Re: Windows XP - Keeping Alive & Connected Beyond 2014...

Posted on 2014-03-05, 07:36

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by bristlehog

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Here overseas a police state is already estabilished. However, little attention is paid by police to home pirates. Police is corrupted to the bone, and home users are too poor to prey upon. Also, pirates pose little threat to the regime. But should you wear a t-shirt saying that you are against …

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Re: Trying to decide on a retro system

Posted on 2014-03-05, 05:48

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by bristlehog

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I recently found a beautiful VLB desktop in deep Moscow outskirts: Advanced Logic Research Flyer VL. It's a 486 DX2-50 system with one VLB slot on a riser (WD SVGA video is embedded). Good build quality and quiet fans (the only loud part is WD 210 Mb Caviar drive). DIN keyboard and PS/2 mouse. Made …

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Re: Audio card recommendation for my Gateway EISA system

Posted on 2014-03-03, 14:28

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by bristlehog

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SB Pro has only 8 bit stereo PCM, while SB 16 has 16 bit stereo. However, majority of DOS games use 8 bit PCM audio for the sake of memory saving. Also, SB 16 series are known for having some SB Pro compatibility issues.

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What component is this

Posted on 2014-03-03, 08:56

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by bristlehog

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I have an opportunity to buy a Dell manufactured desktop 486 with SB Pro 2 CT1600, but what worries me is that the soundcard has one component replaced by a wire. What component is that and what impact might its replacement produce? photo

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Re: Confessions of a compulsive hoarder...

Posted on 2014-03-02, 21:08

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by bristlehog

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What is that property tax bill? Like, you pay $10K taxes annually as long as you own a house large enough?

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Re: Life span of parts

Posted on 2014-03-01, 18:07

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by bristlehog

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TELVM wrote: The electrical grid quality, storms and surge protection also play their part. Oh noes. You hit a sore spot. My surge protectors spend up to half of the time in overload mode.

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Re: Desktop Score! Gateway 2000 EISA 486 and a Image Advance 386!

Posted on 2014-02-28, 18:15

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by bristlehog

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Here is a similar CD drive, MediaVision branded but NEC manufactured. However, it is unclear whether it has caddy present. If your drive has a 3-pin CD-audio out on it, you may buy yourself a PAS16 with proprietary cable . But you need the cable's part number to ensure it's for NEC drives (provided …

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Re: Desktop Score! Gateway 2000 EISA 486 and a Image Advance 386!

Posted on 2014-02-28, 16:16

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by bristlehog

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Is it a NEC SCSI caddy CD-ROM there?

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A home for P3-933

Posted on 2014-02-28, 07:42

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by bristlehog

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I think of some 440BX motherboard with 3x ISA slots that would adopt my Slot1 P3-933. Any proven solutions?

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Re: Case recommendations?

Posted on 2014-02-28, 06:54

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by bristlehog

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Lian Li PC-9N - enough clearance for even full-length ISA cards. Silverstone Grandia GD07/GD08 are HTPC chassis large enough to adopt full-length ISA cards; however, I recently bought a GD07 and got disappointed by build quality.

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Re: floppy drive confusion

Posted on 2014-02-27, 20:28

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by bristlehog

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Usually a floppy cable would have a 3.5 connector for controller, then 3.5, 5.25, then twist, then 3.5 and 5.25 again. Your connection seems right, but you may try another cable.

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Re: reverse stereo on Gravis ultrasound ace.

Posted on 2014-02-27, 20:19

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by bristlehog

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Get a minijack-to-dual RCA cable and plug RCAs the inverted way?

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Re: External CD and floppy drives

Posted on 2014-02-26, 20:52

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by bristlehog

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Yeah. But what about CD audio for DOS games? If I were able to find some internal-to-external SCSI adapter (like MediaVision one owned by Cloudschatze), that would pretty much solve it.

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Re: External CD and floppy drives

Posted on 2014-02-26, 13:34

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by bristlehog

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It would be a Windows 98SE system primarily aimed at DOS games. Either 440FX or 440BX based. It seems to be possible to find an external SCSI CD drive enclosure that pretty much solves the CD/DVD drive problem; but I am unsure about floppy. Should I leave it as it is and only plug in in when needed …

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External CD and floppy drives

Posted on 2014-02-26, 09:00

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by bristlehog

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I am thinking of a build with no opportunity to install internal CD and floppy drive. What are possible external solutions? USB, SCSI, some other connection types perhaps? What drawbacks will such build have?

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Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2014-02-26, 06:28

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by bristlehog

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Re: Background Noise with ISA sound Cards

Posted on 2014-02-24, 17:24

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by bristlehog

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Bristlehog recommends me MediaVision Pro AudioSpectrum sound card. But I noticed there are pricey too : Media Vision Pro Audio Studio 16 at $89.99 = http://www.ebay.com/itm/Media-Vision-Pro-Audio-Studio-16-with-Cable-FCC-ID-IXW-PAR-P-N-650-0060-03B-/201014313613?pt=US_Sound_Cards_Internal_&hash= …

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Re: Odd subject - Is it possible for long video\sound card's pcb to warp over time?

Posted on 2014-02-24, 12:30

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by bristlehog

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Use desktop chassis without a riser, or, vice-versa, a tower chassis with a riser, so that your cards stand on their edges.

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Re: Background Noise with ISA sound Cards

Posted on 2014-02-24, 12:25

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by bristlehog

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MediaVision Pro AudioSpectrum series are notorious for noise shielding. You may go with the original Pro AudioSpectrum (dual OPL2, but very hard to find) or Pro Audio Studio 16 (OPL3, advanced version of Pro AudioSpectrum 16, better shielded). There are ways to add a modern PSU to your 486. There …

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro 1 and Prince of Persia

Posted on 2014-02-24, 06:48

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by bristlehog

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Aye, but 1.3 version lost Game Blaster support that was there in 1.0 🙁

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