Re: Rack project

Posted on 2021-07-03, 08:23

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by McKie1

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Thanks for the question. Keyboards and mice are all wireless using either ps/2 ports or usb :) Sound was a little more complicated. Midi out from mpu-401 clones’s to either mt-32 or sc-55. Then back into soundcards for mixing. Sound card stereo rca and optical outputs to ossc pro’s (eventually once …

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Re: Rack project

Posted on 2021-07-03, 05:50

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by McKie1

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The other two are more modern. Asus sabertooth x79 with i7-3930k And Asrock extreme11 x79 with i7-4930k Can go into more details if anyone is interested in their specs

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Re: Rack project

Posted on 2021-07-03, 05:48

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by McKie1

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Above that is: Abit kt7a Athlon 1.4ghz 512mb ram Asus v8460 dlx 3dfx voodoo2 sli 120gb ide primary 320gb ide secondary Ide zip drive Audigy platinum ex Mpu-401 clone Connected to sc-55 3com nic 3.5” Hxc 3.5” Tape drive Slot dvd-rom Thermaltake 550w psu Ms wireless k/b and mouse Running windows me …

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Re: Rack project

Posted on 2021-07-03, 05:44

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by McKie1

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The entire thing probably weighs a few hundred kilograms (300+ lbs). Thankfully each is still atx or e-atx form factor. Starting from the bottom rack: Asus P5A Pentium mmx 233 64mb Asus v3000 (riva 128) 4mb agp 3dfx voodoo 2 in sli Ssd with sata to ide adapter Ide zip drive Awe64 Mpu-401 clone …

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Re: Rack project

Posted on 2021-07-03, 05:36

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by McKie1

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I’m glad there is some interest as I was hoping I wasn’t the only one thinking this was a good idea 🤪 For starters the rack is an 18ru with 600mm depth. I had to remove the rear door . It has a power rail for all four of the pc’s and as long as I don’t try and turn on all four at once it shouldn’t …

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Rack project

Posted on 2021-07-02, 02:41

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by McKie1

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I thought I should finally get around to posting about our rack builds. Previously we had tower pc’s side by side and it was taking up too much floor space. I had the idea of shoving it all into a rack and over the past two years have been slowly putting it all together. A28E1140-4125-4417-86E0- …

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2020-05-19, 12:02

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by McKie1

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We use the Extron vga-hdmi device mentioned earlier in this thread and it works very well. Playing dos or Windows 9X looks decent. Just my two cents.

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Re: Disk image of King's Quest v

Posted on 2019-03-10, 06:39

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by McKie1

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Just pulled out our boxed copy and you are in luck. Please send me a PM and I will fire up an old pc to get contents 😉

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Re: Asus Drivers ( Geforce 2 GTS "v7700" )

Posted on 2019-01-17, 09:38

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by McKie1

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We have the 6.31c cd-rom for ours if you still need anything 😀

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Re: need info: cirrus5434 driver for 3ds/autocad

Posted on 2018-05-18, 09:14

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by McKie1

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Hi there. I just looked through some old files for our cirrus logic and the txt file showed this: Autodesk Device Interface (ADI386) drivers ========================================== Two drivers are provided which conform to the Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) standard, defined by Autodesk, Inc. to …

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Re: Best DOS/3.1x applications from the early 90's?

Posted on 2018-05-14, 12:19

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by McKie1

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Back in the day I was always using pkunzip 2.14g, xtree gold and word perfect 5.1. Sound files I used trackblaster pro (I think that was what it was called). Most of the old mpeg files we still have I can’t remember what we used to play them on but the quality was abysmal. Enjoy the foray 😀

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-04-19, 12:18

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by McKie1

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Can’t wait 😀 Will hopefully get to a pc in the next few days to bold my name. Thank you again for such an amazing project

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Re: Capturing DOS games on Vintage PC

Posted on 2018-03-30, 02:01

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by McKie1

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Not a cheap alternative but you could try a vga to HDMI converter (eg extron) and then use a capture card with HDMI input?

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Re: Asus V3000 and WfW 3.11

Posted on 2018-03-29, 20:54

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by McKie1

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It worked 😀 Splitting the audio software program group into two and then setting back to 16M colours at 1024 x 768 worked perfectly. Thank you again 😀

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Re: Asus V3000 and WfW 3.11

Posted on 2018-03-29, 10:37

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by McKie1

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lazibayer wrote: Hope this might help! https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/082/Q82333/ Thank you for the link. Between that link and the above information, it all makes sense now 😀 If I break the Awe64 folder into two it should fix it. Will test and report back 😀 Cheers and thank you both

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Re: Asus V3000 and WfW 3.11

Posted on 2018-03-29, 03:35

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by McKie1

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found this: Table of Video Modes Resolution (pixels) ColourD(bpp) RAM(Kb) # Colours actual RAM (Kb, Mb) 640x480 1 38.5 2 128 1/8 Mb 800x600 1 60 2 128 1024x768 1 98.3 2 128 640x480 4 153 16 256 1/4 Mb 800x600 4 240 16 256 1024x768 4 394 16 512 1/2 Mb 640x480 8 307.2 256 512 800x600 8 480 256 512 …

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Asus V3000 and WfW 3.11

Posted on 2018-03-28, 10:48

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by McKie1

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In the very slow process of building a dos retro pc like many of us here ;) With time constraints, work and family it can be difficult to spend time on these projects. Finally got around to installing the WfW3.11 drivers for the above card. Instructions not a problem. Just needed a sounding board to …

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Re: Earliest PC version of King's Quest V CD-ROM?

Posted on 2018-03-25, 11:58

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by McKie1

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KQV brings back a lot of memories. When I originally bought it I had to mail in a ticket with the EGA disks in order to upgrade them for the VGA disks. The upgrade came with one 5.25” disk and a bunch of 3.5” disks from memory. Whereas the EGA was one 3.5” and a bunch of 5.25” disks. I could be …

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Re: The "kinda" working Pentium PC

Posted on 2018-03-24, 12:18

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by McKie1

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Great to see younger people interested in the old school things 😀 With the pci slots, have you had a look at the bios. Specifically if the pci slots are being set by the bios for their irq’s. Just my two cents. Good luck with the build.

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Re: Pentium MMX - Voodoo1 or 2 and paired with?

Posted on 2018-03-24, 08:10

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by McKie1

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Watching thread with interest 😀 We are currently going through a similar conundrum

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