Re: CD-Burners

Posted on 2021-06-18, 02:02

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by foil_fresh

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I had some friends that had burners in '98/'99 and we had many CDs with ripped games and music etc that were passed from friend to friend. I lusted after a burner for so long and then in 2001 with my first ever pay packet I remember buying a Sony 32x/12x/8x (I think? maybe 24x) burner and 20GB …

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My retro station covering ~25 years of PC gaming

Posted on 2021-04-23, 02:45

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ System Specs

In the photo, going from left to right, top to bottom: pc.jpg "Fairly good XP machine with overpowered graphics" AKA the Doom 3 and Quake 4 PC Antec P160 Aluminum ATX case Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2GB DDR2 Geforce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256GB SSD Onboard sound DVD burner Win XP …

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Re: Looking for: Leadtek Winfast Geforce Applications/Software (WinFox / WinFox II)

Posted on 2021-04-22, 02:38

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ Video

oh hell yea thanks for that!

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Looking for: Leadtek Winfast Geforce Applications/Software (WinFox / WinFox II)

Posted on 2021-04-22, 01:19

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by foil_fresh

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Hi I'm looking to find the original software that would have come with both a WinFast Geforce2 SH MAX (GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB 128bit) as well as the WinFast A280LE (Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb). Specifically I am looking for the WinFox and WinFox II applications for overclocking/underclocking etc but would …

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Re: Another ultra modern not exactly retro yet build

Posted on 2021-04-19, 02:35

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ System Specs

very nice

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Re: Adlib + Audio PCI in DOS.

Posted on 2021-04-19, 00:02

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by foil_fresh

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I don't have any experience with those ensoniq PCI cards but I do think it'll work. If there's a way to disable the FM emulation in the drivers that should be enough. Just a short cable will do yep.

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Re: What is your unconscious motive for retro hardware ?

Posted on 2021-04-13, 07:25

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I was bored and I wanted to play single player games I was either familiar with or never finished, but on actual hardware and on an OS that I was comfortable with. I'm so glad I fell down the rabbit hole of retro PC parts or otherwise I don't think I'd have played any of the gems that I've …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2021-04-13, 00:13

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks guys!

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Re: S3 ViRGE deep dive

Posted on 2021-04-12, 05:06

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by foil_fresh

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I had a great time using my Virge DX (Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro) in terminal velocity s3d edition which produced a reasonable framerate with some of the settings effects turned down. Much more enjoyable than software graphics. I didn't bother using it in any other game but maybe this article has …

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Re: Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?

Posted on 2021-04-12, 04:57

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by foil_fresh

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To add to this topic, just the other day I received my Orpheus sound card (PCMIDI option) which comes with a 3.5mm jack that handles the midi output. They ship the card with a 3.5mm plug -> 6pin din midi plug which connected just fine to the Roland UM-One. Works great too. I am not certain but I …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2021-04-12, 04:38

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by foil_fresh

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Hi there Firstly thanks for creating the driver. It works great with no hassle and the volume mixer gives me no problem. My question is, where should I place a line in my config.sys or autoexec.bat when I want to start the sound card on boot? I had it at the top of my autoexec.bat but it seemed to …

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Re: Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?

Posted on 2021-04-12, 02:19

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by foil_fresh

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in MT-32 General

To add to this topic, just the other day I received my Orpheus sound card (PCMIDI option) which comes with a 3.5mm jack that handles the midi output. They ship the card with a 3.5mm plug -> 6pin din midi plug which connected just fine to the Roland UM-One. Works great too. I am not certain but I …

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Re: USB 1.1 Front Panel for 440BX Based System - Options?

Posted on 2021-03-31, 02:19

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

NEC based USB 2.0 PCI cards in W98se 👍 I've thought about front mounted USB ports but I have just bought extension cables that run from the back and lay on top of the cases.

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Re: Is it worth it to build a 486 66 or 133 machine using VLB vs SOcket 7 with level 1 and 2 disabled?

Posted on 2021-03-26, 07:41

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Vote 1 to lock thread [1]

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-20, 11:00

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by foil_fresh

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

kolderman wrote on 2021-03-17, 06:16: A new thing with some old things. strategy guides 👌

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

Posted on 2021-03-18, 01:47

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by foil_fresh

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The last few nights I've been wrestling with trying to get an Intel D845 motherboard / Pentium 4 2.4ghz / Geforce 4 / Vortex 2 system up and running to build a fairly fast W98 PC but the main focus is DOS gaming at high resolutions in software render. Build games, Descent in high res, Quake, …

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Re: Is it worth it to build a 486 66 or 133 machine using VLB vs SOcket 7 with level 1 and 2 disabled?

Posted on 2021-03-16, 02:29

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sounds like you've decided you'll end up with both a VLB Socket 3 system and a socket 7 system. great work team we're done here

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Re: An ISA Soundcard to pair with ESS1868f

Posted on 2021-03-10, 12:54

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by foil_fresh

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Did you try muting the Line In and the wavetable header of the ESS card? At the moment, I have this 1868F connected to a Roland SC-155 and have never heard those "MIDI ticks" on it. it only clicks while using the gameport. when i was using the dreamblaster x2 i didn't hear anything. so i think it's …

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An ISA Soundcard to pair with ESS1868f

Posted on 2021-03-10, 07:39

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by foil_fresh

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Hi all My 486 system currently has an ESS1868f which I think is a pretty darn cool card. I like the FM quality and its SB Pro compatibility/quality. There's only one problem with my specific card: I can "hear" the midi out messages in the left channel. It's faint, but it's noticable. Ticky ticky …

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Re: Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?

Posted on 2021-03-10, 01:50

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The cable from Ukraine came late last week - it is a decent construction and works great so far with the roland um-one mk2. I didn't even need the coupler I bought, the connections were fine from the gameport midi cable to the roland um-one. I'm using Munt with virtualmidisynth / coolsoft midi …

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