Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-22, 21:45

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by Bancho

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Got an Edison Gold 16 today http://i.imgur.com/hf71a3ym.jpg It's based on ESS AudioDrive 688FC-based card, it's non-PnP and has a dedicated OPL3 chip. I like cards that are bigger and have a lot of circuitry, so this is probably the reason I wanted this card for a long time. It's going to be used …

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

Posted on 2019-02-20, 22:34

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by Bancho

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Did some more work to my 386 build tonight. Tidied the cabling up a bit, added a MPU401 card and a Sound Blaster Pro. Also switched out the Mitsumi drive for the Panasonic 5 disc changer and added a 5 1/4" Floppy drive. https://i.imgur.com/tGdFpYHl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/z6HRBFal.jpg https://i. …

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Sound card recommendations for 386 Machine

Posted on 2019-02-19, 23:06

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by Bancho

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Hi Board, I'm currently in the process of building a 386 DX40 machine and i'm stuck on what sound card to use. The machine has a MQ MPU401 for a MT-32. These are some of the cards I have available to put use in it. Various SB16s PAS 16 Jazz 16 Sound Blaster Pro Sound Blaster 2.0 Sound Blaster Pro 2 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-19, 20:26

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by Bancho

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Finally, I managed to get a decent set of speakers! I got them cheap but they were in a filthy state. Bit of elbow grease and i think they turned out pretty nice. They sound great too! Altec Lansing ACS400 with ACS250 powered subwoofer

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

Posted on 2019-02-18, 22:14

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by Bancho

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The case for my 386 build arrived today so i got straight to work on it! This case is really solid unlike my other AT case which has my Pentium housed. I managed to get the LED MHZ display to show 40mhz. Need to work out the turbo function on it though. The module is a SK-188 which seems to be well …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-18, 16:43

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by Bancho

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Managed to finally find a decent case for my planned 386 build. Well happy with this as AT cases are really hard to come by in good condition.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-15, 13:56

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by Bancho

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Picked up this small AT SS7 Ali V motherboard. Jetway J542B Rev.3 Going to test it out later. I see the board has a patched BIOS for full K6 III+ Support.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-10, 00:15

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by Bancho

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A lovely jvc tm-h1700g video monitor. With composite and s-video connections. It lacks RGB, but makes more then up for that with 750 lines horizontal resolution. Now I have to wait until my s-video cables come in. Image of the net: tmh1700g.jpg Nice! JVC Monitors are great. I have the JVC BM- …

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Re: Motherboard for a socket 7 build advice needed

Posted on 2019-02-07, 21:57

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by Bancho

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MSI MS-5169 seems to fit what you are after. I picked one up recently and it seems to be a good board Aladdin V Chipset and AGP and 3 ISA Slots

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-06, 15:00

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by Bancho

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Finally managed to pick up an original SB Pro. Happy to have this card in my Sound Blaster Collection!

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2019-02-04, 13:00

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by Bancho

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I switch between these two monitors. 17" Viglen Trinitron Monitor. I'm not sure of the exact model 19" CTX PR960f

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

Posted on 2019-02-02, 22:25

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by Bancho

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Ooh super nice build! Great sound options and that Voodoo3 is a perfect fast DOS card in my experience - fast and excellent image quality. Thanks dude! I've always felt this board would be a good base for a fast dos build being able to cover the sound options with the 2 ISA slots. I would love to …

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

Posted on 2019-01-30, 23:04

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by Bancho

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Put this together as my Voodoo 3/M3D/Fast DOS build. I have been wanting to do a build around this board for a while now for the 2 ISA slots and decided to put the Pentium into storage and have a play about with this. Specs are as follows Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 - AMD 751/756 chipset Athlon 1200B@1320 ( …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2019-01-29, 20:42

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by Bancho

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Is vogonsdrivers down? Haven't been able get on since yesterday 😢

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Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2019-01-28, 14:49

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by Bancho

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Pentium MMX support, functional turbo, best retro motherboard? It only goes down to 50mhz but its handy when doing speed tricks. I would like to actually remove the DIP switch from the board and mount it to the front of the case somehow so i can change them without having to get inside of the case. …

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Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2019-01-28, 13:17

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by Bancho

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This is my most retro case and houses my Pentium MMX. Funtional Turbo button on the GA-586HX board 😀 Case is a bit flimsy but does the job.

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

Posted on 2019-01-25, 16:57

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by Bancho

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I would also like one of these cards when they become available.

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Re: Fastest Tualatin Chipset / Best Pentium III Motherboard

Posted on 2019-01-03, 00:23

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by Bancho

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Nice job Bancho! Can you also make the same tests without overclocking the CPU? Maybe you can also run some tests with your Ti 4600? 3D Mark 2001 and Qauke is what i care the most ;) I want to see the differences between my Abit and your DFI :) PLEASE USE THE SAME DRIVERS for the video card and …

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Re: Fastest Tualatin Chipset / Best Pentium III Motherboard

Posted on 2019-01-02, 23:54

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by Bancho

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Good! Thank you for your involvement. I am waiting for your test results :) What is the brand of your BX MoBo? The board I am using is a DFI ITOX CB60-BX Rev C. I have a feeling it is a very late BX Board. Its Socket 370 with 3 ISA slots. It fitted my criteria perfectly. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Fastest Tualatin Chipset / Best Pentium III Motherboard

Posted on 2018-12-31, 16:23

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by Bancho

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Great post! It's funny, I just pulled out my Tualatin 1.4-S BX build last night with the intention of doing some benchmarking and now I have some results to compare to. I'm glad you used a Ti 4600 as that is the card that is in my build! I'm going to try some overclocking on mine also, although i'm …

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