Re: Admin request: Tapatalk support

Posted on 2013-12-03, 21:23

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by badmojo

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I've been using ordinary mobile android browsers (usually Opera Mobile) to view Vogons on my smartphones, and don't face any problems.... No problems here either - iPad, or even iPhone when I get desperate. Vogons is a lot more responsive and easy to navigate than most of the websites I frequent on …

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Re: Best VLB motherboard for AMD 5x86?

Posted on 2013-12-03, 01:35

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by badmojo

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I would say the Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 based on the SIS471 chipset (as mentioned earlier) +1 I also have this board and consider it the rolls royce of VLB boards, although I did need to upgrade the BIOS to accept the P75 (with help from DonutKing) Drawbacks: -Only 2 VLB ports I was under the …

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Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-03, 01:29

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by badmojo

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The pins are for a memory module, creatives own creation and not easy to find. I'd go with a Voodoo 2 for the extra res. in quake.

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Re: saved from the recycle bin

Posted on 2013-12-02, 05:03

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by badmojo

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DonutKing wrote: Good thing you saved it, otherwise this might have happened to it Gross, I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.

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Re: Brand 286 motherboard

Posted on 2013-12-01, 23:03

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by badmojo

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I've found codes under the sticker in that position before, which is why I suggested it. From memory my 286 motherboard can use either the onboard IC RAM, OR SIPP RAM, not both at the same time. This is controlled by jumpers, so the behavior you're seeing sound right.

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Re: 16 bit sound in DOS games, was that 'a thing'?

Posted on 2013-12-01, 22:51

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by badmojo

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Thanks for the replies. I have a related question regarding 'clone' ISA sound cards and their claim at being 16 bit. Take for example the ESS ES1868 AudioDrive based cards, these cards - according to the spec sheet - are 16 bit but are only Sound Blaster Pro compatible. So does this mean that …

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Re: Brand 286 motherboard

Posted on 2013-12-01, 21:08

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by badmojo

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Can you peel that warranty sticker off? There might be a code under there.

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Re: Your speaker and headphone system(s)

Posted on 2013-11-30, 08:40

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by badmojo

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Just a comment regarding surround setups. I see a lot of setups with the surround speakers places totally wrong. They should not be "behind" but to the sides / a tiny bit My setup is wrong then, but having a speaker sitting in the middle of the home office - which my wife uses too - just wasn't an …

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Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2013-11-28, 00:43

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by badmojo

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Samir wrote: One thing I'd do is ditch the Logitech mouse driver. I remember that one as being a memory hog. Unless you're loading it high, then it's all good. 😉 I use that driver too, love the blue box but it also has a 'cloak' function which hides it in upper memory somehow, then it only takes up …

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Re: 16 bit sound in DOS games, was that 'a thing'?

Posted on 2013-11-27, 11:08

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by badmojo

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bjt wrote: Interesting. Is this even the case on Creative cards that don't suffer from the 'hanging note' bug? Yes it is unfortunately.

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Re: 16 bit sound in DOS games, was that 'a thing'?

Posted on 2013-11-27, 01:49

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by badmojo

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OK so is it fair to say that very late DOS games (~1996) started to implement true 16 bit audio, but there was no advantage in having a 16 bit card for games before that time-frame? Or is that incorrect because some games could play 8 bit sounds at a higher sample rate (e.g. 22khz) and only a 16 bit …

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Re: Steam Machine (Valve's first console)

Posted on 2013-11-27, 01:28

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by badmojo

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As for their new console, I have a 4 GHz system that can run almost everything I throw at it at 60 FPS with maximum detail settings. There's absolutely no reason for me to get such a console and I have to wonder what the target demographic for such a device would even be. :P I think there's a big …

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16 bit sound in DOS games, was that 'a thing'?

Posted on 2013-11-26, 21:43

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by badmojo

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I'm not sure if this is the right forum but my question is regarding 16 bit ISA sound cards and DOS games. During the early to mid 90's my friends and I were all lusting after '16 bit sound'. We didn't know why exactly, we just knew it had to be twice as good as our 8 bit sound cards. I remember a …

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Re: Steam Machine (Valve's first console)

Posted on 2013-11-26, 20:59

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by badmojo

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Interesting times. I don't want one of these things but I'm interested to see where Valve go with it, they seem like a pretty capable company and the Steam catalogue is a pretty big ace in the hole.

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Re: Your speaker and headphone system(s)

Posted on 2013-11-26, 20:53

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by badmojo

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I use this Cambridge Soundworks setup for retro gaming, I've had them for 10 years and they've never let me down.

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Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)

Posted on 2013-11-26, 10:22

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by badmojo

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OK I've tested SoftMPU on my ESS AudioDrive (ES1868F) as requested and it doesn't seem to work. I might be doing something wrong but it seems pretty straight forward, I type: SoftMPU /SB:220 /IRQ:5 /MPU:330 And I get the error: ! Error: Sound Blaster not detected at port 220 IRQ 5 My MPU-401 however …

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Re: M396F motherboard

Posted on 2013-11-26, 08:58

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by badmojo

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One advantage of rolling your own is that you can give it a nice long cable length - a PC speaker wire is perfect, and has the right plug on it too. The pre made ones have a short-ish cable so it's still not always possible to get the battery clear of the motherboard; obviously even modern ones can …

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Re: I feld in a `trap` called ebay!

Posted on 2013-11-26, 03:17

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by badmojo

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It always pays to check with the seller before paying, but that shipping cost is not reasonable regardless. For small things like that from the US for which the postage is inexplicably high, I always use a freight forwarding company called Shipito.

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Re: Your speaker and headphone system(s)

Posted on 2013-11-26, 01:57

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by badmojo

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Ah it's not so bad, you can still type "bad face cage"

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Re: Your speaker and headphone system(s)

Posted on 2013-11-26, 01:21

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by badmojo

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Cloudschatze, your keyboard looks weird 🤣

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