Re: Media vision Pro audio spectrum 16 compatibility List
Posted on 2019-04-28, 21:15
I had a Jazz16 go up in smoke, but that was no great loss 😀
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-28, 11:38
A neat thing with the Genesis is that it supports RGB out without any modding for crystal clear video. Only downside is this can lead to a rabbit hole of buying converter boxes and/or upscalers. A company called HD Retrovision offers a Genesis to component out cable as well. https://www. …
Re: Anyone using a password manager? Which one?
Posted on 2019-04-28, 06:09
Seems Lastpass offers multiple devices & sync for free, but on Dashlane that's a paid feature... what did you dislike about Lastpass? It was ages ago so can't remember to be honest, other that it doing some dumb stuff that made me rage quit. But I know it gets good reviews and it's probably …
Re: Aureal Vortex, Is it any good ?
Posted on 2019-04-27, 21:28
The Vortexes have a working wavetable header in real DOS and / or soundfonts in a DOSbox, so the awful FM isn’t a big deal for later DOS games with GM support.
Re: Anyone using a password manager? Which one?
Posted on 2019-04-27, 21:20
Dashlane here after trying and disliking Lastpass. I find myself getting annoyed with Dashlane from time to time too but I think that’s just because I’ve become so dependant on it, and if the website in question does something wonky with their login functionality then there’s only so much that an …
Re: Media vision Pro audio spectrum 16 compatibility List
Posted on 2019-04-27, 07:09
What games released for DOS contained an option in its menu for media vision pro audio spectrum? This would be a hard list to compile - PAS support doesn't mean PAS16 support and I've noticed that some games provide a PAS16 option but just use the PAS16's Thunderboard part (i.e. just the mono SB …
Re: Voting when you are uninformed?
Posted on 2019-04-25, 23:25
Yes it's mandatory voting in these parts and I'm always forced to choose b/w the lesser of 2 evils it seems. I wouldn't say that I'm very well informed but I think it's important that the majority of the population is involved in the voting system - a sensible, educated person who might otherwise …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-24, 22:11
That ESS688 card looks pretty great to me retropol - full sized + wavetable header + OPL3 clone that should sound just like the real thing
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-04-24, 06:15
Currently everything goes through the MX300 AWE32 Line Out --> MX300 Line IN EWS64 Line Out Internal Header --> MX300 AUX IN Beautiful looking build and love the sound options :cool: Have you tried a mixer instead of passing through line ins of other cards? I didn't know myself after investing in …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-04-23, 11:41
Yes I've had trouble fitting a Voodoo with a Millennium - one of them will hit the cooler on both of my Socket 7 machines. The Mystique is shorter and just fits.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2019-04-21, 23:19
Yes I'm lucky and usually get a solid hour to myself at night once my wife and kids are in bed, but work has been ridiculously busy lately so I find that I'm just too tired to game. That's not a complaint, it's good to be busy, but I do miss my RPG adventures after a while. I'm working my way …
Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)
Posted on 2019-04-21, 23:05
We hosted the family Easter lunch here yesterday, which consisted of a pumped leg of lamb (roasted on the BBQ) a roast chicken (also BBQed), 2 green salads, roast potatoes, and a quiche. Drinking a locally made pacific pale ale, red wine, and Aperol spritz.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2019-04-20, 22:28
I haven't been motivated to do much gaming at all lately - been more in a hardware mood - but I've picked up a 6 month old save game in Oblivion and am really enjoying it. I've added a few more mods to my list (included below if anyones interested) around leveling, scaling, and turning off non-quest …
Re: AWE64 Gold change
Posted on 2019-04-15, 20:59
OK, do you know that SB16 standard is not fully compatible with SB/SBpro standard? In some games if sound engine can't play through WAVE channel it plays through FM (like Prince), in some games a portion of sounds is just absent. For example in Mortal Kombat you can't hear "Fight!" and fighters …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-14, 21:32
That PAS is a beast, look at those epic caps! I get confused about what the original PAS can do - I'm under the impression that the PAS16 isn't compatible with it? Great card to have in the collection.
Re: Curious Crystal 8-bit ISA midi card, help identifying?
Posted on 2019-04-09, 12:24
Sounds great to me, nice find. Gah, now I want to play Dune2 again 😒
Re: Format hard drive and backup
Posted on 2019-04-09, 09:08
I don't back up things that I could get my hands on easily if the HDD died, just the important stuff.
Re: Curious Crystal 8-bit ISA midi card, help identifying?
Posted on 2019-04-09, 06:06
That's cool! I'm going to go ahead and call it "Crystal SCC1" Have you tried it? I'm wondering if it's an MPU-401 or if you need special drivers.
Re: Finally! CMS Upgrade Equations for All SB2.0s
Posted on 2019-04-09, 00:50
keropi wrote: In my book you deserved all that ebay support and more! +1 Well done solving the problem in the first place and now sharing your hard work with the community 😎
Re: AWE64 Gold change
Posted on 2019-04-08, 20:41
Prince of Persia is FM only from memory so you can’t change that - the AWE64s have an OPL3 clone that sounds a bit different to the original. You can apply reverb, etc to it tho and it can sound pretty cool so perhaps have a play with those options.
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