It says Apple Computer on the card so I'm guessing that's an Apple card. The slot connector is definitely not for the PC. It's standard PCI-X, nothing proprietary. A perfectly normal connector for PC's of the era, not just Macs. And yes, it's an Apple card - but if you're not needing it at boot …

Did you know the first stable version of Debian came out in 1996? Fun historical fact!

Pi A+ and 3A+. I picked the A+ up about the time it came out, but within less than a year we had the Zero. Twice the RAM, USB gadget mode and 1/5 the price. And we lost... the DSI connector that wasn't usable properly for another 5 years? Then the 3A+ comes out, and A-Ha! I figured there's no way …

I regularly use a pimped out T440p (fastest 4th gen i7 I could fit, maxed out ram, several SSDs) when I need to do onsite work. I was recently asked to recycle a 2011 MacBook Pro. Lovely 15" display, great condition. So, I pulled the HDD out, doubled the RAM (didn't have spare sticks for 16GB), put …

Scratch my scratch that. Ok, someone less distracted - this would fit that board, right? Filename g5nic.jpg File size 126.69 KiB Views 1108 views Because I found a '98 driver that supports the BCM5703 chipset.

Any suggestions for what GPU should I go with? Quite literally ANYTHING goes - AGP or PCI-E. So, not direct relevance to me but I'm actually really curious what the answer to this is. GeForce 3 or 4? Early Radeon? I assume the important criteria is driver quality over specific performance - I think …

Well, I have an obscure one - and only because I suddenly finding myself needing it and unable to get it: An audio interface (USB or PCIe) that takes multiple SPDIF inputs and digitises them independently (clocks and all). This is less retrocomputing than it is synth/music, but since this is all for …

Proper USB power adapters (and cables) are on a short list of things i will NOT cheap out on. Snap! This is an official Raspberry Pi one, just a generation older than I thought it was. I'm hoping I can get away with it for now even with the SSD - as I'll probably end up putting a PoE hat on this as …

I upgraded the storage in my recording studio PC, and got a couple new display cables for it! pcparts.jpg Turns out the USB-C PSU I had at home was on closer inspection: a 15W one, not a 25W one. So I'll be limited to 3A until I can get back to the store. Blast. I have a sneaking suspicion this …

mt32-lupi.jpg Popped round to the local computer store and picked up a Pi 02W. Unfortunately they had no 02WH's, ironic since I've never wanted one before today. Then dug in my parts bin and found a DDC. So now I'm just a USB cable and a couple of dodgy hacks to the code from having an MT-32. …

I do not. The MU50 works fine without the battery, so this will not be the reason for the DOA. I would check to see if the DC power supply is working, if it doesn't power up. I meant, "because the traces are gone". And yes, if it does have issues - caps, regulators... but to be honest, I'll …

Kahenraz wrote on 2024-03-10, 14:06: The MU50 has its coin cell battery soldered to the motherboard. Best to remove it as soon as you can to prevent damage. Great tip, now I know why it'll be DoA. 😁 Happen to know if the SC-D70 has one?

Speaking of... mu50.jpg Just picked this up as "untested" (so probably just broken, but YOLO) for £45. If not, should be fun alongside the SC-D70 that's on order and an mt32-pi if I can hack the code to do what I need. I'm going to stop there for synths, I think. Need to improve on input though, I …

It only takes 1 drive. If sssds are so amazing, why bother with mechanical drives at all? I wouldn't. The only valid use case for mechanical hard disks in 2024 is "cheaper large bulk storage in datasets that don't need any kind of random access performance and don't need to be moved; but need …

I don't think so. Skylake and onwards don't have any form of LPC DMA anymore. The (possibly emulated from eSPI) LPC bus doesn't have LDRQ# and the datasheet does not have a single mention of 8237 controller. That's a surprise for a couple reasons. First, it's not like SuperMicro to be misleading in …

I started racking up my new recording studio, starting with my MIDI controller, which is from 1995, and my USB sound card, which is from 1999.

I decided to read up on the mt32-pi project this weekend, discovered the "USB Gadget" issue, discovered that Circle now natively supports USB Gadget Midi on Pi 02,3,4, went to update the Issue to mention this and discovered that the entire repo is locked (issues, discussions, everything) and Dale …

So, just taking a casual glance at the manual for my Recording PC's motherboard, here's the pinout of the TPM header: 20 LDRQ# So would I be right in thinking that I could drop an LPC2ISA board in this lovely Skylake (I could go Kaby, but that seems a bit lairy) box?