Re: Old PC or DOSBox?
Posted on 2013-04-29, 18:47
Where should one look for bargains then?
Re: 12 mhz 286
Posted on 2013-04-28, 21:33
Will there be a possibility to install a faster 286, or these CPUs are soldered to motherboards?
Re: What retro configuration would you suggest?
Posted on 2013-04-28, 21:16
Did you try it with another PSU?
Re: Games you were impressed by graphically when they came out
Posted on 2013-04-28, 19:54
Golden Axe (PC VGA version) King's Bounty (old NWC version of 1990) Heroes of Might and Magic II Diablo (both graphically and musically 😜) Rage of Mages Evil Islands The Witcher King's Bounty: the Legend (new Katauri version of 2008)
Re: 12 mhz 286
Posted on 2013-04-28, 18:58
I am more into game music than into the games themselves. I have already encountered that one PC isn't enough to install all the music hardware and stumbled upon this in search for a compact something (I don't want to be slaughtered by wife!) This one could serve a home for some SB 2.0 or an ATI …
Re: 12 mhz 286
Posted on 2013-04-28, 18:46
Yes, it's a Tandon 286/N, and it has an IDE Seagate ST157A HDD, but I couldn't find any info on its video subsystem. Seems it was a cheaper model of the later times of 386, otherwise it wouldn't cost a mere thousand bucks.
Re: 12 mhz 286
Posted on 2013-04-28, 18:11
But I thought that 15-pin means at least VGA? And wtf is that K/B connector, is it a mere PS/2 or something more intricate?
12 mhz 286
Posted on 2013-04-28, 17:58
I am considering a purchase: a 12 mhz 286, 1 Mb RAM, 40 Mb HDD in a slim proprietary case, that has built-in video out (15-pin), COM and LPT ports and seemingly allows installation of 2 ISA cards. http://geryon.ru/tandon.jpg Though I were introduced to the world of computers already at Pentium epoch …
Re: What's the fastest, single-slot, AGP2x graphics card (to complement a PCI V5500)?
Posted on 2013-04-28, 05:25
FX5950 Ultra has 2-slot reference design, however I have seen 1-slot cards.
Re: Turtle Beach Pinnacle SPDIF
Posted on 2013-04-25, 20:34
There are lots of nuances concerning digital signal routing, and if something goes wrong, you might end up frying something. You need to carefully study all the papers concerning digital input/output on all the cards mentioned. Different manufacturers used different voltages of S/PDIF signal. So if …
Re: Soundfont recommendation thread
Posted on 2013-04-22, 21:21
Intercept: it's not the strings being too loud, it's the distortion guitar being too quiet. SINT5: some presets are missing it seems, since it starts playing something at 0:47.
Re: Roland MT-32 NOT working running off CT1600 Sound Blaster Pro 2
Posted on 2013-04-22, 19:29
Most of AWE32s have buggy MPU (except for CT3980 model AFAIK). Here's the reading material: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPU-401 There were few compatible cards from third parties, I just don't remember exactly. This info should be somewhere at Vogons. I thought that driving a MT-32 requires a MPU …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2013-04-22, 09:57
tayyare wrote: Yeah, it contains my 8088 XT build.. 🤣 Whoa! Haven't you had any problems installing a XT motherboard into an ATX case? What do you say about the case anyway, is it any quiet?
Re: Yes, looking for advice another retro rig for DOS/W98SE gaming
Posted on 2013-04-22, 08:22
Pentium III 550 MHz. (Katmai, will try to get one with integrated L2 cache) Noisy as hell, even at a 50% speed, CPU cooler I also had a SL3JM 600Mhz Katmai with 'noisy as hell' cooler and solved the problem by purchasing a SL4BT 933Mhz Coppermine with a giant fanless copper heatsink. Now there's …
Re: Creative Labs X-Fi + SoundFont + W7 64bit + DOSBox + General Midi Games
Posted on 2013-04-22, 08:14
There is no any memory limit for Soundfont technology that I am aware of. The SF2 file format itself is based on RIFF and therefore limited by 4GB; but there's a possibility to load lists of SF2 files (*.sflist) that allows using a soundfont collection of virtually unlimited size. There's a quality …
Re: Old PC or DOSBox?
Posted on 2013-04-21, 19:37
Check out this cute little Pentium: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Unisys-Cwd5001-ZA-mini-DeskTop-PC-/250552596524?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item3a5619382c Only has a single ISA slot, but with an AWE64 and external Yamaha module you can run a ton of games. But it has got no any CD-ROM drive! How is one …
Re: Old PC or DOSBox?
Posted on 2013-04-21, 19:22
A Pentium 3 system is a relatively inexpensive way to play games 'as is' and yet powerful enough to run DosBox if they won't run on that hardware directly. Pentium 3 systems are still ubiquitous, and they have much more compatibility with modern parts, like displays, mice, keyboards, network cables. …
Re: Technically impressive FM synth music
Posted on 2013-04-20, 21:17
Despite the attention, FM compositions using the Loudness Sound System format (Tyrian, Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf) are hardly the most impressive. Agreed. Of what I listened to, X-COM: UFO Defense seems to be squeezing the hell out of OPL3. Highway Hunter has beautiful OPL3 music too, …
Re: Suggestions on Motherboard + CPU
Posted on 2013-04-18, 21:03
Slot1 CPUs are easiest to handle, you just push them into their slot and you're done: no need for thermal paste and dancing with radiators. There are even some fanless Slot1 CPU packages - there are few at Ebay. This really helps with lowering your rig's noise. AGP video cards pose no problem in DOS …
Re: Most popular component for vintage enthusiast
Posted on 2013-04-17, 10:16
Great Hierophant, why 'especially the PnP version' of Gravis? Though I had no GUS at all, I have heard that GF1-based versions are preferable for games. What's your opinion on that?
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