Re: Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-14, 22:21

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by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I can't remember the name of the SB16 DOS mixer, is it mixerset.exe, or is there another DOS mixer utiltiy as well? I know it's really obvious, but perhaps run your SB16 DOS mixer utility, and check it just in case the "left-right balance slider" position for the digital effects is uneven. Yeah, …

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Re: Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-14, 21:31

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by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@ SquallStrife Driving a MT-32 with a SB16 = bad idea... Firstly Creatives MPU401 don't support the intelligent mode. So many games will refuse to work. Secondly most SB16s have this hanging note bug. You really should find a Roland MPU401 or compatible midi card. The ESS cards RG100 mentioned will …

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Re: Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-14, 21:26

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is there a special reason why you have chosen the SB16 CT2940 model? That's just what I happened to have lying around. I have a bigger, older SB16 (not sure of the model number, it came in a kit with the Creative 2X CD-ROM drive and has the Panasonic CD-ROM interface), but it has an issue that …

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Re: Just got a real MT-32. Why does everything sound wrong?

Posted on 2010-12-13, 21:37

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by SquallStrife

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SB cards were the pre-Win9X offenders, with "Game Ports" that claimed to be real, srs, MPU-401 ports, but were really just UART. You need an MPU-401 adapter that supports Intelligent Mode if you want it to reliably pass commands to the MT-32. "MPU-401 Compatible" just won't cut it. What's the real …

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Data Expert EXP4044 and PC Partner VX

Posted on 2010-12-13, 03:05

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey guys, My 486 motherboard bit the dust a few weeks ago. It was an Asus VL/ISA-486SV2, which I was very happy with stability- and performance-wise. It sat unused for a few months, during which time battery leakage set in big time. I cleaned it up as best I could, but the keyboard interface is …

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Re: Worst video card ever

Posted on 2010-08-17, 05:38

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It may well have been, but I had no end of trouble with it. Even got it replaced under warranty at one stage, thinking it might have just been a dud. Regardless, the ET6000 was dreamy in comparison.

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Re: Worst video card ever

Posted on 2010-08-17, 03:01

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by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd have to nominate the Ark PCI card I had in my first Pentium system. It was utterly useless. 2MB of VRAM, no VBE support, unstable drivers for the first year we had it, got very hot for no reason. It was replaced with a Tseng ET6000 before long.

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Re: Quick question on P3 system setup

Posted on 2010-08-16, 13:12

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Alright, I've put a bid on this one: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI … em=180547791099 $5 plus $8 postage. Now to play the waiting game... Cheers for the advice guys, I appreciate it.

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Re: Holy Grail found!

Posted on 2010-08-16, 02:55

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah yes, my bad. I was just wondering how well the ISA bus can pump the frames at that sort of resolution.

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Re: Holy Grail found!

Posted on 2010-08-15, 23:07

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Fkn nice. What sort of refresh rate do you get at 1280x1024x24bit over the ISA bus? I remember I once had a 2MB (maybe 1MB?) Video7 ISA card that could do 1024x768x24bit, but only at like 43Hz interlaced or something useless like that. Does your card do that fancy VBE stuff for high res DOS games …

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Re: Quick question on P3 system setup

Posted on 2010-08-15, 22:11

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Cheers for the advice guys. I'm in Australia, so I get reamed for postage no matter where I order from. I've seen V3s for less than a fiver, but the postage will be like 15 aussie bucks. There is one listed locally, $10 buyout, $9.95 postage. I'll end up paying that in postage if I ordered from …

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Re: Quick question on P3 system setup

Posted on 2010-08-15, 06:23

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by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks. The V3 I'm looking at on ebay would cost me around $20 delivered, so might be worth a look, knowing that glide DLL trick exists. This particular mobo has a single ISA slot on it, occupied by my SB16. http://www.thetechzone.com/reviews/motherboards/asus/p3v4x/P6050071.jpg Thanks for the reply …

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Quick question on P3 system setup

Posted on 2010-08-15, 04:58

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by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've got a system up and running, just wondering if there was anything you'd change in this setup: Pentium 3 667MHz Asus P3V 4X mobo 320MB PC133 SDRAM 30GB UDMA2 HDD ATi Rage 128 Ultra 16MB AGP Voodoo 2 PCI Sound Blaster 16 PCI Realtek NIC Windows 98 SE I can get a Voodoo3 3000 fairly cheaply, would …

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Re: I've got some cards for sale

Posted on 2010-02-12, 09:07

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by SquallStrife

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If it doesn't work out with temptingthelure, I would like to offer $40 for the AWE64, plus postage to Australia.

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Re: Old CD Magazines / Magazine CDs for download

Posted on 2010-02-12, 03:15

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by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

swizzle: I wouldn't mind grabbing those. If you wouldn't mind upping them somewhere. Please!! 😊

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Re: Can magnets damage computer equipment?

Posted on 2010-02-10, 23:19

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In my experience, you'd have to be pretty deliberate to damage anything with magnets of the strength you're talking about. I'm not sure how well they compare, but Mythbusters did an experiment to find out how strong a magnet you'd need to damage the magnetic strip of a credit card. IIRC, rare-earth …

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Re: 386 motherboard with a vesa slot

Posted on 2010-02-10, 05:51

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In reality, it's a 486 board. The Am386DX-40 has a 32-bit data bus, though, so it can act like a 486, including suporting VLB.

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Re: 1024 cylinder problem.

Posted on 2010-02-08, 04:24

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've read a lot about that Disc Manager.. I wouldn't use it. Yeah... Retrospectively, it's probably a blessing in disguise that it didn't work...[/quote]

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Yet another rig thread.

Posted on 2010-02-07, 22:24

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by SquallStrife

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Since I'm new, just thought I'd share my specs on both my new and retro systems. Main system: Q6600 @ 3.2GHz Gigabyte 965P based board (DS3P if memory serves) 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 (4GB) Assorted HDDs from 320GB to 750GB Radeon 4870X2 (the one with two GPUs on one card) X-Fi Xtreme Audio (aka …

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1024 cylinder problem.

Posted on 2010-02-07, 13:30

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by SquallStrife

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm using an unknown 486 ISA/VLB board in my retro box, with a VLB I/O controller. All I can tell you off-hand about the BIOS is that it's an AMIBIOS, the one with the horrible green+brown+white default colour scheme. I have a Seagate Barracuda 30GB HDD jumper-clipped at 2GB, but DOS will only let …

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