The "best" sound card for dos

Posted on 2012-08-08, 23:08

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My experience with sound hardware is what I would call "limited". However I do know, that a good sound card is well worth the money. I have a 386/40 setup for cga/vga dos games. And the last bit of hardware I need to get is a quality card. I have the "major" soundblaster cards. awe64-gold awe32 …

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Re: Kids have it easy these days...

Posted on 2012-08-08, 22:29

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by luckybob

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I've been in college classes, where I would open up the command line. I was accused of HACKING by one of the pizza faced I.T. helpers at the lab.

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Re: Fastest motherboard that accepts a Voodoo 5500?

Posted on 2012-08-08, 22:15

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by luckybob

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SURVEY SAYS... "- Supports AGP 8x/4x." I'd say NO.

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Re: Fastest motherboard that accepts a Voodoo 5500?

Posted on 2012-08-08, 21:55

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by luckybob

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For my voodoo 5, I run it on a DUAL 2800+ under windows XP. This is the board I use: http://www.cabuzzi.com/images/cube/DSC00023.JPG mine doesnt have onboard nic, but I put in a 64bit gigabit card, so its a moot point anyway. It makes for a POWERFUL setup. The only place where it shows its age is …

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Re: CD-ROM drives older systems..

Posted on 2012-08-08, 10:13

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by luckybob

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#1 only applies if you are using both a SCSI HDD and SCSI CD-ROM drive if not, then the argument is invalid #2 might not apply if you use a non-bus mastering SCSI card, such as the AHA-152x series cards #1 that would be pretty stupid, now wouldn't it? #2 I get triple the hdd speed on my 386 with …

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Re: Fastest motherboard that accepts a Voodoo 5500?

Posted on 2012-08-08, 09:37

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by luckybob

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For my voodoo 5, I run it on a DUAL 2800+ under windows XP. This is the board I use: http://www.cabuzzi.com/images/cube/DSC00023.JPG mine doesnt have onboard nic, but I put in a 64bit gigabit card, so its a moot point anyway. It makes for a POWERFUL setup. The only place where it shows its age is …

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Re: CD-ROM drives older systems..

Posted on 2012-08-08, 09:31

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by luckybob

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There are TWO BIG advantages to scsi over ide. #1: uses only 1 IRQ not 2. #2: Uses a LOT less cpu / is faster

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Re: My Pentium MMX gaming rig

Posted on 2012-08-08, 00:52

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by luckybob

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the empty DIP socket is for an upgrade cache slot. If you install a COAST memory card, you also need to install a tag ram in that socket. I have a tyan board that does the same. I just swiped a 256bit tag l2 cache chip from a 486 board and use that. The upgraded tag ram allows the board to cache > …

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Re: The first 3 words you see are what you want in life!

Posted on 2012-08-06, 09:16

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by luckybob

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freedom, intelligence, power hmm.... might be something to this.

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Re: 286 motherboard

Posted on 2012-08-06, 07:04

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by luckybob

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finding the bios for a board of that age, its probably going to be harder than find than aliens on the moon. You would have better luck writing a whole new bios from scratch. I'm not saying the stars can't align and hell freeze over and you find it. I'm saying winning the lotto is a more likely. …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2012-08-05, 10:20

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by luckybob

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Its not mine, but there is a non-oem (whitebox) cyrix 180 gx processor/board on ebay for a relatively reasonable price: http://www.ebay.com/itm/290753567104 the only fly in the ointment is, the bios chip looks removed...

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Re: Ok, it's about japonese retro-computers, cool stuff!

Posted on 2012-08-05, 08:08

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by luckybob

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actually, late in console's lives, the games are pushing so hard against the bounds of the hardware that an upgrade is useful.

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Re: Ok, it's about japonese retro-computers, cool stuff!

Posted on 2012-08-05, 02:58

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by luckybob

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my first home computer was an NEC APC III ran a special version of dos 2.1 no upgrade options because it was a BASTARD in every sense of the term. My father was HORRIBLE at buying computers. Home computer #2 was an mac LC3. I still have this one. Its currently fully upgraded. which means ram and …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2012-08-04, 19:37

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by luckybob

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found some neat games today at the thrift store! As a rabid fan of the fallout series, I'm really excited to play this one: Visions of atftermath: the boomtown http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/visions-of-aftermath-the-boomtown/cover-art/gameCoverId,23812/ The thing comes with 1950's looking …

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Re: DAY-Z anyone play it?

Posted on 2012-08-04, 19:15

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by luckybob

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I guess not...

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Re: Voyager: Elite Force

Posted on 2012-08-04, 05:31

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by luckybob

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oh god the multiplayer on that game was SO FUN. you could never fill a server with humans, but the bots did okay if you put them on maximum. 😜

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Re: StarCraft Genocide

Posted on 2012-08-02, 06:56

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by luckybob

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Re: 10th Anniversary

Posted on 2012-08-01, 04:51

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by luckybob

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On an unrelated note, I got an email from ebay today. apparently i first registered for ebay 10 years ago. I was shocked.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-31, 10:21

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by luckybob

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that 4mb VLB S3 card... wow, just wow.

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Re: The Hilariously Misidentified Hardware Thread

Posted on 2012-07-31, 10:20

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by luckybob

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honestly, out of the last 3 "for parts" auctions i've won. I've only had ONE bad part out of maybe 30 items. People make sure they say "no returns" because its so easy for a buyer to just claim "omg my box didn't arrive!" I'm one of them! everything I sell now it "as-is".

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