Re: The Adlib company had a strange attitude towards games

Posted on 2023-06-30, 20:50

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This is from Bobby Prince's blog, an excerpt from a letter he wrote in April 1991: [About this same time, I spoke with someone at AdLib and was told they were going to be in Atlanta for the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention in a few weeks. I went to that convention where AdLib …

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Re: HELP! Socket 7 repair!

Posted on 2023-06-23, 10:51

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Doornkaat wrote on 2023-06-23, 02:20: RAM could be working but incompatible. What happens if you try to start it without any RAM? Does it beep or show anything on the POST card? Without the ram there is no post code or beeps. Seems it's not getting past CPU init

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Re: HELP! Socket 7 repair!

Posted on 2023-06-23, 10:50

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wiretap wrote on 2023-06-22, 21:30: Test the CPU voltage regulators and capacitors in that circuit. Your CPU isn't initializing. The VRMs are outputting the right voltages, so I'm not sure how they could b faulty. For testing caps I probably have to desolder them and test them individually.

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Re: HELP! Socket 7 repair!

Posted on 2023-06-22, 20:51

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Horun wrote on 2023-06-22, 19:11: do you have the proper riser card for it ? It does seem like it's the original part. I've got the entire pc with case and small PSU.

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HELP! Socket 7 repair!

Posted on 2023-06-22, 18:23

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Got this cool socket 7 board a while ago but I can't seem to get it to work. I got this as a complete system with case and matching PSU. It's a very unusual small form factor. The board reads MB-5BLTP, which is a type I cannot find anywhere online. There's this Russian site where someone looked for …

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Re: school text books "Try it in BASIC"

Posted on 2023-06-21, 15:56

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Since you mentioned the Netherlands: I work at the academy for primary education and I snagged up a book that they were going to throw out: https://i.imgur.com/LMVyPEn.jpg (Translates to 'Learning and Teaching with the Computer') It predates your search a little (it's from 1980) but it goes into …

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Re: Miracle Piano System is surprisingly "simple"

Posted on 2023-06-20, 20:36

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Never heard of this. Would be cool if it were possible to use the software with mpu401 and the normal midi cable.

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Re: Double Reverse Retro Sleeper (ivy bridge, GTX980, WinXP+10)

Posted on 2023-06-18, 09:03

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The 2500k was my daily driver for almost 10 years, so that was mainly Windows 7, 8 and 10. Never used XP on it. I switched to Ryzen 2600x in 2019 or something. My last XP machine was laptop with a Core 2 Duo, a T7800 if I recall correctly. I upgraded it at some point. Back when this was still …

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000 PCI 66MHz- Win98SE - Asus P5K WS - E5800 - 512MB RAM

Posted on 2023-06-17, 14:46

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Jackhead wrote on 2023-06-16, 17:37: I add some extra cooling , and some new fans 😀 IMG_4488.JPG IMG_4489.JPG That looks absolutely bad ass! I've always liked the noctua colour scheme.

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Re: Double Reverse Retro Sleeper (ivy bridge, GTX980, WinXP+10)

Posted on 2023-06-17, 09:31

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Very cool build, especially with the legacy support all the way back to win9x. Also love that sliding motherboard tray! The i7 3770 was such a pinnacle of gaming performance in its day, especially the 3770k. I recall looking for a used one to upgrade my i5 2500k system but they retained their value …

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Re: Double Reverse Retro Sleeper (ivy bridge, GTX980, WinXP+10)

Posted on 2023-06-16, 07:40

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Very cool build, especially with the legacy support all the way back to win9x. Also love that sliding motherboard tray! The i7 3770 was such a pinnacle of gaming performance in its day, especially the 3770k. I recall looking for a used one to upgrade my i5 2500k system but they retained their value …

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Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2023-05-31, 13:37

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This thread has been a great help in my quest to get USB 2.0 on my older systems. I've tried a few different types and I'd tought I'd share some of my experiences. https://i.imgur.com/yiYm15d.jpg I started off with this unbranded card with the VIA6212L chip. It has no voltage regulation or anything. …

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Re: Creative CT4810 win98/dos drivers imposibble to find

Posted on 2023-05-30, 12:45

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I've got the same card and this driver did work well: https://archive.org/details/creative-sound-blaster-audio-pci-128-pn-2201-ml-0002058 If it still has issues it could be hardware related. Either damage on the card itself or some kind of conflict with the rest of the system. It's hard to say …

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Re: Beige Against the Machine - Dell XPS P3 Win98

Posted on 2023-05-29, 21:02

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Lovely system!

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Re: Modern 8088 laptop

Posted on 2023-05-29, 20:40

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Apparently this guy also made a tiny 386sx laptop: https://youtu.be/Eiutn-P7HVQ

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Re: Five sound cards, one computer? Questions before I buy

Posted on 2023-05-19, 16:30

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I was able to do three cards in one system. It was doable in DOS because I could load the correct driver/TSR which then assigned the right IRQ and DMA . I had to sacrify a second COM port to get this all to work. For 5 cards you'd probably need a good solution in software so you can disable and …

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Re: Nostalgia for vintage PCs in the future

Posted on 2023-05-16, 21:14

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Jo22 wrote on 2023-05-09, 19:25: Edit: At its heart, that's the same what's "to the moon" is all about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Moon It's a little known gem, I think. Man, I loved that game. Great soundtrack too. I still think of toy platypus.

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Re: Three PCI soundcards for legacy DOS testing

Posted on 2023-05-11, 16:06

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thanks for the detailed review. It's a small sample size, but I'm impressed with the FM0801-A1 sound in Doom. I've done some more tests today and here are a few more examples of the PCI64 PCP: MediaForte SoundForte PCI64_PCP - Warcraft II Main.mp3 MediaForte SoundForte PCI64_PCP - One Must Fall …

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Three PCI soundcards for legacy DOS testing

Posted on 2023-05-09, 19:23

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Recently I put together an Althon Slot A system without any ISA slots and therefore I had to look for a PCI solution. The card I had on hand (Soundblaster PCI 128) didn't have any support for DOS, so I was looking for a replacement. Then today I found a lot of new old stock PCI soundcards for cheap …

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Getting into pc electronics, where to start?

Posted on 2023-04-30, 09:37

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I've got a bunch of broken motherboards and cards that I can't seem to fix.I know my way around the software side and basic stuff like jumpers and BIOS, but when it comes to knowledge of chips and components, I feel I'm underequipped. Are there any good starter references or books? I've seen a lot …

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