the IBM 5150 can do in front of an Amiga 500 Nice typo by the way, I think many would agree that one needs to be a true fiend to compare 5150 to Amiga 500... I watched some fragments but understood next to nothing. In what sense does Amiga win? Does it provide …
Re: Whats this midi song from?
Posted on 2020-01-25, 05:42
Faith by Tanner Helland: http://www.tannerhelland.com/27/song-faith/
Re: PX player: play MID and XMI files under DOS
Posted on 2020-01-25, 05:31
Gernot66 wrote on 2020-01-24, 15:31: May i dare to ask, is PX based on John Miles "XP"? (i downloaded his pre RAD game tools SDK for AIL2 up to 1993 i guess, he offers it on his website). Yes, PX is based on XPLAY from AIL 2.0 SDK.
Re: A few thoughts on life, the universe and everything
Posted on 2020-01-24, 10:47
I'm 42 so entering the well documented 'mid life crisis' phase It's becoming obsolete to call it a 'mid life crisis'. We are on a brink of series of scientific medical revolutions that will increase human life duration to 150-200 years. So you're free to plan at least 100 years ahead. I personally …
Re: PX player: play MID and XMI files under DOS
Posted on 2020-01-24, 09:42
@Bristlehog I made a lot of experiences with your player and for sure i have some nit picking things to report. The player unfortunately can't handle more as 10 track in a XMI, this means if there are more as 10 and you start without to specify a track no. it will end the playback after no. 10, …
Re: Looking for a certain AT case/tower
Posted on 2020-01-23, 14:56
It is for sale at Amibay (look Want to sell -> Hardware for sale -> Other) for 30 euro.
Re: The Turtle Beach MultiSound Classic Thread
Posted on 2020-01-21, 17:24
As i read it, it seems to be a non-AdLib/SB-compatible card with GM support. That sounds a lot like the Roland SCC-1. Would that be a correct characterisation? Would is be usible as GM card in games as the SCC-1 is? It is far away from being a SCC-1, because the later is a music-only card with …
Re: The Turtle Beach MultiSound Classic Thread
Posted on 2020-01-21, 17:11
boxpressed wrote on 2020-01-21, 14:17: Yes, I believe so. Doesn't this still mean that the Proteus is generating the MIDI music, however? I think it should be this way. Waiting eagerly for you to test it.
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