Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-08-09, 17:38

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einr wrote: today in a thrift store I found these speakers Awesome speakers. Got same in 1993 on 486-66 vlb setup, that I own. Searched for similar some time ago, but can't found - everyone say "I or my friend own same", but nobody keep one.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-26, 22:16

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Brickpad wrote: Why? WHY? Do people not realize that sorting machines can BEND envelopes?? This is exactly why I ship everything in boxes, packed in layers of bubble wrap and / or newspaper. Yes... sorting machine... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_qQvIEITdY

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-10, 12:09

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Awesome!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-30, 10:51

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clueless1 wrote: Wait. Your parents let you play LSL when you were 8? Most parents from that time did'n know, that adult games exist on home computers. I've play even strip poker and strip tetris on my zx specrtum, when I was 9-10. BTW, there was bigger interest in process, than in result, so no …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-25, 10:02

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VooDooMan wrote: last two months Well-known table! We saw a lot of video cards on this table here. :)

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Re: VLB IDE cache controllers, benchmark

Posted on 2016-04-19, 22:55

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by easy_john

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quite frankly, isn't that the worst case scenario for cache controllers? afaik usually they accelerate the random access write operations mostly; Yes, but this is quite fast test and I need to know, where is bottleneck. What is a maximum speed we can get from this controller ram+chip+bus. To see a …

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Re: VLB IDE cache controllers, benchmark

Posted on 2016-04-19, 21:00

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Any news? Interested in cache controllers too. I've done some tests, short results are here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=17341&start=8300#p432837 While full discussion is on russian https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-12, 19:46

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Could someone explain to me what the CT number for cards like this is? The PCB says CT2290 and the sticker on the back says CT2291? CT- on pcb is always with "0" on end, and last digit on label shows revision - with or without ASP chip, with or without cdrom pins soldered, and etc. But is most …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-12, 12:52

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Ozzuneoj wrote: It'd be cool to hear the different types of music back to back to compare them. PAS uses same FM for music, as Creative SB, so you don't find a difference.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-09, 21:41

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hard1k wrote: Sellers's pictures.Can't wait to see what's inside! Wrong link.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-09, 20:03

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rein_ein wrote: (Acer?) Magic S32/S23 ViBRA16s (CT2504) with OPL3 YMF262-m Yes, this is Acer. I've got Acer S23a, but mine has a Crystal Wavetable (Same, as Orchid Nusound) .

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-08, 14:19

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Skyscraper wrote: Just like the volume knobs then! The ones that go to 11 are still better! ;) Yes, I know this video. So "Plus" is always better. But nobody know why. :)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-08, 14:06

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Skyscraper wrote: Did a Vogons member buy this card? Yes, I've try to bid, but for me - price is too high. Skyscraper wrote: "plus version" must be better than a non plus I've have both long time ago, and for dos gaming is same, no difference detected.

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-29, 20:46

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Why only PCM20? As for me - all miro sound is quite rare, especial miro fm and miro pcm12 (or 10?).

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-29, 18:41

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Looking now I see the Maxi Sound Game Theater 64 rare, I only see two vogons users with it and I don't see one being sold a long time ago (even being a "new" isa sound card, it was sold in 1997) Here's some info about the pro one: http://web.archive.org/web/19990423052705/www.gamecenter.com/ …

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-29, 13:22

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What about the Yamaha SoundEdge SW20-PC? Added. The list seems to be missing all MCA sound cards. Yes, and I don't have info about this kind of boards. You can add, if you know. Also I doubt that the Primax M16B/M16C is really so rare. Let's keep this for some time and see, if there a lot of owners …

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-25, 18:31

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TH99 have a lot of errors and mistakes. So, it's possible, that this card never exists.

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-24, 18:10

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hard1k wrote: AWE64 Gold Mark II - CT4560, a presumably existing prototype of the ultimate ISA SB that never went into production due to the shift towards PCI sound cards. Added.

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-24, 11:26

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Somebody sort a both tables without taking in to account, that they contain different type of boards. So, I've add second spreadsheet and move midi DB to them. Sorted by name for now. Added prototypes to main table. Maybe will move to separate page later. Please add info and link to photos, for …

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-24, 11:08

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- Creative AWE64gold2 What do you mean? CT4390 or CT4540? - DynaSonix 3D - Logitech Soundman Games - Multiwave Innovation AudioWave Platinum 16 - Synergy ViperMAX (GF1) - same card later repacked as UltraSound Extreme, but with only 512 kB RAM on board. - UltraPromise-2 GUS clone - PC version of …

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