Re: AWE32 Upgrade CT1920 Goldfinch... need some help and clarification.

Posted on 2016-04-14, 06:39

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by badmojo

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ElBrunzy wrote: do you mean the goldfinch load sf2 slower than a sb32 ? If so, why would you think? No I'm sure it's the same on all AWE cards - loading a 28MB sound font just takes a while, that's all!

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Re: AWE32 Upgrade CT1920 Goldfinch... need some help and clarification.

Posted on 2016-04-14, 06:38

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by badmojo

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Oh I see. So then 220 would receive FM? I don't fully understand all of this yet... Also, what is actually happening when I run a game's sound setup program and choose awe32 when the card is already emulating MPU-401? In Descent selecting AWE32 sounds totally different than opl3 or General Midi (GM …

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Re: AWE32 Upgrade CT1920 Goldfinch... need some help and clarification.

Posted on 2016-04-13, 05:18

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by badmojo

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Try 'masterpiece.sf2' here: http://rkhive.com/banks.html Sounds nice I think, but does take a while to load with the Goldfinch. Not sure what you mean regarding the FM issue - it ain't on port 330. That's the MPU-401, and you probs don't have anything attached to that. You can tell the Goldfinch to …

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Re: Catch-all Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy/Vogons thread

Posted on 2016-04-12, 23:11

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by badmojo

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"Life? Don't talk to me about life." I use that one all the time 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-12, 04:33

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by badmojo

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The PAS16 can be a great card and is quite well supported in DOS games, as your memories of seeing it listed suggests. There are a couple of things to take note of: - it's important to get the right version of the drivers, because there are multiple out there and the wrong version will give you …

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Re: AWE32 Upgrade CT1920 Goldfinch... need some help and clarification.

Posted on 2016-04-10, 23:16

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by badmojo

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The SB Pro 2 isn't even in the running to suffer from the hanging note bug because it doesn't have an MPU401 interface. Something else of note with regard to the Goldfinch is that - in my experience at least - you can't use its sound font functionality in Win9x unless you use it along side a SB16 of …

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Re: AWE32 Upgrade CT1920 Goldfinch... need some help and clarification.

Posted on 2016-04-10, 03:50

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by badmojo

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Are you sure that RAM isn't broke? Are you able to test it elsewhere? I've tried a couple of different sized sticks (including 16MB ones) and haven't had a problem. And yes the RAM expansion / soundfont functionality is really only useful for DOS gaming via Windows 95 and up. Loading fonts in pure …

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Re: Artex's 3DFX Voodoo5 6000 Thread

Posted on 2016-04-08, 02:51

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by badmojo

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Artex wrote: ... this card is an animal. It's a little bit science fiction is what it is 😎 Thanks for the great pics.

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Re: Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 3.4 GHz - more than just hot air

Posted on 2016-04-05, 21:03

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by badmojo

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Thanks Skyscraper, saved me the trouble! Yes this was one of the reasons I switched back to the 775 system, because I loves my Audigy, but you guys are spot on - if I use the AMD setup again in the future with the 8800 GTX then I'll have to do something else. I could either use a PCIe card, or …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-05, 05:09

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by badmojo

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Sweet pair, badmojo! I haven't heared anything good about the stock cooler though. What are your plans? Thanks mate! Yes it's very noisy and a pain in the bum to install if you have large components close to the clips, which this motherboard does. But I have no plans for them to be honest - they'll …

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Re: Ive got a AST Advantage Pro 486 with a bad PSU i'd be willing to trade

Posted on 2016-04-05, 00:34

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by badmojo

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Yep no trading, and no abandonware here - looks like you took a wrong turn somewhere on the information superhighway 🤣

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Re: Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 3.4 GHz - more than just hot air

Posted on 2016-04-04, 23:30

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by badmojo

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I recently got a bee in my bonnet about reliving the Athlon 64 3500+ system I had back in the day, but I have strict anti-hoarding guidelines which state that I’m not allowed to have multiple systems from the same era or with basically the same capabilities, so my P4 was gutted and replaced with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-04, 23:20

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by badmojo

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I picked up this NOS ASUS A8V-VM socket 939 board recently to go with the Athlon 64 3500+ I bought a while back. A handsome pair: http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g330/rjheard/DSCN3129_zpse53aduvb.jpg http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g330/rjheard/DSCN3111_zpswmr49txs.jpg http://i1096. …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-04-02, 21:48

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by badmojo

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Lovely neat little spaces - I would be very happy sitting at either of them 😎

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Re: How do you Rate Ebay Sellers when...

Posted on 2016-04-01, 04:56

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by badmojo

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Yep you can't really complain about that service, better than you'd get in most brick and mortar stores around here.

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Re: SB AWE64 MIDI support: What am I missing here?

Posted on 2016-03-31, 22:00

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by badmojo

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Haha yes the real OPL3 vs CQM thing always gets this forums motor running. I personally prefer a real OPL3 but only because that's what I grew up with. But the ESS clone is great, and you can send the CQM output via the effects engine on an AWE card which is pretty cool too.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-03-31, 21:42

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by badmojo

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Dude you're weirding me out - how'd you get a photo of my toilet?

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-03-31, 20:06

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by badmojo

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bjt wrote: Loving the dead hardware walls. I could only get away with that in my shed 😁 Ha, mine is in the outdoor toilet!

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2016-03-31, 19:54

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by badmojo

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Tiger433 wrote: Gothic 2 Night of the Raven once more, this time I started making mage. I also tried hard L`Hiver mod to this game, and almost ended that. You're brave - Night of the Raven is hard enough as it is in my book! Great game though - have you tried Vurts texture mod? Looks good I think.

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Re: Promise EIDE MAX II - don't make the same mistake as me

Posted on 2016-03-29, 21:50

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by badmojo

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Its main feature is to add LBA hard drive support (up to 128GB) on controllers/motherboards that dont support it natively. So you just plug this bad boy in next to your existing controller - leaving the HDD connected to your existing controller, and the machine will magically work with LBA HDDs? …

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