Re: Diamond MX-300 MX-Link/MX-25 Pin-out

Posted on 2020-10-17, 17:43

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by darry

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Does anyone have the pin-out for the MX-Link connector on a Diamond Monster Sound MX-300? There was an add-on board called the MX-25 that provided SPDIF and some other connectors on it. I've tried searching but so far haven't been able to turn up anything. My hair-brained scheme is trying to …

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Re: what will you do when your last hardware fails?

Posted on 2020-10-16, 23:26

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by darry

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To answer the original question, I will buy more, unless I am living in an assisted living facility by then .

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Re: Any benefit to upgrading the BIOS on a Voodoo3?

Posted on 2020-10-16, 17:18

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by darry

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Updating the BIOS fixed a snow issue in VGA mode for me and for cde . Voodoo 3 snow/glitches and AGP vs PCI BIOS questions Re: 70Hz in pure DOS at 1600x1200 (or other) over DVI on an old card (FX5900) with modern monitor is possible

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Re: R.I.P. Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs

Posted on 2020-10-16, 16:34

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by darry

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The Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs was the Best Sound Card Creative labs ever produced. It was supported in Win98 thru Win-10 up until recently when Microsoft and Creative labs discontinued support in Win-10 Since this sound card was supported for such a long time. I will have to say this was the best …

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Re: ATX PSU with -5v

Posted on 2020-10-16, 05:22

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by darry

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Anyone got any hot leads on one of these, preferably as cheap as possible? Or a way to mod an ATX PSU with the missing pin to supplying -5v? (Soldering is fine by me) And yes I do need the -5v, for a GUS Max 2.1 If you do not mind me asking, how did you come to the conclusion that a GUS MAX 2.1 …

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Re: WinNT 4/Win9x drivers for Evans & Sutherland Freedom card?

Posted on 2020-10-16, 04:47

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by darry

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Thank you for reaching out! Don't have any good news, unfortunately. Well, I did try several things, but so far I haven't been able to find newer drivers. - contacted Evans & Sutherland. They've responded by saying they've long sold the graphics business, but someone might have some archives in …

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Re: Best old MP3 player for Win 9x/XP ?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 13:28

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by darry

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foobar2000 Yes, there is an old Windows 98 compatible version . I use it for flac playback, but mp3s should work well too .

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-15, 12:28

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by darry

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After discovering that my OSSC third-party unit is not that great at above 1024x768 input (ghosting and noise), I ordered an official one from https://videogameperfection.com . Damn you COVID-19 for making me buy a third-party unit (fast local shipping) rather than an official or Kaico built one ! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-15, 00:02

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by darry

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After discovering that my OSSC third-party unit is not that great at above 1024x768 input (ghosting and noise), I ordered an official one from https://videogameperfection.com . Damn you COVID-19 for making me buy a third-party unit (fast local shipping) rather than an official or Kaico built one !

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Re: Anyone know about this keyboard?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 19:44

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by darry

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You probably already found this info, but just in case, see https://deskthority.net/wiki/Focus_FK-3001 The keyboard seems to use Alps SKCM Blue or Alps SKCM White switches .

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Re: mSATA to IDE Trouble

Posted on 2020-10-13, 19:34

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by darry

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Yeah, the Fujitsu Stylistic ST 5021 is the laptop in question. I will continue looking on my end to see if i can figure out the IDE controller. According to page 39 of this https://www.manualsearcher.com/fujitsu/stylistic-st5021/manual?p=49 , the chipset is an Intel 855GME . According to https:// …

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Re: Info on the Diamond Monster Sound MX300

Posted on 2020-10-13, 18:52

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by darry

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good day, I have this card for a while now but information around it seems very scarce. I'm looking to improve the sound yet I simply can not find any modifications nor pin-out diagrams for this card. All I've seen is a rare MX25 card which would give the card S/PDIF coax out in Dolby 5.1 with …

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Re: Can anyone confirm i'm buying the correct PC-133?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 17:55

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by darry

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Brand-wise, I would only buy SDRAM DIMMs with chip markings indicating they from a reputable memory IC manufacturer (Micron, Samsung, Mosel Vitelic, Hynix (Hyundai), etc in no particular order) . Counterfeiting/remarking are possibilities, so do no trust what you see 100% . RAM chips are a commodity …

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Re: asus p5x58d-e incompatible with Radeon 7950?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 17:46

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by darry

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Yes I do, with added and updated microcodes since I use a Xeon cpu, I also tried to load the bios default setting but again it didn't help. Long shot : how about setting PCI Express mode to 1.1 (if there is a BIOS option for that, not sure if my board had it). Also, are you overclocking anything, …

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Re: asus p5x58d-e incompatible with Radeon 7950?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 17:35

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by darry

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Hello, I know it's not so vintage but I have a problem with this rig. I bought an AMD RADEON HD 7950 HIS IceQ Turbo 3gb to improve the video performance, power consumption and being able to run the newer games which were not working properly on the gtx 480. The system worked without issues with the …

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Re: Is anyone excited for the Nvidia 3000 series cards

Posted on 2020-10-13, 05:04

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by darry

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Ray tracing is nice but it won't be common until much cheaper hardware can do it without low FPS. I am kind of wondering what the AMD cards can do and at what price point. Cutting edge is very expensive and has been for as long as I remember. If you wait a few years those cutting edge cards are now …

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Re: Cloning 32 Gb SD card w/ Win32DiskImager - Win98SE issues...

Posted on 2020-10-13, 04:53

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the post darry. I downloaded both and EaseUS knew right out of the gate. That i had a usb adaptor plugged in with a scandisk 32gig SD card. That program worked perfect resizing the SD. Acronis True Image 2015 has the clone function (Unavalible in trail mode) so i wasn't able to test it. …

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Re: DreamBlaster X8

Posted on 2020-10-13, 04:35

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by darry

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in Marvin \ Sound

Shiny! Could we have some more specs, please ? Is there a new soundbank to go with it ? Are some sample recordings forthcoming ?

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Re: Can anyone confirm i'm buying the correct PC-133?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 02:25

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

EDIT : By the way, the DIMMs do not necessarily need to be matched . Agree with everything you said but would clarify that DIMMS should be identically matched as for chip density, speed, etc if using two or more BUT they need not be same manufacture :) Thank you for the clarification . These are …

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Re: Cloning 32 Gb SD card w/ Win32DiskImager - Win98SE issues...

Posted on 2020-10-13, 01:10

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I use Acronis True Image 2015 for backing up and imaging . If I need to resize (beyond the basic functionality included in True Image) or convert partition types, I use EaseUS Partition Master . Both are commercial products and work very well, IMHO .

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