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Finally finished inventorying all my CPUs. Had to do the remaining CPUs in the attic as I had not enough storage to bring all of them downstairs. Even found a some chips I had forgotten that I had. Alas, none of my old Pentiums seem to have the FDIV bug, except for the one I already 'found' a …

Re: Reverse stereo on Sound Blaster Pro & compatibles

Posted on 2016-01-08, 07:18

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Finished testing more games and there's no doubt, all output on Sound Blaster Pro 2 is reversed - digital, FM and CD audio. Well that's good, at least it's consistent! I would prefer swapping the physical cables to be honest. Now in games that have an option to swap L and R, like Descent you …

Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2016-01-08, 03:51

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ Sound

I think there is an existing thread on this App!

Re: Voodoo 4 4500 AGP No Post.

Posted on 2016-01-08, 02:45

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ExTneicsol wrote: I know where it's and i'm willing to try. But why? I'm curious. Worked on some Slot 1 boards I worked with. Worth a shot 😀

Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2016-01-08, 02:43

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ Sound

SRQ wrote: Could this be used kind of like MUNT to give a retro machine Roland MIDI through the midi output? I'm rather obsessed with the concept at the moment. Absolutely!

Re: Voodoo 4 4500 AGP No Post.

Posted on 2016-01-08, 02:38

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Also see if you find a clear CMOS jumper on the motherboard to reset the settings.

Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2016-01-08, 02:37

by PhilsComputerLab

in Release Announcements

I don't think I use these storage devices enough to be honest. I'm curious what things you do. I basically install the OS, maybe a few games, run some benchmarks. So not much copying back and forth to be honest Something that might be worth checking out is an article I remember reading on PC …

Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2016-01-07, 14:58

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ Sound

Nice, that works pretty well. Quick question. If I remember correctly Doom sets reverb and chorus for individual parts. Is this reliant on working Sysex or not?

Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2016-01-07, 13:09

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ Sound

Great news James, I will try it out ASAP 😀

Re: Voodoo 2 SLI Power Consumption?

Posted on 2016-01-07, 09:40

by PhilsComputerLab

in Marvin \ System Specs

Just a guess really 😀 I do remember seeing this figure somewhere. But no, they don't use much power.

Re: Is this possible? (( Installing dos over ethernet to another computer that has boot ethernet option on it ))

Posted on 2016-01-07, 08:35

by PhilsComputerLab

in Milliways

If you can get network booting going, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Acronis and other disk image programs can also restore across the network. I will be slower than from CD however.