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?
Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped
Posted on 2013-04-16, 18:37
Same here!
Re: Need some help identifying an Aztech ISA soundcard
Posted on 2013-04-16, 08:51
On the other hand, there's this picture which looks pretty much the same:
Need some help identifying an Aztech ISA soundcard
Posted on 2013-04-15, 20:20
For sale in an unknown condition, seller names it Aztech Nova 16 ExtraII-3D (CS4231). Could it be an Aztech model that provides Covox and DSS emulation?
Re: How do I know how much memory in Soundblaster AWE32
Posted on 2013-04-15, 06:28
CT1748-SBP is an Advanced Signal Processing (ASP) chip. It's an additional one and is not required by Creative Labs cards to operate properly. It is normal that it's missing on your card. As for card resources - did you try changing them within CTCU.EXE? If you don't have three or four ISA sound …
Re: windows8
Posted on 2013-04-15, 06:18
I have bought two copies of Windows 8 (there was a promo action where you buy it for $40 as an upgrade to Win7 or Vista) only to realise it weren't the best eighty bucks I spent in my life. I am too lazy to reinstall Win7 though, but the wife already demanded her Vista back and I did it :( Though I …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2013-04-14, 18:54
Is that a Cooler Master Cosmos EATX case there, tayyare? Do you use it for your retro-rig?
Re: Yamaha MU80
Posted on 2013-04-14, 06:21
Neither AWE64 nor AWE64 Gold have waveblaster connectors. Those connectors on AWE64 Gold are for memory expansion board. €190 for a DB50XG is really ridiculous, I have seen one being sold recently for £25. NEC clones are as cheap as $8 at taobao.com.
Re: CM-32L on eBay UK
Posted on 2013-04-13, 19:51
Some prices on ebay I consider inadequately high, but not concerning rare items like CM-32L or LAPC-I. Listen to Mau1wurf1977, and don't hope the prices would go down - they won't. Last three months I haven't seen any CM32L on sale, and saw only one CM32LN, it was sold last week.
Re: How do I know how much memory in Soundblaster AWE32
Posted on 2013-04-13, 19:00
I am nearly out of possible advices. If I were you, I'd check for a few more options though: - show me your autoexec.bat/config.sys contents for inspection; - seek out for some forgotten drivers from other soundcards that could interfere; remove the unneeded drivers; - possibly install the card into …
Re: How do I know how much memory in Soundblaster AWE32
Posted on 2013-04-13, 16:57
Do you use Line out or Speaker out? Did you try both of them with same result?
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