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

Posted on 2024-02-01, 00:04

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I attempted a repair of a Voodoo 2 12mb card a few years back - missing capacitor and a bunch of broken legs on a TMU. Really happy with the solder work, but I thought I broke it during the repair because even though it would detect, the drivers and games would crash immediately. I stashed them as a …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2024-01-24, 23:46

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by foil_fresh

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Uhh , it's a loong time ago I wrote the tool... I don't remember much (I don't use SPDIF personally) Try to run the tool with /r to dump config registers and then again after soft-reboot from your Win9x when the sound is working. So we can see the differences... UPDATE: did you used ymf7xx with …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2024-01-22, 04:21

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by foil_fresh

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Heres the info I get when running the ymf7xx tool (attached). Does it seem normal? I have looked at all my DOS PIF files and cant seem to find anything that can quit to dos without rebooting my PC to load DOS. The Quit To MSDOS pif in C:\windows doesnt actually work, it just loads a black screen …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2024-01-10, 03:52

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by foil_fresh

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I tried that too, and i'm not sure if this option is configurable, but when I hit start>shutdown>restart in ms-dos mode my PC will do a complete hard reboot. VGA bios shows, POST and cmos runs etc, then loads Dos 7. W98se won't just quit to dos prompt, which I think is the desired behaviour. On a …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2024-01-10, 03:21

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by foil_fresh

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I tried that too, and i'm not sure if this option is configurable, but when I hit start>shutdown>restart in ms-dos mode my PC will do a complete hard reboot. VGA bios shows, POST and cmos runs etc, then loads Dos 7. W98se won't just quit to dos prompt, which I think is the desired behaviour. I tried …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2024-01-10, 00:18

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by foil_fresh

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I finally picked up a YMF744 with optical digital output AND sb-link. It's fantastic. Best decision I ever made. Works flawlessly with Win98se in a lucky star 440bx board and pentium 3 550. I tried using RayeR's ymf7xx.exe tool to enable the digital audio output in DOS (i am using Phil's restart in …

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Re: Lucky Star 5i-VX1 or LS_P54CE? Fake Cache? Documentation?

Posted on 2022-12-10, 14:19

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by foil_fresh

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the 3rd image attached - there's no markings on the top chips above the COAST slot. just black plastic. thats what i was concerned about. if those are not related to cache then I am happy that its not an issue 😀 thanks

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Re: Lucky Star 5i-VX1 or LS_P54CE? Fake Cache? Documentation?

Posted on 2022-12-10, 13:52

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks snufkin. I believe I'm on top of the Ps2 port pinout - I checked virtually every socket 7 lucky star motherboard doco i could find and they all have the same pinout. Gonna trust that its the same again for this.

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Lucky Star 5i-VX1 or LS_P54CE? Fake Cache? Documentation?

Posted on 2022-12-10, 10:17

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just bought this motherboard without properly checking to see if there is doco out there and if also to confirm the cache is real. It looks like it should be called the 5i-VX1 as per https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/lucky-star-5i-vx1 but the board clearly says LS_P54CE next to Model on the …

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Re: reccomendations for optical audio input to a modern win10 pc?

Posted on 2022-11-16, 01:11

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by foil_fresh

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In case anyone is looking to do something similar - I went with a Soundblaster Z, fairly cheap brand new these days. Windows 10 installed the sound card automatically without any hassle, digital input worked without any hiccup. It works flawlessly via this audio switcher: https://www.jaycar.com.au …

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Re: Best budget ISA sound card for socket 7/Win 95 & DOS

Posted on 2022-11-11, 04:10

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by foil_fresh

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AWE64 value, SB16 value, ESS AudioDrive, Yamaha YMF719. awe64 value isn't uncommon on ebay in aus, but sb16 value (vibra) if you are looking for something a little cheaper. the original "proper" sb16s can be a little expensive, large and noisy in terms of audio output. sometimes you have clicky and …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2022-10-27, 06:02

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by foil_fresh

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I'm hearing a noticable audio lag in Quake 2 under Windows 98se, and only in quake 2. All other games seen fine - in DOS and Windows. I changed the audio settings in quake 2 to low quality and no change. Playing with the sample rate/hardware acceleration sliders in dxdiag doesn't change it either. …

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Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-06-30, 04:46

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i pay about tree fiddy

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Re: Three 5.25 bays idea

Posted on 2022-06-30, 01:34

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by foil_fresh

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tiny bad speaker panel, hard disk caddy, usb/firewire/card reader (probably hard to find in beige), sound card i/o bays (audigy/live), zip drive with 5.25>3.5 cutout, fan speed panel. ive seen a little key/stash drawer in 5.25 as well as a graphic equaliser. i tend to just use dead or faulty cd/dvd …

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Re: reccomendations for optical audio input to a modern win10 pc?

Posted on 2022-06-20, 04:20

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by foil_fresh

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thats exactly the cheaper option i have been thinking about darry :) i did some light reading and it looks like the startech unit has the same cmedia audio chip inside. same same but different. probably makes no sense to get the startech. i'm thinking i get one of these and also a yamaha one that …

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Re: reccomendations for optical audio input to a modern win10 pc?

Posted on 2022-06-20, 03:57

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by foil_fresh

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thats a very cool looking unit. i am guessing i would just use the rear switch to choose digital and ignore everything else and it should work fine? i am seeing a bunch from japan for sale without ac adaptor on ebay. seems reasonable enough. how useful is the midi interface? would it also work with …

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Re: reccomendations for optical audio input to a modern win10 pc?

Posted on 2022-06-20, 03:26

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by foil_fresh

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the 2 solutions i have had an eye on: https://www.startech.com/en-au/cards-adapters/icusbaudio7d this is reasonably priced, has optical input and is usb2.0 https://au.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-z about double the price but is pci-e, spdif optical input. i've seen a few other usb …

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reccomendations for optical audio input to a modern win10 pc?

Posted on 2022-06-20, 02:57

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by foil_fresh

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I've snagged a great deal on a spdif optical/coax audio selector. It has 2 coax inputs, 2 optical inputs. Perfect for my setup - orpheus with coax, sb live with optical, hercules fortissimo 3 with optical. I want to run optical audio via this selector into my main pc. The idea is to mix this input …

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Re: Direct X 9 Version Compatibility on Windows 98SE and 2000

Posted on 2022-06-16, 03:48

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by foil_fresh

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http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/directx.htm seems to show that the last update on that list still supports 2000 but not ME

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Re: Windows 95/98 games you never get tired of?

Posted on 2022-06-16, 02:29

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by foil_fresh

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my list of "must install if the hardware can handle it" games: C&C 1+2 Red Alert 1+2 Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena UT NFS hot pursuit, road challenge/high stakes, porsche unleashed Moto Racer Redline Racer Max Payne Half-Life Forsaken Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

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