Re: Which PCI sound card is best for DOS/98SE games?

Posted on 2018-05-01, 22:25

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The moment you say DOS and PCI I think the best option is a good ESS Solo-1 card like the Terrated 128i. Everything else has crappy OPL3 emulation. The Yamaha cards have genuine OPL3 built in. They also have worse compatibility with DOS games on pretty much any PCI bus out there. The SOLO-1 just …

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-05-01, 22:21

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Come on. You're looking to provide information on who would've been using this combination in 95, ideally too for what purpose. You've got a start in pointing out that compaq at some point offered these two components but don't know whether they were put in the same model or in separate ones. My …

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Re: Which PCI sound card is best for DOS/98SE games?

Posted on 2018-05-01, 22:16

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The moment you say DOS and PCI I think the best option is a good ESS Solo-1 card like the Terrated 128i. Everything else has crappy OPL3 emulation.

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

Posted on 2018-05-01, 22:13

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Invested in a cheap Chinese wireless bridge, and now all of my retro boxes can enjoy Wireless-G and transfer software and game images from the NAS when I need it. Much recommended.

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Re: Is this AT PSU usable and worth salvaging?

Posted on 2018-05-01, 22:05

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Eh? What is missing if I may ask? Pretty much the only thing which looks okay on this supply is the ground point. Let me itemize the failure: One PTC for transient suppression isn't enough. Two plate capacitors for line filtration. This is insufficient and unsafe; what's installed doesn't form a …

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Re: Is this AT PSU usable and worth salvaging?

Posted on 2018-05-01, 16:01

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verysaving wrote: Actually a part of the supply is missing !!! But you can complete it installing the missing parts and replacing the bad ones wi […] Show full quote Actually a part of the supply is missing !!! But you can complete it installing the missing parts and replacing the bad ones with …

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2018-04-30, 14:24

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It is quite cool to see 635K conventional free with QEMM Ditto for the coolness factor. :lol: I'm not sure if there are any DOS executables that will not work with "only" 615-620K, which is easily achiveable with memmaker. There were many many ganes I couldnt run without QEMM back in the day, …

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Re: Is this AT PSU usable and worth salvaging?

Posted on 2018-04-30, 14:22

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Tiido wrote: It is really low end, both power and construction. I would salvage the cables and heatsink, fuse and toss the rest. Those cables can be soldered into some ATX PSU to convert it to an AT thing. How is this sorcery possible? 😀

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Re: Is this AT PSU usable and worth salvaging?

Posted on 2018-04-30, 10:58

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CkRtech wrote: appiah4 wrote: I'd be glad if you can look at these photos and tell me if this PSU is worth salvaging and using. I'm gonna have to go with "lolno." Well 😀 lolno as in its crap and would eventually burn the house or as in its malfunctional and damaged?

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Is this AT PSU usable and worth salvaging?

Posted on 2018-04-30, 09:22

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by appiah4

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I bought a rather yellowed AT case lately, and while the front panel and interior has been hosed down in preparation for some retrobrighting, I thought I would also check the PSU out. It was the single most filthy PSU I've ever seen. So as much as I hate washing down any electronics, I had to hose …

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2018-04-30, 06:33

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Back in the day you couldnt live without QEMM where I live but in retrogaming it seems to have died a silent death though I do not know why it became so much less useful now.. Maybe DOS 5.0 vs 6.22 memory tools are really that different in quality?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-27, 15:07

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Got these in the mail today.. was expecting more but those will arrive next week it seems.. https://s5.postimg.cc/wtj89up77/Creative_Sound_Blaster_AWE64_Value_CT4500_B.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/bl5js7kyb/Inno3_D_TNT2_M64_PCI_32_MB.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/ligkla09v/Octek_Hercules_PVGA-1000_1_MB.jpg …

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Re: About removing and replacing barrel batteries..

Posted on 2018-04-27, 08:36

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by appiah4

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I went a different route with a 486 motherboard, I plugged in a 3xAA battery holder onto the BATT_EXT header and used 3 1.2V AA NiMH 2500mAH rechargeable batteries for the job. It seems to have worked fine, however when I measure the voltage on the battery pack I'm getting 4.15V, which is …

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

Posted on 2018-04-27, 08:11

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Did a little bit of time-shifting for my systems; my Pentium system now covers 1993-1995 DOS (previously 1992-1994 DOS) and my K6-2 system now covers 1996-1998 Win9x (previously 1995-1997 Win9x). This follows upgrading my P3 system to a GF2GTS and shifting it to 1999-2000 (previously 1998-1999). I …

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Re: Does Radeon 7000 have HW T&L or not?

Posted on 2018-04-27, 05:21

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depending on the speed of your cpu the TnL can be slower, its why they dropped hardware TnL a few years later, the shaders do the same thing sort of but hardware TnL was slower than without on DX7 cards if your cpu was at about 1.2ghz or faster I paired the card with an i810 coppermine system so it …

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Sierra adventure games and General MIDI

Posted on 2018-04-26, 13:36

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As far as I know most older Sierra games were made for the Sound Canvas standard and sound weird on General MIDI modules and/or don't have support for Wavetable daughterboards. I've looked around online but I can't find any information on if and/or when Sierra moved from MT-32 to General MIDI, even …

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Re: How To Remove Glue From CPU

Posted on 2018-04-26, 13:06

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I just let you know that I actually read it and when you pressed the point gave you my interpretation of the wording. In return you are insulting my language skills and telling me off with a ‘get a life’. You are the one having a meltdown and I am the one being upset in a forum? Take five and …

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-04-26, 12:23

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Of those cards only the ET4000 is a contemporary to the P5 core, so that gets my vote. S3 Trio and Mach64 got released one year after the P5 IIRC, Virge, Millennium are also several years off.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-26, 12:19

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by appiah4

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Where do you find all these wavetable daughterboards 😕 I can't find anything for reasonable prices..

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Re: How To Remove Glue From CPU

Posted on 2018-04-26, 12:17

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by appiah4

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PCBONEZ wrote: "must of had a heatsink and fan glued on at some point of its life" Is pretty clear to me. How is that clear to you? That just says someone must have had glued a fan onto the CPU at some point, not that it was removed later. You are assuming.

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