Reply 4220 of 53035, by jwt27
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wrote:Was IMFC manufactured by Yamaha?
Yes, it's a Yamaha product. (Hence my use of Yamaha's logo for the photo in my QuestStudios thread.)
Similarly, you'll notice that the NEC XR385 that everyone mistakenly refers to as a "clone," is also an OEM Yamaha product.
wrote:wrote:Was IMFC manufactured by Yamaha?
Yes, it's a Yamaha product. (Hence my use of Yamaha's logo for the photo in my QuestStudios thread.)
Similarly, you'll notice that the NEC XR385 that everyone mistakenly refers to as a "clone," is also an OEM Yamaha product.
Figured as much... The Yamaha PCB number (XB773) gave it away 😀
Scooped up a IBM Aptiva 730 for $5 today, interesting socket 4 system but psu is bad.
On a far away planet reading your posts in the year 10,191.
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I have one of those, can you tell me what the jumper settings on your card are set to? My card has sockets for the second bank of RAM and I need to know how to enable it.
Collector of old computers, hardware, and software
wrote:I have one of those, can you tell me what the jumper settings on your card are set to? My card has sockets for the second bank of RAM and I need to know how to enable it.
Every video card i've ever worked with has ALWAYS auto-detected memory. You should be able to just add the chips and go. Jumper settings were usually only for IRQ settings or weird compatibility issues.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
wrote:I am glad I do not have the CIB stuff obsession. Collecting loose hardware is hard and costly enough.
I only buy boxed when the price difference between loose and boxed is minimal. I don't have a whole lot of boxed hardware, but most of what I do have isn't especially rare and was extremely cheap at the time. Even if I was to open it all,I wouldn't lose anything.
ARK LOGIC 1000VL, got this for $20 posted doesn't seem to much interest in VLB cards on Australian Ebay considering I also got a boxed ET4000W32P not that long ago for around $25 posted.
Starting to get a collection of higher end VLB video cards, will test to see what gives the best performance/compatibility.
ET4000W32P X 2
S3 868
ARK LOGIC 1000PV
If I can grab a Cirrus Logic 5434 & an ATI mach 32/64 that would be sweet, the idea is to run a maxed out AM5X86 @ 150 or 160MHZ, would assume If I can get a stable system at 150MHZ it would give better results for gaming.
wrote:Starting to get a collection of higher end VLB video cards, will test to see what gives the best performance/compatibility. […]
Starting to get a collection of higher end VLB video cards, will test to see what gives the best performance/compatibility.
ET4000W32P X 2
S3 868
ARK LOGIC 1000PVIf I can grab a Cirrus Logic 5434 & an ATI mach 32/64 that would be sweet, the idea is to run a maxed out AM5X86 @ 150 or 160MHZ, would assume If I can get a stable system at 150MHZ it would give better results for gaming.
Yes please 😀
You can post in Artex's thread if you'd like 😀
wrote:wrote:I have one of those, can you tell me what the jumper settings on your card are set to? My card has sockets for the second bank of RAM and I need to know how to enable it.
Every video card i've ever worked with has ALWAYS auto-detected memory. You should be able to just add the chips and go. Jumper settings were usually only for IRQ settings or weird compatibility issues.
There is a large switch box by the video port, must be used for something. The PCI version of the card had a separate switch for memory I believe.
Collector of old computers, hardware, and software
wrote:Here is photo of switch positions:
Th99 has one vlb matrox video card. jumper settings - http://www.ccs-a.com/th99/v/txt/50045.txt
Pentium2 450/256mb/4gb/ati rage 128+voodoo2/SB awe32 8mb+db50xg/GUS PnP 8mb/TB Tropez 2mb
486 DX2-66/32mb/8gb/tseng4000 2mb/SB 16+WB/GUS 1mb/LAPC-I
286 12mhz/4mb/512mb/Vga 1mb/SB 2.0+Covox
PegasosII G4 / Amiga 4000 / Amiga1200 / Amiga 600
I don't know where to put this video than here.
I made a small video for the DB51XG i recently bought from eBay.
I was a bit nervous doing this video and i still am showing it to you.
If you have suggestions feel free to comment here or on the video.
Let's see how it goes perhaps i'll do some more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejnrIDPrDU
No need to be nervous! Pretty decent video there. I really dig the external daughterboard host devices - never knew those existed. Quality of both the MIDI and XG stuff sounds good. Have you done any comparisons between the DB50XG and this one? I would assume they sound the same, but just curious. How about gaming - any tests done using midi-supported games?
PS - I like the way you pronounced "Yamaha" in your German accent!
My Retro B:\ytes YouTube Channel & Retro Collection
I haven't compared them yet, with rendering and uploading this already took 6 hours. 😮
I now can understand why some youtubers can live from what they're doing.
Today is a Holliday in germany and that's why i was even able to do it.
Perhaps i can compare them on the weekend and film my results. 😀
I tried so hard not to sound german^^
wrote:I tried so hard not to sound german^^
It's all good - no worries! 😎
My Retro B:\ytes YouTube Channel & Retro Collection
wrote:If you have suggestions feel free to comment here or on the video.
I do not want to criticize, but the first 5 minutes of video about nothing. Show docbox and phase x64 can be take 20 seconds. Need to better plan what you want to show.
The second 5 minutes if only for sound. It could be better if you shown midi score on the monitor.
Pentium2 450/256mb/4gb/ati rage 128+voodoo2/SB awe32 8mb+db50xg/GUS PnP 8mb/TB Tropez 2mb
486 DX2-66/32mb/8gb/tseng4000 2mb/SB 16+WB/GUS 1mb/LAPC-I
286 12mhz/4mb/512mb/Vga 1mb/SB 2.0+Covox
PegasosII G4 / Amiga 4000 / Amiga1200 / Amiga 600
Picked up a half dozen ISA sound cards over the past week for a song. Here are some of the more interesting examples: