Re: Do you use an external sound mixer?

Posted on 2016-02-19, 22:59

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by clueless1

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It sounds to me like your speakers have a defect; my recommendation would be to replace them with something that operates as intended. I have a headphone output on my speakers and get proper stereo sound when I connect to them. Though if you can get a mixer for less than replacement speakers, more …

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Re: System power usage - how much is too much?

Posted on 2016-02-19, 20:30

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So here I find myself contemplating buying a used sever, a 24 core beast that has redundant 1500w power supplies. One of my hobbies is 3D computer graphics and animation, so I figure this is a quick way to get a render farm in a box. My current workstation (which I built out of used server parts) …

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Re: 486 - start up problem

Posted on 2016-02-19, 20:21

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by clueless1

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You don't mention if you tried more than one power supply. Based on what you said, that would be my suggestion.

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Re: Best pci audio card for Win 9x/Me

Posted on 2016-02-19, 17:41

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The Turtle Beach Santa Cruz is another option. Here's a nice period-correct review: http://ixbtlabs.com/articles/santacruzvoyetraturtlebeach/ It uses Sensaura which supports A3D 1.0 and EAX 1.0/2.0. It has nice DLS wavetable support too. Search these forums for Santa Cruz. There are a few threads by …

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Do you use an external sound mixer?

Posted on 2016-02-19, 17:06

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by clueless1

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My current set up has some decent powered stereo desktop speakers plugging into the line out of my CT2800. I use the Speaker Out on the CT2800 for my headphones because the headphone jack on the desktop speakers downmixes to mono. With the Creative Mixer it is hard to get good volume without also …

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Audician 32 Plus pricing

Posted on 2016-02-19, 16:54

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I'm looking at this card again after a couple of months and it seems to be going for about $5-6 more. The lowest priced one is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ISA-16bit-Sound-Card-Chip-YMF718-S-Yamaha-Audician-32-plus-/191717087488?hash=item2ca33a9900:g:D7sAAOxyM89ScNRl Which for me in the States is $13.63 …

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Re: Faulty SB16 bought on advice!!

Posted on 2016-02-18, 22:34

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by clueless1

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Visually, based on the top-side picture, that sound card doesn't look in the best of shape. In my experience, if I can demonstrate to a seller that a product advertised as working is non-operational, they typically give a refund and don't ask for the product back. Let a few others on here provide …

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Re: Moved an old PC around, now won't turn on

Posted on 2016-02-16, 16:34

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by clueless1

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Yes - as it's acting stone dead trying to start it by jumping the pins vice using the switch is the next logical step. It would not hurt to also check that the switch works with a multimeter and to do the same for the reset switch. Using a known good switch would also work. It does not have to be …

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Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2016-02-16, 02:37

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Just beat Wing Commander 1 after almost 2 months of gameplay. I beat it when it first came out and hadn't played it again until now. Woohoo! Here's a screenshot: What retro activity did you get up to today?

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

Posted on 2016-02-16, 02:34

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This is what I got up to today: Filename wc1_endgame.jpg File size 826.45 KiB Views 3412 views

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

Posted on 2016-02-15, 21:37

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I too have a similar system :) Asus P5S-VM (came from an HP) SiS530 Chipset onboard SiS530 Graphics, 8MB K6-2 550Mhz Quake 61.7 Doom 109.51 (682 realticks) 3Dbench2 255.5 PCPbench 96.7 Nice, your scores follow the same pattern! The built in video performs really well in Doom and I would think any …

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

Posted on 2016-02-15, 21:09

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As I failed to get any really good SuperPi scores with my Gigabyte GA-5SMM SiS 530 board I thought I would see just how fast I could get the built in SiS 6306 video controller. The VESA video memory bandwidth in Speedsys is among the best I have seen and the FPS in DOOM is also among the best I …

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Re: X-Wing Intro Music General MIDI Samples--Santa Cruz vs SBLive!

Posted on 2016-02-15, 16:12

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by clueless1

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Oops, did not check that. MS gamepads/joysticks can sometimes really "stretch" the gameport's protocol doing all sorts of weird workarrounds to make it do far more than it was ever designed to do. For Win98 an USB adapter might be a good bet, but since Microsoft doesn't really use the port as it …

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Re: Do you limit your DOS PC to a single 2GB partition?

Posted on 2016-02-15, 15:15

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I'm using a 20GB drive, but only a single 2GB partition on it. I've got 750MB free on it, so I'm in decent shape and if push came to shove I could always add 2GB partitions as needed, with the caveat that I might have to adjust any games hard-coded to look for the optical drive on D: Yeah, I'm not …

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Do you limit your DOS PC to a single 2GB partition?

Posted on 2016-02-15, 12:51

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Just curious if you all keep a single 2GB partition or use multiple partitions on your DOS PCs. The reason behind the question is the optical drive letter issue with more than one HDD partition. I'm interested to know if you ignore this issue with the optical drive letter not being 'D:' or limit …

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

Posted on 2016-02-15, 04:08

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My retro activity today was making some serious progress in Wing Commander 1. After being stuck on Rostov mission 1 for a couple of weeks (maybe a dozen attempts), I decided to get as many kills as I could before ejecting (mission failure), knowing I could still advance to the winning path if I …

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Re: X-Wing Intro Music General MIDI Samples--Santa Cruz vs SBLive!

Posted on 2016-02-14, 02:43

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alexanrs wrote: I've had issues with my Sidewinder Gamepad connected to anything SBPro+WSS compatible causing stuttering. On an AWE64 or anything PCI it works fine. The Santa Cruz is a PCI card. 😒

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Re: X-Wing Intro Music General MIDI Samples--Santa Cruz vs SBLive!

Posted on 2016-02-14, 01:26

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Here are a few more MIDI selections for the Santa Cruz: Strike Commander Main Menu: scintro.mp3 Wing Commander 3 Flight Control Deck: wc3flightctrl.mp3 Wing Commander 3 In Flight: wc3inflight.mp3 Also, I noticed a lot of stuttering in these games (regardless of whether I select FM music or General …

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 DOS performance

Posted on 2016-02-12, 19:51

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Yeah, I think our performance perceptions in the moment are much different than in retrospect. I'm playing System Shock in 640x480 right now on a Pentium 120 @ 133Mhz and it can get pretty sluggish. But when I originally played SS1, it was on a 486 DX4 100 and I don't remember 640x480 feeling …

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Re: Pentium 4 and retro gaming

Posted on 2016-02-12, 19:36

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The only reason I'm using a P4 is because the board I'm using to test a buttload of graphics cards and games has AGP and PCIe and is socket 478. It's a 3.2GHz HT CPU so it can handle most things of that era and was my main gaming machine for a long time (until DX10 happened). Which board is that? I …

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