Re: Does anybody have a BIOS image for an IWILL SIDE IDE/SCSI VLB controller?

Posted on 2020-04-19, 05:27

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by cyclone3d

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Not 100% sure that this BIOS will work with your card as yours is a 1.31 and mine is a 1.4. The layout is a bit different and the one chip is SMC instead of UMC. The EPROM is a ST M27C256B The zip file contains the .BIN file and a text file with the EPROM specs. IWILL-SIDE_JTHQUICKSIDE_1.4B.zip .BIN …

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Re: Does anybody have a BIOS image for an IWILL SIDE IDE/SCSI VLB controller?

Posted on 2020-04-19, 02:08

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by cyclone3d

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Yep, I have one. Was already looking at this thread before the PM. I'll have to pull out my reader and hook it up as I've never actually used it. I'll try to get the image pulled later this evening. I will say that the computer I was initially trying to use the SIDE with didn't play well with it. It …

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Re: Data recovery from a Broken Hard-drive.

Posted on 2020-04-18, 16:51

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by cyclone3d

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You need a clean room to transfer heads as well as the proper tools. That plastic yellow part.. the part that holds the heads apart from each other when the drive is parked will have to be removed along with the head assembly in order to keep the heads from being damaged. Same for swapping in new …

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Re: Damnit, Techmoan

Posted on 2020-04-18, 15:14

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

derSammler wrote on 2020-04-18, 11:07: I have the MT-300S - the best in my opinion. I second this. It is pretty sweet.

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Re: VGA -> HDMI

Posted on 2020-04-17, 20:53

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by cyclone3d

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You're not going to be able to scale to 1080p and have a nice image. If you do that, the image will at the very least be stretched. If you want to run the monitor at 1080p, you will need a scaler that can letterbox the output so the image displayed on the screen will be the correct aspect ratio. A …

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Re: Looking for games bundled with Sound/3D Blasters

Posted on 2020-04-17, 18:21

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Audigy 2 Value: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Filename front.jpg File size 293.69 KiB Views 674 views

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Re: Looking for games bundled with Sound/3D Blasters

Posted on 2020-04-17, 18:14

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Audigy 2 ZS: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Drakness Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Raven Shield Filename front.jpg File size 303.66 KiB Views 676 views

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Re: Looking for games bundled with Sound/3D Blasters

Posted on 2020-04-17, 18:11

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Audigy Platinum: Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition Filename front.jpg File size 336.13 KiB Views 676 views Filename back.jpg File size 412.32 KiB Views 676 views

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Re: Looking for games bundled with Sound/3D Blasters

Posted on 2020-04-17, 17:49

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Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer: Games: Decent 3 Need For Speed 4: High stakes Thief: The dark Project Game Demos: Alien vs Predator (Predator & Marine) Myth II : Soulbringer front.jpg back.jpg side.jpg Sound Blaster Live! Platinum lists the same games but not the demos: p_front.jpg p_side.jpg

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Re: How to fix floppy diskettes ?

Posted on 2020-04-17, 16:23

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does your floppy drive work with other disks? Even if it does, you may want to try a different drive and see if they will work. I've got 3 different USB 3.5" floppy drives I use when imaging old disks. Some disks will work in one drive but not the others.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-17, 04:51

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by cyclone3d

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Doing a search with not my normal terms brought this up and so I bought it: Cardinal_Sound_Studio.jpg It is a Cardinal Sound Studio. Should be Adlib Gold compatible. See this thread for a bit more info: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40310 I'll take some proper pics of it when I get it and …

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Re: A3d Alchemy Not Working in Windows 10

Posted on 2020-04-16, 18:22

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by cyclone3d

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Check this. If you are running Windows 10 x64, then you will most likely need to move some files around since the Alchemy installer doesn't actually work properly on Windows 10 x64. https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundBlasterOfficial/comments/bh71l7/openal_and_alchemy_problem_windows_10/ I think there is …

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Re: Finding correct Creative Alchemy settings?

Posted on 2020-04-16, 18:21

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by cyclone3d

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Check this. If you are running Windows 10 x64, then you will most likely need to move some files around since the Alchemy installer doesn't actually work properly on Windows 10 x64 https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundBlasterOfficial/comments/bh71l7/openal_and_alchemy_problem_windows_10/ Pretty sure I saw …

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Re: Anyone remember a Creative music player for Windows 95/98?

Posted on 2020-04-16, 01:05

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by cyclone3d

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It should be on some of the install CD ISOs and you can still download it directly from Creative Labs. Look under the downloads for the Sound Blaster Live! cards.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-04-16, 00:39

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by cyclone3d

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I just discovered the most awesomest utility to bulk download files from web.archive.org It is the Wayback Machine Downloader: https://github.com/hartator/wayback-machine-downloader No more having to download files one-by-one. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-04-15, 21:38

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The 2004 Microsoft Update CD is already on vogonsdrivers. I don't see a need to have updates on there separately as that CD should have everything for Win98 already besides the unofficial updates.

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Re: What sound card do you use on your modern PC ?

Posted on 2020-04-15, 17:41

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by cyclone3d

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kjliew wrote on 2020-04-14, 20:38: Really??! I have been using the on-board audio since the Pentium III days, from AC97 to HD Audio. And, that's it. 😜 Never spend a dime on sound card anymore. Do you have faulty ears or something?

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Re: Shortest Sound Blaster (or compatible) card with real OPL3?

Posted on 2020-04-15, 07:45

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

Looking around, I see that ALS100 cards come in the same length and have OPL3 chips.

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Re: Hackers, Hackers, Hackers !....

Posted on 2020-04-15, 06:42

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by cyclone3d

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Is this another troll post or just another person that didn't have proper backups? And your ISP alerting you to hackers? First time I have ever heard of something like that. Are you sure you didn't go to a compromised web site that had one of those fake big red warning pop-ups about your computer …

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Re: Shortest Sound Blaster (or compatible) card with real OPL3?

Posted on 2020-04-15, 06:36

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

Aztech I38-MMSN853. You get onboard wavetable as well. Aztech I38-MMSN813 Possibly some other Aztech cards such as the one in the post above mine. I also have a random Opti 930 based card with OPL3 that is that short. Really any of the Opti based cards before the 931 should have OPL3 chips. There …

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