Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2021-08-23, 20:11

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The DOS utility isn't quite ready yet either, but I'm hoping all of it will come together soon for a new release with a bunch of new features. Here's a silly little screenshot of it in an earlier incarnation I shared before, just testing the UI side: Screen Shot 2020-09-03 at 11.18.57PM.png It …

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High Quallity KVM?

Posted on 2021-01-15, 17:46

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Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows of a high quality KVM (with audio) switch? I don't have the space (or the funds) to setup a separate Model M keyboard, mouse, and CRT for each of my computers. I would like to use a KVM (with audio) switch, but I have heard that most of them degrade the …

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Distorted In Game Text Win 98

Posted on 2020-12-19, 17:59

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As the title says, I am having an issue with the text on a lot of my games on my P3 Win 98 FX5500 build. DOS games are unaffected, but 3D games have distorted in game text. Any idea what is causing this and how I can fix it?

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Re: 360kb vs 1.2mb Floppy Drive Issues

Posted on 2020-12-18, 00:06

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Thanks for the replies!

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360kb vs 1.2mb Floppy Drive Issues

Posted on 2020-12-17, 15:38

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High all, so the perfectionist in me wants to swap out the 5.25" floppy drive in my Windows 98 build because the current drive is that horrendously ugly tan/lightbrown color, and it is clashing with the perfectly color matched CD-Rom, DVD-Rom, and LS-120 SuperDrive in my brand new EverCase Full Size …

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Re: WP32 McCake : MT32 compatible waveblaster board

Posted on 2020-12-05, 18:29

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Dude, this would be even more awesome if someone could design a small LCD that fits in a spare floppy bay to show the MT-32 messages.

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Vortex 2 Digital CD Input

Posted on 2020-12-05, 18:27

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Does anyone know the pin out of the pin headers on the vortex 2 cards? I have read that digital inputs exist on the card, but after hours of searching on google & forums I can’t find which specific pins to use. I have an SQ2500 board and found a thread that says the digital cd input pins are in the …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-12-03, 04:01

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Wow this thing is so damn sexy. Cross my fingers that I can maybe have one of these and an ARGUS under my tree by next christmas at the latest 😀

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Re: PSU Wattage/Amperage Help

Posted on 2020-11-20, 14:10

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Anyone know if the Sound Blaster 32 CT3600 ISA soundcard needs -5V? It’s similar to the awe32 and awe64 so I’d bet it is the same as those, so if you don’t know about the ct3600, anyone know if the awe32 or awe64 need -5V? If yes for any of these, any idea on the amperage on the -5V needed? If it’s …

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PSU Wattage/Amperage Help

Posted on 2020-11-19, 17:25

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I need to buy a psu for my pentium 3 build. I currently have a weird proprietary gateway psu rigged up temporarily. I have had trouble finding out if I need a -5V line and what kind of wattage or amperage my parts would draw on each of the voltage lines (3.3v 5v and/or 12V). I would love to just …

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Re: Aureal Vortex vs Vortex 2

Posted on 2020-10-20, 16:46

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DrSpock233 wrote on 2020-01-17, 13:58: Ordered one from Russia, not bad $50 with shipping. Is there a store or some euro/Russian equivalent to a yahoo auctions japan proxy service?

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Serious issue with IBM 325T

Posted on 2020-10-08, 01:54

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So I recently picked up a nice condition IBM 325T with the 386SLC processor. I installed a cd rom drive, 5.25” floppy, and upgraded the hard drive and dropped in an awe32. It was working beautifully. I just received a 387SX math coprocessor I ordered and installed it. It booted up fine and I went …

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P3 Build: Voodoo5 vs Voodoo2+GeForce 4

Posted on 2020-10-06, 15:31

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As the title says, what is the better setup or pros/cons between an AGP Voodoo5 5500 vs an AGP GeForce 4 with a Voodoo 2 PCI (or two in SLI)? A single Voodoo5 5500 is definitely a more expensive setup, but will it limit what games I can play or the performance of those games? This is in a 440BX …

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Re: 386 Max Partition Size?

Posted on 2020-09-18, 20:42

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Thanks, that makes so much more sense. I’ll have to pick up an ISA network card with a rom socket.

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Re: 386 Max Partition Size?

Posted on 2020-09-18, 18:57

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The partition size limit is an OS thing, you did well keeping it below 2GB for FAT16. However there is also the BIOS hard disk limit, which in your case is most probably 512MB. You have options, the easiest would be to use some dynamic drive overlay software (like EZ-drive...) or the XT-IDE BIOS So …

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386 Max Partition Size?

Posted on 2020-09-18, 12:03

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Hi all, I am currently building doing my first 386 build in an IBM PS/Valuepoint 325T. I am not familiar with the 386, as I was a child when it was new. I have been researching each step, but I have hit a wall. I am using an IDE to CF adapter with an 8GB card which I partition it into 4 partitions …

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Re: 325T Build

Posted on 2020-09-15, 21:29

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Thanks for the replies!

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325T Build

Posted on 2020-09-15, 15:06

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So I recently acquired an IBM 325T that is in great shape (came with the model m and IBM mouse, wish it had the monitor though). Anyway, the 386 era is completely new to me as I was a young child when it was new. I have already ordered 2 8mb ram sticks to max out it’s memory capacity and a 387SX …

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Re: Phil's MS-DOS Mode Tutorial: Working Memory, Mouse, CD-ROM and Sound Blaster 16/32/64 in Windows 9x MS-DOS Mode

Posted on 2020-09-07, 21:25

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So, have run into a weird problem. Followed the very useful guide above last night, had my AWE64 working perfectly in MS-DOS mode on my P2 system, but after returning to Windows and back to DOS all my settings reverted and my autoexec and config were made into .bak files, long story short but when …

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Re: Intel VS440FX - How to connect wired internal speaker?

Posted on 2020-09-07, 14:36

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Thanks so much for your help!

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