Re: Smoke coming from PAS16

Posted on 2024-04-06, 02:22

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I’ve heard some dying electrolytic capacitors can be brought back to life kinda after being exposed to voltage for long enough, not sure how accurate that is. I always assumed tantalum’s would outlive electrolytic, I knew their failure state wasn’t great but didn’t imagine one could fail so quickly …

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Re: About to buy a Roland SC-55ST Sound Canvas

Posted on 2024-04-05, 05:43

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I would recommend the gameport and real sc55. There are three options for how to route the output of the midi module and the computer. The first is the line in option. You run the output of the midi module to the line in of the computer. Supposedly this can introduce some noise, but it's super cool …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-05, 05:23

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I bought 2 Panasonic JU-475-4 5.25” floppy drives. Hopefully one of them works or if not maybe I can make a working one from the parts. They were not cheap either. I’ve been trying to figure out how to preserve my C64 disk collection, I’ve got a huge collection from childhood (hundreds) that I’ve …

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Re: Which Voodoo Card for a Pentium 166/200/233 MHz build?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 02:02

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If you want faster then I’d actually recommend being a little period incorrect and doing the banshee. But the other posters are accurate when it comes to period correctness.

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Re: Real HDD vs CF to ide vs SD to ide?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 16:32

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I just posted this in another thread but I like sd cards (technically micro sd) because they’re really easy to swap out. Plus all my other vintage electronics (Mac, Apple 2, etc) also use Micro sd. I’ve never encountered any problems with them but I’m not like pushing them to their limits or …

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Re: Which is the best and cheaper way to use a SSD or a SDCard as a hard disk on a pentium 3 motherboard?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 16:27

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I like sd cards because it’s really easy to swap them out, but if you don’t plan on doing any swapping then an ssd is a fine choice.

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Re: DOS games with native DB50XG/SW60XG support

Posted on 2024-03-29, 16:59

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Not dos, but FF7 has actual unique support for XG that is genuine XG use/support.

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Re: Does anyone own a MISTer FPGA and how is it?

Posted on 2024-03-29, 05:48

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Fpgas are just emulation.

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

Posted on 2024-03-29, 05:43

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Repaired the input solder joints on a 1084S. It had a problem where if the input cord was wiggled the image brightness would be reduced by probably 50% until you wiggled it a bit. I think this is the reason I got it so cheap, it’s in practically perfect condition otherwise, so I think the previous …

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Re: Texture filtering - yay or nay?

Posted on 2024-03-29, 05:19

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I was also puzzled when I saw the new Tomb Raider 123 remaster where you can switch between the new graphics and the "original" graphics. The original graphics in the remaster have no filtering so it looks worse than the actual original game where you couldn't disable filtering. Tomb Raider only …

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Re: EMU Proteus/1 support for Sierra games?

Posted on 2024-03-29, 05:15

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I’ve been debating getting a proteus, how does the turtle beach multi sound classic sound compare to a real proteus 1xr? Any audio samples of the two?

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Re: Which Sound Canvas Module to use for a MIDI Soundtrack?

Posted on 2024-03-29, 05:05

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My favorite overall is the sc55, I just adore the sound of the 55. If I had known how much I liked the 55, I might not have bothered getting any other. I think a lot of it just comes down to personal taste though. I’ve heard musicians use the sc88 and that thing sounds absolutely amazing when used …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-29, 04:55

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I also agree that sometimes it helps to look for things that have been mislabeled often by sellers who don’t know a lot about the item. My voodoo 3 is pci but was listed as agp, got it for like $70. Likewise my mu90 was listed as like an mu50, got it for around 90. I am one of the people who has …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2024-03-29, 04:26

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Ah that’s too bad, how about ultima 9 or Arabian nights?

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2024-03-29, 03:57

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I have a suggestion just because I think it’d be fun: Daikatana. I have no clue what it even supports but I am curious. On a more serious note, you might also try ff7.

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-03-29, 01:21

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Every time you update this, I get more and more excited to buy one! This is seriously one of the best retro products of all time.

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Re: S3 Trio64 (not Trio64V+, etc) has best DOS compatibility? (re: best 2D VGA card)

Posted on 2024-03-29, 01:11

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It’s a great card. There are lots of good and highly compatible dos cards, I’m not sure there is any one single card that would qualify as the best, just depends on the games you want to play. My main advice about this would be to look up the games you want to play and see if they have any problems …

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Re: Dead Synth (Was:Mains voltage step-down converters)

Posted on 2024-03-20, 02:58

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You don’t need to be a dick. I get that you’re upset about your synth being dead and I’m sorry but that’s no reason to take it out on me. As I mentioned in my post, my experience just comes from working with the sc55, 88, and 1080. I just mentioned that I thought your model might have a universal …

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Re: Mains voltage step-down converters.

Posted on 2024-03-19, 19:15

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The sc55 sc88 and jv1080 all have a component (a universal transformer I think is called?) inside where you can easily convert to us voltage by unsoldering and soldering one wire. It’s clearly labeled with voltages on large pins sticking out. Does the d70 have the same thing inside? You should never …

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Re: Texture filtering - yay or nay?

Posted on 2024-03-19, 17:26

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I was also puzzled when I saw the new Tomb Raider 123 remaster where you can switch between the new graphics and the "original" graphics. The original graphics in the remaster have no filtering so it looks worse than the actual original game where you couldn't disable filtering. Tomb Raider only …

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