Re: Roland RAP-10
Posted on 2008-12-15, 16:53
How good is the digital audio part of the RAP-10? CD Quality, but lacks punch. Thanks for the answer. So I guess I will be looking for the SCB-55 or SC-55 MK II.
Re: Yamaha SW1000XG
Posted on 2008-12-15, 16:51
Thanks for all answers. I'll stay with my DB60XG clone.
Yamaha SW1000XG
Posted on 2008-12-15, 07:40
Anyone tried this card in DOS? I know it's an overkill to use it for DOS games, but maybe someone has experience with it and would like to share it with us :) ? I'm asking this question because I just spotted someone selling it in Poland: http://allegro.pl/item504561804_yamaha_factory_ds2416_i_ …
Re: Pentium 60
Posted on 2008-12-14, 13:48
A PPro isn't a good chioce since it lacks MMX instruction set Thats why I like the PII/PIII so much :) I agree what you that a Pentium II, early PIII or an AMD K6 is a better chioce for later DOS games since you benefit from the extra speed and not many games have speed problems fro that era The K6 …
Re: Pentium 60
Posted on 2008-12-14, 13:28
I think the really big leap in FPU performance came with the PPro. Thats why I think it's not very reasonable to build a Pentium based retro PC: -games using a 3D accelerator will usually run much faster on a Pentium II/III based system -games for which the Pentium II/III is too fast will also run …
Re: Roland RAP-10
Posted on 2008-12-13, 18:53
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. 🙁 Well, someone sold a SCB-55 a few months ago for 68 euro here, so I guess 60-70 euro how much the board is really worth, at …
Re: Roland RAP-10
Posted on 2008-12-13, 18:26
Wow... you act like you have a choice in the matter. :surprised: Well, they aren't so rare. I can see someone selling an external SC-55 almost every month here in Poland. For the cards and daughterboards this search on ebay almost always returns some results (currently a boxed RAP-10 ), today there …
Re: CDROM Speed - CAV vs CLV
Posted on 2008-12-13, 18:10
I use a Plextor Premium capped at 20x CLV - fast and quiet. The Plextor software lets you choose the maximum speed and writes it to flash, so you don't need slowdown utils. The bad thing is, this drives are still expensive.
Roland RAP-10
Posted on 2008-12-12, 20:27
Could anyone share their experience with this card? I want to buy a card for Roland MIDI, but I'm not sure which one I want. As far as I know there are basically: SCC-1 , based on the SC-55 SCC-1A , based on the SC-55 MK II SCB-55 , the daughtercard based on the SC-55 MK II , part of the SCD-15 RAP- …
Re: Elsa gfx card
Posted on 2008-12-11, 16:23
Just pulled out my Synergy from a PC and it looks exactly like the one in the picture in the first post (to be exact, it has only a D-Sub output, but there the PCB has place for the others. So it's Permiedia 2 for sure.
Re: Elsa gfx card
Posted on 2008-12-11, 14:19
h-a-l-9000 wrote: Dunno, I have a Elsa Winner 2000 here which has a S3 Virge VX chip (marked WINNER2000AVI/3D). There were many "Winners". The one with Permedia 2is the "Office" edition.
Re: Elsa gfx card
Posted on 2008-12-11, 14:01
It's a ELSA GLoria Synergy based on Permedia 2. I don't know how well it performs in DOS, but I achieved with it around 20 fps at 640x480 in Quake II (on a 533 MHz Alpha CPU). Here is a review (ELSA Winner 2000 is basically the same card): http://www.sunstorm.com/tech/ft-001r5.htm . Users who look …
Re: Voodoo 5 5500: AGP or MAC PCI?
Posted on 2008-12-08, 07:36
I've got some questions: -How much is a PCI Voodoo 5500 with DVI output worth? (there are 2 on ebay now one for 100$ and on for 120$) -Is the performance hampered by the PCI bus? -Is it easy to flash it with a PC BIOS? (I assume DVI will still work?)
Re: The Creative Labs CT models reference?
Posted on 2008-12-07, 18:28
I tried to compile some time ago a list of chips on which each CT card was based, but haven't had time to complete it and it ends on the SB32 (no AWEs). It's based on the thread valnar posted and images found on the web. Unfortunately there are still many blank spaces. http://img239.imageshack.us/ …
Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?
Posted on 2008-12-07, 18:24
Amigaz wrote: The Intel chipset on Asus AP4 board is the worst I've tried so far Which one is it?
Re: Old Pentium motherboard recommendation
Posted on 2008-12-04, 18:59
Moogle! wrote: My next project will be a Pentium board with an HX chipset. Any recommendations? Are there any other advantages of the HX over the TX except for being able to cache more RAM and SMP support? I really like the TX because DIMM memory is easier to find and motherboards often come in ATX …
Re: Speed wise, what CPU "sits in between" a 486DX4 and the slowest Pentium II?
Posted on 2008-12-04, 18:54
I also recommend a Pentium. Quake was optimized for it.
Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?
Posted on 2008-12-04, 17:23
I'm going to flash the BIOS in a an eprom program thingie I've bought or hire biosflash.de but I haven't come around doing it yet I'm very curious to see how the VIA chipset PCI performance is compared to the SiS, ALi, Intel and UMC chipset I've tried so far...i guess it can't be worse than the …
Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?
Posted on 2008-12-04, 17:06
Amigaz wrote: Moogle! wrote: I want the FIC PIO-3. I got the PIO-2 model but I failed BIOS flash atempt made it useless 😜 No recovery mode? I experienced a flash failure on a Pentium II motherboard some time ago, but I managed to start it with an old ISA graphic card and it kindly asked for a …
Re: Link for views on old hardware
Posted on 2008-12-04, 17:03
Found it some time ago. I like the section about motherboards. They have pictures of these infamous boards with fake cache.
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