Re: Windows 98 on CF?

Posted on 2017-06-12, 07:34

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DOM's are great for DOS rigs, but not the best choice for 9x rigs for a couple of reasons. It can be a bit of a pain to find a female DOM (no jokes), so that you can also use the slave (don't even bother) drive. Also DOM's cost much more than SD cards. Also an IDE to SD adaptor will max out the …

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Re: Windows 98 on CF?

Posted on 2017-06-12, 03:34

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There are industrial CF cards that will handle long term use with swap files, but they tend to be 5-6 times the price compared to normal consumer CF. Its also harder to find them now days and easy to end up with a fake consumer version relabeled as an industrial grade CF. If you want to do it on the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-06-11, 17:13

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I got been heavy into Marvel Future Fight with this weeks release of the x-men epic quest. Its sad that mobile games are the best for comic oriented games, 🤣.

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Re: Roland CM-500 = MT-32 + SC55?

Posted on 2017-06-09, 00:20

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I may be wrong on the total amount, but I'm going by what I've learned from commercially available games. I have 87 games (ahem, mostly "backups"), and about 1/3rd of them support my 32P. Considering how many games there are for the X68000, I'm more than willing to say it could be far fewer than 1/ …

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Re: Roland CM-500 = MT-32 + SC55?

Posted on 2017-06-08, 13:13

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The CM-32P ( or CM-64), is a very important option on the Sharp X-68000 series of computers. About 1/3 of the games make use of it and being able to change instruments on the fly really makes a game feel just right. I mean going from generic synth guitar on the CM-32 to a sampled electric guitar via …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-06-06, 14:07

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If you want to really hear how bad it can be, play Tyrian (aka Tyrian 2000) in AdLib or SoundBlaster mode with any GUS. If your ears don't start bleeding, then you must already be deaf, 🤣.

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-06-06, 12:53

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elianda wrote: IMO FM emulation on the GUS should be of very low priority. Having used SBOS in the past, I feel we should pass a law against the attempt of using FM emulation on any GUS. It's like hearing the human torture organ from the Baron Munchausen movie, except it's sad instead of funny.

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Re: Lian-Li 6070 - Airflow & SS7

Posted on 2017-05-06, 03:11

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That ram should be fine. Does the X59 have a built in speaker, or do you have a speaker connected to the speaker header? If so, is it beeping? If so, can you describe the beeps to us? Those beeps are a part of the POST and tell you if and what type of problems you're having on startup.

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Re: Lian-Li 6070 - Airflow & SS7

Posted on 2017-05-02, 14:37

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First off, those slot fans are fine and will do a good job. Many people would like to save/use the busmaster PCI slot (ie: typically the first PCI slot next to the AGP slot) for certain hardware. Effective use of those coolers means you won't be doing that, but it's a trivial thing anyway. The …

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Re: Lian-Li 6070 - Airflow & SS7

Posted on 2017-05-02, 03:26

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Here is a link to my write up: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44034 My method requires a little effort, but it's pretty simple. There are a few other ideas on cooling in that thread as well. Use the 64 as card for joystick and external midi module along with a splitter cable, the use …

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Re: Lian-Li 6070 - Airflow & SS7

Posted on 2017-05-01, 11:14

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You won't need the -5 for the setup you mentioned. It's worth getting and keeping on hand, just in case you get/install a card that does need it. There are a few sound cards that need -5, such as Those made by Roland, and many made by MediaVision in their ProAudio Spectrum line of cards. But nothing …

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2017-04-30, 12:53

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Amazing how it was opposite for me. ME was nothing but headaches while 2K was a dream come true. I was an MSDN member back then and used both OS's from the time they were both in beta and RC stages. 2K just worked on everything I tried it on and BSOD's dropped off 80-90% compared to ME or older 9X. …

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2017-04-22, 20:13

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It was a community decided build. The masses wanted a hodgepodge of hardware and software, and that's what they got. It's made me look at building an efficient ME rig, and really made me remember how bad group thought can be. I can't wait for the next series. This was a brilliant concept by Phil, …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-04-22, 20:07

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She's beautiful! That DRAM really stands out. Fantastic job!

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2017-04-21, 04:52

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Well ME is great until the registry collapses in on itself like a dead tree. Trying to repair/rebuild ME is a major pain. Back when it was released, that was a normal thing. Nowadays, we only use it for games in retro rigs, so a reinstall isn't a big deal. But back in the day, it was a fragile as …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-04-08, 00:07

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Rebel scum!

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-03-31, 13:14

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Gonna try one of the new chips in a prototype board to see if they work?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-25, 01:21

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http://i.imgur.com/JMDgWmQ.png Well, I didn't expect to win this NOS base model MSI 694D Pro2 motherboard with my $15 max bid. I actually already have two of these. One with RAID and firewire and a second one with RAID but no firewire. I guess one with neither options is good for longevity. No …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-03-14, 07:10

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This all sounds good too me. By the way, are we going to use brackets from Audition 32's?

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 RAM modding

Posted on 2017-03-09, 08:52

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Since you have them on hand, it would be nice to know the list of tools needed/used to repair/upgrade. The tools needed for a V5 RAM upgrade are pretty simple. Just a good hot air reflow station, a good soldering station, some desoldering braid, flux and solder. As long as you're not dealing with …

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