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

Posted on 2020-05-10, 12:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got started on recapping my MSI KT3 Ultra 2 motherboard. Desoldering went a lot easier than I thought with just a cheap soldering iron, a solder pump and some solder wick. https://i.postimg.cc/kRnWc865/MSI-KT3-Ultra-2-Decap-01.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/14P0sxCZ/MSI-KT3-Ultra-2-Decap-02.jpg https:// …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-10, 12:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I didn't really need another Socket 7 motherboard, but this one had an ATX connector and came with a CPU I didn't have (Pentium 200), so I bit it. https://i.postimg.cc/hft9QLRy/A-Trend-ATC-5030.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QVbQM6wK/Intel-Pentium-200.jpg Unfortunately ISA2 slot is damaged beyond repair. …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-05-09, 20:20

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I will attempt contacting TubeTime indeed :) I just don't know how.. He is pretty active on twitter. Otherwise, here is website: http://www.sonic.net/~schlae/index.html I'm also here on Vogons but I don't check it as often as Twitter. Yeah the ferrites aren't critical for functionality at all, they …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-05-09, 06:20

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I dont use Twitter but I got a reply from him bia email about ferrite beads: Your alternative should work fine. The ferrite beads are only there to help prevent RF interference from conducting out through the speaker and joystick cables and are not critical. We are go! I still lack a lot of …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-05-08, 17:15

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I can't seem to source the required ferrite beads locally:/ BOM lists 3.5x7.6mm for 110Ohm Impedence, the ones I can find are 3.5x5.3 for 64Ohm Impedence.. Better than nothing I guess, but still :( I ordered, but will keep looking. 110Ohm at which frequency? Here is the datasheet from the …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-05-08, 14:18

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I can't seem to source the required ferrite beads locally:/ BOM lists 3.5x7.6mm for 110Ohm Impedence, the ones I can find are 3.5x5.3 for 64Ohm Impedence.. Better than nothing I guess, but still 🙁 I ordered, but will keep looking.

Re: What is something you threw out that u regret

Posted on 2020-05-08, 11:56

in Milliways

in Milliways

Let's see.. I'm a natural hoarder but I have dumped stuff I came to regret. When my parents got me my Amiga 500 in 1990 my Atari 800XL was donated to my cousin. They later discarded it so I lost my first computer forever, along with a casette drive and around 100 tapes. Around 1996-1998 I discarded …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-05-08, 10:24

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

As you said, one way to find out 😁 One last question, that wire going across the crystal - Is that for properly grounding the thing? And if so, is it soldered onto the crystal itself, or only to the PCB?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-08, 08:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The loud *POP* people get when they turn on their amplifier? A potential killer of the device itself and especially any connected devices (it can especially blow speakers). Always turn on devices in outgoing order, with the volume off or at its lowest, and use the same order when opening the volume …

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

Posted on 2020-05-08, 08:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had to drive to work today, so I picked up a few new items that I got in the mail a few eeks ago, and an MSI KT3 Ultra2 board from storage that I needed to recap (Lots of shitty Teapo 1000uF 6.3V bulging caps..) which I may as well do these days. Otherwise, not much going on lately 🙁

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-05-08, 08:55

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I've started assembling mine (FINALLY!) but found out that two of my ICs are slightly off spec. To be specific: The 12MHz crystal I got has 50pF capacitance while the BOM crystal has 18pF The 500mW 5.1V Zener diode I got has 35R impedence while the BOM zener diode has 17R Would either of these be a …

Re: What kind of a build does a Voodoo Rush make sense in?

Posted on 2020-05-07, 14:40

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

austinham wrote on 2020-05-07, 13:47: Most voodoo Rush cards had a composite AV output right? So why not a system plugged into a TV? Yeah, this also has S-Video out, one of the reasons I considered it for my 1997 build - recording from S-Video..

Re: Faulty Voodoo Rush PCI: Let's Fix it!

Posted on 2020-05-07, 11:47

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Many thanks, I will check for continuity and add botch wires if necessary!

Re: Faulty Voodoo Rush PCI: Let's Fix it!

Posted on 2020-05-07, 11:37

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

imi wrote on 2020-05-07, 11:21: there seems to be corrosion scattared around the card and maybe some affected traces and some obvious damage between the rams I will clean the corrosion for sure.. Could you possibly mark the RAM damage on the picture? Is it this one?

Re: Faulty Voodoo Rush PCI: Let's Fix it!

Posted on 2020-05-07, 10:51

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I'm comfotable with straightening the legs, I've done it countless times on other cards.. Is there an easy way to test these cards in MS-DOS? Do they work with any Voodoo1 patches like Tomb Raider or Descent? Or possibly with any DOS 3dfx testing/debug tools?

Re: What kind of a build does a Voodoo Rush make sense in?

Posted on 2020-05-07, 10:43

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Not a bad idea! What else would go into a Voodoo Rush troll PC though? -Motherboard with Via Aladdin IV aka TXPro* - supports up to 512MB fully cached RAM** plus integrated Tag RAM bits that will help with overclocking***. -Oh, and why not use one of those Cyrix 6x86MX CPUs, maybe the P233+? Yeah, …

Re: What kind of a build does a Voodoo Rush make sense in?

Posted on 2020-05-07, 07:07

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Promedia Base-1 is quite a good choice indeed 😁 I have a Celeron 300 but I can't remember if it's the 300A model or not.. EDIT: I just checked, it's a 300 without cache. Not a bad idea, but I guess having an AGP slot makes it eligible for a worse card like the SiS AGP chipsets or something..

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

Posted on 2020-05-06, 16:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

brostenen wrote on 2020-05-06, 15:52: appiah4 wrote on 2020-05-06, 13:11: Next step: Order an expensive accelerator. TF-534 or VampireV2 are two good ones. I am an ACA500Plus guy myself..

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-06, 14:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My P133 is in an inverted case. It is cool indeed 😀

Re: What kind of a build does a Voodoo Rush make sense in?

Posted on 2020-05-06, 14:05

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

A troll PC or none. Not a bad idea! What else would go into a Voodoo Rush troll PC though? Quantum Bigfoot. Some awful sound card (CS4235... or maybe something based on Analog Devices Echo) - or maybe an IBM mWave sound/modem DSP combo. Cherry MY ('prodding a wet newspaper') switch mechanical …

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