Re: Filco keyboards appreciation post

Posted on Yesterday, 09:45

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Nice recommendation. I'm always interested in hearing about modern mechanical keyboards with PS/2 compatibility - I'm in a similar boat in that I wanted to have one for my retro rigs. I now have three (see picture below) : Leopold FC990r (Cherry MX Speed silvers) Leopold FC750 (Cherry MX silent reds …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on Yesterday, 08:50

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P4 is perfect for that high end Win98 build. Forget ISA, this is not a DOS gaming machine. Instead stick a fx5900 and audigy2 in and let rip those late dx8 games from around 2001 to 2003. Is true an Athlon XP can do the same, but the P4 is a cheaper, easier and probably more stable option. I love …

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Re: RetroBox for late 90's to early 2000's games

Posted on 2024-04-07, 21:26

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I think NFS3 may have similar issues as well. In my experience on my LAN party machines NFS3 is fine with the 45.23 drivers on Windows 98, using Geforce 256 DDR, Geforce 2 GTS, Geforce 3, And Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB and 128MB :) Still looks better using Glide though... Yeah pretty sure NFS3 works …

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Re: About to buy a Roland SC-55ST Sound Canvas

Posted on 2024-04-04, 18:41

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Is there any hardware requirements on the PC side? My setup is based on a Pentium MMX so not very powerful. I’m not sure, but it’s worth a shot. I haven’t tried on my MMX machine as I only have ISA sound cards on that - which may be another option for you in combination with the Live! and the SC- …

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Re: About to buy a Roland SC-55ST Sound Canvas

Posted on 2024-04-04, 07:01

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Another option, which would save you $120USD, is to install your sound drivers using this method : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=74361. Follow the whole method, but check out the last sections in particular. It will give you SC55 sounds via software sound fonts (rather than through hardware …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-04-04, 02:51

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The 1998 gaming rig Majority of its has an 1998 manufacturing date and older. OS, BIOS, PSU, HDD, FDD are the only parts newer than 1998. Monitor and keyboard are just what I have on hand. I though it would be a bit of pain of trying to install Win98se using scsi cd rom and scsi drive. Win98se …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-03-28, 08:35

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8bitfink wrote on 2024-03-27, 12:18: Win98se PII, C64, Arcade, Amiga500 FB_IMG_1709814738457.jpg You forgot Marshall and Gibson 😃

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Re: Pentium 4 (LGA775 / i865) Multi-OS Build Log (DOS/3.11/95/NT/98/2k/Me/XP)

Posted on 2024-03-27, 05:54

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I've nothing to add, other than I've really been enjoying seeing these updates come through. Keep up the good work Shponglefan!

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Re: SB AWE32 + SB Live! Value - Hanging Note Workaround? Is it a good DOS/Windows combo?

Posted on 2024-03-12, 03:52

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Try a music store, that’s where I got mine from. A proel C2MSB01

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Re: SB AWE32 + SB Live! Value - Hanging Note Workaround? Is it a good DOS/Windows combo?

Posted on 2024-03-11, 19:27

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OpenRift wrote on 2024-03-10, 23:55: As for why, I think I explained why I wanted do this setup in the main post 🤣 Great! Does that include MIDI through an external device in pure DOS using the Live!?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-03-08, 03:46

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Thought I'd take the time to introduce another one of my retro rigs. Actually, the very first one I got when I decided to dive back into this hobby. Please allow me to share its story and some photos. Back in Mid 2023, I decided I would go looking for a Windows 98 computer to revisit some of my …

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Re: SB AWE32 + SB Live! Value - Hanging Note Workaround? Is it a good DOS/Windows combo?

Posted on 2024-03-06, 03:36

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Short answer is yes, assuming you want CD audio in DOS mode through the SB16. It gets a little complicated though as you’re using two sound cards and presumably you want to have cd-audio through the Live! also. Your options are basically: 1) use your cd-drive’s digital/SPDIF out for CD audio on the …

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Re: SB AWE32 + SB Live! Value - Hanging Note Workaround? Is it a good DOS/Windows combo?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 23:55

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OpenRift wrote on 2024-03-05, 19:56: Okay, so I decided to buy a SB16 (model CT2800) instead, since that's more affordable. Hopefully once it gets here, everything should go relatively smoothly. Let us know how it goes!

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Re: SB AWE32 + SB Live! Value - Hanging Note Workaround? Is it a good DOS/Windows combo?

Posted on 2024-03-03, 09:45

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Firstly, you're right that the hanging note bug does not affect FM synthesis. What you're considering sounds similar to what I do on one of my machines . I use different cards to you (SB16 and Audigy 2) but it's essentially the same. It's straight forward enough to configure the two cards to play …

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Re: Poll. How did you handle AGP to PCI Express stepover?

Posted on 2024-03-02, 23:42

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B for me. The switch to PCIe roughly corresponded with me finishing high school, and moving to my own PC and away from the family PC. My family upgraded every four years and our last agp system was a P4 with a Radeon 9800 pro. We got that in early ‘04, and I built my first PC in mid-2008 with an …

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Re: Finally, a mid 90s build I am (somewhat) happy with!

Posted on 2024-02-28, 00:49

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gn0me wrote on 2024-02-26, 17:39: The other option could be to just ditch the sb16 altogether and use the Yamaha onboard sound, but not sure how I feel about that. What Yamaha chip is it? You could possibly use both? Love this build btw, I bet it performs as good as it looks 🙂

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Re: Thor - my attempt at a high-end Windows 98 build, based on the Pentium 4

Posted on 2024-02-25, 20:12

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Very nice build! In particular, I like how the chosen components are not top of the line, but rather only carefully chosen to just fit the purpose the rig was intended for. Thanks! My only "complaint" would be towards the stock cooler on your Abit Siluro Geforce 4 4200TI. I have several of these …

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Re: Sound Blaster boards doesn't work on PC with Intel Pentium III

Posted on 2024-02-25, 02:02

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You’ll probably need windows 98. Follow these guides: Audigy: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Audigy cards (version 3.1) Live!: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Sound Blaster Live! cards (version 3.1)

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-02-24, 05:13

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gerry wrote on 2024-02-23, 09:11: nice view of the greenery 😀 if you were playing far cry it could get confusing! Benefits of living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean heh. Haha, yes indeed, especially at 1600x1200 😀. The easy solution to that is just play at night when the kids are in bed!

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Re: Neptune - A Pentium III paired with a Voodoo3 for late 90s glide gaming

Posted on 2024-02-23, 06:09

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Nice! Thanks! Good well thought out system. I think you have done what alot of people fail to do and rather than try and max everything out (myself included) you have each of your PC's complement each other. like lack of OPL not been important in this, or trying to make this crazy fast when you …

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