Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-12, 22:08

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by keropi

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was gifted this 486/66 tower this week: 486/66 , 540MB HDD, 8MB RAM, some OPTI soundcard and a VLB Trident 9400cxi vga - pretty much the usual stuff one would buy here at the time 😀

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Re: Wolfenstein 3D on Headland HT12/A-based 286

Posted on 2018-01-12, 10:22

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by keropi

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hopefully I will get some time to try this over the weekend and report back

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-01-11, 00:13

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by keropi

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Might as well post an update to this, all bugs squashed about a week ago and every daughterboard out there that works with a soundblaster will also work fine on the mpu wavetable header without issues. Once some parts arrive (some patching required) I'll post some pics and finally get those cards …

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2018-01-09, 21:57

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by keropi

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Re: OPL2LPT

Posted on 2018-01-09, 18:49

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by keropi

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This is a really nice fit!!! Very good 😁

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Re: Generic VLB WD90C33 vga jumper settings

Posted on 2018-01-09, 15:44

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by keropi

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yeah that't one of the VLB info I found as well - still the jumpers cannot be identified completely LOL the ISA card is really good as well - try it and you'll see it's one of the fastest one for ISA and without weird compatibility issues... the only "downside" could be the DAC since it's most …

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Generic VLB WD90C33 vga jumper settings

Posted on 2018-01-09, 11:15

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by keropi

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Hiya! For quite some time I have a Paradise WD90C33-ZZ VLB vga in my collection that I am using when testing VLB systems . It works fine but there are several jumpers on board that I have no idea what they do - maybe they are important and maybe the card can be faster or something :lol: http://i. …

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Re: MDA/CGA/EGA to VGA Converter Released!

Posted on 2018-01-08, 20:43

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by keropi

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I seem to remember CGA-composite mode was also supported at some point but now it is disabled? Any info on that or I remember it wrong?

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2018-01-08, 19:04

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by keropi

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Isn't the better option to leave the onboard ram unpopulated and use the simm socket?

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Re: CMSLPT

Posted on 2018-01-07, 22:00

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by keropi

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I like what I am seeing 😁

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Re: MDA/CGA/EGA to VGA Converter Released!

Posted on 2018-01-07, 13:30

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by keropi

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the converter looks sexy 🤣 too bad the 1st EGA card is MIA, at least the new one is sure to be good

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Re: Looking for jumper settings for old EGA card

Posted on 2018-01-06, 23:13

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by keropi

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I have almost the exact same card (different BIOS, you have the 74LS74 populated and your main IC must be newer as well) http://i.imgur.com/p5cofAVl.jpg it's a good and fast EGA card , settings are here (not the same layout in the picture but it's fine) http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphics-cards …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-05, 00:10

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by keropi

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You need to follow the orientation of the outer triangle - that's pin1 for the mobo cpu socket. The inner triangle is the orientation in which the cpu must be soldered on this pcb adapter, nothing to do with how you install the whole deal on your mobo.

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2018-01-04, 00:06

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by keropi

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Re: I de-CQMed my AWE32 PnP CT3990...!

Posted on 2018-01-02, 18:59

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by keropi

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thanks for the extra info Eep386 - documenting the process is a great idea as well 😀

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Re: I de-CQMed my AWE32 PnP CT3990...!

Posted on 2018-01-02, 18:14

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by keropi

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great work! so you only need to add the 2 Yamaha ICs? any passives needed adding/removing?

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Re: Happy NewYear 2017/2018

Posted on 2018-01-02, 18:09

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by keropi

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Happy new year everyone! Carlos I am so sad to read about your health troubles, I wish for a speedy recovery my friend! Even a simple backpain suxx, I can't even imagine what you are going through! Keep strong!

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Re: I de-CQMed my AWE32 PnP CT3990...!

Posted on 2018-01-02, 16:56

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by keropi

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Yes please Eep386 post a pic highlighting the changes you made , maybe I will try that as well!

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Re: I de-CQMed my AWE32 PnP CT3990...!

Posted on 2018-01-02, 08:57

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by keropi

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Nice one! Kudos

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Re: teensy usb midi to waveblaster

Posted on 2018-01-01, 18:43

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by keropi

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OK :) the boards you linked will allow you to connect a wavetable daughterboard to a midi connection (the CHILL board is universal the Dreamface I think only works with the S2 daughterboard) and both require some sort of midi interface - a usb one or a soundcard with midi connectors. So if you have …

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