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

Posted on 2021-09-19, 01:02

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by kolderman

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Swapped a Yamaha SW20PC for a Telesound Telewave Audio 32 in my DOS PC. Amazing how much more compatible and easier to get working it is. The MIDI quality might be not quite as good, but still not bad for sure. Playing Heretic and now it works fine at full CPU speed.

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2021-09-18, 07:02

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by kolderman

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Someone is making a rpi based scuzzy adaptor for macs surely it could emulate atapi at 4x speeds.

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Re: Yamaha SW20-PC

Posted on 2021-09-17, 23:54

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Hi, has anyone connected this card to an external midi module? The manual says: > The MIDI/JOYSTICK connector allows connection with external MIDI devices for MIDI data transmission and reception as well as a joystick using the optional Yamaha MIDI Adaptor Cable (MDC-01). I have one of those generic …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-09-16, 18:55

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by kolderman

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EPIC- Speed Brawl Tharsis

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-09-14, 04:28

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by kolderman

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Started playing Heretic for the first time since mid-90s. Never finished it then, that's the plan this time. Was going to play with midi music but my midi card is busted, so rocking genuine OPL3 sound on a Aztech Sound Galaxy NX Pro instead.

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

Posted on 2021-09-12, 09:53

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by kolderman

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Latest result - I get some sound with DN3D sound setup. The midi light flashes for quite a while (maybe 30 seconds), but then I just get a stream of garbled piano. It happens on multiple midi modules, so it's not the final cable. Will do some more digging tomorrow.

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

Posted on 2021-09-12, 08:37

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by kolderman

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I tried two cables already (well I reused the break out cable that came with the card cuz I don't have another), and another midi device. This one said "Bad I/F data" or similar. I will try mqdiag and a waveblaster soon.

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

Posted on 2021-09-12, 06:10

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by kolderman

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I do occasionally get the -12V rail be a bit unstable on this rig - but from what I hear nothing of interest uses -12V. I have tested the PCMIDI on a different PC without that issue, and it still does not work. I have tried slowing down the CPU too, still no dice.

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

Posted on 2021-09-12, 04:59

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Hi Keropi- I was hoping you could give some advice - I haven't used the MusicQuest in a while (been playing games on t TNDLPT for the last several months), but now I have tried to use it again, I am getting no midi out. - there is definitely a signal of some kind as the midi switch I am using has a …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-09-02, 20:35

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by kolderman

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EPIC- Yoku's Island Express

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-09-02, 09:42

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by kolderman

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Welcome to the most exclusive club.

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Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-09-02, 00:13

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by kolderman

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90s was da bomb.

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Re: GeForce4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on 2021-09-01, 04:46

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by kolderman

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ragefury32 wrote on 2021-09-01, 04:04: kolderman wrote on 2021-09-01, 03:05: The Ti4600 is very cool. The MX440/460 is the best budget card. Isn’t the MX4x0 based on the Geforce2, though? Yes.

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Re: GeForce4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on 2021-09-01, 03:05

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by kolderman

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The Ti4600 is very cool. The MX440/460 is the best budget card.

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Re: Why people still love XP

Posted on 2021-08-30, 02:22

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-08-30, 02:18: It was funny/sad saw someone selling a Dell P4 machine just a few months ago... "Paid over $1500 just a few years ago, barely used it, so it's still brand new, sacrifice $800." And it's probably worth more today than it was 10-15 years ago.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-08-29, 09:36

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by kolderman

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Any guesses?

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-08-26, 19:18

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by kolderman

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EPIC- Automachef

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-08-25, 20:07

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by kolderman

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EPIC- Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-08-23, 21:15

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by kolderman

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Is indiegala worth signing up for? Is it like a new GOG?

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Re: Is it worth repasting retro PCI graphics

Posted on 2021-08-22, 23:47

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by kolderman

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I dont think I have ever bothered for old cards like this. I mean some of them dont even need fans to run, I doubt repasting would make a world of difference.

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