Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2020-07-14, 23:11

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by darry

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I do remember the early I7 being very poor in performance compared to the latter Quad-Core's so never went that way, waited until i7-3770 came out a few years later in 2012, and still have that one on a Intel board too. Really? In 2009 I switched for a Q9550 to a i7 920 and the difference was night …

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Re: Tyrian 2000 SC-55mkII with AWE64 = No midi output?

Posted on 2020-07-14, 23:07

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by darry

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The MSI 690T is an AM2 board, so I assume that's a typo . That said, when running under real-mode DOS (not in a Windows DOS box), I imagine that you are not initializing the Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (PCI), as that would be a potential source of conflicts with the AWE64 . The way the AWE64 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-14, 21:12

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There was this auction where nobody made a bid and for fun I made a nonsense bid: €30 (minimum opening bid) The item: a laptop, Compaq SLT286. Expectation was the seller would cancel the auction because of low bids (which is allowed so no hard feelings) But the seller contacted me if I liked it …

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Re: Tyrian 2000 SC-55mkII with AWE64 = No midi output?

Posted on 2020-07-14, 21:07

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by darry

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The MSI 690T is an AM2 board, so I assume that's a typo . That said, when running under real-mode DOS (not in a Windows DOS box), I imagine that you are not initializing the Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS (PCI), as that would be a potential source of conflicts with the AWE64 . The way the AWE64 …

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Re: Making a midi device tower

Posted on 2020-07-14, 20:25

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The MU10 is basically the equivalent of a DB60XG. However, it also is fully programmable, up to a level that none of the other MU modules are. In what way is the relatively low-end MU10 fully programmable in a way the higher end and newer Yamaha MU modules are not ? I am no musician, but that …

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Re: DOS Driver Legalities etc.

Posted on 2020-07-14, 19:09

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@darry, @joseph_joestar, Thank you for the input. I appreciate all the research! So its safe to say that because Yamaha and Benq provided these originally for their products, these drivers aren't the same as say "a proprietary ROM"? Obviously, drivers are required to run devices. I just wanted to …

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Re: Making a midi device tower

Posted on 2020-07-14, 18:22

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To what point that would be significant to you is a question only you can answer. There are some youtube videos of Doom and Duke Nukem 3D sound track excerpts being played on various modules . You may not find exactly what you are looking for but MU500/MU1000/MU2000 should be quite similar in …

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Re: Intel SE440BX-2 / Issues

Posted on 2020-07-14, 14:46

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by darry

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I would try the SATA card in a different PCI slot . Might be worth trying that for the Voodoo2 as well.

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Re: Making a midi device tower

Posted on 2020-07-14, 05:41

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Let's get to the point. Are there differences in quality and sound depending on capabilities of each Yamaha device? I am talking only for gaming. I do not also have a problem if the device is simple with only power button and volume knob (without lcd screen and other buttons). Polyphony differences …

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Re: Need help getting Tuneland to work correctly on win31DOSBox. Some sounds missing.

Posted on 2020-07-14, 05:29

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by darry

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Really sorry to read about your anxiety and depression issues, I hope things go better for you soon . That said, you have stumbled upon one of the issues with so called "abandonware" which is that you can't know what any program's been through and how it may have been broken compared to the …

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Re: Official Licenses? (DOS, Win98, NC)

Posted on 2020-07-14, 05:13

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by darry

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FreeDOS is very compatible and is still being developed so if you encounter a game that doesn't work but does on MS-DOS then if the bug is reported to the FreeDOS devs then it can be fixed. FreeDOS is great, but there are still bugs/corner case issues . If everything works for you, then great, but …

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Re: Poor performance on a 7900GS + Pentium D

Posted on 2020-07-14, 05:01

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by darry

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Just a final update, I said screw and bought another Dell. Core 2 Quad, same GPU, PSU, and RAM since I just swapped it out from the old one. It performs much much better. I do have some issues though. I got a sound card, an X-Fi Xtreme. Pretty good card. Tried out FarCry and for the life of me, …

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Re: Making a midi device tower

Posted on 2020-07-14, 04:53

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What about Yamaha mu10? It seems simple as a design. Nothing wrong with it, as far as I know, but older and has only 32 voices of polyphony and a 4MB ROM . https://sonicstate.com/synth/_inc/specs_only.cfm?synthid=765 MU128, MU500, MU1000 and MU2000 are much more advanced and have bigger ROM sound …

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Re: 440BX Pentium 3 System Corrupt Screen (Formerly Won't Boot, No Video)

Posted on 2020-07-14, 04:47

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Metal wrote on 2020-07-14, 03:31: Well, it's worth a shot. I'll give it a try tomorrow. Hope that works, otherwise the most likely scenario is bad RAM on the video card, IMHO .

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Re: DOS Driver Legalities etc.

Posted on 2020-07-14, 04:44

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Hello there, I have come across several drivers that seem to be floating around in the community that are required to get my rig running properly. I have built a Socket A Athlon DOS gaming machine based on Phil's suggestions. I picked up one of those Cobra YMF744 PCI cards. The machine has an …

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Re: Would you break a plastic piece covering a port in a 30-year old laptop? Does old hardware deserve "special" treatme

Posted on 2020-07-13, 22:59

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by darry

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johnnycontrario wrote on 2020-07-13, 22:56: Yeah, that page ruined my day. Apparently he tried and failed, so threw the original out and installed a modern mechanical keyboard. I hope the original was broken beyond repair to begin with, or at least that's what I will tell myself . 😢

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 AGP only work in single chip mode!

Posted on 2020-07-13, 22:53

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Another information about compatible RAM modules? My V5 5500 AGP have a Toshiba TC59S6432CFT-60 , but, this component are discontinuated and is not available. Some cards have a HYUNDAI HY57V653220BTC-60, and this is very dificult to found on ebay, and is very overpriced. My V4 4500 have a SAMSUNG …

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Re: Your favorite retro socket/platform

Posted on 2020-07-13, 22:49

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Socket 939 might not be considered retro, but that and socket 754 eluded me as a I had a socket A system and a socket 478 system so I held off upgrading until 2nd gen Conroe. Now that I have nothing to do and a bit of extra money to spend being stuck in the house, I've been dabbling with 754 and …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-07-13, 22:13

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by darry

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Geforce FX cards are universal AGP capable . They can run in a3.3 volt AGP 1.0 slot at AGP 2X speed . See http://www.playtool.com/pages/agpcompat/agp.html Will a Geforce FX card still play mid-2000's (up to 2005) games well in a AGP 1.0 slot? Only if they are DX8 (not DX9). DX9 came out in 2003 so …

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Re: Problems installing Windows 3.1 on a Pentium 4

Posted on 2020-07-13, 21:49

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by darry

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Are you using a "stock" DOS 6.22 install without third party utilities in config.sys or autoexec.bat ?

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