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Re: Fellow Vogoners, tells us a little more about yourselves!

Posted on 2016-11-25, 07:34

in Milliways

in Milliways

People are quite nice in general, but you have to be nice first to break the ice, everybody will be your friend. I have a trick for you scaredy cats, focus on and relax you solar plexus area (google it) and breathe, you might even feel your head spinning if you've built a lot of stress, keep doing …

Re: SB32 CT3600 sound only on left channel

Posted on 2016-11-24, 16:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No, nothing works correctly in my case, which would seem to indicate a problem after the mixer right? No necessarily. The YAC512 which is the YMF262 DAC is also fed from the 5V and -5V regulators. Check the 5V and -5V regulators, they are fed from the 12V and -12V rails. Be careful not to short the …

Re: The most fun I have had in a long time with a PC :)

Posted on 2016-11-24, 16:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

+1 You simply can't go wrong with a Socket 7 to cover a lot of retro ground.

Re: SB32 CT3600 sound only on left channel

Posted on 2016-11-24, 15:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Also, there are only two main outputs (L/R) from the mixer chip, you can trace them back from the line-out to the mixer chip. These outputs are split to the Line-Out and Power-amp chip inputs through some components. Play a sinewave using MPXPlay (dos) or Windows and Scope the mixer outputs. If it's …

Re: SB32 CT3600 sound only on left channel

Posted on 2016-11-24, 15:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

devius wrote: I have a CT3600 where both channels are really really low in terms of sound volume, and the sound is also distorted. Very typical when the TO92 5v regulators die, all the op-amps are fed from them.

Re: Fellow Vogoners, tells us a little more about yourselves!

Posted on 2016-11-23, 19:03

in Milliways

in Milliways

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-11-22, 07:33

in Milliways

in Milliways

It's much worse these days. Kids play on their cellphones and watch how others play/review other game on youtube AT THE SAME TIME. If it's not addiction I don't know what is.

Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-11-22, 05:58

in Milliways

in Milliways

I have to remind us that old computer cards are are collectible and useful only when there is request, unlike diamonds, computer hardware becomes worthless piece of junk when the craze is over. After 25 years of personal computer development it is still interesting to play the old stuff on the real …

Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-11-21, 17:12

in Milliways

in Milliways

... is pure ignorance in my opinion. Gosh you have a lot of opinions James-f :lol: Why, Yes! I have been fortunate to analyze a few cards and even bust some myths that held strong for decades, thus formulating real down-to-earth opinions in the process. :cool: A little know-how, some elbow grease …

Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-11-21, 05:41

in Milliways

in Milliways

It's called setting the bar. If someone buys it for 300 GBP (370 USD) the next one will be in that range or more. Same thing with the CT1330A, not much games support its features but the price is way over the roof. The fact that its high price comes only from its rarity, and not from usefulness …

Re: Hanging note bug on old sound cards

Posted on 2016-11-20, 15:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Relax, it's part of the music.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-20, 15:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got a virgin CT1350B Rev.06, it has never been inserted and it's clean and shiny. Would you suggest keeping its virginity or testing it? EDIT: clean up, too rude. Filename Virgin CT1350B Rev.06.jpg File size 561.78 KiB Views 926 views Filename Pins 1.jpg File size 389.05 KiB Views 926 views …

Re: I heard AMD K6+ cpus can fix the Pentium Socket 7 64MB memory cache limitation

Posted on 2016-11-20, 08:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As far as I am aware, a K6-III-450 is faster than a P233MMX in every application. If your only interest is 3D gaming, then all I can say for my own testing is that a K6-III-450 scored 32.6 fps with Quake II (OpenGL w/Matrox G200), while a P233MMX scored 22.7 fps. If you are looking to find out …

Re: I heard AMD K6+ cpus can fix the Pentium Socket 7 64MB memory cache limitation

Posted on 2016-11-20, 05:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I know this has been covered to death but I am new to the Socket 7 K6III realm so can anyone link to a thread or explanation in what applications a K6 would be better than a 233MMX for example.

Re: Pentium 1@150mhz at 3 different fsb and Multiplier settings benchmarks

Posted on 2016-11-19, 13:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This shows that the Memory works really closely with the CPU. If I remember correctly upgrading to DDR was a big performance boost back then.

Re: Pentium 1@150mhz at 3 different fsb and Multiplier settings benchmarks

Posted on 2016-11-19, 13:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nice! So can we say that the boost in performance primarily comes from the memories of the system (L1, L2, RAM, Video)?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-19, 12:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

..then after a few weeks the pivot points under the ball get dusty and the thing becomes a pain to use.

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-19, 11:06

in Milliways

in Milliways

How do you deal with dust with these grid cage cases?

Re: DreamBlaster X1 : a rare card

Posted on 2016-11-19, 10:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Neat! What's behind blurred stuff. :D If Mr.Dreamblaster can freely add features using the development software, this is well beyond my expectations. But he will have to make it convenient to the end-user to load some soundfonts and create banks themselves, looks like that's what's going on behind …

Re: Which is the best SB16? CT-2910 or CT-2950

Posted on 2016-11-19, 09:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

gdjacobs wrote: You're right, everyone's experience (and priorities) are different. Agreed. As for the CT2950, I wouldn't go for this one first.

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