Re: Sound blaster live and live drive question.

Posted on 2020-09-27, 01:33

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Hi all! I have a sound blaster live, CT4620 with the CT4660 board, with the connecting cable. I also have a live drive CT4860, but it did not have any cables. Does anyone know where I can find the cables or how I can make them? I am currently trying to build the 98 pc I did not have money to build …

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Re: Is anyone excited for the Nvidia 3000 series cards

Posted on 2020-09-27, 01:24

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The point that I am trying to make, or more accurately the question I have is just how noticeable the jump to 8K will be. I have my doubts about the "very noticeable" aspect OK, here's a screenshot of GZDoom running at 1920x1080: Screenshot_Doom_20200926_221118.png You might not see anything wrong, …

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Re: 8-bit guy gets ultra-rare NOS IBM (prototype?) from Computer Reset then proceeds to obliterate it

Posted on 2020-09-26, 19:51

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I think David (8bitguy) is one of the more genuine Youtubers out there. His content has almost always been very good and consistant. What happened here I think its a huge rush job with his new studio being built and other projects taking his time. He hasn't made many videos lately and as David has …

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Re: Is anyone excited for the Nvidia 3000 series cards

Posted on 2020-09-26, 19:41

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I get that 2K on say a 32" or larger monitor may not be defined enough for some people and that 4K might might be preferable 4K is an improvement over "2K" even with a 27" monitor. Do I need new eyeballs and possibly a new brain, or is 8K getting close to pointless for most use cases ? You might …

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Re: Is anyone excited for the Nvidia 3000 series cards

Posted on 2020-09-26, 17:25

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I get that 2K on say a 32" or larger monitor may not be defined enough for some people and that 4K might might be preferable, even though I am happy with 2K . 8K, however, I don't get at all, unless wants to use a really big/monitor or TV and sit so close to it that the difference is actually …

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Re: How can I use JV-1080 vst plugin for General MIDI?

Posted on 2020-09-26, 12:14

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My understanding is that, according to page 76 of the manual, sending a "GM System On" SYSEX message to a JV-1080 should toggle it into General MIDI mode . The SYSEX message to send is F0 7E 7F 09 01 F7 . This is also known as a GM RESET . Thank you very mcuh for your rapid reply! By the way,I …

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Re: How can I use JV-1080 vst plugin for General MIDI?

Posted on 2020-09-26, 05:51

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I heard that It is possible for Roland JV-1080 real hardware to play any General MIDI file by change it into GM mode. https://rolandus.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201943719-JV-1080-Using-the-JV-1080-for-General-MIDI?mobile_site=false I tried trial version of JV-1080 vst plugin , but I cannot …

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Re: Any good DOS adventure games with a detective as the protagonist?

Posted on 2020-09-26, 04:55

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The DOS versions of the Tex Murphy games . I think they are available on gog.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Murphy

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Re: Tried to plug an IDE CD-ROM into my486's controller, now not seeing HDD or Floppy

Posted on 2020-09-26, 04:02

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Hey Vogons, So, today I decided to try to install a CD-Rom drive into my 486. I have a VLB controller card (Winbond chipset) with 2 IDE, 1 floppy, com, etc. Plugged in an identical ribbon cable to the second IDE pins open on the controller card, plugged it into CD ROM with Molex. Booted, and it …

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Re: SSD with winxp and ide adapter

Posted on 2020-09-26, 02:46

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I think this may be of interest to IDE to SATA adapter users . Re: Small capacity SSD PATA/SATA benchmarks

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Re: Small capacity SSD PATA/SATA benchmarks

Posted on 2020-09-26, 02:44

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ICH2 is ATA100 though. You are absolutely right ! After installing the drivers from the installation CD of my industrial board and getting results consistent with ATA66 , I never bothered checking . The results were as follows : atto_ich2_jmd330_860evo.png After reading your post and checking the …

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Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-09-25, 22:45

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According to https://k.kramerav.com/downloads/manuals/vp-728.pdf the Kramer VP-728 seems much less capable than the OSSC for the purpose of DOS gaming: - no mention of 640x400, so 320x200 games will probably be sampled at 720x400 leading to artifacts (doubled pixels). OSSC handles that problem by …

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Re: Gamepad problems in DOS

Posted on 2020-09-25, 16:17

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I bought a PC ProPad 4 to try with some DOS games. Having a ton of trouble with it. I can see it and use it in Win98, but nothing I've tried in DOS will recognize it. Game/Midi Port is onboard and set to 208/330 to avoid a conflict in Windows. I've also tried it on the port on my soundcard (Now …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-25, 13:54

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This is still so damn overcomplicated for what it is.. Question: My Matrox G450's DVI port outputs at 640x480@70Hz in DOS and the DOS image is letterboxed as 640x400 with empty pixels at top and bottom, so it is basically upscaled by 2x with no filters. Is this not a perfect way to capture DOS …

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Re: What is it with overpriced LGA1155 gear

Posted on 2020-09-25, 12:05

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-09-25, 11:07: unless you mean a Wolfdale Core 2 overclocked beyond 3.5GHz . Core 2 4.2-4.5 Ghz. Thank you . I may need to aim a bit higher than what I have then, depending on what I end up playing on XP .

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-25, 02:57

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That said, it is also too bad that the E1S is not available in a PCI-X 133 variant (or is it?). It would have found a nice place alongside my AJA Kona LH in my Supermicro X8SAX based system . There's the VisionRGB-X2 for PCI-X. A bunch of them on US ebay right now, not too bad of a price for a dual …

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Re: What is it with overpriced LGA1155 gear

Posted on 2020-09-25, 01:50

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-09-25, 01:10: XP games won't use more than 2 cores, so overclocked Core 2 Wolfdale with P45 board is sufficient enough. So my low power I3 3220T should be adequate, unless you mean a Wolfdale Core 2 overclocked beyond 3.5GHz .

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-25, 01:43

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That depends on if the PC-X 133 to PCI Express bridge on the card is PCI Express 2.0 capable or not . PCI-X 133 64-bit --> 1.06 GB/s PCI Express 1.0/1.1 x4 --> 1.000 GB/s No the card/bridge is PCIe 1.1. I meant it's unfortunate it isn't PCIe 2.0. Ah, I understand. It is indeed too bad . That said, …

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Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-09-25, 01:36

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....to a HDMI monitor ! 😄 and a VGA card.... (or did you mean exact model names ?) Basically using it as a scaler/converter etc... like the Extron 300 . Perhaps slightly overkill (?), but if I can get it cheap enough why not.... The monitor brand/model would be nice . One consideration that comes …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-25, 01:03

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Hey guys. I put the VisionRGB E1S into a PCIe x1 slot. The x1 slots are open-ended on my motherboard and it was the easiest way to go. This appears to be more than adequate bandwidth up to 1024x768. So there is some flexibility there for a lot of retro capturing. HWInfo says the E1s is a bridged …

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