Re: Promise ULTRA100 controller card: can't find drive

Posted on 2020-07-19, 13:47

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just a guess but the Promise manual is copyright 2000, so the card could be PCI spec 2.1 (1995) or 2.2 (1998) where as the motherboards PCI may be PCI 2.0 (1993). Another issue could be plain BIOS or chipset incompatibility. Thanks for the reply! I've never really experienced problems with …

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Re: Is this a decent PSU?

Posted on 2020-07-19, 07:48

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by darry

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I am even less of a PSU expert, but the unpopulated spots where components would be expected likely points to a cost reduced build compared to what was probably the original design . EDIT: Not having a model number written on the sticker does not exactly inspire confidence either .

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Re: Is the Adaptec AHA-2940UW a good choice for DOS/Win9x SCSI?

Posted on 2020-07-19, 07:38

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The old scsi drives are just terrible noisy... Any well-worn drive that does not use fluid bearings is nightmare fuel for me . The faster it spins, the worse the noise (higher pitch) . Using a newer (and thus likely quieter) LVD drive (up to Ultra-320) on an older single-ended SCSI controller is an …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT-1770 SCSI ID ?

Posted on 2020-07-18, 01:20

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by darry

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Yes ! The CT-1770 uses Adaptec 6360 and has passive terminators soldered on. If you have issues with the cdrom try ID2 or ID3 as the same Adaptec chip was also used on some HD ISA cards and ID0 and ID1 were reserved for HD's. I have a CT-1770 and it works well with a Toshiba scsi with similar …

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Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2020-07-17, 23:36

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by darry

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I was never willing to spend the extra money to have the latest and greatest CPUs... +1. There's so much better value out there. Often you get 90% of the performance at 10% of the price, especially when you factor in a powerful GPU and are primarily gaming. I agree and will add that the last few …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 23:23

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by darry

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Today I received this Abit VH6T, a tualatin capable motherboard ! https://i.imgur.com/GQnFTepl.jpg While trying it (with a POST card), I noticed that things were going on in the board (as expected, these were the bios' POST codes) ... and suddenly everything stops. Impossible to turn it back on, …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT-1770 SCSI ID ?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 23:18

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by darry

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Here is the manual. What SCSI settings would you use ? https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/sound-cards-multimedia/CREATIVE-LABS-INC-Sound-card-SOUNDBLASTER-16-SCSI-5.html Unless there is a conflict in your specific setup, I would leave the SCSI IRQ at default (11) . If you are using a motherboard with a …

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Re: Making a midi device tower

Posted on 2020-07-17, 23:10

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by darry

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The Yamaha mu50 and the mu80 have differences regarding the AD input signal. What exactly is that? The AD input is used to run an external audio source through the MU unit's effects processor . Unless you plan to run your sound card's audio through the MU unit, you can probably ignore this …

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Re: Cd rom driver

Posted on 2020-07-17, 22:59

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by darry

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Assuming that NEC CDR-1400B is an ATAPI (IDE) drive, you could try VIDE-CDD.SYS, which is a favourite around these parts . You can find it in the Vogons Driver Library http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1456&menustate=0 or from an archive of its original source on the Benq web site https:// …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT-1770 SCSI ID ?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 22:48

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by darry

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oh, I thought the sound blaster installation software would prefer a certain ID #. So what is a typical SCSI ID setting for a CDROM drive ? SCSI devices on a given SCSI bus must each have a unique ID between 0 and 7 . 7 is usually reserved for the controller, so 0 to 6 are available for peripherals …

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Re: mt32d cannot load libmt32emu.so.2 - no such file or directory?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 22:33

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by darry

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worked. mt32d starts up successfully--says it's running on midi port 128:0. However, "amidi -l" does not list it. Is this normal? I am not an expert at MIDI under Linux, but I would guess that is normal for software defined MIDI ports. The "aconnect -i -o" command should list the Munt MIDI port …

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Re: Sound Blaster CT-1770 SCSI ID ?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 22:19

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by darry

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What SCSI ID would the Sound Blaster CT-1770 use For the SCSI CDROM drive ? That would be the SCSI ID that the CDROM drive is configured to, usually via jumpers or DIP switches on the drive . In other words, the user gets to set the SCSI CDROM's SCSI ID . The same is true for other SCSI peripherals …

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Re: Is the Adaptec AHA-2940UW a good choice for DOS/Win9x SCSI?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 20:06

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by darry

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For slot1 and later definitely, and likely for socket 7/super socket 7 aswell, using a bus-mastering PCI SATA controller or even a decent IDE one with an IDE to SATA adapter makes the most sense, IMHO (like a Promise or Silicon Image SIL3114) : a) drive size issue are gone with LBA48 support b) …

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Re: mt32d cannot load libmt32emu.so.2 - no such file or directory?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 19:47

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by darry

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I'm not very knowledgeable in this area, so I'm sure this is a silly question. I just compiled libmt32emu and the alsa driver. However, when I attempt to launch mt32d, I get: kp@blah1:~$ sudo mt32d -h mt32d: error while loading shared libraries: libmt32emu.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No …

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Re: AthlonXP + GeForce4 build

Posted on 2020-07-17, 18:31

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by darry

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wirerogue wrote on 2020-07-17, 18:07: does the headphone jack work on the audigy drive with soundblaster live? i thought i tried that and it didn't work. Panels for Audigy 1 and SB Live are interchangeable, AFAIK . Panels for Audigy 2 and legacy PCI X-FI are interchangeable (have been doing that …

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Re: Running Dosbox on a CRT

Posted on 2020-07-17, 11:29

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by darry

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Windows' claim as to the native resolution of the monitor is likely based on its interpretation of your HDMI to VGA converter . CRTs do not have a native resolution . [OffTopic] Isn't there some upper limit which is caused by the number of red/green/blue zones on the CRT mask? At least in non- …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-07-17, 06:41

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by darry

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My opinion is that the notes, manual and last BIOS would be good. I do not think there is a need for all those BIOS revisions, only the last BIOS is of any value to most but feel free to upload them. AFAIK, Intel boards are a special case where newer BIOSes sometimes locked out certain CPU models. …

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Re: Any thoughts on a CL 5430 card?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 06:27

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by darry

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I appreciate the info so far guys. Another question, I've been looking up about what RAMDAC is, since Anonymous Coward mentioned it. Do you guys have a preference for an integrated vs. external RAMDAC? I don't have a monitor yet, but eventually I would like a legit CRT to use. That being said, I'll …

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Re: Will these power supplies work?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 04:40

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by darry

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The DTK should be the better of the two, but ypu should pop them open and take pics then dump them on the big PSU thread to get some feedback. "A Tale of Two PSU's" iirc. That is a good idea, but even if you don't go that far, you should at least check visually for bad/leaky/bulging capacitors and …

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Re: Windows XP Broken EDID/Scaling, Forcing Resolutions?

Posted on 2020-07-17, 04:27

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by darry

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One way around driver EDID issues is using an EDID emulator with a custom EDID . That's the solution I amusing for my retro machine. If I don't use a custom EDID on my Acer VW257 1920x1200 monitor, I don't even get a picture when running an FX 5900 under Windows 98 SE . All the custom EDID does in …

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