Re: Complete newbie advice on ISA video cards required please

Posted on 2011-01-07, 20:07

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Another possibly useful clue, don't use hybrid PCI/ISA slots. Tried an ATI Mach32 ISA in one of these slots yesterday and didn't work (got no beep/POST either) ... in the non-hybrid ports it worked perfectly

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Re: GM MIDI Tone Generators/Sound Modules - from best to worst

Posted on 2011-01-07, 13:38

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Gonna attempt at this, even tho I'm not familiar with all of them. * 10 - Roland SC-55 (just perfect, considering most songs are made for this board) * 6 - GUS Wavetable (does the job) * 8 - M$ GS Wavetable Synth (generally sounds quite good overall, but then again it's just a cut back Sound Canvas …

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Re: schneider euro pc external drive

Posted on 2011-01-04, 13:17

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What TEAC drive do you have? They made a huge load of different ones, some allowing you to set options for the floppy drive, that might be required This is most likely how such an adapter would be wired up (no guarantees tho): DB25 (male) from EuroPC Floppy connector 1. /INDEX 8 2. NC - 3. /DRIVE …

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Re: schneider euro pc external drive

Posted on 2011-01-04, 08:18

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The OV prolly just is the corresponding ground pin ... seems useless, it is ... but that's how the 34 pin shuggart floppy interface is defined. Additional possibly useless info: I'm not exactly familiar with the Schneider Euro PC, but I have a Schneider CPC (which is a unique 8bit design) ... that …

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Re: Old PC, new purpose. Details inside.

Posted on 2011-01-03, 16:40

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Now for a quick question: is the YMF262 backwards compatible all the way down to the YM3526(OPL) or just to the YM3812? Quite frankly I have no idea ... even tho I _think_ I've read somewhere the 3812 can be used as a drop in replacement for the 3526 Full details for the 3526 can be found here: …

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Re: Modern motherboard with ISA slot

Posted on 2011-01-03, 15:48

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I see what you mean... But, didn't they have fully working integrated bridges on systems <10 years ago? What happened? Those are pretty much uniquely designed/adapted for each socket/cpu type. Why they died out? Tell me one _modern_ use of the ISA bus (except quick and easy prototyping maybe [which …

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Re: What does an Ad Lib sound card sound like?

Posted on 2011-01-03, 14:20

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I saw a boxed SB Pro sell of 1.5 Euros and I saw quite a few 386DX boards go for just a few Euros. Yeah, but then again really useful stuff like the Sound Canvas or Gravis Ultrasound usually ends for horrendous prices, so it's a medal with 2 faces. Needless to say I got _extremely_ lucky to even …

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Re: Redneck Rampage halts

Posted on 2011-01-03, 14:17

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nikiniki wrote: I can use WinRar many times without problems and never pay for it. While not exactly illegal, using their software longer than 30 days is against their license (not to speak of the nag screen).

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Re: What does an Ad Lib sound card sound like?

Posted on 2011-01-03, 14:13

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Got one of these GameBlasters as well, alongside a DSS ... and a recently aquired Ensoniq Soundscape classic. Currently I just wish, there was a central place where people could gather knowledge/technical details/history/docs about said old (sound) hardware ... considering how hard those are to get …

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Re: What does an Ad Lib sound card sound like?

Posted on 2011-01-03, 12:43

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Thanks very much for the info people. I was a bit late, when I joined the retro party, and there are some things I never managed to find, at a reasonable price. An Ad Lib card was one of them, and another was the LAPC-i. I did find a CM-32L and MT-32, so that's OK, but as for the Ad Lib - well, I …

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Re: Modern motherboard with ISA slot

Posted on 2011-01-03, 12:38

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This might be interesting: http://www.costronic.com.tw/Ev71p.htm Not sure how much it costs, if you go to thier homepage it asks you to email an enquiry. The info underneath the pics says that you need to write a device driver yourself. Could be very tricky, if you're not in to that kind of thing. …

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Re: Modern motherboard with ISA slot

Posted on 2011-01-03, 07:51

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Ever checked into PICMG 1.3? There are backplanes which have ISA, PCI-X and PCI-E slots ... Single board computers with that specification go up til at least socket 775 from a quick google.

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Re: Modern motherboard with ISA slot

Posted on 2011-01-03, 07:24

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LPT-AdLib IMO a very sensible project considering that that Sound Blaster speech / sound effects and MIDI (external Roland modules) usually work just fine on newer machines. And the lack of real Yamaha OPL chip is usually the thing that sticks out. Thing is, that LPT-AdLib is strictly limited to …

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Re: Old PC, new purpose. Details inside.

Posted on 2011-01-03, 07:18

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Hm ... kind of a 2 bladed sword there, considering that while you take away the OPL2/OPL3 emulation and use the real thing, you stick with a lower quality of the general emulation using an outdated version of the emulator (not having exactly followed MAME development, but I suppose there at least …

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Re: ABIT TX5 PS2 Problem.

Posted on 2011-01-03, 07:07

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@prophase_j I have the manual but i don't know where to connect the cables on the MOBO. The pinout goes like this 00 0 0 00 My ps2 header from the bracket has red,yellow,green and blue wire. You've gotta find out which color corresponds to which signal (or pin on the PS/2 jack) otherwise all other …

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Re: Modern motherboard with ISA slot

Posted on 2011-01-03, 07:03

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Good luck getting i.e. second reality to run on an i7 You would be surprised LOL Not an i7 but on a Phenom II and Asrock 770 chipset board. You can go into BIOS, set the reference clock to 100 and multi to 0.5 LOL BAM you have a modern 50 MHz CPU :D Cool :) Awhile ago when I was doing various silly …

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Re: QUERY: RSS/Atom Feeder...

Posted on 2011-01-03, 06:42

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Sorry to dig this one out, but still better than opening another post 😉 Any chance this might be added at some point? Simple yes/no is enough of course Personally I find it easier to follow forums via RRS feeds from my e-mail client ... but that's prolly just me

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Re: WarCraft II TidesofDarkness & Expansion Set problem-game shuts down to desktop

Posted on 2011-01-03, 06:32

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We don't support abandonware aka downloaded games. Before offering money for people helping you here, you should _maybe_ spent the money on the game first. Considering the version you got might be broken and WarCraft2 most likely still being easily obtainable. Otherwise, what Hardware and operating …

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Re: Modern motherboard with ISA slot

Posted on 2011-01-03, 05:58

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Dant wrote: You see we're trying to use any ISA card we want on these systems, LPT adaptation limits our usable IRQs, and bandwidth, along with preventing use of DMA channels or any sort of 16-bit card. Well yes, read my very first posting. Good luck getting i.e. second reality to run on an i7

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Re: ABIT TX5 PS2 Problem.

Posted on 2011-01-02, 23:41

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My ps2 header from the bracket has red,yellow,green and blue wire. No idea which color corresponds with which pin there (mine was black, yellow, red and orange I think) ... try to wire it up corresponding to this mspaint powered drawing. That's the way it's done on my mainboard (which is basically …

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