Re: Hardware you regret parting with, or you wish didn't die

Posted on 2012-09-05, 23:47

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by DonutKing

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Where are you located? If you look on www.amibay.com there are several people there that can do intricate board level repairs, including replacing surface mount IC's and even CPU's. The most common repair/mod they perform is desoldering the 68040 CPU on an Amiga accelerator and replacing it with a …

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Re: Hardware you regret parting with, or you wish didn't die

Posted on 2012-09-05, 22:28

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by DonutKing

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Hmm, if you google image search it seems most V5 6000's don't have those caps installed. But in any case, that card is too rare to simply let it die, surely there is still someone around that can do repairs... I also found this, 😳

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Re: How about putting this in your 286/386 system?

Posted on 2012-09-03, 10:34

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by DonutKing

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Hmmm, I don't really get the point of this? Surely it wouldn't be any more expensive just to upgrade the motherboard and the rest of the components? You'd have to reconnect your disk drives and power supply anyway so its not like you'd save a whole lot of effort, plus you get the benefit of …

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Re: (completed + contains spoilers) Playing the elder scrolls Arena free download game..

Posted on 2012-09-02, 04:35

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I found the trick with daggerfall's dungeons was to stick to one wall - either left or right - and just keep following it. Go through every door on that side, just stick to the one wall. If you get lost you can just turn around and follow the same wall back the way you came. Sometimes there are ' …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-29, 23:27

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by DonutKing

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wow... you got some nerve, posting that in the bluray vs DVD & ISP discussion thread

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Re: The "best" sound card for dos

Posted on 2012-08-28, 21:44

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by DonutKing

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Only the GUS Extreme model has the ESS chip, for native SB/FM emulation. All the other models use a TSR program to emulate SB/FM, for games that don't support the GUS natively. TBH since most games that support GUS also support GM, I prefer to just use GM as it often sounds just as good or better on …

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Re: The "best" sound card for dos

Posted on 2012-08-28, 10:56

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by DonutKing

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That's correct, other GUS cards emulate FM with their wavetable. In my experience it doesn't sound very good. Try bio menace for one of the worst examples. It might be a moot point though, if you don't play any games that only support FM music. If you only play games that support the GUS natively, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-28, 01:59

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by DonutKing

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I'm not sure if Sliderider is a colossal troll or hilariously misinformed

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Re: Orchid SoundWave 32 - What do you guys say?

Posted on 2012-08-20, 10:29

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by DonutKing

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www.dropbox.com works for me

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Re: Homemade PSU for mod project.

Posted on 2012-08-15, 21:41

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by DonutKing

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Those current ratings look way too low to run any sort of desktop motherboard. I've got an old AT 200w PSU here that has 12A on 5V rail and 8A on 12V rail. Maybe idf you used compact flash cards or SSD for your hard disk, no fans or optical drives and used a CPU known for power efficiency like a C3 …

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Re: windows8

Posted on 2012-08-14, 20:47

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by DonutKing

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The stuxnet virus supposedly managed to get into a network that wasn't connected to the Internet, so that method isn't foolproof.

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Re: The "best" sound card for dos

Posted on 2012-08-14, 07:54

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by DonutKing

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In my experience, yes. I tried an Opti 82C929 card and I found it had very limited polyphony. Like it could only play one sound at a time, other sounds would get cut short if you had more than one sound playing at once. I think I also couldn't get it to work at all in Doom/Hexen IIRC. I tried a few …

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2012-08-12, 23:29

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by DonutKing

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Unfortunately no, I think the most common ones are CT1350B, but the CT1350B cards with no revision number on them definitely don't work with the Lattice GALs.

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2012-08-12, 22:27

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by DonutKing

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The Lattice GALs work with CT1350B? I've a CT1350B and search for a way to get CMS-Support on it :) could I buy one from you? Please see this thread: http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=23978&page=3 As stated, the Lattice chips with work with CT1350 rev 2, 3, 4 only. If your card doesn't have a …

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Re: Key Tronic two wheel mouse serial mouse

Posted on 2012-08-11, 06:41

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by DonutKing

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Yes when I was at school, we used those in the computer lab (presumably so kids couldn't steal the ball) I wasn't a fan of them. Movement wasn't as smooth/fluid as regular ball mice and the wheels can still get gunked up (not as frequently as ball mice though); over time the surface of the wheels …

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Re: The "best" sound card for dos

Posted on 2012-08-10, 01:41

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by DonutKing

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What do I need to hook it up? an LAPC-I? You just need a MIDI interface. You could use Sound Blaster 16 or newer but you won't get intelligent mode (games that require this won't work without a patch if one is available) There are standalone ISA intelligent MIDI interfaces available, although they …

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Re: Netware 3.12 server on DOSBox

Posted on 2012-08-09, 11:24

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You'll need a domain name with appropriate A and MX records for your mail server, at a bare minimum, to receive emails from the internet. You can send mail without this (hell you can send email just by telnetting to port 25 on any public mail server, don't necessarily need your own server) but …

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Re: The "best" sound card for dos

Posted on 2012-08-09, 01:28

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by DonutKing

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I bang on about the YMF719 a lot here, but I've tried a LOT of different sound cards and for your basic Sound Blaster compatible digital and OPL3 FM, and with a working MIDI port (no hanging note bug), its the best I've tried. It's compatibility seems equal to a real SB and has much better sound …

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Re: CD-ROM drives older systems..

Posted on 2012-08-08, 01:28

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by DonutKing

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Why not just use an IDE drive? UIDEJR.SYS should work as a device driver, and you can use MSCDEX.EXE or SHUSCDEX.EXE for DOS support. If you manage to track down a sound card with a proprietary header and a CDROM drive to suit, you need to locate and setup the appropriate drivers (depending on the …

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Re: The Grand OPL3 Comparison Run!

Posted on 2012-08-08, 01:22

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by DonutKing

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I've got a YMF-718 and a YMF-719 and haven't encountered the issues you describe. Possibly dried out caps?

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