Re: Turtle Beach Soundfonts ??? / WEMP player

Posted on 2024-10-12, 09:15

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I've recently acquired a Maui box with all the leaflets, and there's an advertisement for a 4 MB Maui/Tropez GM sample set. I assume this basically "upgrades" the GM patch set to what was on the Rio/Tropez Plus. Maybe someone has this sample set? Well, I was thinking perhaps if you have a Tropez+ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-07-03, 13:35

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Second was a spare Aureal Vortex 2 card, this time more obvious. It even says 2. My previous card will be going to a friend of mine to throw in his first vintage machine. IMG_3604.jpg TBS400, actually a Turtle Beach Montego 2, it's a very nice PCI sound card, for windows 98 , try to get all the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-08, 11:03

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Internal SC-55 + intelligent mode MPU401... and it's worth a lot of money these days. Same thought when I saw it, that, the PAS16 and the ESS with wavetable already worth whatever you have paid for the lot, imho. dt.jpg Dang it! you scored 2 Venturis !! it took me ages to score a single one and not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-07, 13:37

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The roland card appears to be an SCC-1. I don't know much about it, apart from it's supposed to be sort of an internal version of the SC-55. Internal SC-55 + intelligent mode MPU401... and it's worth a lot of money these days. Same thought when I saw it, that, the PAS16 and the ESS with wavetable …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-01, 21:48

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These were the first laptops I worked with in around 1999 if I remember correctly, they worked very well and were reliable :) We had 3Com 589 PCMCIA NICs on them. Absolutely, same 3Com pcmcia almost the same laptop, mine was a Tillamook 266Mhz, it was very rugged. This was around year 2000, didn´t …

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Re: AMD 486 DX4-90?

Posted on 2024-02-04, 12:20

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WTF this thread

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Re: Digital Venturis FX5150s

Posted on 2024-01-13, 22:48

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For some bizarre reason in October 1997 Digital re-branded their entire PC line to the more generic and un-googleable/altavistaable "Digital PC" and "Digital Server" names. The Venturis series became the "Digital PC 3000" series while the Celebris series became "Digital PC 5000" series. As part of …

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Re: Digital Venturis FX5150s

Posted on 2024-01-13, 10:34

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The machine, if it was sold with a monitor, probably would have been sold with a DEC PCXBV-xx CRT Display, such as this PCXBV-FZ 17": https://www.ebay.com/itm/134594856909 or this PCXBV-YA 15": https://sites.unoeste.br/museu/monitor-digital-pcxbv-ya/ They're pretty nice looking CRTs. I've got a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-20, 09:10

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theiceman085 wrote on 2023-05-20, 07:49: Just ordered the first part of my upcoming window 98 system. Got a Intel D865GBF motherboard . Hope it arrives in a good condition. grüss dich Lansdmann, a bit overkill a P4 478 but it's ok, as long as it's cheap. Remember the maximum memory size for Win98 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-17, 09:31

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I managed to grab a goldie IBM 6x86L. Might never put it in to something, but it’s nice to have regardless. IMG_1806.jpeg I also have one, I know the problem, it needs a board that is gonna be capable of taking MUCH better processors, so it just kinda sits there. Even my 2 best cyrix are kinda …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-05-17, 09:25

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It has a quite rare CPU CS80C286R1787 that from the search it looks a custom 20 mhz harris CPU. It has 7 ISA slots and SIPP ram sockets. I don't have any SIPP ram though. it was a "common" 20mhz cpu back in the day, I had exactly that one with a slightly more modern motherboard. By now I'm sure you …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-05, 07:05

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Right, picked up an interesting one today... I saw a local ad for 'old computer for parts'. Potatocam pics were intriguing, with an AT case falling apart, but with a massive pile of RCA connectors on the back and XLR on the front - and every available space inside crammed with coils and capacitors …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-04, 17:18

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What is the deal with all that Socket 478 and Socket-A lately? Are this becomming the "new black"? When it comes to retro gaming/PC building, nostalgia is the driving factor. People who grew up with such systems (like me) are now in their 30's. And since they are still cheap and plentiful, they …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-03, 09:53

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What is the deal with all that Socket 478 and Socket-A lately? Are this becomming the "new black"? Don´t know, but eventually having 32bit PCI and sometimes even ISA slots might be desirable for retro-computing, without falling into virtualization. With the prices of good Socket 7 boards, this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-03, 09:17

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Rescued an old computer from e-waste that looked somewhat uncommon. It's a Digital Prioris XL Server 5133DP. I haven't found much info on the web about exactly this model, but back then (around 1996) it must have cost a fortune. It has VGA and SCSI onboard, 5 EISA slots, 3 PCI, two CPUs on a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:27

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Minutemanqvs wrote on 2023-05-02, 13:18: vmunix wrote on 2023-05-02, 13:17: Minutemanqvs wrote on 2023-05-02, 12:00: Ah this is at work, stacking expert level (some Cisco/Ciena network equipment) ;) […] Show full quote Ah this is at work, stacking expert level (some Cisco/Ciena network equipment) 😉 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:17

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Some new XPs, MPs and Phenoms. There is a Barton 3200+ with 400MHz FSB and a Thunderbird 1.4GHz in the lot, and fast Durons too. https://i.ibb.co/bRfC7tF/IMG-0388.jpg Amazing! But them being stacked like that is giving me anxiety! :D Ah this is at work, stacking expert level (some Cisco/Ciena …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-02, 13:15

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Not really interesting, but helpfull for me, in particular working PATA drives. A cool, because it's passively cooled :lol: R9250 I need to check if this is the 64 or 128 bit memory. And a QDI KT333 chipset socket A, not that I need it but I think eventually these will be interesting to build …

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Re: DLS-2 sound cards

Posted on 2023-03-28, 20:32

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ed. No clue what you mean by software that can 'mess' with Vortex 2 or Emu 10k synths, is best to keep them running Have you ever had a Synthesizer in your hands ? like Roland XP10, yamaha dx7 (FM synth) , Korg m1 (sample based) these are fairly cheap and old synths and you can edit, alter and add …

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Re: DLS-2 sound cards

Posted on 2023-03-28, 09:21

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I was always interested in finding a software capable of assembling complete, or partial DLS banks (whichever version), Drumkits and GM instruments by converting regular .WAV files or other Soundfont banks, and if ever existed a SF to DLS converter. Also software able to tinker and fool around with …

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