Re: Fujitsu SCALEO Home Server - Recovery media -after gaming with NAS

Posted on 2017-06-29, 05:49

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by darry

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As an alternative to Windows Home Server, you may want to consider openmediavault ( https://www.openmediavault.org/ ) . It is free and Linux-based . I have installed it in place of the bundled Windows Home Server on an Acer H340 NAS (Atom-based) . Performance is great . Read throughput on a soft …

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Re: Cirrus Logic 5320 win3.1

Posted on 2017-06-27, 04:49

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by darry

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According to http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/component … logic-cl-gd5320 it is a VGA card limited to 256K RAM . The best you can expect in Windows is 640x480 in 16 colours with the included VGA driver .

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Re: Problems using my new capture card to record old PCs

Posted on 2017-06-20, 22:04

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by darry

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Your capture card may not like 70Hz refresh rates, whereas your monitor supports them . Does your VGA to to HDMI convert to 60Hz ? What does your monitor's OSD say about the converted signal ?

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Re: Tecra 500CDT Windows98 / USB, CD-RW, WiFi problem

Posted on 2017-05-15, 16:33

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by darry

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I bought 10 Verbatim CD-RW, but Tecra doesn't see burned content CD-RW (rewritable) are notoriously incompatible with older drives that are not specifically designed to read them . Assuming your CD drive can read pressed media, it will likely be able read good quality CD-R (writable) .

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Re: Jack of several trades, master of some (hopefully)

Posted on 2017-05-02, 19:48

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by darry

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Your build seems well thought out and looks to be solidly build and with solid parts at first glance. Nice! Thank you . A lot of thought and trial and error did go into it . And don't worry about the (lack of) cable management, it's mostly not really relevant once the system is working. I mainly …

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Re: Jack of several trades, master of some (hopefully)

Posted on 2017-05-02, 03:24

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A couple pics would help :P Even though I really like your setup, I'm not sure it would be optimal for playing DOS games due to the motherboard using a bridge chip and the CPU being locked and on the speedy side, but you could give it a go. Let us know how it turns out :) I was afraid of the bridge …

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Jack of several trades, master of some (hopefully)

Posted on 2017-05-01, 21:13

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by darry

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- Pentium 3 Tualatin-S @1400MHz with 512K L2 cache - Ipox 3ETI23 industrial motherboard (815EP-based with 3 ISA slots and onboard Fast Ethernet) - 512 MB (2x256) of PC133 SDRAM - BFG BFGR6600GTOC (AGP Nvidia 6600GT with 128MB RAM) - 3Dfx Voodoo 3 3000 (PCI) - generic SIL3512 SATA controller - 500GB …

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Re: MIDIMAN MM-401 - Not 100% Roland compatible

Posted on 2017-04-27, 03:00

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by darry

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gdjacobs wrote: Yes, Gateway is notoriously incompatible. And speed sensitive. It systematically crashes several minutes into playing the intro with Softmpu/CT3670/MT32 on a Tualatin 1400 UNLESS L1 cache is disabled . This does not happen on the same machine with L1 enabled in Adlib (OPL2) mode .

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Re: MIDIMAN MM-401 - Not 100% Roland compatible

Posted on 2017-04-26, 00:07

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by darry

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Please, give me a link for this game We don't support software piracy here. In this case, though, it would not be piracy, as original publisher Legend Entertainment released Frederik Pohl's GATEWAY for free over twenty years ago ! http://web.archive.org/web/19970412091805/http://www.legendent.com/ …

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Re: Pure DOS gaming system with 100% digital audio output

Posted on 2017-04-10, 21:56

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My setup is similar, except I use an Akai DPS12 multitrack recorder as an ADC/ digital mixer . Everything that comes into the DPS12 gets mixed down into one toslink output . With 3 stereo analogue inputs and 1 digital toslink input, this thing is perfect for my use . The adjustable pre-amps are an …

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How I turned my CT3670 into an AWE64 and got rid of its pesky IDE interface

Posted on 2017-04-10, 19:29

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by darry

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This is a very short story, I flashed its PNP EEPROM using the utility found here : http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=r19293 I got the idea while reading this thread : http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39683 Everything seems to work fine (including …

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Re: AWE32 and NMI support (or lack of) on motherboard

Posted on 2017-04-09, 03:09

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by darry

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Your only other alternative would then be to try and run your game via a Command Prompt from within Windows 9x. I can confirm that MPU401 redirection under Windows 98 seems to work on my system .

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Re: Epox EP-8kda3I searching for manual and bios update

Posted on 2017-04-06, 02:15

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by darry

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Happy to help . I have been looking for Epox/Ipox BIOSes for a while (I have an Ipox 3ETI23) and one site I found happened to have some info on your board, including BIOS file names . Then it was just a question of plugging the file name into a search engine .

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Re: Epox EP-8kda3I searching for manual and bios update

Posted on 2017-04-05, 02:23

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by darry

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According to http://www.supox.cn/pr_old_play.php?type=dw&pr_id=148 , latest BIOS is dated 2006-9-22 its filename is da3i6907.bin This link seems to have it : https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20160311033153/http://download.epox.cn//BIOS/da3i6907.bin and this MIGHT be the manual for your board or …

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Re: Early DVI Ports - Real Digital or ADC?

Posted on 2017-04-04, 01:34

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by darry

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The pads are for external TMDS encoders from Silicon Image . AFAIK, the signal path to those encoders was digital . Later on, GPU manufacturers integrated TMDS encoders, so an external TMDS was usually no longer required . The spec sheet for one such transmitter makes no mention of an ADC, so the …

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Re: YMF-71x cards (OPL3SAx) software alternative

Posted on 2017-04-04, 01:09

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by darry

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Are you sure both line-out and speaker out work with your jumper settings ? Yes. Check the picture. I have been using this setting with my Roland SCB-55. It is a daughter board without analog inputs. Every DB works on 3D-XG. You are indeed right . I just tested it as well . If JP1 and JP2 are …

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Re: AWE32 and NMI support (or lack of) on motherboard

Posted on 2017-04-04, 01:01

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by darry

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Thank you for input, jesolo . I tried resetting CMOS and using different memory but had the same results, so I am now pretty confident it a motherboard incompatibility I actually never owned an AWE in its heyday (I was a Gravis fanboy) and wanted to experience it fully, warts and all . Luckily I …

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Re: celeron 1400 vs pentium 3 1400s

Posted on 2017-04-03, 03:17

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by darry

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See this thread for some Tualeron vs Tualatin comparisons . In 3Dmark 2001, an underclocked P3-1400S @1050 MHz is faster than a Celeron 1300 . Re: Tualatin Celeron vs Williamette Celeron

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AWE32 and NMI support (or lack of) on motherboard

Posted on 2017-04-03, 03:10

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by darry

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I recently acquired an Ipox 3ETI23 industrial board (Tualatin support with 3 ISA slots, yay!) and installed my CT3670 AWE32/SB32 card with 2x4MB RAM . Everything I

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Re: BIOS flashing problems, board boots into recovery mode, can't get beyond that

Posted on 2017-03-30, 01:03

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by darry

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Bad CMOS battery ?

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