Re: Sound Leader Pro 16E (ESS688) QUESTION

Posted on 2019-11-22, 13:35

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by appiah4

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Are you using the ENMPU.EXE TSR that ES688 requires for using the MPU401? Yes i have. But using port 330 and irq 9. It will load but the midi port wont be detected by games. The TSR may be defaulting to IRQ2? I have a few Non-PnP ES688 cards and none of them allow me to actually change the MPU401 …

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Re: Opti 82c930 impressions and some Windows Sound System observations

Posted on 2019-11-22, 13:34

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by appiah4

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I have a 829A and a 831. 829A is an OPL3 card, the 831 however has Opti's own FM implementation. I find both to be noisy and OptiFM to be agreeable, but not preferrable. As a result, they rank way below my ESS Audiodrives in terms of preference.

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Re: Sound Leader Pro 16E (ESS688) QUESTION

Posted on 2019-11-22, 13:12

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by appiah4

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Are you using the ENMPU.EXE TSR that ES688 requires for using the MPU401?

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Re: ESS SOLO-1 Sound FX

Posted on 2019-11-22, 13:10

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by appiah4

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It only works on chipsets that support DDMA. What chipset are you using?

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Re: How I washed motherboards and PCBs

Posted on 2019-11-22, 12:54

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Unless the board has obviously terrible things on it like rat piss and whatnot, I will just carefully wipe it down. I have washed hardware, but they were near unredeemable otherwise.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2019-11-22, 08:36

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by appiah4

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OK, that is just pure fucking amazing.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2019-11-22, 07:15

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by appiah4

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Ryzen 5 2600 + RX480 System is a GO. First game: DOOM 2016.

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Re: Ideas for my best windows 98se build

Posted on 2019-11-22, 07:14

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not to mention that the 12V was not 'necessary', a decent PSU should have had good amperage on the 5V rail anyway. If anything, it was a fail on the part of PSU manufacturers and OEMs.

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Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-11-22, 07:12

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

where we found a ICBM in EU? You left us only short range missiles :-) You can go here. I recommend you call ahead of time . https://www.google.com/maps/place/57%C2%B002'16.7%22N+54%C2%B008'29.3%22E/@57.0357575,54.1340912,1935m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d57.0379659!4d54.141481 They …

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Re: Crazy prices for some retro hardware stuff.

Posted on 2019-11-22, 07:07

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I stopped using ebay as a seller long ago. Their buyer-centric policies will be their downfall. They are no longer an auction house anymore anyway, just a regular marketplace like so many others. Fuck eBay. (Yes I still buy when I can find something for cheap)

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Re: AWE64 WaveSynth effects?

Posted on 2019-11-22, 04:51

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by appiah4

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What is up with Wavesynth on AWE64? I remember when I tried it out it sounded like complete ass, yet the software synth on the Yamaha sounds great. Was the special version for Creative made extra crappy so that it wouldn't make the EMU8000 look bad? AWE64 hw synth only uses 512K of samples from ROM …

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Re: Thanks for the ride

Posted on 2019-11-22, 04:43

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by appiah4

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It smells like Amiga in here..

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Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-11-21, 14:14

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Slot-A was not budget in 1999. Both Pentium III and Athlon hit the market in 1999, so anything Slot-1 or Slot-A was fairly premium computer hardware at the time. Early 1999 Pentium III releases were at around $650. By the end of 1999 Pentium III 600 was released at around $450 (thanks to competition …

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Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-11-21, 12:45

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by appiah4

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

by 1999 socket 7 was long in the tooth for even poor people. Not at all. AMD were still releasing new CPUs through 1999 and big brands were still using Socket 7 in their budget PC lineup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9tz8G9nYGo Socket 7 still had life left in it in 1999 but P55C was very long …

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Re: Cmedia CMI8738 - maybe its Biggest Secret

Posted on 2019-11-21, 12:22

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by appiah4

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I can buy this CMI8738 card for very cheap, should I go ahead and do it for science?

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Re: Crazy prices for some retro hardware stuff.

Posted on 2019-11-21, 12:16

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

While I don't expect hardware from the post Pentium era to get any rarer or dearer I think Socket 5 and earlier hardware will become increasingly more expensive in a short while. Don't be surprised if 486 hardware prices double in a year or two.

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Re: AWE64 WaveSynth effects?

Posted on 2019-11-21, 12:12

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by appiah4

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It's all done on the EMU800, not software. Not sure what you mean by "all", but that's wrong anyway. That "64 voices" crap was a lie by Creative. The EMU8000 can do 32 voices and that's it. The AWE64 is just a renamed AWE32 with higher integration and all other features added by Windows software. …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-11-21, 08:53

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by appiah4

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I've been trying to find a cheap Savage4 PCI forever.. I guess I can give up now that the secret is out. Everyone knows it's a beast.

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Re: AWE64 WaveSynth effects?

Posted on 2019-11-21, 08:52

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ Sound

It's all done on the EMU800, not software.

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Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-11-21, 08:50

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

the ati rge pro 8mb came out in august 99 and its probably much better than the i740 from jan 98 - 2x the core clock speed and 3x the throughput. real cheap on ebay. No, the Rage Pro has terrible IQ compared to i740 due to incredibly poor dithering; moreover they are both roughly Voodoo 1 levels of …

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