Re: Please help me find drivers for Compaq Armada 1575D

Posted on 2018-03-11, 18:49

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by cyclone3d

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Looks like it probably has an ESS 1878 sound card with wavestream wavetable? See this video for a bit more info as far as what shows up in Windows. https://youtu.be/Z0PdHLB2D4Y Video is supposed to be a C&T 65550 with 2MB EDO https://www.allthingsmine.com/products/Notebooks/c_S0005270.html You …

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Re: Phil drops a graphics card benchmarking bombshell!

Posted on 2018-03-10, 23:12

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by cyclone3d

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I am not surprised but that said there is a lot of performance that is lost all the way up to the FX series and it shows that Nvidia's drivers are shit. Doesn't help that in all of that there were performance nerfs to drive sales of newer cards much like how they are doing now. It is probably not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-10, 23:06

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by cyclone3d

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Amazing haul, cyclone3d - Just as we all probably knew it would be. That lot ought to keep you busy for awhile! What are your plans for it? Well, I have I think 4 Sound Blaster 2.0 cards now. Planning on probably keeping 2 of them and then upgrading the other 2 with CMS and selling them. For …

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Re: Phil drops a graphics card benchmarking bombshell!

Posted on 2018-03-10, 21:29

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by cyclone3d

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Very nice... I need to get me an open bench test case.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-10, 21:10

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by cyclone3d

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The box of cards I bought arrived today. The two sounds cards I thought were definitely in there were. (Sound Blaster 2.0 CT1350B and Sound Blaster 16 CT2290). Some of the video cards are pretty nice for ISA, and the VLB I/O controller has SCSI 2 on it which is pretty unusual. The last picture …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-09, 16:31

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-03-09, 08:34

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by cyclone3d

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luckybob wrote: @cyclone3d: Is there a bios option to slow down the ISA bus? Sometimes it is a divider like 2/3, make it a higher number (slower) Nope, no option to slow down the ISA bus. I did try changing the recovery wait for isa, but it didn’t seem to help.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-03-09, 07:43

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by cyclone3d

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Did a functionality test of my new to me SB Pro 1.0. Used my Pentium 233MMX rig to do so. At 233Mhz, it wouldn't detect the card at all. At 133Mhz, it detected it and sound worked, but nothing from FM. At 100Mhz, sound worked and FM worked but was way too fast At 100Mhz with L2 cache disabled, same …

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Re: 386 dx 33 running at 40 mhz

Posted on 2018-03-07, 17:01

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by cyclone3d

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You will need to change the bus speed to be 33Mhz instead of 40Mhz. You don't have to replace the CPU at all. Most likely you will need to change the clock crystal on the motherboard to change the speed. You can also look to see if there is a header on the board for a "Turbo" button. If so, you …

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Re: Reasonable Roland MPU401 price?

Posted on 2018-03-06, 21:37

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by cyclone3d

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The thing with trying to sell for eBay prices locally is that it is really selling for quite a bit more than eBay prices in the end. You have to take into account eBay and Paypal fees as well as shipping cost. So an eBay seller is going to be Paying about 12-20% in fees plus shipping cost as well as …

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Re: Bootable floppy on modern mobo

Posted on 2018-03-06, 21:23

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by cyclone3d

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Interesting theory. Might be a fun electrical project. It just so happens I have 2 of these things. Bought 1 second hand by accident and then decided to buy a new one so I have both. I could dissect the old one I guess. It definitely is special sauce though. As cyclone points out, the BIOS is …

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Re: Bootable floppy on modern mobo

Posted on 2018-03-06, 21:16

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by cyclone3d

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Gahhhrrrlic wrote: I might as well inquire... since there's a chance I won't need to do crossfire (an R9-270X should be enough for most of the games I play), what is the recommendation for a PCI card with a floppy controller? Basically... good luck finding one.

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Re: Reasonable Roland MPU401 price?

Posted on 2018-03-06, 20:06

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by cyclone3d

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And if somebody will not give a price what they want for something, they deserve to get offered way lower than that. Also.. this was not an eBay sale. Exactly it is not an ebay buy it now listing. The current owner is free to ask for purchase offers. It is pretty arrogant to demand that the current …

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Re: Any of you use professional audio software? Great deal.

Posted on 2018-03-06, 19:56

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by cyclone3d

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Hoooooolllllyyyyy CRAP! Definitely going to be picking up the full bundle.

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Re: Restoration Tools

Posted on 2018-03-06, 19:44

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by cyclone3d

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For general use thermal paste, I use Arctic Silver Ceramique 2. Works very well, easy to clean up, will not dry up or separate like cheap junk, and not too expensive. For the soldering station, the one with the buttons for adjustment will get super annoying, super fast. The other one looks fine.. …

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Re: Bootable floppy on modern mobo

Posted on 2018-03-06, 19:04

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by cyclone3d

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Why not use a USB extension cable? Also, Any of the older Dell laptop floppy modules that have the USB plug on them as well should be bootable no problem. I have a large stack of them. I can double check when I get back home. I'll check a couple other USB floppy drives I have for bootability as well …

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Re: Reasonable Roland MPU401 price?

Posted on 2018-03-06, 17:50

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by cyclone3d

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$150 is below the normal price. $100 for an mt-32 alone. MPU-401 complete with interface card also sells for $150-$200. And if somebody will not give a price what they want for something, they deserve to get offered way lower than that. Also.. this was not an eBay sale. Jerks like that probably …

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Re: Reasonable Roland MPU401 price?

Posted on 2018-03-06, 15:44

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by cyclone3d

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If he is not giving you a price he wants.. I would say max $150 USD.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-06, 03:19

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by cyclone3d

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@cyclone3d I was going to bid on that too, but I was saving my money for this auction; https://www.ebay.com/itm/253453849906 sadly it went over my limit, so I ended up getting this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/112633078329 Supposedly a high-quality video capture card. I'm hoping standard adapters will …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-06, 02:00

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by cyclone3d

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If I wasn't trying to dig myself out of a heap of old computer hardware I would have bid on that too... I saw that listing and started coming up with all sorts of crazy ideas as to what could be in there. Hopefully it isn't just a box of old interface cards, modems and network cards. :lol: Let us …

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