Re: My retro-PC! Or at least my plans for it!

Posted on 2020-04-23, 23:56

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am no expert, but that PSU looks extremely sparse for a supposedly 300W PSU, what are its ratings ? Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in . A 233MMX Pentium is massively underpowered for two Voodoo 2 cards or a Voodoo 3 . One Voodoo 2 or even a Voodoo 1 would likely suffice . That ALi …

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Re: Formatting floppies

Posted on 2020-04-23, 23:15

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you don't mind me asking, why do you need hundreds of DSDD and possibly lower capacity DOS-formatted floppies for ?

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Re: Bumpgate: The destroyer of GeForce 7000/8000 series cards?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 23:10

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by darry

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It's worth noting that Quadro variations of G71 and G80 are easier to find in working conditions. Did Nvidia applied some manufacturing fixes to their professional line? Who knows. I would guess better cooling and less extreme clocks on the pro products so less thermal stress and hence a longer …

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Re: Integrated Mach64 vs. Anything Else

Posted on 2020-04-23, 22:58

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by darry

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I don't know if you've seen this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_5suEoXTc8&t=107s It might help decide. I agree with Phil on this, the Cirrus Logic 5446 also gets my vote. It's performance is very good, compatible with many games and it can be obtained easily. Also the S3 is a valid option …

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Re: Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 21:58

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by darry

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I think it is what is supposed to be a timpani but sounds like a crash . Got the MIDI from here : https://midiarchive.co.uk/midi/Games/Duke%20Nukem%203D Recorded from Windows 98SE Media Player using Sound Recorder (Tried it in GSPLAY after sending a GS reset and it sounded the same) . EDIT : Does …

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Re: Data recovery from a Broken Hard-drive.

Posted on 2020-04-23, 20:47

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by darry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Good luck and let us know how the recovery process goes . It may help others in a similar situation .

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Re: Apple is getting off Intel CPU’s ?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 20:36

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by darry

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ARM's probably small enough to be bought up outright by them... :/ I hope not. That would bring up a whole lot of anti-trust type issues . SoftBank Group currently owns ARM Holdings . I imagine Apple could make them an offer they could not resist . Actually, that might be a good think in the long …

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Re: Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 20:29

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by darry

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in Marvin \ Sound

From what I know, SC88 in SC55 mode isn't completely authentic. I have access to SCB55 and couple Dream based cards (SAM9233 with 1 and 4MB bank and SAM9733 with 4MB GS bank) and they are close enough that if you aren't intimately familiar with them all you aren't gonna tell the difference. …

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Re: Help with GUS PNP not working properly

Posted on 2020-04-23, 20:21

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by darry

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Long shot : Increasing 8 and 16-bit I/O recovery time in BIOS .

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Re: Roland SCB-55 in 2020 - fair price and how to find one?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 19:43

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by darry

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If you must have a GS daughterboard, try to get an SCB-55 . I can confirm upon preliminary re-listening to the Monster Midi with Duke Nukem 3D midi files that, although it is better than I remember, it is distinctly different from my SC-88 with SC-55 map on many instruments and not in a good way . …

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Request for EEPROM dump from Audiotrix 3D/XG (card seems partially broken)

Posted on 2020-04-23, 19:15

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by darry

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in Marvin \ Sound

I accidentally overwrote the PNP EEPROM on my Audiotrix 3D/XG using Tiido excellent SETYMF . It was my own fault as i did not fully RTFM and did not realize I could make a backup beforehand . It does not really bother me as everything I do with the card still works fine, including the newer Windows …

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Re: Apple is getting off Intel CPU’s ?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 18:21

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by darry

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Dominus wrote on 2020-04-23, 18:17: Their ARM chips are very powerful and AMD is not an option. The idea is probably to be finally independent of a third party chipmaker like intel, amd, ibm That and unifying the hardware architecture between MacOS (desktop)and IOS (mobile) is probably an added …

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Re: [SOLVED]Audiotrix 3D/XG low volume and hum

Posted on 2020-04-23, 18:14

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by darry

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in Marvin \ Sound

Tiido wrote on 2020-04-23, 18:11: They are found here : http://www.tmeeco.eu/TKAYBSC/SETYMF/ READPNP reads the PnP EEPROM content into EEPROM.BIN file and WRITEPNP writes it to the card. 🤣, I somehow missed those . Thanks again!

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Re: Is there a way to activate/Set Realtek AC'97 audio under MS-DOS ?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 18:13

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by darry

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in Marvin \ Sound

Hope it works out for you . Bon courage et bonne chance dans vos projets . Faites-nous savoir si l'injecteur fonctionne bien . --- Good luck and good luck in your projects. Let us know if the injector works well.

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Re: [SOLVED]Audiotrix 3D/XG low volume and hum

Posted on 2020-04-23, 18:08

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by darry

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The 300 not sticking is a program bug that I will investigate. It probably originates from hidden YMF704/721 specific settings that are visible of my own made cards. /SETPNPID will only change the ANSI ID string but not the actual PnP ID (YMH0021 etc). You make a file named "NEWPNPID.TXT" and any …

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Re: Is there a way to activate/Set Realtek AC'97 audio under MS-DOS ?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 16:27

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by darry

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Under Windows, you can create a software "bridge" or "pond" between the AC'97 codec output and the HDMI Audio output. My idea was to try to achieve the same thing under MS-DOS. I do not think that would be feasible . a) I have never heard of HDMI audio working under DOS, custom software would …

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Re: [SOLVED]Audiotrix 3D/XG low volume and hum

Posted on 2020-04-23, 16:09

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by darry

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Did you have to use /FORCEPNP option ? I don't think SETYMF would recognize the Mediatrix card due to different PnP ID from other YMF71x cards out there. Indeed I initially had to use /FORCEPNP . I flashed the EEPROM because I was trying to fix an issue with SETYMF silently overriding my MPU-401 …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2020-04-23, 05:07

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by darry

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I wanted to say thank you for setymf . Setupsa.exe is really unpleasant . Init3dxg does not allow to enable line input properly for my Monster midi on 3dxg and as an added bonus, it leaves a hanging note on the monster midi (likely due to init meant for original db60xg daughterboard). Anyway, I sent …

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Re: [SOLVED]Audiotrix 3D/XG low volume and hum

Posted on 2020-04-23, 02:05

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by darry

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Basically, it was a bad jumper setting (volume and hum). As for the stuck note, that was just init3dxg.exe trying to initialize my Monster Midi with settings meant for a DB60XG . I will switch to Tiido's excellent looking setymf . Now excuse me while I go kick myself .

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Re: Help with GUS PNP not working properly

Posted on 2020-04-22, 23:01

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by darry

in Marvin \ Sound

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Maybe try setting the DMA channels to low and disabling the SB emulation resources .

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