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Re: Choosing MT32/SC88 for games.

Posted on 2016-02-28, 18:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I agree with you about the MT-32. The one sample that I prefer SC55 is Sam and Max. It seems the MT-32's advantages are in wind instruments while the SC55 does a better job with horns and piano. They are about equal in bass and percussion. My subjective opinion. :) What I found most useful was the …

Re: IBM Keyboard Part No. 6247440 Cable?

Posted on 2016-02-28, 17:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It also has what looks like a speaker grill on the bottom. Here is an old ebay listing that went for $125: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-IBM-6247440-Ke … r-/121184199564 Typical asking prices is around $130 I've noticed. Is it an industrial keyboard?

Re: Choosing MT32/SC88 for games.

Posted on 2016-02-28, 17:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

zerker wrote: I aim to please. I finished updating the sample site with AWE64 samples (both FM and Wavetable Synth). Per your request, I also recorded a few MT32 vs SC55 comparisons (spoiler: The MT32 often wins out 😀 ). The link is the same as above. Thank you!

Do you use retro keyboards/mice with your retro builds?

Posted on 2016-02-28, 17:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I prefer to, if possible. I have a KeyTronic Lifetime Series ( this one ) that I use on my main DOS machine. I have the Packard Bell keyboard that came with my Multimedia C110, but it's so mushy that I can't use it, no matter how much I'd like to. Unfortunately, I don't have many period correct …

Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333

Posted on 2016-02-28, 16:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tertz wrote: Doom: K6-2 550: 93.7 fps Celeron: 81.2 fps […] Show full quote Doom: K6-2 550: 93.7 fps Celeron: 81.2 fps Celeron at 333? then it's 🤣 It seems the K6-2 is faster in situations where there is already more than enough performance, whereas the Celeron is faster in situations where it …

Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333

Posted on 2016-02-28, 16:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Celeron 300a slot@450mhz does mean that you push it at 100*4,5 and i think that with these settings you can't compare an amd k6-3+. They work in different way. If i were you, i would use a pentium II 450 100*4,5 instead. The Celeron 300 was a famous overclocker. It defaulted to 66Mhz FSB and 4.5 …

Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-28, 14:21

in DOS

in DOS

Have you tried UNIVBE yet?

Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333

Posted on 2016-02-28, 14:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I mean you used FASTVID to set the MTRRs of the Celeron. SETK6D is the tool that does the same for the K6-2. It can be run from the command line just like FASTVID. If you compare the CPUs make sure you have an equivalent configuration. Good to know, thanks. I will have to investigate SETK6D. I had …

Re: AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333

Posted on 2016-02-28, 13:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

elianda wrote: Did you enable Write Combining on the K6-2 as well? I'm pretty sure there is no toggle for that in the HP-branded BIOS, but I have to check. Unfortunately, I don't have the system set up at the moment so I can't check quickly. But I will in the next day or two.

AMD K6-2 550 vs Celeron 333

Posted on 2016-02-28, 13:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wanted to see how these CPUs compare in DOS, so I benched them against each other. Sadly, the K6-2 system has only onboard AGP, no slot, so I had to use the Voodoo3 2000 PCI in both systems to keep things even. Here is some info on the K6-2 platform: motherboard: P5S-VM rev 2.02 (out of an HP …

Re: Choosing MT32/SC88 for games.

Posted on 2016-02-28, 02:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A real SC88 (which I own) sounds quite a bit better than an AWE64. I recorded some samples a while ago and posted them on my web site: http://www.zerker.ca/misc/synth/ Now that I have an AWE64, I'm planning to re-record some of the samples on that to get some contrast. Expect an update sometime …

Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-28, 00:30

in DOS

in DOS

That's too bad. Truthfully it's been a long time since I've actually messed with vintage hardware, but if Wikipedia is anything to go by, the CQM doesn't sound very good in comparison to a real OPL3. XD There are sound samples on YouTube if you search. IMO the difference is not too dramatic, but I …

Help Identifying IBM keyboard

Posted on 2016-02-27, 12:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey guys, What can you tell me about this keyboard? I rescued it from the dump, but there is no cable for it. It appears to need a double-ended male PS/2 cable? I'm not sure. The research I've done has come up with "IBM 6247440 Keyboard for 5086 Processor" but I'm not sure what that is. Is it …

Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2016-02-27, 11:53

in DOS

in DOS

You can play a MIDI file which is intended to stop all instruments and reset any internal parameters. There's one here named reset.mid . http://www.markheadrick.com/midi.php Saves the trouble of a reboot. Thanks, gdjacobs. Good resource! (I really like that site, and he's practically a neighbor to …

Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2016-02-27, 04:37

in DOS

in DOS

It's worth pointing out that FoA is meant for MT32, although using a GM synth does a fair job in my opinion. Yep. I like to try, you never know, it might be decent. In my case, it's the only playable mode on this machine. Very strange sounds when selecting SB mode. Almost like an FM version of the …

Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2016-02-27, 01:32

in DOS

in DOS

Tried Atlantis first on the PC with Aztech (SBPro) and had the expected FM music. Next tried it on my PC with SB16/DreamBlaster S1 and got terrible screeching sounds for music when set to Soundblaster. So I set it to Roland and I got decent sounding MIDI music with SB16 sound effects and speech. …

Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2016-02-27, 00:39

in DOS

in DOS

Ha. I just edited my post at the same time you posted.

Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2016-02-27, 00:32

in DOS

in DOS

How about Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis? I just picked this up on sale but haven't had time to play with it. From one of Phil's videos it looks like it's using SCUMMVM? Yes it comes with ScummVM! I can't remember if it has the executable included, it might be missing :( Atlantis works in …

Re: I made retronn.de

Posted on 2016-02-26, 21:45

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Thank you! Nice site, I'll be checking it out. Always good to have more retro resources on the web 😀

Re: Can't start DOOM 2 and Wolfenstein under DOS 6.22

Posted on 2016-02-26, 20:38

in DOS

in DOS

Also, correct me if I'm wrong. A lot of you seem to assume that there is something wrong with my RAM, and so, less resource-hungry games are fine, while DOOM hits some kind of a damaged segment (that older games don't reach) in my RAM and crashes. I've just tried playing Elder Scrolls: Arena and …

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