Re: Could manufacturers re-release 90s hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-01, 15:19

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Everyone should just buy a Ryzen Threadripper board with 32GB RAM and 2 ISA slots. The fastest available with a large number of ISA slots is a PIAGP backplane and SBC setup. The newest board can support Pentium D CPUs. Good luck finding one of those SBCs though. I have a setup, but the SBC I have " …

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Re: Newbie but also an oldbie looking for some assistance

Posted on 2018-08-01, 14:59

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Ok, so from my experience with CF card shenanigans on older computers that will not properly detect the drive settings from the BIOS.. you will need to hook it up to a newer computer, go into the BIOS and have it autodetect the settings for that drive. Write those settings down. I used a sticker I …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2018-07-27, 19:02

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by cyclone3d

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What about getting a quote from a machine shop to cut the needed holes in blank brackets? With a lathe it really should only take about 5-10 minutes per bracket to make. Not sure it would be worth it to do that except regionally though.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-26, 20:30

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The AT case with mystery insides arrived the other day. I'll post pics of the insides this evening. I was originally planning on using the case for an build using an ASUS P5A-B and K6-III+ 450 but.... The motherboard is a SIS based PCI/ISA Socket 3 board and the CPU is an AMD 5x86-133. :happy: Both …

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Re: Getting sound to work on windows 98 laptop for DOS

Posted on 2018-07-26, 19:40

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I bet if you extracted the files you could manually install the 95 drivers in 98 by NOT using the setup program. At the very most, the .inf file might have to be slightly modified but I kinda doubt it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-25, 23:56

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Anonymous Coward wrote: I've never seen one of those in box. That must be worth a fortune. Filename bum.jpg File size 15.03 KiB Views 1099 views

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-07-25, 16:58

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by cyclone3d

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Subbed. I might be interested in one of these cards.

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Re: Windows 95 SF2 software?

Posted on 2018-07-25, 02:12

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by cyclone3d

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Here is a "synth" that is meant to be used with a Live! or Audigy card: https://soundfont-midi-player.en.softonic.com/ I am not seeing anything specifically that is a software synth that can load SF2 soundfonts. Here are some more sites to look at: https://blog.wavosaur.com/windows-95-freeware- …

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Re: Radeon X300

Posted on 2018-07-25, 01:19

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by cyclone3d

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If you can get one for free or already have one.. go ahead and try it out. If not, I wouldn't pay money for one. It was a super low-end card when it was released.

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Re: Best PCI OPL3 sound card?

Posted on 2018-07-25, 01:18

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-1Channel-PCI-Slot-ES1938S-Chipset-Sound-Audio-Card-MIDI-3-5MM-for-Desktop-PC/282752513418 I wouldn't trust that specific card at all. The chip looks like an obvious counterfeit. Here are a few with genuine ESS chips... that also have the SB-LINK / PC-PCI header or at …

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Re: Best replacement for Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors ?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 21:06

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by cyclone3d

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You can get them in quantity for about 60 cents a piece from Mouser if you buy 10 or more. If you buy at least 50, it goes down to 50 cents a piece. Anyway, what are you wanting to replace capacitors on?

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Re: Best PCI OPL3 sound card?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 20:58

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Hmmm, you can get something very close to OPL3 with the ESS solo-1. Looking at your previous thread, you were trying to access the FM chip within windows. For that, the ESS solo-1 does work, but you need to make sure you load the VXD drivers (not the newer WDM drivers) Does this ESS solo ES1938S …

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Re: Windows 95 SF2 software?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 20:56

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Sound Blaster Live! and Sound Blaster Audigy series. Or do you mean a software synth that can load SF2 banks? Creative has Vienna SoundFont Studio available for the Live! cards on their downloads page if you are wanting to edit SF2 banks.

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Re: Need motherboard recommendations for a Windows XP system

Posted on 2018-07-24, 20:43

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Oh.. weird. That one is not keyed to be able to work in a 64-bit slot. That's Creative for you. Looks like SB0100, SB0220, and SB4870 as well as all the low profile ones would work in a 64-bit slot.

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Re: Does Sound Blaster card SB0220 has FM capability?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 20:32

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It does not have OPL3. The ONLY PCI cards that have real OPL3 are the Yamaha YMF series. You can get a pretty close approximation with an ESS based card's ESFM. Does your motherboard have an SB-LINK or PC-PCI connector? If so, you can do away with all setup hardships and just hook up the cable …

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Re: Getting sound to work on windows 98 laptop for DOS

Posted on 2018-07-24, 19:14

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by cyclone3d

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What is the exact model of the laptop?

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Re: Need motherboard recommendations for a Windows XP system

Posted on 2018-07-24, 19:04

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You would see a slight decrease in performance when running at x8 instead of x16. Yes, an old SBLive or MX300 should work fine in a 64-bit slot. I checked and both of those cards are keyed so they will fit in a 64-bit slot. Not sure what you mean by "would it have a problem interfering with the …

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Re: Need motherboard recommendations for a Windows XP system

Posted on 2018-07-24, 18:05

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They would work at x8, but x16 would make sure you get full bandwidth available to each card. I have tried one and they work with some sound cards and some they do not. As a side note, you can also run a hybrid graphics system.. using the AMD card to render and the Nvidia card for hardware PhysX. …

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Re: Fixing an old 486?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 17:20

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by cyclone3d

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You could always use the onboard IDE controller and if you need a larger HDD than is supported, use a drive overlay to make it work.

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Re: Anyone still use ball mice?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 13:57

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I still haven't heard anyone explain what's so bad about ball mice - is it the feel of them? The precision? 1. The aforementioned gunk that builds up on the rollers. 2. Almost nobody would clean them or even knew how to clean them to make them work properly. You have any idea how annoying that is …

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