Re: Running a tracker on a Sony Picturebook?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 21:19

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Does it need to be DOS? There is a MilkyTracker binary for 9x & ME. would that utilize the onboard yamaha synth? The onboard Yamaha synthesizer is only accessible through MIDI . Trackers (for MOD, S3M, XM, IT, etc files) either do mixing in software or can use hardware mixing on cards that allow …

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Re: What modern PSU powers your Pentium3 setups?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 15:25

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The 30A on the 5V line is the needle in the eBaystack. I can find quite a few units with 20A on the 5V but nothing higher than that. I’ll keep an eye out for that combination of specs... My choice for my main Pentium 3 setup is a Corsair RM850x . It has 25A on the 5V rail, 25A on the 3.3V rail and …

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Re: Running a tracker on a Sony Picturebook?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 06:33

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Also, this thread might be of interest Trouble with Ymf7x4 vxd drivers and Vaio Picturebook

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Re: Running a tracker on a Sony Picturebook?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 06:28

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Hey all, was wondering what dos music tracker to use on this Sony Picturebook (comes with Windows ME for ref) I got recently, I know it features an xg soundcard and was hoping to take advantage of that..I loaded adlib and wasnt able to get any music playing, anything i could be doing wrong? Could …

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Re: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live

Posted on 2021-03-21, 04:48

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Finally tried this using my SB0100, and the handy download pack from Phil's page . Smooth process. Most excellent. I decided to go all out with the SC-55 soundfont as per item 5 in the OP. And I ran into a small issue: I could only set soundfont cache to 16MB! After puzzling for a moment, I …

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Re: Roland SC-55 no sound with Audician 32 A151A00

Posted on 2021-03-21, 04:37

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Hi, Got recently a Roland Sound Canvas SC-55 for a fair price and it seems to work just fine (demo mode, functions, phones volume, etc are ok). Got a MIDI cable from Ali Express and tried to connect my Sound Card (Audician 32 A151A00) Game Port to the SC-55 but no sound at all. Since it doesn't …

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Re: Which PCI Graphics Card For Socket 7 430tx/hx Builds?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 04:19

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There is PCI variant of Radeon 9000 locally but the seller wants 100 euros for it :D I have a 7500 now. https://www.gpuzoo.com/Compare/ATI_Radeon_7500__vs__ATI_Radeon_9000/ Think it’s worth it? Personally, I would not fork 100 Euros to MAYBE get a slight performance increase in a machine that will …

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Re: Running a tracker on a Sony Picturebook?

Posted on 2021-03-21, 01:39

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by darry

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Hey all, was wondering what dos music tracker to use on this Sony Picturebook (comes with Windows ME for ref) I got recently, I know it features an xg soundcard and was hoping to take advantage of that..I loaded adlib and wasnt able to get any music playing, anything i could be doing wrong? Could …

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Re: Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?

Posted on 2021-03-20, 20:37

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I wanted to test something under XP on an x58 based system (x8sax) that normally runs Windows 7 x64 and Windows 10 x64 (dual boot). This system has a GTX 1060 3GB and 48GB of RAM (not a typo). This was was meant as a temporary installation to test X-FI behaviour under XP, so lack of driver support …

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Re: Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?

Posted on 2021-03-20, 19:58

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I have had Windows XP on my ASUS P6X58D Premium + Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X (Gulftown) + 12GB of RAM ever since I got it back in 2010 and had no real issues with running XP. Given 12GB is OK I expect 48GB should also be OK. All the disks are RAID Mirrors. Not sure why you all have issues with the …

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Re: Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?

Posted on 2021-03-20, 16:48

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I have no guarantees that my issues were due to excess RAM, but I do not see any other likely cause. I have had Windows XP on my ASUS P6X58D Premium + Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X (Gulftown) + 12GB of RAM ever since I got it back in 2010 and had no real issues with running XP. Given 12GB is OK I …

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Re: Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?

Posted on 2021-03-20, 16:00

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I wanted to test something under XP on an x58 based system (x8sax) that normally runs Windows 7 x64 and Windows 10 x64 (dual boot). This system has a GTX 1060 3GB and 48GB of RAM (not a typo). This was was meant as a temporary installation to test X-FI behaviour under XP, so lack of driver support …

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Re: Dxdiag passes everything but says no DirectX features available.

Posted on 2021-03-19, 21:09

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Hi chaps, I'm trying to get my 'new' Win 98SE P200MMX, 256MB EDO RAM, GeForce2 MX200 to run 3DMark 99. Dxdiag passes everything and runs all the tests successfully but on the Display tab says Not Available for the three DirectX Features. When I run 3DMark 99 it says I don't have a DirectX 6.0 …

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Re: Converted registered SDRAM

Posted on 2021-03-19, 20:47

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This is good info . Thank you . IMHO, there is no harm in following up on your own post if you have something worthwhile to add, as long as you don't overdo it . Just adding an EDIT is likely to go unnoticed if there is a lot of activity in the channel.

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Re: How to increase the lifespan of old hardware

Posted on 2021-03-19, 20:39

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Cooling, cooling and cooling and clean. Keep the chips, capacitors, and hard drives cool, say that three times. This will extend the life longer than anything else. That means no overclocking. Cheers, Cooling and clean power, the human equivalents would be exercising and eating healthy . Not …

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Re: How to increase the lifespan of old hardware

Posted on 2021-03-19, 19:52

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Use a high quality PSU with low ripple . It will help keep your capacitors healthy longer. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(electrical) https://www.google.com/amp/s/passive-componen … capacitors/amp/

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Re: NT4.0 drivers for SB Live CT4760

Posted on 2021-03-19, 16:54

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You might find the DirectX 5 beta, but are there any GPU drivers for NT 4 that will actually offer accelerated Direct3D support, even with that DirectX 5 beta installed ? Quake 2 is running with wavesound instead DirectSound. Maybe with DX5 running, it could use DirectSound and performance could be …

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Re: NT4.0 drivers for SB Live CT4760

Posted on 2021-03-19, 16:46

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Interesting info. At this point i don´t see the need of NT4.0. Even to extract the best of the PPro. If the sound drivers make the system slower than 98SE with VxD, it´s very dificult to recomend this OS for gaming. I will still try to install other drivers for the Live 1024 CT4760 and will apply …

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Re: NT4.0 drivers for SB Live CT4760

Posted on 2021-03-19, 15:13

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Installed this SB Live drivers WinNT Live! Ware 3.0 SBLW-WEBUP-2-US Date: 16th June '99 Revision: 1.03.001 Horrible experience. The Voodoo 2 came from 46.9fps @ 800x600 in Quake 2 without sound to 25.0fps with drivers and sound at 22KHz. How can i see if these are WDM or VxD drivers? Quake 2 …

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Re: NT4.0 drivers for SB Live CT4760

Posted on 2021-03-19, 13:25

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by darry

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Installed this SB Live drivers WinNT Live! Ware 3.0 SBLW-WEBUP-2-US Date: 16th June '99 Revision: 1.03.001 Horrible experience. The Voodoo 2 came from 46.9fps @ 800x600 in Quake 2 without sound to 25.0fps with drivers and sound at 22KHz. How can i see if these are WDM or VxD drivers? Quake 2 …

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