Re: Authenticity vs Power

Posted on 2019-02-28, 13:57

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Building the most powerful possible example of a certain architecture has its appeal but I think it is rather short lived, especially once you realize how it's not as difficult or rare as you think. Building something more authentic to its time frame is eventually more satisfying, but means you …

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Re: Processor choice for later dos games

Posted on 2019-02-28, 13:51

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ultra Wide Screen Pentium III? Heresy! (It is SCARY how close our tastes are and how much of our game collections overlap, by the way..)

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Re: Zeck AT Power supply

Posted on 2019-02-28, 12:21

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by appiah4

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

To be honest it's higher quality than any AT PSU currently in use in my AT systems.. Even the shittiest AT PSUs, I tend to clean and use.. They are hard to come by these days.

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Re: What Would You Pay for These Computers?

Posted on 2019-02-28, 12:19

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I can't quantify the amount but I would pay a GOOD DEAL if they are in working condition. I would also like to look at their interiors for usual suspect defects.

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-02-28, 12:18

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ Sound

Fascinating. I hope someone puts this to good use 😀

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Re: I had to say farewell to a long time gaming buddy of mine tonight...

Posted on 2019-02-28, 10:45

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by appiah4

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Not that I'm easily offended, but I disliked the dog reference. PC hardware is just junk that comes and goes, you throw it away and get something new and that's that. There's nothing to feel about it. You sir, are apparently not a real vogoner or PC enthusiast for that matter. How can you say …

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Re: I had to say farewell to a long time gaming buddy of mine tonight...

Posted on 2019-02-28, 07:31

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by appiah4

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Time to Ryzen Up my friend. Last I checked, Ryzen doesn't come in dual-cpu. ^.^ I mean I could go epyc, but the board is $650 (H11DSi) and each cpu (7251) starts at $500 a pop. And looking at benchmarks, it would be inferior to what I was planning on getting for 3x the price. :P Team red just can't …

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

Posted on 2019-02-27, 12:02

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ Sound

keropi wrote: ^ yes, these older SB cards have the so-called "SB MIDI" mpu interface so you are good root42 I thought the DSP on the project was 1x or something - does this mean there is no need for an updated 2x code?! Yup, apparently!

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Re: the world how I would have wanted it: the evolution of 486 CPUs

Posted on 2019-02-27, 08:52

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

aries-mu wrote: (remember that, besides the clock frequency, Intel 486s were slightly faster than AMDs): No they were not. Cyrix yes, but AMD no. UMC was even faster clock for clock.

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Re: I had to say farewell to a long time gaming buddy of mine tonight...

Posted on 2019-02-27, 08:48

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by appiah4

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Time to Ryzen Up my friend.

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Re: What are your computer-related obsessive-compulsive disorders?

Posted on 2019-02-27, 08:47

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by appiah4

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I guess we can all agree that they are of a high fidelity culture?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-27, 03:19

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Respect. I got myself a Super Denise chip for my Amiga 500; that upgrades it to a complete ECS machine. https://i.postimg.cc/bGV1rXkS/CSG-8373-R4-PD.jpg I assume you have a proper 2mb or 1mb agnus and KS2+, otherwise its only half ecs :) I have a FAT Agnus and an ACA500+ that comes with KS 2.0 and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-26, 17:45

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by appiah4

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https://i.imgur.com/nCTwgZi.jpg Shuttle HOT-569A motherboard (socket 7, intel 430tx) with pentium 150, S3 Virge PCI graphics, and some sort of an Yamaha ISA sound card, has YMF719E-S chip that supposedly has OPL3 support, SB Pro 2 compatibility and no hanging note midi bug. Got them all locally for …

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2019-02-26, 17:43

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

An Amiga 500 generates analog RGB and monochrome composite. Sounds like it should be doable to make a VGA adapter. When looking at that multitude of expansions the Amiga fans developed to overcome the shortcomings of the system and attempt to make it usable, I think there must exist such adapters …

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Re: Processor choice for later dos games

Posted on 2019-02-26, 16:52

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you need anything faster than a Pentium for DOS games, even late ones? Guess not, I'm just trying to use the parts on hand to come up with something that will work without all the "tweaking" I have to do with my P3 setup for the dos games to work. I can take one of the voodoo 2's in the P3 setup …

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Re: Processor choice for later dos games

Posted on 2019-02-26, 16:40

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Errius wrote: Do you need anything faster than a Pentium for DOS games, even late ones? Depends. If you want to play Duke Nukem 3D at 800x600, even an MMX won't cut it. Quake basically destroys even lesser Pentiums.

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Re: Processor choice for later dos games

Posted on 2019-02-26, 16:32

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There are actually only two DOS games that I actually use for my Voodoo 1 for: Tomb Raider and Bleifuss 2. Otherwise, you may as well completely skip that.

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Re: Who remembers Jurassic Park computer?

Posted on 2019-02-26, 16:30

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wait.. Was the asshole guy in Jurassic Park actually the asshole Newman from Seinfeld? 😲 Mind blown.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-26, 16:27

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by appiah4

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Respect. I got myself a Super Denise chip for my Amiga 500; that upgrades it to a complete ECS machine.

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Re: Amiga500 on steroids

Posted on 2019-02-26, 16:25

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by appiah4

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What exactly is updated in Workbench 3.1.4?

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