Re: New sound card(s) project(s): Vortex2 Tribute
Posted on 2020-11-15, 07:57
kolderman wrote on 2020-11-15, 06:09: What about a new ISA card based on the als100? It's a good chip often put on crappy cards. Yes I hope someone builds just that.
Re: Unreal Gold reflections
Posted on 2020-11-09, 13:22
I remember being completely blown away seeing the Unreal flyby in a computer shop, it made a 3DFX card an absolute must-have for me.
Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones
Posted on 2020-10-30, 18:29
SVD wrote on 2020-10-30, 18:21: I found this for sale, anyone seen this strange card before? It looks like it got a crystal cs4236 chip and a modem with game/midi port and a wavetable header(?). There's plenty of info on the IBM mwave, as far as I'm aware it's not a good dos sound card.
Re: PC Case Lock Replacement
Posted on 2020-10-27, 15:35
The only place I've managed to find these was AliExpress. I had to transfer the 'blade' part from my original lock for it to work with my case.
Re: Shoving some SL64V celery into a slot 1
Posted on 2020-10-27, 12:30
I would just use auto voltage. VID settings: the CPU has pins (VID0/1/etc) with which it asks the VRM for a certain voltage according to the table posted above. The jumpers on the slotket can be used to modify those signals and ask the motherboard for a different voltage. So the jumpers will only …
Re: Shoving some SL64V celery into a slot 1
Posted on 2020-10-27, 10:53
Good morning, I now have a good picture & i found the datasheet for the CEB6030L. However i'm not sure if this is doable or not based on that VRM? Any speculation would go a long way! TIA http://systembus.com/databook/Descrete/FET/P6030L(30V-52A).pdf That's the mosfets, the VRM is the HIP6004BCB. …
Re: Shoving some SL64V celery into a slot 1
Posted on 2020-10-17, 14:39
I was easily able to bend a heatsink spring to take a Tualatin + adapter. Also, I just used the 'auto' voltage on the and it selected the correct voltage, this just forwards the CPU's vid pins to the VRM. It's best if you determine what VRM your board has and what voltages that supports. I collected …
Re: Issues getting ESS 1869 running in Win98 DOS mode
Posted on 2020-10-16, 05:06
Well crap.... I figured it out. I went into the bios, and right in my face the parallel port was set to IRQ 7. :/ Sound effects now work in Duke 3d and Doom2. I id another stupid thing and copied all the files from burned CD onto the hard and neglected to remove the "READ ONLY" properties. …
Re: Issues getting ESS 1869 running in Win98 DOS mode
Posted on 2020-10-15, 18:36
Strange. I forgot to mention, adding a SET BLASTER line to your batch file is a good idea. Also have you tried other games than Doom. Duke Nukem 3D has a setup utility with a built-in sound test, which is handy.
Re: Issues getting ESS 1869 running in Win98 DOS mode
Posted on 2020-10-15, 06:07
To better test what's going on I would recommend: -Emptying your autoexec.bat / config.sys files, to make troubleshooting easier and to prevent the DOS drivers from screwing with Windows. -Edit msdos.sys and add BootMenu=1 under [options] so you get the option to boot directly into DOS on startup. …
Re: Overclocking a Q6600
Posted on 2020-10-10, 18:35
Is it also unstable if you increase the FSB but decrease the multiplier?
Re: Recommended good (but cheap) GPU for Tualatin system
Posted on 2020-10-09, 06:26
My only monitor (except my main monitor) is a Samsung SyncMaster 710N, and it only has VGA. So yeah, can't use DVI. You could try and see if your Ati control panel has sync polarity options, I managed to fix shimmering on a (much older) Ati Rage Pro on a flat panel by switching the hsync polarity.
Re: Question about creative cd drive special buttons
Posted on 2020-10-09, 05:29
It just starts playing the CD through the analog output. Way back I built myself a CD player by putting such a CD drive, an AT PSU and a small amplifier in an enclosure.
Re: Using a vintage multi-track recorder as a mixer, namely the Roland VS-880EX - might apply to other Roland VS- units
Posted on 2020-10-08, 22:00
I have a Compaq SFF PC that uses the same 50-pin connector for its slimline CD drive (which I don't own). It's not clear to me what the extra 6 pins are for, any idea what they are used for in your case? Maybe extra power/ground?
Re: Main retro PC sound devices, ordered by Open International Market Price, for hobbyists in smaller/remoter countries
Posted on 2020-10-07, 12:57
It's a well known fact that eBay buy-it-now prices are often very high, I don't get what your point is? In fact, some of those don't seem that high. Even on my not-eBay local online marketplace, especially synths are basically the prices you mention. Maybe those sellers based their prices on eBay, …
Re: Moderator "It's not okay to bump a thread that's been dead without any new replies for 12 years."
Posted on 2020-10-07, 07:49
It's annoying when people add a stupid reply to an old thread, but it's also annoying when people use an ancient semi-related thread to ask a new question (because they're afraid to open a new one?). People are less likely to notice the question and it makes it harder to find in the future.
Re: is this pc good?
Posted on 2020-10-05, 20:26
I would definitely recommend a WinXP PC for 2003 games. However I remember playing Morrowind on my P3 666 with 384 MB ram and at first a Kyro 2 and later a geforce 3 for pretty water and it ran well enough for me. Curious what I'd think about the performance now.
Re: Current games and instruction set requirements
Posted on 2020-10-05, 14:41
Yes, it's due to (default) compiler options. I guess many developers just use the default settings, or would would rather improve performance for people with modern processors, than cater to those with 10 year old CPUs, and as such use the (theoretically) faster compiler option. However, I sincerely …
Re: Everything You Wanted To Know About Tualatin
Posted on 2020-10-02, 21:09
Nice article. However I don't know if you meant it that way, but it suggests the vrm and AGTL changes are related, which I don't believe to be the case. Also, the voltage clamp on some slotkets is for the so-called non vcore voltages, not AGTL. I don't think any slotket including Powerleap changes …
Re: Resound 2 alternatives?
Posted on 2020-10-02, 06:32
Why not just hook up a DAC to LPT, you can play Wave in Windows and use a couple of Mod Players, Trackers, even MP3 Player, Wav Players, and a Handful of Games. With some variants even Stereo is possible. I'm not sure what you mean by hooking up a Digital-to-analogue converter to the printer port. …
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