Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-02-01, 21:10
Ya don't suppose it was fake? (And where's my eyeroll emoticon when I need one?)
Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P
Posted on 2014-02-01, 13:16
I am missing the Sound Blaster 1.0 that I bought new for $30 at Babbage's as a clearance item and then left in a 386DX PC that I gave away. At the time it was worthless since there is nothing the 1.0 would do that the SB16 wouldn't do better (apart from CMS stuff that nobody used). The PC died after …
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-02-01, 01:16
If you can find the spec TDP for the chip you're interested in, it can help quite a bit for determining its sinking needs - if memory serves even the later AthlonXPs are only in the 60-70W range though (that's "a lot" compared to something like a Pentium III or 486, but it's "low average" compared …
Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online
Posted on 2014-01-31, 12:27
Soyo SY-7VBA133U Motherboard for a firm fixed price of 350 USD WOW. WHAT A DEAL. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soyo-SY-7VBA133U-Moth … s-/261387163058 Maybe if it were recapped and blinged out with gold and diamonds.
Re: Athlon Problems
Posted on 2014-01-30, 12:30
Anybody tried Sonic Tower with just case fans blowing at a 1.4 GHz Athlon? If a Prescott can survive it then I would think that a 1.4 GHz Athlon would be a cakewalk, but "hot as hell" doesn't inspire confidence.
Re: Favorite form factor for PC case?
Posted on 2014-01-30, 02:08
Mid or micro tower for ATX or micro ATX, but baby AT towers need to die for so often requiring the motherboard to be removed just to access the back of the drive cage. Mini-ITX cubes are meh.
Re: DOS multiple partition booting?
Posted on 2014-01-22, 12:21
Would I need LILO, or is there something else? Obviously there are other bootmanagers that can hide partitions automatically at boot time, but LILO does work. In my experience (mostly with W98SE) LILO is not the sticky wicket ... it's getting Windows to install without trashing the partition table …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-01-10, 21:17
Well that was "fun" ... first time power up the New Old Stock PSU that came in the New Old Stock ATX case and BANG! A capacitor immediately detonates. http://flaterco.com/pics/Raidmax_inside.jpg All of the larger caps were bulging--I guess this proves that plague caps go bad even if they aren't used …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-01-10, 02:49
Being frustrated with the quality of what passes for a plain, basic ATX case these days, I snagged this NOS case from EBay for a few bucks over the cost of shipping. box.jpg 'Cause I'm a sucker for a case with a game port in the front panel. Some eMachines had that, and it was quite convenient. …
Re: DUKE3D crackling sound effects
Posted on 2014-01-08, 12:44
Most of Duke3D's sounds are in 8000 hz sampling rates, only a few are ever ~22050 hz. You're not missing much by having the sound set to 22 Khz or even just 11025. No doubt. I have the most trouble with the voice-overs getting muddled or lost in the noise. I wish they had a separate volume control. …
DUKE3D crackling sound effects
Posted on 2014-01-08, 02:37
For posterity, since I didn't find this answer anywhere when I looked for it. Problem experienced with GUS Classic v2.4: In Duke Nukem 3D, the music sounds fine but sound effects are full of crackle. Duke3D.mp3 Solution: Reduce mixing rate to 22 Khz in setup, and like magic the problem goes away.
Re: What Ebay searches do you follow?
Posted on 2013-12-16, 12:29
The one that got away... 0 results. Every day.
Re: Is it safe to use a splitter instead of a mixer?
Posted on 2013-12-08, 14:22
Possible damage notwithstanding, ganging together audio wires can cause distortion even with only one playing due to unintended electrical paths. A cheap switch box is much better, but it has to make good contact or audio quality will be impacted. The high-end solution is a receiver. P.S. edit: I …
Re: ISA Sound card recommendations
Posted on 2013-12-05, 12:31
Why is everybuddy saying that AWE64 is good for FM ... it's not. They took out the FM chip after AWE32. The FM is emulated through the EMU8k and sounds nasty. AWE64 has best quality for EMU8k MIDI or PCM audio. Early SB16 (pre-CQM) has the best quality for OPL3 FM. AWE32 or SB32 has the best …
Re: Problems with 6800 Ultra AGP
Posted on 2013-11-24, 13:21
Shame on me for not asking about the drivers. Although it does sound like the first PSU was particularly weak, the use of incompatible drivers now seems the most likely root cause of the power warning. I have never used the Detonator drivers for anything. Final version to support a 6-series GPU and …
Re: Problems with 6800 Ultra AGP
Posted on 2013-11-23, 12:57
FWIW, 6800 Ultra power estimates It is the same core as 6800 GT run faster and hotter (and using more power).
Re: How to make a floppy disk image?
Posted on 2013-11-15, 12:58
Don't you have to use dd in Linux? The use of dd was a workaround for a quirk of device files in ye olde BSD. It has been passed down as a voodoo incantation to subsequent unices, but for Linux it is not required. I routinely image entire drives and partitions with gzip < /dev/sdaX > blah.img.gz …
Re: How to make a floppy disk image?
Posted on 2013-11-15, 01:15
Or boot Linux and do bash$ cp /dev/fd0 blah.img To write a copy, bash$ cp blah.img /dev/fd0 HD 3.5" floppy drives haven't changed much, but there are plenty of duds in the used lots on EBay.
Re: Problems with 6800 Ultra AGP
Posted on 2013-11-14, 22:20
I have seen this error as a flaky one-off under Windows XP when the OS was in a bad state. See if it reproduces. Ensure that the two Molex connectors are fed by separate wires from the PSU with no significant competing loads on them. Even if you have a single-rail PSU, it can't hurt. If it still …
Buffer overflow
Posted on 2013-11-06, 03:21
Current SVN, trunk/src/gui/sdl_mapper.cpp, lines 2394 and 2395. button_pressed belongs in the 8 loop. In 0.74, bug exists at lines 2388 and 2389. Also, +1 to removing the 4-axis limit as discussed here . The 8-way hat on the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro shows up as axes 5 and 6 and I want to use it as …
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