Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-19, 10:38

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TrashPanda wrote on 2021-12-19, 08:13: finding drivers for that card is likely to take more time than the card is actually worth, but it would be fun seeing it run. http://edv-janssen.synology.me/ct_treiber_service/html/n.htm Also, such a card - if complete - would be precious. TIGA cards were the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-19, 10:32

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Turbo -> wrote on 2021-12-19, 08:05: Will the card work without the chip? As plain VGA, maybe...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-19, 07:22

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#2 seems to be some kind of graphics card (notice the AVGA1 and Number Nine chips), but it's not a standard VGA, probably some type of accelerator or professional equipment? Number Nine GXi AVGA1 a.k.a. CL-GD5401 provides VGA compatibility the lacking chip should be TMS-34020, ie. TIGA graphics …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-18, 18:46

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Probably early VGA resolution, like 800x600 or thereof. Yes, common with late EGA clones, but... why the 50 MHz crystal? 800x600x56 Hz needs 36 MHz 50 MHz would suggest much more I can't see any clockchip there... perhaps it's integrated into that D10 chip? But it's from 1990 - not too early for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-18, 18:33

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vstrakh wrote on 2021-12-18, 17:25: old EGA one based on Cigygate D10 chip Weird, an EGA without the feature connector... I thought it's some Hercules clone, but no, there's 256 KB of RAM... and that 50 MHz crystal... obviously it supports greater resolutions than normal EGA.

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Re: IBM 5151 on modern PC

Posted on 2021-12-17, 03:36

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Scan converter is one thing, but... there's also the question of software you're going to run on modern PC... IBM 5151 can only display 350 scanlines, and 3 shades of gray. Modern software is designed for much greater resolutions, and full color - so probably unusable on IBM 5151. About all you can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-15, 09:09

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-12-15, 02:05: Anybody have any idea what this is for? Formats_Unlimited_v.2.1.jpg "CD2CD" suggests some Compact Disc duplicator... and "Formats Unlimited, Inc." can be found on this list - http://discdupe.org/i/memberslist-by-country.html

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Re: Code 9 PnP problem with ISA soundcards on KT133A + Win9x

Posted on 2021-12-11, 07:33

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Once upon a time I had a mysterious conflict between Crystal CX4237B and S3 Trio64V+... mysterious, because Device Manager wasn't able to tell which component is guilty. It turned out that S3 drivers don't report all the I/O ports used to the system. But if you've tried with various graphics cards, …

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Re: Drivers for video card Eizo MD-B10 needed!

Posted on 2021-12-11, 05:49

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No matter who actually made the card, it's a generic ET3000 thing, which means that VMODE.COM from Orchid Prodesigner should work for CGA/Hercules emulation. Note that Tseng cards need XLAT ROM for the emulation modes to work with VGA frequencies. I can see two ROMs on that card, hopefully they are …

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Re: Looking for Image Scanning software DOS (8086) or Windows 3.0 (8086, Real mode)

Posted on 2021-12-09, 12:40

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There's Graphic Workshop software for DOS with support for two flatbed scanners from HP: ScanJet IIC, ScanJet Plus.

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Re: Drivers for video card Eizo MD-B10 needed!

Posted on 2021-12-09, 00:37

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These are the drivers for Orchid Prodesigner, also based on ET3000 - ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/drivers/TSENG/ET3000.ZIP

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Re: Graphics card freezes after installing drivers

Posted on 2021-12-08, 10:31

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Make sure that chipset drivers are installed.

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Re: Old audio player from Windows 3.1 era that looked like a Hi-Fi system

Posted on 2021-12-05, 22:39

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Where can I get it/purchase? Image 72 gives back so many different results! Obviously it was bundled with various products, I've also found an A4Tech branded version, probably from one of their mice. If you want more details, create a separate thread - hopefully somebody recalls which exactly …

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Re: Old audio player from Windows 3.1 era that looked like a Hi-Fi system

Posted on 2021-12-05, 03:54

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Now, if anybody has a copy of WittyScanner 72 paint software, that'd make my decade. I've been looking for that since 1995.. If you mean "Image 72", then it's easy to find - it was commonly bundled with some scanners. With some luck, you can even find a boxed set, and it won't even be expensive - …

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Re: Old audio player from Windows 3.1 era that looked like a Hi-Fi system

Posted on 2021-12-02, 09:08

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Rawit wrote on 2021-12-02, 07:58: For the GUS PnP there was WinDecks. Don't know if there was a GUS GF1 version. OK, found it - that stuff provided with GF1 GUSes was Sound Impression by Midisoft. Filename sifw.png File size 141.05 KiB Views 1944 views

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Re: Old audio player from Windows 3.1 era that looked like a Hi-Fi system

Posted on 2021-12-01, 22:56

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I guess AudioStation was made by Voyetra, and sold with various cards with OEM branding. With ESS cards, there was AudioRack - probably ESS's own work. And there was similar software provided with GUS, not sure what exactly... Sound Impression?

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Re: Old audio player from Windows 3.1 era that looked like a Hi-Fi system

Posted on 2021-12-01, 19:49

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AudioStation?

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Re: Super low-level Format for floppy

Posted on 2021-11-21, 17:36

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There's nothing better than "format a: /u" under DOS. All you can do is to run format several times - sometimes the media is slightly dirty, and it cleans itself while revolving. I've seen many times when the first run of format resulted in some bad sectors, the second in fewer bad sectors, and …

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Re: Floppy 3 & 4 without BIOS support

Posted on 2021-11-20, 17:39

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Just do what is described in the article linked above. It works fine, I did this already in the mid 1980s to connect 4 drives. But what exactly do you mean? There's many scenarios described in that article... Also, in mid-80s... wasn't that with an XT-style, DD-only controller? I need HD, of course …

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Re: Floppy 3 & 4 without BIOS support

Posted on 2021-11-20, 17:07

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Wait a min... I think I've missed something... Is there some new driver for >2 FDDs? Not that I really need one... Once upon a time, I tried to install two generic multi-I/O cards, one jumpered for primary FDC address, the other for secondary - but it didn't work, even the drive connected to the …

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