Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2019-01-25, 12:56
Cyrix200+ wrote: I would like 1 😀 Just put you handle, email and number in the sheet. When the 10 are gone, I will order.
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2019-01-25, 12:38
Ok, I have put up a Google sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13OJBXpRHn-KDlaMZbKcI_Y_q7ryPN61SusrwA4v4NVc/edit?usp=sharing I won't order more than 10... I will later add shipping costs (warning: might not be possible as letter, but only as parcel, German post has changed their shipping …
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2019-01-25, 12:17
10 PCBs with enig gold finish, chamfered edge connector will come out at roughly 40 EUR, plus 25 EUR shipping. Filename snark-jlc.png File size 215.35 KiB Views 7677 views Any takers? I would personally want two PCBs. But other than that...
Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!
Posted on 2019-01-25, 10:45
Holy crap, I am SO going to build this. But the component count on this one is really... massive! I think I am NOT going to provide kits for this. But if anyone wants to join in an order of PCBs from JLCPCB, I am all ears. 😉
Re: Identification of 286 motherboard
Posted on 2019-01-24, 22:40
HanJammer wrote: weldum wrote: that thing is really neat, it seems it supports SIPP modules, sadly i don't know anything of the 286 era Nope, it's definitely not NEAT. OK 😉 this joke was a bit niche... That joke was OA.K.
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-22, 20:58
I have now received confirmation from two people that the kits arrived. Excellent! Have fun! I also compared the MUS1099 with the OPL2 Adlib replica: https://youtu.be/iY8PbWCqdxU
Re: Favourite version of Windows?
Posted on 2019-01-21, 09:06
Windows 3.1 will be probably my all time favourite, because I learned so much during its time, and it still runs 286s. I loved playing around with icon editors to create icons for all my DOS games and stuff. Also was intrigued with multitasking and the likes. Windows 95 also was pretty nice. Allowed …
Re: Identification of 286 motherboard
Posted on 2019-01-18, 20:10
Yeah, I will have to hunt for some SIMM sockets. Mouser doesn't have them anymore. RS seems to, but I haven't ordered from them yet. But the 1MiB is already a good start. If it's easier to find 30pin simm modules than sockets, you can solder a row of pins on to a simm module. ;) I thought about …
Re: Identification of 286 motherboard
Posted on 2019-01-18, 18:01
Yeah, I will have to hunt for some SIMM sockets. Mouser doesn't have them anymore. RS seems to, but I haven't ordered from them yet. But the 1MiB is already a good start.
Identification of 286 motherboard
Posted on 2019-01-18, 12:25
I just got this nice little Baby AT motherboard, with seemingly 1MiB of RAM plus parity, a 12MHz AMD CPU and very good visual condition. NiCd barrel not yet leaked. Will snip it off later, seems hotglued to the board. Any hints on the battery removal? I wonder what kind of board this is? Quick …
Re: Unique, non-mainstream DOS games that run w/ 256K RAM
Posted on 2019-01-16, 22:31
I think you can safely add all the early Infocom text adventures in that category.
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-16, 20:34
Sorry, drag and dropped the wrong link: https://www.mouser.de/ProductDetail/810-FG14X7R1H224KNT6
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-16, 19:52
Sure: https://www.mouser.de/ProductDetail/594-K681K15X7RF5TL2 I find it weird that a shop has only ceramics bigger than 1 F... they must be HUGE...
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-16, 15:09
I recived my kit yestetday. Everything looked good and I already soldered the card and its working! I had a little fuck up though, I accidentally destroyed one of the 22µF ceramic caps which goes on C15/C16. The local shop (of cause) doesn't have this typ of cap in stock.. I've got this 22 µF …
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-16, 08:38
Last PCB shipped off to CODOR today. Thanks guys, this was a fun project. It was a Blast(er)! 😉
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-01-16, 08:37
Soundcard Shootout: Adlib OPL2 vs GameBlaster SAA1099 https://youtu.be/iY8PbWCqdxU
Re: Real Magic MPEG VGA Cards
Posted on 2019-01-14, 10:35
If it was from the mid 90s it was probably an ISA card like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealMagic You could play VCDs with it, which were predecessors of the DVD, using standard CD technology and MPEG1 for the codec. As Wikipedia says, there were also a handful of games that supported it. …
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-13, 18:51
Everrybody without the MUS1099, a C/MS or upgraded SoundBlaster can have a listen to 90 minutes of demo songs from the Creative demo disks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgejI1zVDE I recorded this for documentation and archival purposes on my card. It shows that the card does indeed can produce …
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-13, 18:47
Well, since there are not THAT many C/MS games anyway, Yea, that's also why the decision was made to patch the CMS games, not the OPL ones ;) Do you have a link? I would mainly be interested in Sierra SCI games and Indy3/Monkey1. Not sure if there are any other games I need patched or want to play …
Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card
Posted on 2019-01-13, 15:24
Makes sense. I assumed that there might be clashes. Well, since there are not THAT many C/MS games anyway, I probably will leave the card in the system only when needed.
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