Re: What's Underneath the X48 Chipset IHS?

Posted on 2020-07-11, 21:46

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by darry

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Rumour has it that the X48 is actually a binned and rebranded X38 . So the answer to your question is likely an X38 . I heard that rumor before, but that doesn't necessarily answer my question. I know and I hope I did not offend. It answers the question in the literal sense, but does not provide …

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Re: Yamaha Audician32 Plus on EBay

Posted on 2020-07-11, 21:41

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AudioTrix 3D. Good luck finding one, especially for a fair price. I've been looking for a while. I am actually lucky enough to own one of those. It is not as quiet as I would have hoped, noise wise (with line out connected to an Akai DPS12 and listening on the DPS12's headphone port) . It's …

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Re: 440BX Pentium 3 System Won't Boot, No Video

Posted on 2020-07-11, 21:02

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by darry

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That's a good point about maybe it's an AGP issue and you have no way to know since you have no PC speaker and no POST code reader. Here's hoping it's beeping something at you that you just have no way to detect. I got rid of a ton of the retro stuff I had originally in the late 90s/2000s but I'm …

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Re: What's Underneath the X48 Chipset IHS?

Posted on 2020-07-11, 20:10

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by darry

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Rumour has it that the X48 is actually a binned and rebranded X38 . So the answer to your question is likely an X38 .

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Re: 486DX2 heat sink debate

Posted on 2020-07-11, 18:09

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by darry

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I've got a AMD DX2 -80 which despite being listed as a 2x multiplier part (and I was anticipating running a 40MHz system bus) is actually a 3x multiplier, so using a 25MHz system bus is needed to get it to identify as a DX2-80 in DOS (and even then it's actually 75MHz). Anyway I've put a Socket 370 …

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Re: Minimalist SC-55 setup - Naive dreams about reverse engineering the SC-55

Posted on 2020-07-11, 16:05

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by darry

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I absolutely agree with you that the GS ROM is not that similar to a Sound Canvas . I am starting to be tempted to get a SAM9407 base card with RAM just to test that soundbank you mention . Please let us know, when you get the chance, which 94B soundbank you are referring to . My guess is the …

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Re: Minimalist SC-55 setup - Naive dreams about reverse engineering the SC-55

Posted on 2020-07-11, 15:40

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AFAIK, the GS ROM Roland sued over isn't the exact same the one that came with the Cancun FX. It follows the GS standard but doesn't sound close because it had to be changed significantly. Any user with a card that has the SAM 9407 (EWS64, Guillemot) can try the 4MB soundfont, that sounds virtually …

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Re: 8bit ISA ethernet card or parallel/ethernet converter?

Posted on 2020-07-11, 15:38

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by darry

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Many ISA Ethernet NICs, including those based on the Realtek RTL8019 chip, can run in an 8-bit ISA slot . IMHO, parallel port Ethernet NICs are more trouble than they are worth and should be considered in a last case scenario only . But are they intended to work that way as retrocompatibility or it …

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Re: 8bit ISA ethernet card or parallel/ethernet converter?

Posted on 2020-07-11, 15:14

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by darry

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Many ISA Ethernet NICs, including those based on the Realtek RTL8019 chip, can run in an 8-bit ISA slot . IMHO, parallel port Ethernet NICs are more trouble than they are worth and should be considered in a last case scenario only .

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Re: Promise Ultra133 TX2 plus Jmicron JMD330 (IDE to SATA) under W98SE

Posted on 2020-07-11, 15:03

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by darry

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Many thanks Darry. Do you know if this adapter is still available for sale? I had a bad personnal experience with a PATA2SATA adapter so I gave up on thr possobility it could work. The SinLoon brand Jmicron JM20330 based ones that I bought recently on Amazon are still available . The preliminary …

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Re: Minimalist SC-55 setup - Naive dreams about reverse engineering the SC-55

Posted on 2020-07-11, 13:42

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by darry

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I'm a bit puzzled by all these info. You mean that any SAM9407 based soundcard/daughterboard loaded with a particular soundfont (dumped from a Roland SC-55)? Can sound exactly like a SC-55 ? I'll be willing to test that since I have some guillemot cards, I just don't happen to have the sound font …

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Re: Retro builds with modern conveniences

Posted on 2020-07-11, 03:28

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WOW never realized some had such a hatred for old system noise. Wonder what happens when the Fridge turns on or the AC (even new ones do make noise) LOL I love the sound of an old floppy doing a Seek on bootup on an old sytem. There is something magical about that at my age that is just great, of …

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Re: 440BX Pentium 3 System Won't Boot, No Video

Posted on 2020-07-11, 02:27

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by darry

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Oh, and is the VGA monitor you are using a known working one ?

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Re: 440BX Pentium 3 System Won't Boot, No Video

Posted on 2020-07-11, 02:23

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by darry

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If you own a multimeter, testing the PSU voltage rails would be a good idea (especially if the PSU is not new ) . Also what are the actual specs of the PSU ? There seems to be multiple versions of the CX430 . Does pressing numlock on the keyboard toggle the numlock LED ? Does a visual inspection of …

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Re: MT-32 Buffer Overflow/ Slowdown / ROM Upgrade

Posted on 2020-07-11, 02:07

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by darry

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Good to know, thanks for sharing! I may try doing the ROM upgrade to see if it fixes it. Anyone else have any info ? Anyone know what size socket I need to get for the IC's My roms are soldered to the board and I want to socket them if I replace them. Before you do that, have you checked which …

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Re: MT-32 Buffer Overflow/ Slowdown / ROM Upgrade

Posted on 2020-07-11, 01:43

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by darry

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I have an MT-32 (0ld) and a real MPU-401 card hooked up to my Super Socket 7 system (K6-iii). When I start up x-wing i see a buffer overflow error message. I tried using setmul to disable L1 and L2 cache and lowered the multiplier as low as I could (2x) and I still saw the error. Using SoftMPU and …

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Re: SB Audigy (SB0570 with ca0106-watlf chip)

Posted on 2020-07-11, 01:42

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by darry

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As far as I know there are no drivers for this card for Windows 9x . Creative still have drivers available online for Windows 9x for cards that supported those operating systems . Creative have no Windows 9x drivers for the Sound Blaster Audigy SE (SB0570) and never did . https://support.creative. …

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Re: Needing some small help with ethernet driver's for windows and dos.

Posted on 2020-07-11, 01:30

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by darry

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https://web.archive.org/web/20001214160600/ht … /nic/3c509b.htm

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Re: Retro builds with modern conveniences

Posted on 2020-07-11, 01:26

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by darry

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well fans back then weren't as noisy as they are now... bearings age, same goes for hdds, they weren't the same screaming platters they are today ^^ so it isn't even that accurate. Any hard drive made before fluid bearings (mid 2000s) became commonplace will not see the inside of one of my builds . …

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Re: MT-32 Buffer Overflow/ Slowdown / ROM Upgrade

Posted on 2020-07-11, 01:24

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by darry

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I have an MT-32 (0ld) and a real MPU-401 card hooked up to my Super Socket 7 system (K6-iii). When I start up x-wing i see a buffer overflow error message. I tried using setmul to disable L1 and L2 cache and lowered the multiplier as low as I could (2x) and I still saw the error. Using SoftMPU and …

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