Re: Sound Blaster 16 question

Posted on 2022-05-06, 21:29

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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A bit more infos about YMF262: The predecessor YM3812 (OPL2) was used in the original Adlib card. The first Adlib card couldn't play digitized sounds. So it would just play music, while the PC speaker was used for sound effects (like shooting). Creative countered the Adlib card with their Sound …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-06, 17:52

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Also got another Athlon range crappy old power supply, for change money. Good stats on paper, clean, sealed, silent, with SATA plugs. Do I really need to care about the difference between active and passive PFC?!? Just not sure whether a brand named "XILENCE" should inspire confidence or the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-06, 15:38

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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For 1€ I would haven taken it as well! I remember a thread were people were experimenting with upgrading Vortex 1 cards to Vortex 2. Not sure if it was successful.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-05, 18:00

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Just won a MMX233 and three MMX200 for 13,11€ shipped. I don't care about the 200MHz ones. The 233 is intended to replace my MMX200 in my ISA test machine. Gonna sell the 200's and basically got a MMX233 for free. However, the CPUs have bend pins, so a bit of work is involved.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-03, 13:45

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2022-05-03, 11:16: For the Celerons, I am only missing 900 and 1500 MHz Tualatin versions. Wait, what? There is a 1500MHz Tualatin? Probably gonna cost you 2 kidneys and your firstborn, right?

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Re: GPU Suggestions?

Posted on 2022-05-02, 11:47

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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1.1GHz Athlon XP 3200+? Do you mean 2.1GHz? Are you sure that your board can use 3dfx cards? Does it have an universal AGP slot?

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

Posted on 2022-05-02, 10:04

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Tested a "crappy" Mendocino CPU I had laying around for some time. Turns out, it's not as worthless as I thought. It's the king of the Mendocinos. 8x66MHz. Is it a good overclocker or why pay people up to 20 bucks for this?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-02, 07:53

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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despite quite the habit during CS heydays, I never bought a dedicated gaming mouse. And I probably had a gaming mouse before anyone else here: Razer Boomslang But they were shitty. The left mouse button (or right, if you're lefthander or StarCraft fanatic) breaks quite fast. Had three of them, …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 16:41

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NovaCN wrote on 2022-04-29, 13:25: Only problem is I chose Archer/Bard for my starting job and queuing for the duty finder as DPS is a nightmare. I end up waiting an obscenely long time to get into anything. Play tank for instant invite. 😁

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Re: Awe32 RAM Expansion

Posted on 2022-04-30, 16:01

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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(I wonder how the people in Shenzhen do that with all the free shipping option, even if those take six weeks...) I can answer that: Connection to the CCP. Brother, cousin, brother in law, whatever. China is a highly corrupt country. So overall they make a loss. But the seller doesn't have to take …

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Three sound cards for my SS7 Time Machine. But which?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 13:51

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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About a year ago I got inspired by Phil's Time Machine and decided to build my own. Although it's in a somewhat functional state now, it's still more or less a construction site. I want to populate all the ISA slots with sound cards. I don't have much space in my apartment, so each of my rigs needs …

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Re: Awe32 RAM Expansion

Posted on 2022-04-29, 21:13

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Mhhh, I have question that fits right in. So, I have a Sound Blaster 32 (CT3670), which is technically an AWE64. But it has RAM slots like an AWE32 and doesn't need the rare extension board (or a replica). I've already tested it in a few games like Doom and it sounds great. Already came with 2x4MB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-29, 07:40

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Saw a DFI K6BV3+/66 1mb REV B2 Socket 7 board hit eBay and since its similar to the DFI K6XV3+/66 Yes, the K6BV3+/66 is the AT version of the K6XV3+/66. I think the B stands for Baby AT while the X stands for ATX. wasn't a terrible price at 99 USD as i have seen similar boards in working condition …

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Re: Windows 98 SE setup freezes

Posted on 2022-04-28, 15:06

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Did you try other IDE cables? I once had a cable that turned out to be broken. Swapped everything and nothing did help. I assumed the board was broken. When I later used the same cable on another board which did work before, I got the same issues. Was just like you described: Crashes/freezes during …

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Re: Windows 98 SE setup freezes

Posted on 2022-04-28, 14:22

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Did you try using two IDE cables and jumpering both drives to master? I once also had problems with a board when I tried to use both drives on the same channel. Do you have another HDD you can try?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-28, 10:51

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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I have acquired this somewhat large hoard of PC/mac/random stuff from a local collector / hobbyist who passed away. his widow was about to send it to the dump. cost for everything after a few individual items were sold separately was C$4500. 4500 Canadian Rubels is a lot, for stuff that she wanted …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-28, 07:57

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Holy Moly! How much? Probably in the 4 digits.

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Re: Two very strange Samsung HHDs

Posted on 2022-04-28, 05:37

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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Actually, managed to find info that spinpoint 0411 models count in minutes. The count jumped by 404k within a few hours. Even if it's 404k minutes, that would still be 280 days. I still think something isn't right with the firmware. Uncorrectable count reflects how many of the reallocated sectors …

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Re: Difference of K6-III+ low voltage version.

Posted on 2022-04-28, 02:46

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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What socket 7 motherboards can reach to 1.8V and 1.6V voltages? Only motherboards I have that can run these cpus dont go lower than 2V. My 1.6V 400Mhz part also seems runs fine at 550Mhz at 2V, but after if I do "setmul 6" all dos programs I try to run crash with errors like "division by zero" and …

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Re: So, like, does the K6 3+ 550mhz really exist?

Posted on 2022-04-27, 15:47

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by RaiderOfLostVoodoo

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At this point, these are purely a collectors item given the 570 2+ chips that are cheap, plentiful an unlockable. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=85071 Even before the mod was discovered, the 550ACR was a collectors item only. My 400ATZ (low voltage) can be overclocked to 550MHz if I …

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