Re: Sound Blaster Live CD Help Requested

Posted on 2015-05-21, 01:20

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by akula65

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I bought one of these as a bulk card from a computer dealer in 2001. I was given a CD-ROM with the following printed on the disc: CD PN: 2201ML0003060/CD ASSEMBLY PN: 3201ML0003060 The README.1st file is as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound Blaster …

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Re: Can anyone give me any pointers on microphones?

Posted on 2015-05-15, 09:47

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by akula65

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On the mechanical side, I would make sure to get one that has a baffle on the mike element. You can see that the Buddy mic suggested by Vetz has such a baffle in the form of a foam ball on the mic element. Unfortunately, all of the mics that came with any Creative cards that I purchased in the past …

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Re: Sound Blaster LIVE! Versions

Posted on 2015-05-07, 12:39

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The preceding posts are also a cautionary reminder to distinguish the difference between the Creative model number marked on the box (if retail) and the card model as stamped on the card's sticker or the card itself since these can be misleading. I once purchased a Creative retail package marked …

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Re: Sound Blaster LIVE! Versions

Posted on 2015-05-05, 16:49

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by akula65

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Although it just has the names and model numbers, you can usually figure out a great deal from this page (and do additional research if necessary): http://www.ask.asia.creative.com/wwenglish/ge … _list_audio.htm

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Re: Great game-oriented screensavers?

Posted on 2015-04-16, 01:57

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by akula65

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In no particular order, here is a list of what I have. If nothing else, it may help someone find a mirror since the filenames are given. Fox Interactive The Operative: No One Lives Forever nolf_screensaver.zip http://www.fileplanet.com/51741/50000/fileinfo/No-One-Lives-Forever-Screensaver Electronic …

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Re: Philosophy: What kind of office

Posted on 2015-03-14, 11:10

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by akula65

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You might also consider looking at Microsoft Works if you don't need or want the overhead required by the Visual BASIC for Applications/Visual BASIC support in Microsoft Office. As is the case with Microsoft Office, there are a number of versions spanning many years, so you can probably find one for …

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Re: Tracing an early demo of Revenant

Posted on 2015-02-28, 00:41

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by akula65

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It might also pay to check the EIDOS demo disks included with the boxed versions of various EIDOS games. Disks 6-8 have the 41 MB Revenant demo (RevenantDemo.exe). Earlier disks may have other Revenant files, so perhaps somebody else can check those.

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Re: Looking for a Tetris game

Posted on 2015-01-04, 11:26

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by akula65

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This may be helpful: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tetris.g … toryonline.com/

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Re: Looking for a Tetris game

Posted on 2015-01-02, 23:14

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by akula65

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I spent a fair amount of time in the early '90s playing a 3-D Tetris game called Frac by Simsalbim Software. It had a fractal background, but I don't recall if it had music.

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Re: re: MFC42.DLL

Posted on 2014-12-30, 13:08

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by akula65

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Dragon NaturallySpeaking has been owned and supported by numerous companies over the years. Broderbund was one of those companies, and they had a support page with a download link for MFC42.dll (version 6.00.8665.0) as a means to resolve some issue with the NaturallySpeaking: https://web.archive.org …

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Re: SB Live! Applications bundle Including "Cubasis AV"

Posted on 2014-12-23, 13:10

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by akula65

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And just to make sure you covered all the bases, the Cubase versions on the Steinberg FTP site are not what you are looking for, correct?: ftp://ftp.steinberg.net/Archives/Cubase_preVSTversions/PC/

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Re: GOG.com Removing Several Dozen Titles

Posted on 2014-12-21, 11:43

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by akula65

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If you missed the opportunity the first time, GOG.com is giving you a second chance until 1059 UTC on Tuesday, December 23 2014: http://www.gog.com/news/weekend_promo_nordic_innout

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Re: Le Mans 24 Hours 2002 Atari version - really stuck!

Posted on 2014-12-11, 23:59

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by akula65

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When installing on the following machine, I get the same 1603 error: Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit (Laptop) Intel Pentium B950 Dual Core 2.1 GHz Intel HD 2000 Graphics (Version 9.17.10.3347) If I copy a working installation from a Windows 7 32-bit machine, including the following registry …

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Re: Viper Racing vs modern graphics card!

Posted on 2014-12-11, 03:17

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by akula65

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Using Version 1.1 (what's on the CD-ROM with no additional patches), I have no issues with the full game on the following systems: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (Desktop) AMD Athlon 7550 Dual Core Processor 2.5 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 210 (Version 296.10 Driver) Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (Laptop) …

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Re: best directx for v3 on Win98se

Posted on 2014-12-03, 03:34

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by akula65

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Why be constrained by a single DirectX version? I have been using V-Com System Commander for years to create builds with multiple Win98 SE installations on the same machine, each with a different DirectX version (usually DX7-DX9). If you don't have or care for System Commander, use your favorite …

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Re: The Italian Job

Posted on 2014-11-29, 11:56

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by akula65

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This might be a good time to put DosFreak's Bink/Miles/Smacker collection to use: RAD Game Tools: Bink/Miles/Smacker Windows .dll's. Substitute .DLLs and see if you can find one that works. Note the additional downloads on the second page of the thread.

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GOG.com Mount & Blade Giveaway

Posted on 2014-11-14, 00:42

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by akula65

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GOG.com is giving away Mount & Blade until 1400 UTC on 14 November 2014: http://www.gog.com/news/release_mount_blade_series_free_game Looks like there is also a chance to get The Witcher 2 + The Gamers: Director's Cut by logging in on seven different days between now and 25 November 2014.

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Re: Post photos and discuss your pc joystick and game controller collection...

Posted on 2014-09-25, 11:13

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by akula65

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This is all on the AWE64 Gold gameport, don't feel like finagling with the Montego II gameport again. That's probably why the modified drivers don't work for you. All of the development and testing of the modified drivers was conducted with various versions of Sound Blaster Live! cards in systems …

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Re: X-Wing (Floppy) Control Patch?

Posted on 2014-09-22, 11:13

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by akula65

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It might pay to consider the types of computer systems you used previously and what you are using now: https://web.archive.org/web/19970607182208/http://www.thrustmaster.com/support/fcs/help.htm (See hat switch troubleshooting) https://web.archive.org/web/19970607183158/http://www.thrustmaster.com/ …

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Re: X-Wing (Floppy) Control Patch?

Posted on 2014-09-20, 21:51

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by akula65

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According to this page, ThrustMaster considered TOP GUN (non-USB) to be an FCS-type stick: https://web.archive.org/web/19970607182208/http://www.thrustmaster.com/support/fcs/help.htm While the xwcoolie.exe file listed on this page doesn't seem to be available, a ZIP file is available here: https:// …

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