Re: PCM Y cable
Posted on 2017-05-02, 16:44
You can not mix digital audio with a Y cable. I wouldn't recommend even trying it. Nothing bad will happen to the hardware, but the sound output may kill your speakers (or your ears at least 😉 ).
Re: What sounds cards do I have here?
Posted on 2017-05-01, 20:28
It actually lacks the RAM, the connector for a RAM expansion, and the ROM! That is, no hardware wavetable at all on the second one.
Re: Tseng labs ET4000AX - no color = problem
Posted on 2017-05-01, 20:24
opiate wrote: Weird... so i've modded the cable, the pin 12 is out. Now there is no signal at all 😐 You removed pin 14 (v-sync), not pin 12. 😦
Re: Tseng labs ET4000AX - no color = problem
Posted on 2017-05-01, 19:21
Jepael wrote: Hack an extra VGA cable instead. Yes, that's probably better. Did that as well, just remember that DDC will no longer work with such a cable.
Re: 3dfx bars
Posted on 2017-05-01, 18:33
Most likely scaling artifacts. Please try running the game in a different resolution and report if the bars disappear.
Re: Tseng labs ET4000AX - no color = problem
Posted on 2017-05-01, 18:30
You can cut the trace going to pin 12 of the VGA connector (doesn't matter where). That's what is used to switch the card into b/w mode. Modern monitors are using it for DDC instead, but anything apart from "not connected" will force the card to display b/w.
Re: Seriusly windows?
Posted on 2017-05-01, 14:25
It's apparently not booting MS-DOS 7.1, but 6.x. You can not start Win 9x on MS-DOS 6.x. Start from the setup disk once and do a "sys a: c:" at the command prompt. After that, the problem should be gone.
Re: For you CQM haters & lovers
Posted on 2017-04-30, 14:31
it still doesn't sound like the game developers intented the music to sound in DOS games. It almost never does with OPL2/3 as well, as game music was not composed for FM - apart from the very first games to support AdLib only. Whenever you can select General MIDI or MT-32 in a game, you can be sure …
Re: For you CQM haters & lovers
Posted on 2017-04-30, 13:40
I prefer CQM with reverb & chorus over OPL3 as well. It sounds very good. What you should avoid are OPL clones from OPTi and Analog Devices. Those *are* crap.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-04-23, 18:46
I am trying to resurrect an old PowerMAC G3 to use it with a Villagetronic Voodoo 3 or a Voodoo 5 5500 MAC But first there will be lots of cleaning and a memory upgrade. I've built a similar system some time ago. I used a PM 7500 however, as that one still has SCSI instead of IDE. http://www.vcfed. …
Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2
Posted on 2017-04-23, 10:44
System shock should sound better now, still not perfect. I guess "better" is a matter of definition in this case. ;) Still nice work, many games sound really nice with it. btw, MidiPlayer comes with a 32 mb soundfont called "Reality_GMGS_falcomod" in SF2 format. Is it possible to convert that one …
Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2
Posted on 2017-04-23, 09:07
Is there are changelog from 0.5 to 0.6? Did you address the issues with the System Shock soundtrack?
Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones
Posted on 2017-04-22, 19:07
From at least 2009, there are several comments on the ALS100, 120, 200 and + variants here on Vogons' that align with your observation. Too bad, really. I got an ALS100Plus latety and it had the same problem - noise was louder than the actual audio. However, that was *very easy* to fix! Disable PnP …
Re: -Retro Newb -- My parts and build goals-
Posted on 2017-04-22, 09:10
Here's my salvage: From the 2001 Dell Dimension I pulled: - This OEM motherboard - it's huge. It's a 423 Socket 1st Gen Pentium 4 that uses RDRAM. I remember that when we had bought more memory it was a much costlier upgrade for this reason -- and they didn't have much in stock. Now this is cool! I …
Re: CMOS Error on new battery
Posted on 2017-04-21, 21:07
Did you enter the BIOS and restored and saved the default settings?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-04-21, 17:02
Got a nice pile of ISA cards today, including three VGA cards (TVGA9000, Chips, Cirrus Logic), two AWE64, and an ALS100+ based sound card with external OPL3 (wtf? The Plus should have that one integrated, no?)
Re: What storage to use on ISA only systems?
Posted on 2017-04-20, 18:19
For me, SD cards are more ubiquitous (less cost) than CF. I wouldn't recommend using SD cards as a hard disk replacement, as they are slow and have a very short life time. CF cards are much more durable/reliable. And, as already written, CF cards are native IDE/ATA, so there's no signal or protocol …
Re: My Schneider AT Towers
Posted on 2017-04-19, 18:37
No, but close to it. 😉
Re: My Schneider AT Towers
Posted on 2017-04-19, 18:28
btw, here's another cool system I'm currently working on: IMG_20170419_201326484.jpg More on this later. 😁
Re: My Schneider AT Towers
Posted on 2017-04-18, 16:09
@dr.zeissler: Let me know should you ever plan to part with your 386sx. 😉
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