Volume reduction on Roland LAPC-I

Posted on 2021-05-08, 15:44

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Hi, i have a Roland LAPC which plays the Midi files and Midi tracks in Games very loud (unpleasant loud on Headphones) and with some distortion at this level. With a Windows Midiplayer i can reduce the Midi volume to a pleasant value and the distortion is gone. Is there an option to reduce the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-04, 14:53

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Elsa Winner 2000 4MB VRAM ISA/EISA fully OVP Filename 20AB79A0-359E-44EB-B3C0-22319681B00A.jpeg File size 1.61 MiB Views 267 views Filename 26B3D106-6DBB-4832-B7A6-2EAEBAEEFBBD.jpeg File size 1.68 MiB Views 267 views

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Re: Super expensive Pentium overdrive , any alternative?

Posted on 2021-05-03, 08:32

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The P24T can have their quirks from DMA problems up to destroying himself and the board. I am at @dionb and would recommend a DX4 ODPR 100. It would run in 99,9% of all 486 with LIF and ZIF socket - and it is a real, genuine intel 486.

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Re: German theme 486 computer.

Posted on 2021-05-02, 06:59

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Graphics Card: Elsa / Spea / Miro Sound Card: Terratec / Miro / Spea RAM: Siemens Housing: Escom / Vobis (Highscreen) / Peacock / Nixdorf CPU: no german CPU, but would take AMD because their Fab in Dresden in late 199x Board: i only know Nixdorf and Siemens for 486, but they had no standard AT …

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Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2021-04-02, 19:54

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I have an A8NSLI Premium working with a kit of 4x2GB PC3200R (Infineon) and 8GB usable in Win7 (64bit) - with one Graphics Card installed. BUT: with a second Graphics Card (SLI) it recognize "8GB installed (4GB usable)", same in Win7 (64bit). Does the A8N32 SLI has the same effect to the available …

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Re: Geforce 6600 vs Geforce FX 5950 ultra.

Posted on 2020-12-09, 07:55

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Fastest AGP cards available from ATi with proper 16-bit dithering - Radeon X1950XT. 16 bit? Why? Each DX9 game supports 32bit! Already a Geforce3 had hardly any speed differences between 16bit and 32bit. If you need nice 16bit dithering, i recommend a 3Dfx - Voodoo2 or Voodoo3. Very compatible with …

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Re: Geforce 6600 vs Geforce FX 5950 ultra.

Posted on 2020-12-08, 20:17

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It depends on what your goal is. A FX5950 is a very nice and rare high-end card, which handles all games from DX5 to DX8, with drivers for Win9x to WinXP. If you are only interested in DX9 in WinXP or higher, a 6600 is clearly better, the one without GT should be a bit above the FX5950, the GT …

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Re: Help overclocking an AMD 5x86 133

Posted on 2020-11-18, 21:57

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Three guesses from my side: 1. If you have a VLB IDE controller replace it with an ISA type. The VLB is not specified for two cards @40MHz. It is difficult to find a combination of cards, board and CPU which is running stable at 40MHz. 2. replace the Power supply or at least the capacitors at the …

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Re: AMD DX4 100MHz build

Posted on 2020-11-16, 18:39

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Very nice system. I like the composition, very harmonious. Also the old Microsoft mouse and the Typhoon speakers fit very well into the picture. Maybe a S3 864, Mach64 or CL GD5434 would fit a bit better into the time context, but that's high level criticism. The Philips CD drive was my very first, …

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Re: Any point upgrading vlb card?

Posted on 2020-11-11, 21:45

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Ok, for Win95 SVGA gaming a better graphics card with decent Windows Accelerating would give a good speedup. Avoid the ET4000 and the ARK from my list above. But i think for really fluid SVGA gaming you will need a PC a class higher - Pentium MMX, K6-2, 6x86MX or better. The SVGA version was …

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Re: Any point upgrading vlb card?

Posted on 2020-11-11, 19:39

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Your Board and CPU should have enough speed for this game. And C&C is a simple VGA (320x200) game. I played it in 95 with a 486 SX 50MHz and i cannot remember, that is was very slow. As i played without FPU, i think the POD83 would give no advantage over the Am5x86. Maybe it is an incompatibility of …

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Re: How to configure 486 Mainboard correctly for Am5x86 X5-133 ADZ

Posted on 2020-11-03, 16:21

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Set the jumper for iDX4 and JC8 for 2x

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Re: Need Video card for P3-933mhz. computer ( 2001 )

Posted on 2020-11-03, 07:34

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I have a similar system, first with a GF3 and now with an 8500. they are both good, compatible and fast cards with good focus for a system from 2001. The 8500 is a bit faster and has a bit better graphics quality and it is a bit more "special".

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Re: Can someone please identify this Graphics Card?

Posted on 2020-11-01, 06:01

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I think it‘s an FX5700

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Re: Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM VLB - Memory upgrade

Posted on 2020-10-31, 07:01

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I tested with several graphics benchmarks in Win95 @ 800x600x32bit. There seems to be no physical Impact in memory Performance. Why should games lead to a different behavior of the graphics memory because of an memory upgrade? In general I think 800x600 gaming is to much for a (Socket 3) VLB system. …

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Re: Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM VLB - Memory upgrade

Posted on 2020-10-30, 19:35

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I have tested the expansion module with the 8 chips on both the VLB and the PCI variant with the 4 chips and it works. There is no loss of speed under both DOS and Windows. Now i have a 4MB S3 Vision968 VLB 😀

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Re: What display do you use for gaming ?

Posted on 2020-10-26, 15:06

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DOS with VGA/SVGA - 15" CRT Sony Multiscan 100ES / 4:3 Windows 98 / 2000 - 17" CRT Nokia 447XiPlus / 4:3 Windows XP / Windows 7 - 20" LCD Samsung SyncMaster 204Ts / 4:3 Windows 10 - 34" LCD Dell AW3420DW / 21:9 Since the display is the most important interface between man and PC, I attach great …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-20, 12:06

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-10-20, 11:33: I got me one of these: Indeed an underrated tool. You forgot the UV eraser in your bucket list. 😉 And ... be carefully with flashing UEFI ROMS external .

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Re: AMD X2 3800+ build?

Posted on 2020-10-17, 06:01

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Where is the mismatch? It‘s a solid XP combination - apart from the fact that only 3GB of your 4GB RAM can be used. You have a late AGP system with a late graphics upgrade solution. You can use the additional graphics power to enjoy higher AA/AF levels and max out the resolution and details.. The …

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Re: 486 and SVGA, almost bearable performance but not quite

Posted on 2020-10-07, 13:10

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You already have a very perfomant component selection for a Socket3 486. The graphics card is also already at the top end of the performance scale. With a few improvements (more cache, different board) you might be able to get out +10%. In the mid-90s 15FPS were already considered fluid, so a …

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