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Re: What soundcards should I stick into a 486

Posted on 2013-12-10, 06:57

by Mau1wurf1977

On the SB Pro 2 you can disable the low-pass filter which will unlock some of that detail :) I documented this a while ago in this thread: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=246020 Enjoy the clarity :cool: Cards like the ESS AudioDrive or Audacian are very very quiet however. I think I might have …

Re: Converting VGA Signal

Posted on 2013-12-10, 01:45

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

silentwulf wrote: Looks like it's exactly what I need 😀 Any demonstrations out there on it's video quality? Have you had any glaring issues with the unit? Check my YT channel 😀

Re: What speaker setup are you using on your vintage machine?

Posted on 2013-12-10, 01:43

by Mau1wurf1977

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I got these Logitech. They are very good, but for my retro setup I prefer 2.0 speakers.

Re: Converting VGA Signal

Posted on 2013-12-09, 15:29

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I use this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Computer-VGA-Output-to-TV-RCA-Video-S-Video-Converter-Conversion-/221129772808?pt=AU_Television_Accessories&hash=item337c5c8f08&_uhb=1 It has a VGA out, so you can capture and use the monitor like normal. Works very well, but only up to 640 x 480 with decent …

Re: Old mobo recap: socket 478 ASUS P4P800

Posted on 2013-12-09, 10:52

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Logistics wrote: but I used polymer caps. Could you please expand in this? Are there benefits to using polymer?

Re: Why wasn't the Amiga popular in North America?

Posted on 2013-12-08, 23:01

by Mau1wurf1977

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Much earlier for me... 386DX with VGA and Sound Blaster was when things tipped in favour of the PC. Games would come on ~ 10 floppy disks.

Re: Let's tinker with pre Core 2 Duo Windows XP era platforms

Posted on 2013-12-08, 13:04

by Mau1wurf1977

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That chipset must have been Geforce 6100 / Nforce 410/430 That is the chipset used on the motherboard I use now. My Gigabyte board is not a very good motherboard for overclocking but I dont think that is the chipsets fault. Yes that sounds right! I had a cheap Asrock board and overvolting was …

Re: ISA controller cards - Winbond not working

Posted on 2013-12-08, 11:21

by Mau1wurf1977

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Not a single Winbond card work... Very odd and too specific to be faulty cards. I'm missing some crucial jumper setting or other bit of key knowledge.

Re: Is it safe to use a splitter instead of a mixer?

Posted on 2013-12-08, 11:20

by Mau1wurf1977

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Just get a 4 to 1 Audio switch box. I use something like this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3-port-Audio-Video … 87a3c0ef&_uhb=1

Re: What soundcards should I stick into a 486

Posted on 2013-12-08, 09:47

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Whenever you have two cards, one that does MIDI, another that does speech / digital, you will have no issues with hanging notes and so on. Many do this to avoid hanging notes on Creative cards.

Re: What soundcards should I stick into a 486

Posted on 2013-12-08, 09:43

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yea I love that card. As a speech / digital card next to MIDI it's perfect :) Sound Blaster Pro 2 is also nice. But the swapped L and R annoys me. Yamaha chip cards are also good. I have this Audician card, but the driver annoys me. Can't disable the WSS and so it takes up lots of resources. But …

Re: What soundcards should I stick into a 486

Posted on 2013-12-08, 08:32

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well for MIDI you will need: - MT-32 (Old) - SC-55 You can use the LAPC-I to drive it all. Or did you mean FM? What I found about GUS, CMS, PAS is you spend time and money to source the cards, then listen to a few games but in the end you go back to Sound Blaster and Roland 😀

Re: FOREX 386 motherboard thread

Posted on 2013-12-08, 08:05

by Mau1wurf1977

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What is this interesting looking application? Some kind of stress test?

Re: What soundcards should I stick into a 486

Posted on 2013-12-08, 07:48

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What games are you going to play? I'd go with the AWE64 GOLD unless you want to play really old, FM only, games. But you might want to get an external Sound Canvas as well.

Re: 486 project

Posted on 2013-12-08, 07:18

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd just stick with the OEM you have. Otherwise you will be spending a LOT of money. A DX2-66 is fine. What are you going to do with the project? For more speed get an IntelDX4 overdrive. Works with 5V and very compatible.

Re: Dual ISA Sound Cards in Dos 7

Posted on 2013-12-08, 06:35

by Mau1wurf1977

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Just AWEUTIL/S which initialises the card 😀

Re: Let's tinker with pre Core 2 Duo Windows XP era platforms

Posted on 2013-12-08, 05:12

by Mau1wurf1977

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had a Nortwood 2.6 system, with 2 GB RAM and a Radeon 9800. I was very happy with that machine. It was super stable and ran all the games. The limitation was mostly the video card as games quickly became quite demanding. Later I had a cheap 754 Asrock motherboard with a Nvidia chipset (Not nForce) …