Do you ever find yourself doing multiple builds at once?

Posted on 2017-12-03, 19:21

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by furan

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I'm trying to build a time correct 1998 machine, but I'm ending up building a workstation. And I still want a machine that runs windows 98 SE. The workstation can do it, and I can multiboot, but I found my favorite case (InWin H500), that I could build another machine in. I'm worried this is some …

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-12-01, 21:20

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by furan

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forteller wrote: It has 6ns memories unfortunately, but 7ns on Voodoo 2 2000 were good for 175MHz rock-stable so I was hoping for more. Lower is better, this is a latency value.

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-12-01, 19:01

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by furan

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Looking good! I have a 19" CRT and it takes up half my desk, Can't say Id ever want a 21" CRT. Ok I do, but I'd need a bigger desk and space to put everything. Can't want to see this dual xeon setup. Yeah, I am thinking about making a 'retro' area in my closet, the biggest problem is I need a …

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Re: Anyone interested in Yamaha OPL4 Wavetable modules?

Posted on 2017-12-01, 04:31

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by furan

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Dude, you should have waited! I or DreamBlaster were going to buy the whole stock.

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-12-01, 02:33

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by furan

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The monitor showed up today. It is multisync and it is my new son/sun. Used an FPGA to put an NTSC signal on it. Beautiful.

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Re: Anyone interested in Yamaha OPL4 Wavetable modules?

Posted on 2017-12-01, 00:38

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by furan

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Super_Relay wrote: badmojo wrote: Hopefully I’m wrong but I don’t think you can use the OPL4 chipset to override a sound cards crappy FM implementation via the wave table header, for games anyway, because they expect FM to be @220. This is a MIDI wavetable board. Not sure how you mapped that to FM. …

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Re: Anyone interested in Yamaha OPL4 Wavetable modules?

Posted on 2017-11-30, 18:35

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by furan

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I emailed and haven't heard back yet - I might ask them to sell on ebay. Personally I don't want to buy the stock myself and distribute it - I'd like to try one, and I thought you folks should know about it. I'm going to try to help DreamBlaster get ahold of them. :) From YouTube, OPL4 sounds …

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-30, 18:34

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chinny22 wrote: SMP, SLI, love it! Thanks! chinny22 wrote: But those Xeons..... Anything I should know about? 😀 Heat? I've updated the post - for PCI sound I went with the Diamond Monster MX200.

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Anyone interested in Yamaha OPL4 Wavetable modules?

Posted on 2017-11-30, 02:44

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by furan

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I found this while looking for deals - they are selling a lot: https://scientific-solutions.com/surplus/part … /opl4/opl4.html

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 20:37

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by furan

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Keyboard: https://i.imgur.com/oL9cCCN.png https://i.imgur.com/eerpLUk.png Intergraph ConcertMaster Multimedia Keyboard. When I first saw a photo of John Carmack using this keyboard next to his gigantic 28" 1080p CRT I got machine envy.. I asked on twitter recently and he said he kept the keyboard …

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 19:34

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I ended up buying this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-PRECISION-610-TOWER-WORKSTATION-INTEL-P3-XEON-550MHz-1GB-FEDEX-SHIPPING/252250963556?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 So now I'm going Xeon, and probably dual Xeon. It comes with a PIII Xeon (or two, I can't tell). But I …

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 19:09

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by furan

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Something funky going on here. Looks like some of the bids were zero feedback bidders and were removed. Not seeing any Kayak XA dual cpu system on ebay, did not know they had any dual cpu ones. I take it that your looking at something completely different now? But I did find this one for 70 dollars …

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 17:44

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by furan

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Changed the ram for 2 256mb sticks. Got outbid on the original chassis, bidding on a dual processor one now.

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 17:23

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by furan

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OK to make it more period correct, I bought a Yamaha DB50XG.

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 16:26

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BSA Starfire wrote: Christ, I was using a Cyrix 6x86 166+ at home in 1997 & a Powermac 7100/66 at work!!! I think I had a pentium 233 MMX? Might have been a 166.

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 16:25

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by furan

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JidaiGeki wrote: Is this the system you've got? Yep, still bidding. I like the condition it's in.

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Re: Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 16:09

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by furan

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Come on guys. It's 1997/1998!

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-11-29, 06:16

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by furan

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21603 wrote: Needs to be more hardcore like I did. That reminds me of my days with these machines. That is awesome, looks cozy, just right for late night adventure gaming.

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Senior Year: My 1997/1998 dream system (build log)

Posted on 2017-11-29, 05:51

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by furan

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This is my second build. It was the fall of 1997 to the summer of 1998, my senior year of high school. I was big into programming and playing 3D games. Final Fantasy VII in particular. I lusted after exotic workstations with amazing graphics and displays. I'd plot out what kind of systems I could …

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