Re: Help reviving USB hard disk

Posted on 2011-10-25, 03:04

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Well for the future I can recommend a tool from Microsoft called SyncToy. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15155 It allows you to sync / backup folders and I do this for my USB sticks. So on the PC I have a folder called "8GB Kingston Backup" and I run Sync Toy on a regular basis …

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Re: New enough to be old?

Posted on 2011-10-24, 18:48

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To add to that, resolutions also kept going up. For example when Farcry came out, most played at 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768. In order to play it at 1920 x 1080 with all details and the HDR enabled, you really needed a Geforce 8 series card to get 60+ fraps all the time.

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Re: most types of midi synth on 2 isa slots

Posted on 2011-10-22, 08:07

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From what I understand the MT-32 has something like a "limit" in terms of how much it can do at a given time. And this helps the situation I think.

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Re: most types of midi synth on 2 isa slots

Posted on 2011-10-22, 07:45

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I think we need a picture for this 😀

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Re: Brand New You're Retro (P3 1.4 anachronism)

Posted on 2011-10-21, 20:50

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Well done!

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Re: PortableApps

Posted on 2011-10-21, 17:54

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Wow, tough crowd 😀

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Re: PortableApps

Posted on 2011-10-21, 16:20

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Wo, tough crowd 😀

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Re: PortableApps

Posted on 2011-10-21, 14:07

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Interesting. I admit I only tried a few games and they worked just fine. I did change the config file to fit my usual settings, but that was it. Still, DOSBox is just one App out of like 100+ which PortableApp supports. I'm quite fond of it and wish I had known about earlier. It's great in …

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PortableApps

Posted on 2011-10-21, 13:48

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I "discovered" this really cool utility / website and just want to quickly introduce it. I'm sure some you might find this just as cool / handy as I did! The website is: http://portableapps.com/ You will need a formatted USB stick. Download the latest version from here: http://portableapps.com/ …

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Re: ram for SB awe32

Posted on 2011-10-21, 11:08

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And there is also this option: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont Requires a second PC, but that once can be modern!

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Re: DOS FPS: Anyone actually use the mouse for moving?

Posted on 2011-10-20, 11:29

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DonutKing wrote: As for Descent I actually preferred to play that with a joystick... Totally! But that was in the school lab 😀

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Re: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 09:57

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Very nice! Thanks

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Re: DOS FPS: Anyone actually use the mouse for moving?

Posted on 2011-10-20, 09:33

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I remember playing Descent on the School machines in the computer lab. Everyone was playing with the keyboard, I was the only one using the mouse for up and down and left and right and the keyboard for the throttle. Needless to say I totally dominated 😀

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Re: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 09:31

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Awesome! What software did you use and which one would you recommend? Did you use Fluidsynth or Bassmidi?

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Re: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 09:02

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Nice! Looks like MIDI-OX is the key to all of this. Looking at their website: It displays incoming MIDI streams, and passes the data to a MIDI output driver or the MIDI Mapper. That's pretty sweet 😀

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Re: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 06:59

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Yup that's exactly what I'm thinking. Because AFAIK (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, MIDI is MIDI no matter if it comes from a keyboard with someone playing or from a sound card from another computer.

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Re: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 06:44

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I see... Well the Live and Audigy also support loading SoundFonts. I wonder if that's all you need to have.. In fact all the X-Fi cards support loading SoundFonts, but I don't know if it will listen to a MIDI-IN signal... All my gear is packed away because I'm moving soon, but yea this sounds like a …

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Re: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 06:41

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Interesting... Yes many modern sound cards come with a MIDI-IN. I think the trick is to route the MIDI-IN signal in some way to the software MIDI program / SoundFont.

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Re: Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 06:25

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Hmm... My USB MIDI adapter has MIDI-IN, but were do you go from there... Fascinating...

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Vintage PC > MIDI > Another PC with SoundFont

Posted on 2011-10-20, 06:00

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This strange idea just popped up in my head... Most of us have played around with DOSBox and General MIDI SoundFonts. Some have also played with various SoundFonts under DOS on a real vintage PC. Now I was wondering if something like this is possible: Vintage PC > MPU401 > MIDI cable > MIDI-IN > …

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