Re: CD/DVD Drive Bios Setup Help For 386

Posted on 2018-04-13, 17:51

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by yawetaG

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ultimate386 wrote: Are you using an add-in IDE controller card in that 386? I would be surprised if a CD/DVD drive worked with any IDE interface built into a 386 board. It merely needs a driver to work, detection by the BIOS is not required (of course, booting from the CD/DVD drive ain't possible). …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-11, 10:47

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by yawetaG

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As part of a scrap lot I received this card. Anybody has an idea what this is? The obvious is the ESS audiodrive part and the com and parallel stuff, but why does it have a molex connector, a battery and that eprom? Searching the web for PP2000/CI I couldn't find anything about the card. System-on …

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2018-04-10, 19:19

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by yawetaG

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Thank you.

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2018-04-09, 17:02

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by yawetaG

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Which of the cards mentioned in this thread are Type II cards and which ones are Type III?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-09, 16:20

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by yawetaG

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To accompany the IO Data GM module, I've also bought a Korg AG-10 that's pretty much complete: ag10_1.jpg Unfortunately the software that's included is for the NEC PC-98 platform, but I have a CD with the Korg serial driver on it. Also got my paws on this for a low price: ratoc pcmcia card.jpg This …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-07, 07:42

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by yawetaG

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That's the IO Data MIDI-KG/APW, a Japan-only (AFAIK) MIDI module that's actually a OEM version of a Korg wavetable board in a separate housing... The I-O Data MIDI-KG/APW is an OEM Korg AG-3. Can you please upload/post the contents of the Music Navigator disc when you receive it? I'll try. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-06, 08:03

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by yawetaG

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Bid on a pretty rare MIDI module and won it: iodata midi.jpg (auction picture) That's the IO Data MIDI-KG/APW, a Japan-only (AFAIK) MIDI module that's actually a OEM version of a Korg wavetable board in a separate housing, in this case the version for Apples. Seems to be missing only the MIDI cable …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-04-04, 15:08

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by yawetaG

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8.jpg Ahahahaha. It was a pretty spartan install on a 250MB HDD image, and looked like it had never been used. All the files & directories were dated August 1999 except for a SCANDISK.LOG (WTF) from 2002. There was also a Windows 95 install but I didn't try to boot it yet. 9.jpg Surpringly it …

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Re: Korg Midi Daughterboards

Posted on 2018-04-02, 13:03

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by yawetaG

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Heh, looks like i have Korg KLM-1911, but not marketed as I-O Data. Same as KLM-1911 from the above link but without I-O Data sticker in top-left. Maybe original Korg product? In box with manuals, all in japan hieroglyphs. Only words in english on the box is "Korg Audio Gallery. Wavetable Board For …

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2018-04-01, 19:27

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by yawetaG

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I came across this neat little Japanese homepage that shows various sound cards and wavetable daughterboards, including some that appear to be Japan-exclusive: http://wavetable.web.fc2.com/ (Note that Google translate trips over the menu frame, so you'll have to copy individual URLs...)

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Re: Mounting an SCSI drive in DOS when a C:\ and D:\ drive are already present in BIOS

Posted on 2018-03-31, 07:31

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by yawetaG

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On most systems you can't boot a SCSI drive when IDE drives are also present, unless the motherboard BIOS has an option to specify the system should try booting from any SCSI adapters present before trying to boot from IDE (you need to change BIOS settings anytime you want to boot from another …

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Re: John cena is DUKE NUKEM!

Posted on 2018-03-30, 13:56

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by yawetaG

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Maybe they could cast some discredited politicians as the pig aliens? 🤣

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Re: Hot damn! A curiously upgraded PowerMac G4 (two brains are better than one!)

Posted on 2018-03-28, 07:54

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by yawetaG

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Power supply is likely. A recap should help, but if the power supply is overloaded new caps will only have a limited effect. A new psu isn't outside the realm of possibility. A newer one, with more watts. It would let you put sata drives in without converters. I'd seriously look into it. Apple …

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Re: need dump of amstrad 1640 floppy disk

Posted on 2018-03-28, 07:42

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by yawetaG

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I live in france and i'm french , I bought an amstrad1640 in 1991 (french version AZERTY) with his monitor + 4 Colours disk 5"1/4 (dos 3.2+Gem) and manual and.........l'INTEGRALE PC+ (calcomat + evolution sunset + superbase) in french version, 3 disk 5"1/4 + manual. https://media.paruvendu.fr/image …

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Re: Roland D110

Posted on 2018-03-28, 07:08

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by yawetaG

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The Roland D-110 and U-110 are not General MIDI compatible, and in fact much older than the SC series. They are interesting as music composition tools, but not for playing game MIDI music. They won't know what to do with it, because they don't know anything about the GM spec and their own MIDI spec …

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Re: Roland MT-32 power supply.

Posted on 2018-03-23, 09:09

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by yawetaG

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Most of those power supplies can take a 10% difference in input voltage without problems...

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-03-21, 08:42

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by yawetaG

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For a moment I thought you were holding a 8 cm CD in front of it... 😲

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Re: Having Trouble Removing Permanent Marker from Computer Case

Posted on 2018-03-18, 18:34

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by yawetaG

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70% or higher alcohol. Rubbing alcohol likely isn't strong enough to dissolve the marker. You can also try imbibing a piece of cloth with alcohol and leaving it sit on top of the affected area for a while...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-17, 06:17

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by yawetaG

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Wow! Apple II. And it looks really great too. Congrats!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-16, 21:08

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by yawetaG

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Should be receiving a Yamaha YS-200 FM synthesizer keyboard in the coming weeks. That's a basically a Yamaha TX-81Z 4-operator FM synth with a fairly fancy keyboard attached. 4-operator FM is Yamaha's next step up from 2-operator FM (as found in most of their FM Portasound keyboards and FM chips). …

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