Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2020-11-18, 23:37

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by Trekkie4

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It's been a while since I've checked Vogons, guess I should stop by more often... :) Some of you may have seen this on another forum, but I'm actually in the process of rebuilding my old computer case, restoring all the original components (what's left of them) back into the original & period …

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Re: SoundBlaster16 issues

Posted on 2018-04-26, 17:35

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Update, think I finally sorted it out... Take a look guys & please tell me what you think? Autoexec.BAT SET CTCM=C:\CTCM LH /L:2 C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD000 /M:15 /E /S /L:D /V ECHO. LH /L:0;2 /S C:\DOS\SMARTDRV 2048 128 /V C:\DOS\MODE CON RATE=32 DELAY=2 C:\DOS\MODE CON CP PREP=((852) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI) …

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Re: SoundBlaster16 issues

Posted on 2018-04-23, 23:31

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by Trekkie4

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Hmm, good point. I never thought minor things such as these would eventually drain the memory.

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Re: SoundBlaster16 issues

Posted on 2018-04-23, 23:20

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by Trekkie4

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Net start It was added automatically, when I installed the ethernet card & booted up Win 3.11

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Re: SoundBlaster16 issues

Posted on 2018-04-23, 07:31

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Tried hooking WaveBlaster II on to SB16 & still not getting any sound. I can just barely hear faint sound coming from the headphones, but it's pretty much next to nothing. And yes, I've made sure that the volume mixer is turned all the way up for "MIDI", for all the sources except for main stereo …

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Re: SoundBlaster16 issues

Posted on 2018-04-23, 03:12

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by Trekkie4

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From Wikipedia: "The Sound Blaster 16 retained the Pro's OPL-3 support for FM synthesis, and was mostly compatible with software written for the older Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro sound cards. The SB16's MPU-401 emulation was limited to UART (dumb) mode only, but this was sufficient for most …

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SoundBlaster16 issues

Posted on 2018-04-22, 21:04

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by Trekkie4

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Hey guys! I would like to ask for a favor & helping hand. I recently built a genuine 4x86 DX2 system running DOS 6.22 & Windows 3.11, but for some (odd) reason, I seem to be having an issue with the sound card. Well two of them actually, as I only just found out few moments ago. The biggest issue is …

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

Posted on 2018-03-03, 00:34

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by Trekkie4

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Not sure if it fits this particular thread, but I'm PLANNING to fix a hard drive on my primary retro-gaming rig. 40GB Seagate unit developed bad sectors & is slowing things down to a crawl... Internal disk test(s) confirmed that it's having a hard time, and that it's losing data. https://s15.postimg …

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Re: Voodoo 2 and Voodoo3 together?

Posted on 2018-03-02, 21:20

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by Trekkie4

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yea i know it's an old thread but i don't want to create a new topic when it can be discussed here with relevance and for future reference. thanks Trekkie4, yess that makes sense :) i guess it depends on whether my build has an AGP slot for the V3. You can always use the PCI card for 2D adapter, it …

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Re: Voodoo 2 and Voodoo3 together?

Posted on 2018-03-02, 18:35

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by Trekkie4

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so if using them together, can you use Voodoo3 for the 2D instead of a separate 2D card that Voodoo2 needs? would i need to passthrough from Voodoo2 to V3? or it will be handled by V3 as default? You DO realize that you just bumped 4yr old conversation, do you? As for your question, yes - you could …

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Re: Ideal Voodoo 2 SLI configuration?

Posted on 2016-06-21, 13:08

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by Trekkie4

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Once again, no prob! Glad I could help :) I got my share of Voodoo2 cards over here, both single ones & SLI pairs, these things are truly amazing! Oh, and here's one more tip - if for any reason you need to disable the 2nd card, the 8mb one in your case you can do so without removing it from the …

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Re: Ideal Voodoo 2 SLI configuration?

Posted on 2016-06-20, 20:58

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No prob, you're welcome :) And unfortunately the answer is no, in order to use the official drivers you need to have both cards from the same company/brand. Although the actual PCBs (cards, themselves) are identical, their BIOS IDs are different, so therefore they're not being recognized upon driver …

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Re: Ideal Voodoo 2 SLI configuration?

Posted on 2016-06-20, 16:13

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by Trekkie4

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Greetings! :) To quickly answer your question, yes you can match up both of your Voodoo cards in one (SLI) system, but the 12mb one will be reduced to 8mb capacity, because they both need to be identical in order for SLI to work. So therefore, it's not possible to have 12+8 configuration as you'll …

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Re: Ideal Voodoo 2 SLI configuration?

Posted on 2014-03-08, 00:45

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by Trekkie4

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My ideal Voodoo2 SLI system is always Pentium 2 (350, 400 or 450) keeping things as stock as possible, without any heatsinks attached. However, you might want to mount a 80x80 (or larger, if you can) fan in front of the case, so that it blows air across the Voodoo2 cards. It's the cheapest & most …

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Re: Voodoo 2 and Voodoo3 together?

Posted on 2014-02-26, 15:16

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by Trekkie4

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did u look inside the pdf in the link I posted? anyways it doesn't matter since you found a fix, cheers Oh, wow! I feel so stupid now, I totally missed your link... But yeah, I've worked it out without too much hassle. Besides, I'm not sure if this kind of setup could apply on Voodoo2 cards, since …

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Re: Voodoo 2 and Voodoo3 together?

Posted on 2014-02-26, 02:19

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by Trekkie4

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sepultribe wrote: have you tried hardware profiles? Not sure I understood your question, but the problem has been solved, yeah. In the end, I've worked out the problem with Glide Switcher, so now I have a fully working combination of Voodoo3/Voodoo2 cards 😀

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Re: Voodoo 2 and Voodoo3 together?

Posted on 2014-02-21, 18:59

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by Trekkie4

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Cool, I'll give it a try. Thanks bunches!

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Re: Voodoo 2 and Voodoo3 together?

Posted on 2014-02-21, 17:55

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by Trekkie4

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No, I'm afraid dual-boot is out of the question... This is an old Pentium 3, 500MHz with only 10GB of disk space lol. I wanted that authentic retro thing, but thank you for the idea, nevertheless. Besides, I already have 3 cards inside this system, I'd rather not go for 4th one... 1x Voodoo3 2000 ( …

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Voodoo 2 and Voodoo3 together?

Posted on 2014-02-21, 17:33

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by Trekkie4

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Hey guys, I have another question... I have a machine that's running both Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 at the same time. Now, DirectX is not much of a problem, I can easily switch between the cards, but Glide on the other hand is giving me problems... I've managed to find & download a small utility called …

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Diamond Monster 3D DX problem

Posted on 2014-02-18, 17:07

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by Trekkie4

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I've been working on a Voodoo1 system recently, and one of my cards seem to be having rather unusual problem... It doesn't want to work in DirectX mode, only Glide. Technically, it does load DX, but all I see is blank screen, the game still works in the background! I'm guessing that the signal …

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