Re: I'm looking for my first PC case as well LOL!

Posted on 2019-11-26, 11:33

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by appiah4

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This was the case of our first home PC, an AT Clone. Considering it was doing the rounds all the way down here it must have been a fairly common generic case. Nice case, wish I could find one as well. I was going to make such a topic for my first PC case as well (a 486) but instead of proliferating …

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Re: Has anybody here risked trying to "hardmod" a better SnR ratio?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 10:56

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by appiah4

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The less parts are there, the less other sources for the noise are there. 99% of that noise comes from the sound chip itself, the analog sections in it just are not good. SPDIF comes from a certain pin on the chip, it isn't wired to anything but with a mod you can surely get the signal out and …

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Re: Crystal FM disable

Posted on 2019-11-26, 08:08

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by appiah4

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Marmes wrote: Driver needs to be patched Maybe the mixer can mute the FM Synth instead?

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Re: Has anybody here risked trying to "hardmod" a better SnR ratio?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 07:22

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by appiah4

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Hardmodding the sound cards to replace capacitors with values more in line with the datasheet specs (and sometimes even beyond to change the bass response etc.) is more common than you think. People even change things like FM synth chips, DACs and amplifier ICs from time to time.

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Re: How many Retro PCs do you have in your house?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:43

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by appiah4

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The only one I have around these days is my upgraded Amiga 500, everything else is currently in storage and I am selling off a couple OEM PCs to reduce redundancy and save space..

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:39

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Even though 760 has the better AGP implementation I would still go with the KT133A..

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Re: Mini ATX motherboards for old PC?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:32

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In the meantime I have acquired this: https://i.postimg.cc/Mn36r0Zh/HP-Sherwood-B.jpg HP Sherwood-B. No AGP slot but onboard Matrox G200 is a good enough compromise for a Slot-1 system and it has an ISA slot. It has Crystal CS4280 PC/PCI and DDMA compatible onboard sound, with CrystalFM and SBPro …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-26, 06:27

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I think that Monkey Island EGA and Loom EGA are possibly the nicest 16-colors games on a PC. Also, the boxed Banshee arrived and strangely enough that weird box is actually indeed the card's very own box :cool: https://i.postimg.cc/ydbhM4mT/Gigabyte-GA-630-Box-01.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/GtTPr7zn/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 14:26

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I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing. The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system. Rip that P4 sticker off right away please. Who uses a P4 instead of an AthlonXP anyway? I did back in the day, and it was far …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 11:22

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Yes it is. This one is the EGA version but the VGA version also has it. Also, impulse purchase of the week: https://img.letgo.com/images/1e/67/a9/77/1e67a9777345ca48054027c392907ba1.jpg?impolicy=img_600 Never judge a video card by the box: https://img.letgo.com/images/f4/16/61/2d/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 10:11

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Ans also, what is a grat deal? And what is a tight budget? For example someone can say, its not too expensive but for others 10-20-30euro can be a lot. For example I have a good job but have to pay for my car insurance, fuel it, buy clothes, and I have to pay when I go out with my girlfriend (She …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 07:47

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No, having a different opinion doesn't mean that I'm automatically jealous. But it seems that I hit a nerve. I'm not into buying old hardware. If it wasn't just bragging people wouldn't want to point out how good a deal they made with their purchase. Those who want to show others an interesting …

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Re: A little project that I have been working on....

Posted on 2019-11-25, 06:20

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by appiah4

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I'll be honest, my first reaction was 'why the fuck would anyone go to such trouble', but the more I read about it the more I enjoyed the effort that went into it. Well done. I look forward to the finished build and a LOT of photos, maybe a video and whatnot..

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Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2019-11-25, 06:13

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Are there any decent forks of this project?

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Re: List of S7/ SS7/ S8/ Slot1 ATX mobo with +4 ISA slots

Posted on 2019-11-25, 06:11

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by appiah4

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OP asked for ATX boards and everyone is sharing AT boards, what did I miss?

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Re: Crystal FM disable

Posted on 2019-11-25, 06:10

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Tiido wrote: You probably need to patch the Crystal driver so it wouldn't intercept FM stuff... Is this even possible? Don't FM Synths respond to address 388h regardless of drivers?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-25, 06:04

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dan86 wrote: I over payed way too much for this pc. I just wanted the case as it's super clean is missing almost nothing. The case will be used for my whater cooled athlon XP system. Rip that P4 sticker off right away please. Who uses a P4 instead of an AthlonXP anyway?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-24, 10:55

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by appiah4

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How about this SOC 486 evaluation board? Should just be able to add a sound card and drives and have a fully functional "486 class" computer. Up to at least 100Mhz fsb and 128MB PC-100 SDRAM DIMM support. 66Mhz PCI support as well from what I can tell. This should be interesting. Seller's pics: …

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

Posted on 2019-11-23, 06:23

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Completely disassembled an Xbox 360 Slim I got for cheap lately in order to give it a good cleaning. Fortunately, got it cracked open without braking any tabs. Still, what a poor construction. What's the point in melting plastic parts together so no one can ever open it again after factory assembly …

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Re: ESS SOLO-1 Sound FX

Posted on 2019-11-22, 13:40

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GA-H55M-UD2H which has Intel H55 chipset. According to the ESS Solo-1 specs it should work in DDMA and TDMA modes. It should. But does that motherboard support DDMA or TDMA? I could not get Solo-1 to work with even i810 unless I used PC/PCI in the past, assuming it would work with the H55 would be …

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