Re: 386 & 486 laptops with proper sound cards?

Posted on 2016-08-05, 07:21

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by Rawit

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There are a lot of 486 laptops with integrated sound chips from IBM, Toshiba, Fujitsu and Compaq to name a few brands. Alot? They seem quite scarce from my experience. I have (as mentioned above) a Compaq Laptop but that doesn't have one. Can you name specific ones or a series? By the sounds of it, …

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Re: What is this 486 mb?

Posted on 2016-08-02, 07:09

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by Rawit

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Probably useless info, but that mainboard looks exactly like a Micro Star International (MSI) board I used to have. But it's been so long ago, I could easily be mistaken.

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Re: 386 cpu and Doom

Posted on 2016-07-08, 07:15

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by Rawit

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SNES Doom isn't using the Doom engine. It uses an engine written by Randy Linden, creator of Bleem! I'm not sure of the GameBoy version uses the same engine as the SNES one.

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Re: Wolf 3D black screen no sound D:

Posted on 2016-07-04, 11:04

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by Rawit

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Cyrix express GRAPHICS, cyrix express AUDIO, Cyrix media gxm 200MHz, 96mb sdram. Wolfenstein 3D doesn't run on my Cyrix MediaGXm either. As I'm in the middle of building a new system around the Cyrix I can't try anything right now. You could try a videocard, the integrated Cyrix XpressGRAPHICS has …

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Re: Cassiopeia Fiva netbook, good to get it?

Posted on 2016-05-02, 12:37

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by Rawit

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MediaGX supports SB16 under real DOS, OPL3 sounds a bit off to me, but I'm no OPL connaisseur. Videowise... Mode X/Mode Y isn't great on MediaGX... Doom will have some slowdown, Lost Vikings will have some scrolling issues.

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Re: Opti 82c941 daughterboard - should I get it?

Posted on 2016-04-18, 12:33

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by Rawit

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Here some more info, I think: http://wavetable.web.fc2.com/opti.htm

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Re: Amiga computers - which one to get?

Posted on 2016-04-18, 06:45

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by Rawit

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mr_bigmouth_502 wrote: Is it true that less than a million A1200s were sold? They sold NOS Amiga 1200's for a long time, until a few years ago, so the production/sales balance was pretty off at least.

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Re: Any idea what this is?

Posted on 2016-04-12, 08:26

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by Rawit

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It's for sale on eBay where it's stated in the description that it's a "combined ISA video/serial card" but I have my doubts. The card does seem to feature D-sub connectors used for VGA/Serial but also a pot and some sort of audiojack socket.

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Re: GUS Max Stereo?

Posted on 2016-04-09, 18:43

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by Rawit

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You can also look games that have Gravis Ultrasound and Gravis Ultrasound MAX options. The MAX option uses the WSS compatible codec on the board. If that gives you stereo sound we can narrow it down.

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 1 BSOD

Posted on 2016-04-09, 18:33

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by Rawit

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Isn't this the error you get when the Voodoo and the graphics card are using the same memory space? In the device manager you can choose what memory range it uses... If you can get there.

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Re: GUS Max Stereo?

Posted on 2016-04-09, 18:22

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by Rawit

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Did you give it the ole' wiggle? Perhaps the speaker output has been used and abused. Ultrinit -dj = Disable Joystick I believe. If the right channel really gives you nothing and mixer settings are ok, perhaps it's an op-amp. Does using WIndows Sound System give you both channels btw?

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Re: Troubleshooting the ESS688 in MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 98

Posted on 2016-04-09, 18:18

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by Rawit

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I have an Omnibook 600CT, but the soundcard implementation is DMA-less, like PCMCIA soundcards. In short, there is no way to get PCM under pure DOS, Windows 9X is your best bet for effects in DOS games. Some games don't require DMA, like Prince of Persia, and will give you sound effects under DOS.

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Re: Advantech 7551 expansion slots

Posted on 2016-04-08, 08:14

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by Rawit

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An eSeSIX WLGX01 I think. It's an eSeSIX, but as all labels were removed from the case I'm not entirely sure on the type. It has a risercard for PCI and ISA, but only one slot can used.

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Re: Advantech 7551 expansion slots

Posted on 2016-04-08, 06:44

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by Rawit

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Thanks for the info. I got really confused. Most sites disagree on the max. expansion slots for Flex ATX, I've seen diagrams with 4, Wiki saying it's 3. And when the manual and the datasheet listed different mainboard sizes I thought I just ask. I had some searches running for Geode stuff as I have …

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Advantech 7551 expansion slots

Posted on 2016-04-07, 11:13

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by Rawit

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Recently I acquired an Advantech POS (point of sales, hopefully not piece of sh*t) 7551F mainboard. It's a Flex ATX mainboard, but I'm confused what case I need. Is it 3 or 4 slots in size? It obviously has 2 slots (1 PCI, 1 ISA), but I'm confused about the distance between the two. It looks I need …

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Re: 486 shut's of after mounting hxc floppy emulator

Posted on 2016-04-01, 10:58

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by Rawit

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Does it run when you only connect power?

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-30, 07:29

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by Rawit

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Why only PCM20? As for me - all miro sound is quite rare, especial miro fm and miro pcm12 (or 10?). There are two Miro PCM10's on eBay right now, from Germany. I've seen Miro come up quite often on eBay when looking for soundcards, but it's always from Germany. They must have some secret stash of …

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-29, 07:37

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by Rawit

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The Synergy Vipermax might be a bit more rare than the GUS Extreme, I'm only aware of a handful of those. I always think, that Synergy Vipermax and GUS Extreme is same board, differ only with logo and box. Is this true? I think so. My GUS Extreme had Synergy Vipermax silkscreened on the PCB, but …

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Re: Post your unidentified hardware here! thread

Posted on 2016-03-24, 10:11

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by Rawit

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ESS688 is SoundBlaster Pro compatible if I'm not mistaken.

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2016-03-22, 14:00

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by Rawit

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I really don't understand why Gravis Ultrasound Extreme's are so rare now. Dixons Holland sold loads of them, even after DirectX took off and such cards weren't attractive anymore. I believe for 69 gulden. They just vanished somehow. Had one too. Wish I kept it, could have paid my mortgage with that …

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