Re: sound blaster 16 and CQM synthesis
Posted on 2016-04-20, 18:55
I'm not aware, and would be quite surprised, of a game discriminating between them. I freely admit that I was totally oblivious to any of this "back in the day" 😊
Re: System Shock Dreamblaster S1 MIDI glitch?
Posted on 2016-04-20, 18:51
Are you both playing the GOG version? I did complete the game with a SB16 and Sound Canvas wavetable board "back in the day". BUT, that was the floppy version and ran in VGA only.
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2016-04-20, 17:31
Yea I have worked with Slot 1 CPUs many, many years ago and tried out all the cache tricks. Performance goes down, but clock frequency goes up. In the end I stuck with the socket 7 platform for this kind of stuff 😀
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2016-04-20, 14:41
That's a great overview of some of the problematic games. A tip: If you go with a MMX CPU you will get extra performance with caches disabled. That chip, and Cyrix, are the fastest cacheless CPUs I've observed. The K6 is the slowest 😊 and the standard Pentium nicely in the middle.
Re: Sound blaster 16 Wave Effects
Posted on 2016-04-20, 09:36
I think I have one. Let me quickly check it out. EDIT: Don't have one, just a Vibra 16.
Re: Best CF card in "Fixed Disk"?
Posted on 2016-04-20, 08:29
The CF adapter I use is the one that goes into the slot bracket. It lets you remove and insert the CF card from the back of the PC. I also have the StarTech CF drive bay adapter. That one cost a lot more, but it's the only kind that I know of. The adapter does have a master / slave jumper but I …
Re: Best CF card in "Fixed Disk"?
Posted on 2016-04-20, 08:13
gdjacobs wrote: PhilsComputerLab wrote: Is it because I'm using no-name CF cards from eBay that I never had to worry about this "fixed disk" stuff? Maybe, or the adapter could be masking the bit. No idea, my adapters are also the cheapest from eBay, various models. But I never installed anything …
Re: Best CF card in "Fixed Disk"?
Posted on 2016-04-20, 06:49
Is it because I'm using no-name CF cards from eBay that I never had to worry about this "fixed disk" stuff?
Re: Sound blaster 16 Wave Effects
Posted on 2016-04-20, 06:20
What DSP versions do these wave effect cards come with? Hanging note bug?
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2016-04-20, 06:03
Building the 3 in 1 DOS Retro Gaming PC: 386 486 and Pentium In this video I am building the 3 in 1 DOS Retro Gaming PC. Based around an Intel Pentium running at 133 MHz and slowing it down by disabling caches, we can play games from the 386, 486 and Pentium era. Games that run well on a 386, but …
Re: Final Days of XP Build
Posted on 2016-04-20, 04:56
Plus there are the Athlon II range of chips now and also the FX, like the FX6300, a fantastic value chip for anything with lots of threads. On many boards you can enable / disable cores and lower the multiplier, letting you fine-tune performance if that's something you're into. And also great is …
Re: Final Days of XP Build
Posted on 2016-04-20, 00:07
There are so many awesome second hand Intel CPUs, but because Intel has so many sockets, finding a good board is a bit of a challenge. So don't rule out AMD! You can get a AM3+ board from the shops brand new and can use a massive range of CPUs. The gear is also XP compatible without any dramas. The …
Re: What speaker setup are you using on your vintage machine?
Posted on 2016-04-20, 00:04
Somehow forgot about this thread - some very cool setups there! Currently my retro pc is hooked up to a small Yamaha Mixer and a pair of Yamaha HS50M monitors: That looks lovely :) I have these Creative speakers: http://d287ku8w5owj51.cloudfront.net/images/products/large/pdt_18103.png.ashx?width= …
Re: Amiga computers - which one to get?
Posted on 2016-04-19, 10:10
Hey Phil, try some side by side comparison games. Star Control II with GUS on PC vs Amiga, then maybe GODS with MIDI on PC vs Amiga. I think it would make a great comparison video and give a good look at how well the Mist core really stacks up as a multi role machine. Yea at some point I need to …
Re: toslink or digital rca on SBawe32
Posted on 2016-04-19, 07:45
ElBrunzy wrote: I'm using a "temporary" rca just to test if it's worth to go further ! I've seen that I lost the digital output that I might use in games or demos, but the cd-in and waveblaster, I couldnt care less for them lost. So just a cable from the header to the receiver? No active components …
Re: DOSBox Feature Request Thread
Posted on 2016-04-19, 07:18
Seeing all the screenshots and videos of DOS games in the wrong aspect ratio online, maybe: - resize screenshots to 640 x 480 - resize captures to 640 x 480 - Have aspect=true as default?
Re: Don't buy Asus X99 boards
Posted on 2016-04-19, 06:48
I tend to buy really cheap motherboards. Always uATX and close in pricing to budget Asrock boards. I used to buy Asrock, but these days Asus isn't much more expensive. I think all my three desktops run Asus motherboards. Also had little issues to be honest. The only more expensive gear is all "retro …
Re: Amiga computers - which one to get?
Posted on 2016-04-19, 06:46
Grea tpost Kodai :) I agree that an RGB monitor or Scart RGB TV is a big part of the Amiga experience. I only owned an Amiga 500 for a few weeks back when I was at school. I bought it off a class mate, it was the Amiga 500 and a Philips CM 8833. It was quite late in terms of market, the 386 was well …
Re: toslink or digital rca on SBawe32
Posted on 2016-04-19, 01:30
Nice! What kind of cable are you using to connect the Sound Blaster with your receiver? Digital optical vs coax there should be no difference, it's just a stream of 1s and 0s.
Re: Bios flash gone bad
Posted on 2016-04-19, 01:22
I've done a BIOS hot flash a few years back. It worked great and got a super socket 7 board up and running again. But after that experience I got an external flasher 🤣
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