Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-24, 10:50

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cyclone3d wrote: Guessing that it is not the best driver for it then. No way. You only need to init c-media chip, to be able utilize mpu401 port. The synt itself is rom based and not configurable.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-24, 01:21

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@easy_john - great to see new soundcards in your collection! Unfortunately my collection almost sold. Now I only take some cheap soundboards to make a records for my page and then sold them later. Found, that this noname board work with drivers from Audio Excel av500. But GM synt is very dirty, lot …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-23, 17:38

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^^^Please, help me identify soundboard and find drivers. Based on cmi8328, have dream sam9233 wavetable with gm940800 rom No fccid, no labels.. Filename 20171223_203450.jpg File size 2.12 MiB Views 1349 views Filename 20171223_203441.jpg File size 2.42 MiB Views 1349 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-23, 17:26

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Bunch boards found locally, in the next quarter, for about 30 usd. Filename 20171223_201756.jpg File size 1.84 MiB Views 1355 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-22, 14:36

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by easy_john

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Predator99 wrote: Indeed, its an Amiga SCSI controller http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/impact2000hc8 http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/p … ct.aspx?id=1196

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-20, 21:23

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by easy_john

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^ Dropbox as video hosting?... This link starting to show a big "register how" screen to me at first. And you post link, that you plan to delete in nearest future... why?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-20, 16:47

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by easy_john

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Batyra wrote: Boxed GUS CD3 (it's a primax m16b but sold by gravis as their own card). Huh! Has two-three same primax boards back in the days, but didn't know, that them sold in a boxes. Allways think as cheap oem clone.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-20, 09:25

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by easy_john

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^ Yes, mediator pci, g-rex pci or prometheus pci. Don't see a problem to get mediator - afik, they are still available for sale on elbox site.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-19, 23:14

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appiah4 wrote: There really isn't all that much info on the FM801 on the internet or on Vogons, Terratec 512i is widely used in amiga community, since there only two drivers are available for classic amiga with pci bus installed: creative sb128 and fortemedia801.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-17, 18:20

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PowerVR based 3d accelerator Filename 20171217_211900.jpg File size 2.86 MiB Views 1027 views

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Re: Ebay thread goodbye thread

Posted on 2017-12-14, 11:08

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A very sad decision. I use this thread daily and more, than 10 items was buyed after anounce in ebay thread. Can't understand/accept all listed "reasons" (I'm owner and moderator of some local retrotech sites, so I have a background of this kind work)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-12, 15:49

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appiah4 wrote: Here's a small 486 haul. Your images not displayed, until I enable scripts from bolterandchainsword.com domain. (I use noscript plugin for firefox)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-11, 16:22

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sketchus wrote: Does that monitor handle 75hz ok? Looks like - yes.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-11, 14:14

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^^ Gotta ask, if you put a 2001fp & 2007fp next to each other in dual-head configuration, do they look good? Like, do the sizes of the bezel & screen dimensions match up? I definitely want to get a second one. I use custom monitor arm, to free some space on desk, so, not shure about height, but yes …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-11, 06:24

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by easy_john

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xjas wrote: Finally managed to score a Dell 2001fp off a local site, 1600x1200 pixels of glory. . My favorite LCD for retro machines. Have both: 2001fp and 2007fp. 20", standing pad with 90degree rotation, 4×3, 1600x1200, ips, 4 selectable inpit: dvi/vga/svideo/composite.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-09, 17:17

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by easy_john

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Buy this one yesterday, to add SB16 and a SCSI to my 486vlb setup. Filename ct-1770.jpg File size 449.57 KiB Views 2128 views Unfortunately, can't read dsp revision on this ebay image, so waiting for board arrive.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-01, 21:58

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appiah4 wrote: Never saw a Trio64+Scenic combo card before, and never saw a Trio64 upgradable to 4MB before, so yeah, got this. This will go into my P133 build. As far I remember - Trio64 only support max 2mb ram. So as for me - empty sockets is only for Scenic framebuffer.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-29, 11:07

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by easy_john

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appiah4 wrote: Bought thia thinking its a bit of a rarity. Is it? S3Trio vga - not rare, but this type of board with Scenic(?) onboard - quite rare.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-24, 15:58

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Artex wrote: 2 x 3DFX Voodoo2 - Diamond Monster 3D II 12MB PCI (Boxed) (1998) Moar VOODOO 2s! Nobody can beat Artex! Looks like you need move your collection to Fort Knox very soon. :)

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2017-04-14, 18:53

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derSammler wrote: Do rare variants of common cards count as "rare", too? I own a CT1780 for example, which is a very rare variant of the original SB16. Yes, I think we can list them.

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