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Re: Which of the following ISA Creative SBs will you suggest for MS-DOS and Win 3.11 ?

Posted on 2018-10-29, 22:19

There are some variables on the CT4520, so I'd recommend staying away from it. There won't be much of a difference between the two anyways.

Re: Which of the following ISA Creative SBs will you suggest for MS-DOS and Win 3.11 ?

Posted on 2018-10-29, 19:40

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Sound

This is assuming the general priorities - Authentic OPL3, Hanging Note Bugs, built-in General MIDI, Output quality The only card that definitely has no hanging notes for General MIDI is the CT3670. The only card potentially without Hanging Notes for General MIDI is the CT1750, depending on DSP. The …

Re: Windows 98/DOS and widescreen monitors?

Posted on 2018-10-27, 19:14

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Video

The specific monitor is a Dell E248WFP. I checked the OSD and there's an option to force aspect ratio or 1:1 (no stretch or scale, my preferred option) but it's not selectable, I suspect because I'm currently running it on a modern GTX 760 through DVI. The retro box be running through VGA, so the …

Re: The Strange (And Long) Case of The Very Unreliable Compaq Deskpro EN-SFF

Posted on 2018-10-25, 06:03

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've booted the Deskpro after the BIOS update and had success with installing Windows 98SE.. until the 'Detecting PnP Devices bit', where it just flat out locked up and after a hard reset the DVD-ROM was again not detected. At this point, I have a few last ideas to try: 1. Both DVD-RW drives I've …

Re: Mitsumi LU005S with SB16 CT2230

Posted on 2018-10-25, 03:55

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.cdrom. … /cdrom/drivers/ Has a repository of drivers. Apparently, mitsf116 should work well with your drive.

Re: Mitsumi LU005S with SB16 CT2230

Posted on 2018-10-25, 02:24

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The first step is to confirm that you have the jumpers set correctly for both IRQ and CD-ROM interface selection. https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/sound-cards-multimedia/CREATIVE-LABS-INC-Sound-card-SOUNDBLASTER-16-MCD-A.html This thread talks about getting that drive working with an SB16. https://www. …

Re: Mitsumi LU005S with SB16 CT2300

Posted on 2018-10-24, 23:15

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I do not believe that a ct2300 exists.

Re: What was your first (as in personally owned) PC compatible computer?

Posted on 2018-10-24, 01:33

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've got pictures at home, but I'm quite far away at the moment. My first system was a laptop made by the OEM Uniwill. Model N351S1 and sold and badged as a "Huge Bee" We paid about $1000US in 2003 off of eBay. My father bought it as a "family laptop", but it was exclusively mine. I learned a lot …

Re: NEC MultiSync 1850e stuck at 640x480 16-bit color in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2018-10-22, 04:33

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Video

Can you post some more complete specifications? Motherboard, cpu, video card and sound cards, please?

Re: NEC MultiSync 1850e stuck at 640x480 16-bit color in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2018-10-22, 02:02

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Video

Do you have the Forceware 77.72 Driver installed?

Re: Sound blaster version and performance.

Posted on 2018-10-19, 18:13

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Sound

I used the same settings for all the cards. Both music and sound are just "sound blaster" in the setup program, so would the game know to take advantage of stereo sound? Assuming that the SET BLASTER Type is being correctly changed, DOOM may be reading it and adjusting accordingly. You could try …

Re: Sound blaster version and performance.

Posted on 2018-10-19, 01:11

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Sound

I did few tests with doom. Sound and music turned off: 5207 realticks Sound Blaster CT2290: 5807 realticks Sound Blaster CT1320C: 5564 realticks Sound Blaster CT1600: 5802 realticks. It seems that only CT1320C helps with performance a bit, but probably not enough to really matter. Edit: Sound …

Re: Repairing a Voodoo 3

Posted on 2018-10-15, 20:43

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Video

I wouldn't with C95 missing. Even if it was just C84, I would think it's best not to risk it. http://hw-museum.cz/vga/46/3dfx-voodoo3-3000-agp-rev--c1 has a good hi-res image of a 210-0364-003, and C95 markings are very visible. ---EDIT--- https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/7gps28/help …

Re: Sound blaster version and performance.

Posted on 2018-10-12, 22:55

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ Sound

I don't think that the sound blaster card itself will make any difference, especially if it's ISA. What can make a difference is the options you choose, as in 8-bit/16-bit, mixing rate, etc. This still is mostly negligible. Realistically, I wouldn't worry about it.

Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2018-10-05, 03:22

by fitzpatr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thank you very much! When I saw this thread, I had hoped it was a score from the PPro lot. I will test on receipt! Merovign wrote: Congrats fitzpatr! Thank you, Merovign!