Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2024-06-09, 16:18

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by jskyboo

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I am surprised. Do you have a photo of your analogue adaption to the PCB? I wish all SATA CD-ROMs would have kept the analogue audio jacks. For the most part, I gave up on using SATA CD-ROM drives in these old systems. I still may use them for fast P3 systems, but usually with an IDE adaptor. For a …

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Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2024-06-08, 23:32

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by jskyboo

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check out this drive backpanel, it's a ASUS DRW-2014L1T. Might be a good candidate for a modification to see if it works. Thank you for your post. Sorry to necro such an old thread but I really wanted to thank Jr_ for the tip. I tried this with the mentioned ASUS DRW-2014L1T and the analog port …

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Re: DOS memory managment hell

Posted on 2023-07-16, 15:13

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by jskyboo

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Most systems can also safely add I=B000-B7FF unless you are using a monochrome display adapter or Hercules card.

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Re: DOS conventional memory for ASUS VL/I-486SV2GX4

Posted on 2023-05-13, 20:50

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by jskyboo

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While UMBSIS works, I found I could get even more UMB space with this old version of URAM, https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=260742#p260742 Other useful utils for saving even more memory: XMGR as a replacement for HIMEM, XDVD2 as a replacement for VIDECDD, JEMM386 as a replacement for EMM386, …

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Re: VGA Card Experiments

Posted on 2023-01-21, 17:03

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by jskyboo

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Cool setup. You could also add either a MDA or Hercules card and get 4 video cards in the same 386 system. Just a crazy thought.

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Re: Vlb controller from 1993

Posted on 2022-12-10, 15:11

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by jskyboo

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If it doesn't have to be 1993, the QD6580 is a nice card if you can find it and it is supported by XTIDE so it can support larger drives that older BIOSes can't. http://retropc.sk/obrazky/radic/qdi/QD6580vlb.jpg

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-10-19, 22:20

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by jskyboo

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keropi wrote on 2022-10-19, 20:18: I still have to check though if I have enough yamaha surround chips - it was a PITA to get these and be actual real working ones... I too am also interested in only the surround module, should I go ahead and fill out the form and leave that as a note?

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Re: The Covox Speech Thing on ISA Bus, Dual ISA DAC Card

Posted on 2022-09-25, 20:14

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by jskyboo

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Yeah, i have a new design on draft for 1 year but didnt order it yet. it supports auto detection as lpt port so debug is no longer needed and also auto stereo mono switching. No there is no shop to buy it. I also didnt upload the files to github yet. i was just too lazy, eager to do other stuff :-) …

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Re: The Covox Speech Thing on ISA Bus, Dual ISA DAC Card

Posted on 2022-09-24, 23:25

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by jskyboo

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covox.jpg R1 arrived and works as expected :-) looks bit ugly because of desoldered parts but! it works! No longer flip switches for Mono / Stereo My First PCB with KiCad Are you still working on this design? Have you tried adding DSS support? Is the r1 available for sale either complete or as a …

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Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations

Posted on 2022-08-27, 20:39

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by jskyboo

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faster L2 cache chips than the available 10ns ones Where are you sourcing your cache chips from? All the 128K x 8 chips I've tried faster than 15ns didn't actually perform any better and seemed to be fake/remarked chips. Shady Chinese fly-by-night sources. As in alibaba or ebay or other? Also what …

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Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations

Posted on 2022-08-27, 19:16

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by jskyboo

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pshipkov wrote on 2022-08-27, 15:54: faster L2 cache chips than the available 10ns ones Where are you sourcing your cache chips from? All the 128K x 8 chips I've tried faster than 15ns didn't actually perform any better and seemed to be fake/remarked chips.

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Re: What mounting screws for older PC/XT/AT power supply?

Posted on 2022-08-23, 03:29

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by jskyboo

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I would expect 6-32 like the screws used on the isa cards. Maybe unscrew one of the screws on the PSU used on the inside to use as a reference it likely is the same size.

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Re: EMM386 versus QEMM386

Posted on 2022-08-22, 18:17

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by jskyboo

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What is the results of mem/c and what does your config.sys look like?

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Re: Can anybody recommend a 6 or 8 channel audio mixer? (re: MIDI/audio)

Posted on 2022-06-04, 13:54

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by jskyboo

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Like Shponglefan said I like the Behringer RX1602 because of the individual mute buttons. One note though, you can remove the rackmount brackets but it leaves an open hole on both sides.

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-05-21, 22:34

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by jskyboo

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Really amazing work!

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Re: SB Awe32 Upgrade Card - Goldfinch! CT1920

Posted on 2022-03-21, 22:56

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by jskyboo

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I finally got around to adding the audio jack and the SJ1-3553NG worked perfectly.

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Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-03-12, 14:51

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by jskyboo

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vkcpolice wrote on 2022-03-12, 12:23: Bohemond1099 they are all Dos Games im after software that runs natively in Windows Bohemond1099 was right about Civilization 2. And on top of what has already been listed: Amazon Trail Oregon Trail 2 Logical Journey of the Zoombinis

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Re: SB Awe32 Upgrade Card - Goldfinch! CT1920

Posted on 2022-03-03, 19:43

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by jskyboo

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Could I ask the PN and where did you find the jack that fits? All the ones I see the pins are off set and don't seem to line up? I'm working on doing this same mod. I ordered some SJ1-3553NG which seem like they will work but I've been busy and haven't gotten around to pulling out the soldering …

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Re: Cloning the AdLib Gold Surround Sound Module

Posted on 2022-03-01, 05:33

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by jskyboo

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F-ck it, made my own. :D gold_1.jpeg ed1799b2-f31b-405a-8d96-a4592e910989.jpeg adlib_thanks.jpeg Also thanks to JimWest for showing us first that we could indeed make a replica of this that would work, even if your project ended up falling flat :( Coming soon™ Do you have any extras of those boards …

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Re: Intrest in new ISA cards?

Posted on 2022-03-01, 01:49

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by jskyboo

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rmay635703 wrote on 2022-01-24, 03:18: debs3759 wrote on 2022-01-24, 02:13: Sphere478 wrote on 2022-01-24, 00:02: Heck, what about a voodoo isa video card with dual dvi hmmm? but I don't think ISA would do avy Voodoo card justice. Would be a fun project for someone though 😀 VLB Might though New VLB …

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