Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-07-16, 17:51

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Yeah this is what it looks like. Top is MPU, bottom is SB Pro 2. https://i.imgur.com/5dzjfzNl.jpg You can see it doesn't quite line up. I've already tried forcing it a bit more since it was completely off when I got it, but at least now I can wedge the screw in there to keep the card from moving …

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-07-14, 18:51

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I got mine in the other week and have tested it out a little with my SB Pro 2 and it works beautifully, nice work! Only thing to note is that the bracket doesn't quite line up with the screw hole, but that is indeed a minor thing. I can wedge the screw in to keep it steady nonetheless, not like I …

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Re: SC-88 vs SC-88 Pro in 88 Map mode?

Posted on 2018-01-09, 07:53

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Just to add my confirmation, as this was brought up on another forum that I frequent; The SC-88Pro uses the same synth engine and the same DAC as the SC-88, so it's SC-88 mode is identical to the real thing, so it should sound exactly the same, as those recordings show. The SC-88Pro is essentially a …

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Re: Matrox Mystique 220 and Tomb Raider - 3D not turning on?

Posted on 2017-09-22, 20:42

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Hmm, that's very interesting. I wonder why those are interfering. To note, I tested with EMM386 on MS-DOS 7.1 and it was fine. Still don't know why it doesn't work in Win98 for me though, but it's not really a problem. Glad you figured it out, I would never have guessed the memory managers were at …

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Re: Matrox Mystique 220 and Tomb Raider - 3D not turning on?

Posted on 2017-09-19, 01:09

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Yeah, the one in your MATROX folder is the correct one. That's the one I use. It should also be the most updated one. Odd that it still doesn't want to work. I just tested mine again under MS-DOS 7 (from 98SE) and it was fine. There should also be a 3D scene before the EIDOS white screen that uses …

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Re: Matrox Mystique 220 and Tomb Raider - 3D not turning on?

Posted on 2017-09-16, 17:27

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I remember having the exact same problem with my 220. Though my problem was running the game in Windows. Once I ran it in DOS, it worked fine. Also make sure you're running the correct version of the Mystique patch. On the retail CD, there's two folders, Myst4MB, and Myst2MB, the one you want is the …

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Re: Roland SC-8850 Sound Module

Posted on 2017-09-01, 19:04

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I own an SC-8820. The module is pretty nice, able to connect not only via MIDI but USB too. Its compatibility with SC-88 and SC-88Pro is pretty good, not perfect, but close, mostly due to a new internal engine. For most things, you'll probably not notice much difference, if any. I sure haven't. Its …

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Re: What's going on with this Sound Blaster Live?

Posted on 2017-07-01, 21:54

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Hmm, I might just grab it then, if anything just for the modding job. Maybe they modded it like that to save an IO slot? Who knows. I don't have the proper connectors for it but those shouldn't be too hard to find.

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What's going on with this Sound Blaster Live?

Posted on 2017-06-30, 01:13

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I came across this before at my local recycling center, and it's still there a long time later. It looks like some sort of extension and daughter board was attached to it. Higher quality audio output, perhaps? I noticed also the plugs for the modded IN and OUT are different, dunno what they are. …

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Re: One s7 build to rule the dos and 3d w95 era.(need help)

Posted on 2017-04-03, 18:58

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Just thought I'd emphasize the power distribution problem that some motherboards exhibit on the AGP slot, notably the FIC PA-2013 (unless it's rev 2.1 on this board, where it's fixed). I'm not sure if the 503+ has the same problem. From what I remember, the 2013 is just an ATX version of the 503+, …

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Re: Does anyone still have a S3 Trio 32/64/Virge cards?

Posted on 2017-03-15, 18:06

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Tested with my Mystique 220 (again, using the first method like last time from the original post), and it seems to soft-lock at the probe-pci line. System becomes entirely unresponsive. Only thing I can do is hard boot it at that point. Chip is labled MGA-1164SG-A. May be important considering that …

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Re: Does anyone still have a S3 Trio 32/64/Virge cards?

Posted on 2017-03-14, 22:16

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I tried it using the first method with my three Virge GX2s, and for all of them, it just reboots. I don't see any white screen or anything. It gets to the probing pci part, gets about two more lines after that and quickly reboots the system. The chip name on them is 86C357.

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2 Not Working Correctly

Posted on 2017-02-25, 16:44

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Are you using it with the system in your signature? My 233mmx build has no issues with CT1600s, it would be interesting to find out the exact speed things start to fall apart... Does your soundcard have the 14mhz crystal near the ISA connector? Yeah, it's in the signature system. K6-III+. And yes, …

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2 Not Working Correctly

Posted on 2017-02-25, 04:06

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I ended up getting the IRQ to work by BIOS settings (setting IRQ 5 and DMA 1 to Legacy ISA) but that didn't solve the distorted sound. I don't have that BIOS option you speak of, however, what I did do was consider how you said fast computers, so I disabled caches to emulate a 386, and boom, the …

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Sound Blaster Pro 2 Not Working Correctly

Posted on 2017-02-25, 02:55

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So I just picked up a SB Pro 2 today, and I'm nothing but issues with it. I'm using a copy of the install drivers for the card on some floppies for the test using "test-sbp". For some reason, only IRQ 7 is detected. 5, 2, and 10 all fail to be detected, which is odd considering the ISA sound card I …

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Re: Roland SC-55 in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2017-02-23, 06:16

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That is really strange. I tried Descent's setup program in Win98SE, and it plays on my synth just fine through my sound card's gameport. I'm trying to think of why it doesn't on yours. Did you double check the address? It looks correct in that video though... Edit: Oh, I just remembered right after …

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Re: Roland SC-55 in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2017-02-22, 19:23

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Are you talking about two different MIDI ports here? Though either way, it should be solved by opening the control panel, double clicking on Multimedia, switch to the MIDI tab, and select the MIDI output you want in there.

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Re: I blame Phil..

Posted on 2017-02-17, 18:37

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Yeah, thank would be the more proper term. (though blame sounds much more funny) It definitely was Phil that got me into it as well. I was thinking about it before, building a retro system instead of using DOSBox all the time. While DOSBox is great, nothing can beat the real thing in my opinion. And …

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Re: Is it normal for a FIC PA-2013's graphic drivers to break because of a Bios Update on Windows 95?

Posted on 2016-10-11, 17:54

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Just going to throw this out there, since I have the same motherboard. How about the settings "Video BIOS Shadow" and "Video BIOS Cacheable"? I have both disabled from random issues with enabling them. System is much more stable with them off.

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Re: P24D Writeback wont post on QDI V4P895P3/SMT V5.0 motherboard

Posted on 2016-09-27, 19:49

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It seems someone with a similar board had the exact same issue a while back, but it went unsolved: 486 motherboard problem: QDI V4P895P3 / SMT V1.0 mobo won't POST in write back mode

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