Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-17, 11:35

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by derSammler

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I wanted a SCSI CD-ROM. Picked up this one. Advertised as CD-ROM for Amiga.No brand/model markings anywhere apart from it was made in 1994. Very interesting. Seems like I own an earlier version of that drive. Mine is from Dec. 1993 and branded "Media Vision". Unlike yours, there's no volume control …

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Re: Transfering .dsk files to floppies (Tiki-100 CP/M)

Posted on 2019-10-16, 18:39

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by derSammler

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I've downloaded some of the disk files. They are ordinary raw disk dumps that rawread/rawrite, WinImage etc. uses as well. However, the disks have an unusual size of exactly 200 kb, which has no equivalent on a PC. That's why you can't use them. CP/M used many weird disk formats. In this case, they …

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Re: storage of vintage hardware

Posted on 2019-10-16, 18:31

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by derSammler

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I'd say store it in an environment in that you would be pleased to live as well. Sheds, barns, and the like are not suitable for storing computer hardware.

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Re: Ess es1868f or Soundblaster awe64 value ct4380

Posted on 2019-10-16, 18:24

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by derSammler

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I wouldn't worry about using the sound cards IDE if you have spare on your controller, you need to start messing around with special drivers. You don't need any "special" drivers to use the IDE port on a sound card. It's just an ordinary secondary/tertiary IDE channel. Just jumper the CF card as …

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Re: Home file sharing/NAS compatible with W95 and W98?

Posted on 2019-10-16, 13:47

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by derSammler

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I would recommend FTP or SFTP instead of SMB1. Having a NAS or any other system connected to a LAN with internet access and the SMB1 service running is just like playing Russian roulette with all your data. SMB1 is unsafe and no one should keep using it.

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Re: The risks of using period correct power supplies

Posted on 2019-10-16, 11:32

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by derSammler

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The lesson to learn: Never leave old hardware connected to mains when you are not using them.

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

Posted on 2019-10-15, 13:54

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by derSammler

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It's dark grey, not black. 😜

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Re: Is there a way to backup a clicky HDD?

Posted on 2019-10-15, 12:53

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by derSammler

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Yes

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Re: Is there a way to backup a clicky HDD?

Posted on 2019-10-15, 12:33

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by derSammler

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Maybe remove the circuit board, clean the contacts on the board and on the drive where the board connects to the drive itself. This. It's a very common problem with post-2000 hard disks, especially since we have that RoHS crap. There are spring contacts coming from the head and motor assembly that …

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Re: Anyone collecting old storage media?

Posted on 2019-10-15, 11:17

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by derSammler

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wiretap wrote: A large box of new/sealed 5.25" floppies.. (25 boxes of 10) Work was throwing them away.. 🤣 Nice. I have 15 boxes of 10. Sadly, all no-name. Pretty sure most won't work anymore, even though they are NOS.

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Anyone collecting old storage media?

Posted on 2019-10-14, 15:25

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by derSammler

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Is anyone here also collecting old storage media? At some point in time, I started doing this. Originally 5.25" and 3.5" dd disks, knowing that these are becoming more and more hard to find. But over the years, I collected lots of different media, all NOS. Some stuff is very special, like LaserCard …

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

Posted on 2019-10-13, 09:26

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by derSammler

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Ultrax wrote: It tells me I have 16 KB of L1 cache. So it is an MMX! No, it's not. Thermalwrong is wrong here. MMX P55C has 32 KB L1 cache, non-MMX has 16 KB. There never was any P5 CPU with only 8 KB of L1 cache. wiretap wrote: Just organized some of my towers.. Do I see a tower there with a built …

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Re: Best GPU with S-Video out

Posted on 2019-10-13, 09:17

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by derSammler

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External converters always introduce latency, since a framebuffer is required. The cheaper they are, the higher the latency is. One frame latency is minimum (17ms for NTSC, 20ms for PAL) and can not be avoided. So you are better off using a video card that has s-video out. Keep in mind that a TV …

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Re: ESS card with real OPL3 chip?

Posted on 2019-10-13, 07:59

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by derSammler

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EDIT: Also what is J4? Can't be a second wavetable header surely.. A breakout header for some MIDI related stuff? Probably for some sort of (planned) extension. It mostly connects directly to the ISA bus, so certainly not for a breakout box or MIDI related. That card is a "Sertek International Inc …

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Re: ESS card with real OPL3 chip?

Posted on 2019-10-12, 19:35

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by derSammler

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The Yamaha DAC is there, right from the ESS chip (YAC512).

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Re: How to force installation of device drivers in Windows 2000 when device is absent

Posted on 2019-10-12, 14:53

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by derSammler

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Normally, you just right-click on the .inf file and select "install". After that, it has been added to Windows' driver storage and the hardware should work immediately once installed later.

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Re: Soundblaster AWE32 (CT2760) MIDI/FM music only in left channel

Posted on 2019-10-12, 14:52

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by derSammler

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If sound is very weak and "dirty", yes, it's a capacitor problem.

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Re: MIDILPT

Posted on 2019-10-12, 14:49

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by derSammler

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boomlinde wrote: I have been looking for a solution to get a MIDI output from laptops running DOS without having to find a PCMCIA MIDI interface (which seem rare enough). All you need for this is SoftMPU and any MIDI module with a serial interface (so almost every unit since the SC-55 Mk.2).

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Re: Voodoo II Practical Differences between 8MB and 12MB cards

Posted on 2019-10-12, 14:46

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by derSammler

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Since you have cards with 8 MB and 12 MB, just try some games yourself. Let us know if you find games where a difference is noticeable.

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Re: Voodoo II Practical Differences between 8MB and 12MB cards

Posted on 2019-10-12, 12:38

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by derSammler

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The Glide API should do that, not the games. I only own 8 MB Voodo 2 cards, so no idea if there are any games where you can actually notice a difference.

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