Re: ACTION REWIND: a clone of the original IBM PC Action Replay card
Posted on 2023-05-24, 11:55
Hi, is there a plan to sell more of these? The page mentions the order queue form, but there is no link.
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-05, 09:34
drosse1meyer wrote on 2022-08-04, 22:13: ... ensure the underside of board isn't shorting to another surface, etc. ... To be frank, this might have happened. My case is rather shallow and the setup is rather janky. Will post a pic when I get home to open it again.
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-05, 09:29
drosse1meyer wrote on 2022-08-04, 22:13: Try it in another machine? This might prove challenging as I don't know other retro tech enthusiast, and this is my only machine. So far that is ]: )
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-04, 21:56
Checked bios, PnP is not mentioned anywhere. Also, tried to push on dxp chip while running duke3d music test, but still same no fm chip found message. Also tried to boot duke3d up with music card set up as both sound blaster and adlib, but it fails on music initialization. If I choose music card …
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-04, 21:10
It worked just fine during the week, but after starting pc today, sound blaster does not show up in Wolf3D. Have you changed something in the BIOS? Like PNP settings? ... I can check if there are any PnP settings in bios, but sound card itself is set up with jumpers. I did no changes in bios after …
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-04, 18:10
snufkin wrote on 2022-08-04, 16:10: ... A photo of the card might help. Thanks, here you go. Also updated original post. https://imgur.com/a/Qn11fHL
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-04, 15:22
Basically when things stop working without any reason that we may have caused it can mean: - cold solder joints - bad capacitors - corrosion on connecting elements - too high voltage from source (in this case it would mean motherboard - but I doubt something went through ISA slot) So probably it …
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-04, 07:34
Tried to use different isa slot, did not help.
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-04, 00:16
jakethompson1 wrote on 2022-08-04, 00:05: Besides the BLASTER environment variable... Sorry, edited the original post. Blaster is set according to jumpers, did not touch them since I got card working in games.
Re: Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-04, 00:06
jakethompson1 wrote on 2022-08-04, 00:05: ... is it possible you have been messing around in the BIOS since it (completely) worked last and now? No. Haven't touched bios for the past month at least.
Dying sound card?
Posted on 2022-08-03, 23:58
Hey, A week ago I got my hands on Pinetech PT-201 sound blaster pro compatible, there is ESS688f sitting on it. Running Dos 6.22 It worked just fine during the week, but after starting pc today, sound blaster does not show up in Wolf3D. In Duke3D setup Sound FX test runs fine, but music test fails …
Re: Make B: drive bootable
Posted on 2022-01-16, 01:45
Managed to get my hands on proper universal floppy cable! Thanks for help.
Re: 486 cpus and motherboards compatibility
Posted on 2022-01-16, 01:44
Just to get back to you, I managed to run original dx2-50 with board jumpers set as if it was dx2-66, put a heat sink on it to make it more comfortable and it just works. Doom runs noticeably better. Thanks again!
Re: 486 cpus and motherboards compatibility
Posted on 2021-12-15, 16:50
If that's the case you could try and see if you can just run your original DX2-50 @33MHz FSB (i.e. with the settings for a DX2-66). This won't break anything either. Worst case your system won't be stable. By the way, does this mean that it was just a matter of binning process even back then? That …
Re: Make B: drive bootable
Posted on 2021-12-14, 00:30
Alright, will try to get my hands on one of those cables. Shout-out to everybody that chimed in. I appreciate you.
Re: Make B: drive bootable
Posted on 2021-12-13, 19:07
are you sure you don't have jumpers on your 3.5 floppy drive ? I can see some there. But are in difficult to reach place. Maybe they are not meant to be touched? Also found one source stating that: The cross-over of some of the wires in the floppy disk’s signals cable determines the drive’s …
Re: Make B: drive bootable
Posted on 2021-12-13, 18:46
The thing is, its nearly impossible to get my hands on 5.25" ms-dos floppies.
Re: Make B: drive bootable
Posted on 2021-12-13, 18:45
It seems to me that drive sel for A: and B: are specific pins on the connector. Maybe I could use something like these to swap those pins in between I/O card and cable itself?
Re: 486 cpus and motherboards compatibility
Posted on 2021-12-13, 15:12
Thank you!
Re: Make B: drive bootable
Posted on 2021-12-13, 12:00
@Jo22 Cool stuff, but I have no means of creating such 5.25 floppy. My only machine with such drive is this one, and right now can not boot into anything. Do not have any bootable 5.25 floppy, and ms-dos on C: got deleted in.. Well.. Space freeing accident - let's call it that.
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