Re: Dim Turbo Led - Why is this even here?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 22:31

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I'm skeptical. You need a complete circuit, which usually looks something like +5V -> Resistor -> LED -> Gnd. (Or the resistor could be on the Gnd side of the LED -- doesn't matter which.) If that was an after-market bodge, then you might have +5V -> Resistor -> LED -> Resistor -> Gnd, in which …

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Re: PicoATX power supply for retro build

Posted on 2019-01-21, 21:56

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Their main trick is that most PCs will use the 12V rail primarily, which the Pico does not regulate. I dont think i could bring myself to use one of the unregulated ones on anything i cared about but the better ones definitely do regulate the 12 volt line. you can pick them because they use 19 volt …

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Re: PicoATX power supply for retro build

Posted on 2019-01-21, 05:14

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the biggest problem is that back in the day 200Watt power supplies had 100watts on their +5v rail and a pico psu is mostly weighted towards its 12v rail for modern CPUs and the 160w one only has about 40watts on its +5v rail. just be mindful and if you start to have resets or shutdowns then you know …

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Re: Common Problems with an IBM Model M keyboard? (Modded)

Posted on 2019-01-18, 23:24

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A standard USB port should be able to provide 500mA according to the official specs for USB1.0 and 2.0 though dedicated charging ports can provide more standard usb3 ports have upped that to i think 900mA. usb3.1 bumps it even further. Of course you can have manufacturers set higher limits, for …

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Re: The Ultimate DOS/Win3x Thinkpad Thread

Posted on 2019-01-04, 07:23

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depends on what sort of games you like. starcraft, c&c tiberian sun, c&c red alert, Unreal tournament 99 in software render mode, quake 2, one of the early need for speed games, halflife 1 in software render mode might work but i would for sure try one of the early versions before all the steam …

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Re: Was GM a thing in the 486 era?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 10:21

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very true, but redbook support largely takes care of itself by the time you have sbpro compatibility or above and the cd drive you used to install the game from anyway so i never really figure it in to thinking about compatibility of a machine.

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Re: Was GM a thing in the 486 era?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 09:41

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That would be a pretty good way to sum it up i would think 😀 Catches most of the outliers i can think of, stuff like dune 1 where it supports both opl and mt-32 but the opl is better.

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Re: Was GM a thing in the 486 era?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 05:56

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yeah I remember it being on the CD, but you could definitely choose opl3 or midi. I remember the opl3 sound track the most because I used to play multi player with a friend direct modem to modem with a spawned multi install. edit: That's probably a reasonable assumption but its not very cut and …

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Re: Was GM a thing in the 486 era?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 05:07

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sort of depends on where you cut off the 486 era too. at least in my part of Australia Pentiums were still very expensive for a couple of years after release and it was still common for people to have 486s till the late 90s. Warcraft 2 has great midi support from 1995 and when I think back it was …

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Re: Cheap 1998 Voodoo alternative for PCI ?

Posted on 2018-06-04, 10:18

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have you considered a geforce 2 mx or something similar. you lose glide but you gain hardware t&l that will help the k6

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Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port

Posted on 2018-05-24, 23:08

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That is super tidy looking nice work! my 486 laptop will love it.

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Re: Need some help finding some info on this old case?

Posted on 2018-05-20, 08:08

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I remember i had one with that exact bezel about 2003ish i think. most likely i got it from a local shop in Albury/Wodonga as I'm sure Auspcmarket had extra shipping for cases at the time.

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Re: MIDILPT

Posted on 2018-05-17, 06:14

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Why do 2 modules ? :) just add a wavetable header the biggest problem you have with a wavetable header is that while the s2/x2 work on purely 5 volts most other wavetable cards require +12v and -12v which you can't source nearly so easily. I made a daughter board to use the s1 with dosbox on a …

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Re: Unknown CPU from bulk lot

Posted on 2018-05-13, 21:27

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Well that is super interesting for sure and Thanks for the info I have never really had anything to do with commodore or Amiga stuff. our Family's first pc was a 286 and it was all x86 from there. Im not sure i even know anyone locally with an Amiga to drop it into it came in a box with an intel …

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Unknown CPU from bulk lot

Posted on 2018-05-13, 10:44

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Hi Everyone. I received this CPU as part of a bulk lot of mostly socket 7 items. its too many pins for socket 3 and the missing pins don't seem to match the pictures that were coming up as socket 4 but i have never had anything socket 4 before to compare against in the flesh. the heatsink is quite …

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Re: Pentium II/III VS K6-III+

Posted on 2018-05-03, 03:25

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Is 60 fps what most of you consider minimum playable these days? How did you survive before modern video made its way into the cinema? Movies were nominally shot at 24 fps. Its not really the same thing, most films still are 24fps. by its nature Film has built in motion blur that pc graphics still …

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Re: Top or bottom mounted PSU?

Posted on 2018-03-28, 23:53

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cyclone3d wrote: It will make the PSU run cooler. this is true except when people do it and then sit the PC on carpet 😵

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Re: SD vs Compact (converted from IDE)

Posted on 2018-03-28, 11:25

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from what amazon link did you buy that? i have been searching on amazon and there is a few of them, and some got comments regarding not working on a pc I think linking might get me in trouble. I just got a couple for ~$10AUD on ebay taking the gamble that 1 in 2 would work, they both did if you …

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Re: SD vs Compact (converted from IDE)

Posted on 2018-03-27, 10:29

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You can get SD -> CF converters (i.e plug SD card into CF card). this does work, i have a windows 98 install on a MicroSD card inside an SD to compact flash adapter plugged into a compact flash to IDE adaptor that plugs straight into the motherboard and completely eliminates the need for an IDE …

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2018-03-09, 00:30

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I 100% love the volume wheel. it feels so period correct. is it the same as the ones they advertise for repairing gameboys?

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