Re: Roland RAP-10

Posted on 2008-12-13, 18:57

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by Amigaz

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

retro games 100 wrote: Regarding that SCB-55 listed on ebay you mentioned, I had my beady orbs focused on it, but my hopes were cruelly dashed as the bidding got too high. 🙁 You aren't alone feeling that 😵

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Re: GUS ACE vs GUS PnP

Posted on 2008-12-12, 21:50

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by Amigaz

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Amigaz shall we say that the Amiga its sound which is raw, and radical. And the GUS has more polished sound, and it makes it more soft then ? :) since there is a connection between the love for the GUS and your Amiga too :) And can we agree that the GUS does sound a lot like the Amiga when it comes …

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Re: GUS ACE vs GUS PnP

Posted on 2008-12-12, 21:39

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by Amigaz

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Amigaz, dude ! :) the GUS sounds a lot like Amiga sound but just more polished, wow as I have said before. It is no wonder you love the GUS. Well, here's how the Amiga sounds (from my Amiga 3000) http://sites.google.com/site/jivemaster2008/Home/PD_INTRO_3.ogg?attredirects=0 imho the Amiga sound …

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Re: GUS ACE vs GUS PnP

Posted on 2008-12-12, 13:54

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by Amigaz

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Hi Amigaz, I had the same problem with the ACE. Even using Gusdrive didn't change it. Could it be that the GF1 has a "build-in" gameport capability that is recognized by other cards, even when it is physically not there and/or disabled by software? Yeah, It must be What I find is odd though is that …

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Re: GUS ACE vs GUS PnP

Posted on 2008-12-12, 13:52

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by Amigaz

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This is how the PnP sounds: http://sites.google.com/site/jivemaster2008/Home/PD_INTRO_2.ogg?attredirects=0 And this is the Gus Classic http://sites.google.com/site/jivemaster2008/Home/PD_INTRO_GUS_CLASSIC.ogg?attredirects=0 What you hear is the Pinball Dreams intro music The Gus Classic is basically …

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Re: GUS ACE vs GUS PnP

Posted on 2008-12-12, 13:37

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by Amigaz

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I have a GUS ACE in my retro-PC. I am very pleased with it, it sounds great in Heretic and so on. I also have a GUS PnP. I am trying to weigh up whether it is worth swapping the ACE for the PnP. I am sure I found some google results on exactly this question a few days ago, but I cannot find them …

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Re: Rockin' XT Clone

Posted on 2008-12-11, 14:17

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by Amigaz

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hey just short note. Awaiting 2 jused boards :happyhappy: ATI mach32 with 512k vram and a MegaLITH ISA 16-Bit 8MB ! - think it is something like Orchid Ramquest ? :confused: ..time will tell. merry christmas /cimonvg Yep, the DFI MegaLITH card is almost the same card as the Orchid one I have one …

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Re: Elsa gfx card

Posted on 2008-12-11, 14:12

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by Amigaz

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keropi wrote: what chip does it use? ELSA was just a manufacturer from Germany IIRC Damn..forgot to add the specs but a kind user here was fast doing that... Elsa Victory Erazor

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Elsa gfx card

Posted on 2008-12-11, 13:43

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by Amigaz

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Anyone know how these cards perform in DOS in terms of speed and compatability?

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Re: Back to AWE32 from AWE64?

Posted on 2008-12-10, 10:52

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by Amigaz

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Nice stamps 😁 So the card was a refurb? How much was the shipping?

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Re: 486 Soyo board dead?

Posted on 2008-12-10, 10:49

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by Amigaz

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Thanks Amigaz, I appreciate your offer very much. Yet I will first try to turn off every onboard controller and see what happens, as what h-a-l- 9000 says about the checksum sounds logical somehow. Anyway if it doesn't work it would be great if you could sent me the chip - at least if you live in …

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Re: socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-10, 08:03

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by Amigaz

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I can't remember if I posted a picture of my socket4 board here or not. But in terms of being a socket3 board with a pentium CPU slapped on, you won't get much better than this: TMC PAT45PVS http://lh4.ggpht.com/_CzHY0sEvu6A/RnqbW6Fex_I/AAAAAAAAAE0/JAh9heNhfM4/s800/VLBPentium.jpg This is not a …

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Re: socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-10, 08:01

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by Amigaz

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Yeah they're gonna run relatively hot. These chips are built on a semiconductor process less dense than even that of the later 486s, after all. I'm sure a K6 would blow a P5-66 away in thermal output though! These original P5s got everyone excited because they were the "hottest yet" at the time. …

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Re: socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-09, 21:23

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by Amigaz

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Yeah they're gonna run relatively hot. These chips are built on a semiconductor process less dense than even that of the later 486s, after all. I'm sure a K6 would blow a P5-66 away in thermal output though! These original P5s got everyone excited because they were the "hottest yet" at the time. …

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Re: 486 Soyo board dead?

Posted on 2008-12-09, 11:58

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by Amigaz

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I think I have the exact Soto board you have which has serious battery damage but the BIOS chip might be useful to you? 😀

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Re: socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-08, 21:02

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by Amigaz

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After some testing with this mobo I can report that this CPU runs....HOT!! 😮 Definately needs active coolong so I must fit a fan on my big heatsink if I don't want to toast the chip

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Re: 486 Soyo board dead?

Posted on 2008-12-08, 12:48

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by Amigaz

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You mean that the hardware is still okay? Oh, my hope is rising, but -If it is a bios issue - could I solve the problem by recovering the bios? How? As the soyo site says, it should have been delivered with an eeprom bios, but I can not verify that. Does an eeprom bios look any different? The bios …

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Re: 486 Soyo board dead?

Posted on 2008-12-08, 11:41

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by Amigaz

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Yes, I think I've tried all that. I changed the floppy cable to various positions, and I used 853mb wd harddrive, and after that a very old 256mb conner. I don't know if the conner is still ok, but the wd should. Before I changed the battery the bios was not able to store the settings, now it is. …

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Re: 486 Soyo board dead?

Posted on 2008-12-08, 10:58

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by Amigaz

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I just bought an old Soyo SY-4SA2 with a 486dx2-66. Nice board as it has ISA, one VLB and PCI slots. Nevertheless it stops booting while attempting to acess the hd ("harddisk(s) fail 80). Also it doesn't recognize the floppy disk at all (no characteristic noise when you turn on, no error message). …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2008-12-08, 10:50

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*Jonas is off to find Skynet game* :happyhappy: Ebay item number 140286230041 may interest you. If you want it, by all means go for it! :happyhappy: However, if you want to get a copy elsewhere, I'll bid on it! :lol: However, you first! The reason is because you offer excellent advice on Vogons, …

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