Re: Is it worth throwing away nostalgic stuff?

Posted on Today, 00:39

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by badmojo

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If someone went to the trouble of writing a bot then surely they'd provide it with a less inane set of questions to ask. @Muz prove that you're not a bot - respond to this thread again and explain what prompted you to ask this pointless question in the wrong forum!

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Re: The Retro Web project - a better stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on Yesterday, 22:53

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by badmojo

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Sorry to hear about the setbacks you've experienced but thank-you very much for persisting and overcoming them, this is a brilliant resource 👍

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Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?

Posted on 2022-08-04, 02:42

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by badmojo

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Shreddoc wrote on 2022-08-04, 00:36: Arrested Development (seasons 1, 2, 3) was, for me, the pinnacle of USA-produced ensemble comedy. +1 I found this hysterically funny and clever. Genius writing.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-29, 00:07

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by badmojo

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Just in off the boat (and by boat I mean delivery truck) a Yamaha YMF719E-S based sound card. Still gotta test it, hopefully it works as I plan to use it straight away. That's a great implementation of a great chipset - there are some improvements that can be made however with a little bit of work: …

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Re: Games you can play with a Riva 128?

Posted on 2022-07-27, 11:02

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by badmojo

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No issues with the output quality here either but I'm also using the Diamond Viper V330 instance of the Riva 128, so perhaps the Diamond quality is in the mix. And yes I also like the raw, grainy, colourful 3D image - I prefer it over the muddy output I've experienced with the 3Dfx cards of that era …

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Re: EMM386 breaks linear frame buffer?

Posted on 2022-07-26, 02:10

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by badmojo

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This might be helpful for tracking down your LFB: Re: Dude, where's my frame buffer?

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Re: What is your most hated/feard task in building a (retro)PC?

Posted on 2022-07-25, 00:59

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by badmojo

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The possibility of not being able to match the beiges of my PC case, floppy, and CD-ROM always strikes fear into my heart.

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Re: I will never EVER buy a robot manufactured in China

Posted on 2022-07-21, 23:16

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by badmojo

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Can we all agree this is the prudent stance to take on this issue. It's not that I have specific plans to actually buy a robot butler, assistant, bodyguard. If I did I know it won't come from there. My dear old mum has been coming out with this sort of anti-China nonsense a lot lately too - this is …

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Re: Is gaming a waste of time?

Posted on 2022-07-20, 03:23

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by badmojo

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A Muz thread about wasting time? Count me in. Video games have provided me countless magical moments over the years and I use them as an excuse to play with computer hardware, which is another win. So no, not a waste.

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Re: Retrobright? Can the yellow decoloration be removed or reversed?

Posted on 2022-07-18, 09:22

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by badmojo

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Nar I haven't done it for ages - maybe I should!

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Re: Retrobright? Can the yellow decoloration be removed or reversed?

Posted on 2022-07-18, 00:31

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by badmojo

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Any success? Well my monitor and PC case are still not yellowed from what I can tell but in saying that neither of them ever were much. The monitor I've had for about 10 years and came NOS in the box, and the case did need a retrobrited initially it wasn't very yellowed to start with. I'm careful …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2022-07-14, 06:57

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by badmojo

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Chicken Parmigiana here tonight, AKA Chicken in Pajamas. My wife's been reading about the potential for carcinogens in processed meats so this might be our last hurrah for a while.

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-07-10, 21:53

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by badmojo

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Excellent comparison again thankyou! Yes this preset sounds a lot closer to the real thing and maybe as close as it's going to get...? But of course it's never going to be 1:1, so my personal taste is to use a bit more reverb and leave the bass with a bit more kick. I'm totally ignorant of the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-07-09, 22:56

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by badmojo

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liqmat wrote on 2022-07-09, 13:57: btw... RoboCop: Rogue City gameplay footage just dropped. From the same dev as Terminator: Resistance. Yeah, I'm on this like ____ on ____! Now we're talking! I heart RoboCop.

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-07-06, 21:29

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by badmojo

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Version 4.5 sounds great to my ears, nice work @appiah4 👍 For what it's worth I'm comparing it to this recording from an SCC1, because that's the SC55 sounds I'm most familiar with: https://soundcloud.com/user-306991531/doom-scc1

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-06-27, 00:46

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by badmojo

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Sure thing! Disclaimer first, I don't really know what I'm doing and only used a handful of common game tracks to do my comparisons / tweaking (DOOM, Descent, Warcraft II, Dark Forces, etc). Attached is the preset I'm using and a s/s of the app. I would have liked to have softened the sound a little …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-06-25, 21:53

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by badmojo

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That comparison is well done, but doing a direct comparison is complicated by the EQ on the X2GS. The default settings didn't work for me, they made it sound a little blurry / over filter or something compared to the SC55 - same as this comparison. But after messing around with settings I'm happier …

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Re: Yet another 286 build.

Posted on 2022-06-14, 21:15

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by badmojo

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Nice 286! I don't know if CGA compatibility is something you care about but I had some fun finding the right VGA card for my 286 a while back and ended up with a WDC based Diamond Speedstar. Details here: Re: It's 286 time!

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-06-09, 07:33

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by badmojo

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Radical Vision wrote on 2022-06-07, 14:13: I will like to use acid on scrappers, that used to destroy Pentium PRO CPUs, 3Dfx cards and other good stuff >>>>> Are you 9 years old?

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-06-02, 23:14

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by badmojo

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Its MT-32 compatible in that you'll hear something when you select that option in games, but it'll generally sounds like crap because they're a different kind of synth. To switch banks you can run a little midi file (which is available on the serdaco website) - the midi file doesn't make a sound, …

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