Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-04-07, 20:52

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by badmojo

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Maybe I should suggest the legendary Diakatana - yes I know I'm evil Lol that it evil - I think I read somewhere that there's a community patch which made it playable but I sold my copy long ago. Thanks for the reviews OP - I played through HL recently and thought it was pretty gosh darn fun but …

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Re: Trouble Enabling Wave Blaster on SB16

Posted on 2019-04-06, 21:09

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by badmojo

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What are you selecting for music in games setup programs? General Midi is the ticket, or Sound Canvas. Start with something like DOOM - easy to set up and very obvious when you’ve done it right. EDIT: sorry I didn’t read jesolos reply properly, he already stated that and more 😵

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Re: Can we please put the muzzle on Muz?

Posted on 2019-04-03, 20:35

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by badmojo

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He’s not hurting anyone, and 1 in 20 posts he gets an interesting discussion going. My only concern is that it’s JadeFalcon playing the long game 😵

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Re: Two SS7 Builds - CUSTOM Mini-ITX Alternative to my Mid-Tower

Posted on 2019-04-01, 19:51

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by badmojo

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I’m not usually a fan of retro hardware in modern cases but these two have real style, excellent work. The mad scientist-cramming if parts into odd places is a big part of that I think :) I have spinning disks in all of my machines but have been thinking about trying an SSD in my main Windows 98 …

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Re: Media Vision PAS16P Poping sound ?

Posted on 2019-03-28, 20:07

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by badmojo

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All the pack-in speakers I came across were non-powered, so I suspect that they were more common than not in the ISA sound card era. Of course my friends and I promptly dug up overpowered amps and whatever speakers we could find (the bigger the better) and cranked it - also not a good recipe for …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-03-26, 11:21

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by badmojo

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Yes that Epiphone is a lovely little thing - I don't play much anymore but it's hanging there for the day I have more time.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-03-26, 10:07

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by badmojo

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Great setup @Jed118 - have you considered one of those keyboard sleeve things to give you a bit more usable desk space in the corner there? I used to have one at work and it was great. https://www.ergonomicsnow.com.au/ergonomic-furniture/height-adjustable-desks/desk-accessories/desk-lozenge I …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT4810 echo??

Posted on 2019-03-26, 02:23

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by badmojo

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I've never used on of those but the AWE64 has some wicket reverb effects so I wonder if your card has that pumped up by default - any sliders in the mixer that you can fiddle with?

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2019-03-26, 01:48

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by badmojo

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Very interesting thanks! I've connected a GoldFinch to a soundcard's CD audio in, that was easy enough, but then of course you can't connect your CD-ROM to the sound card. What I ended up doing was soldering a 3.5 audio jack into the GoldFinch (pads supplied, so the hardest part is making a neat …

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Re: The Weekend Thread (Fri-Sun)

Posted on 2019-03-25, 20:01

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by badmojo

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Goldfinch -> wavetable header? Please expand on that!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-23, 21:19

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by badmojo

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This for just under 94 Euro. Comes with a Datasette drive, two Joysticks and some tapes. I know it is a bit yellow, so the seller knocked off some of the price. Good times incoming! The breadbins are magic. I’m rarely happy with my paint jobs but I was happy with how this very yellowed C64 came up …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-03-23, 21:12

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by badmojo

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Please don't get triggered so easily. Everytime a member of Vogons gets triggered a kid in Africa dies. You know that. It’s not that people here trigger easily, what’s happening is that your posts are often obnoxious and people react. And it’s a range of people reacting too I notice, so if you run …

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Re: Crystal Audio Chips.. any fans?

Posted on 2019-03-22, 20:45

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by badmojo

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Yep another fan here - I try and use a range of hardware in my builds but both of my socket 7 machines are rocking Crystal based ISA sound cards, a CS4232 with OPL3 and a CS4235 based Magic S23a, which does have the bugged FM but makes up for it with excellent onboard GM. I’ve tried a LOT of sound …

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Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2019-03-22, 00:23

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by badmojo

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This thread is bringing me much joy, thanks for your efforts OP! In general I'm in agreement - even when nostalgia is in the mix I struggle to enjoy some of these older shooters. Decent is a great example - should be fun, is not fun. DOOM and Duke3D are exceptions, they still blow my mind. The maze- …

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

Posted on 2019-03-22, 00:02

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by badmojo

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That is roasted potatoes. I am talking about baked. Wrapped in tin foil, and baked in the oven at 200 degree celcius. You can do it on a bond fire as well. Never liked it. Ah yes I see and you're right. When we were kids we'd throw them into the coals of our bonfire and while they were a fun …

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

Posted on 2019-03-21, 19:35

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by badmojo

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Baked potatoes dry? Not if you cook them in masses of olive oil!

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Re: Can anyone identify this PAS?

Posted on 2019-03-17, 23:41

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by badmojo

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So the MV-PAS16 would play all the audio produced by the motherboard through the ISA bus by default. Could not be turned off. This also caused a hissing problem. Are you talking about the PAS' ability to intercept the PC speaker via the ISA bus? This can be turned off via the mixer (in DOS at least …

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

Posted on 2019-03-16, 20:46

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by badmojo

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I just finished my breakfast which invariably consists of 3 slices of Vegimite toast and coffee (white 1 sugar). The breakfast of champions.

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Re: Can anyone identify this PAS?

Posted on 2019-03-15, 11:20

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by badmojo

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bristlehog wrote: I can now boast of being able to identify a Media Vision sound card without actually seeing anything 😀 A valuable life skill 🤣

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Re: Modding an Old PC Case.

Posted on 2019-03-14, 23:25

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by badmojo

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luckybob wrote: it always looks like shit and you toss the case. +1

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