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

Posted on 2014-09-04, 12:44

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by brostenen

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Finished cleaned the following stuff from dust and other "yucki" dirt: AWE32 CT-2760 Epox EP-MVP3 C (included K6-2 500Mhz and 3x128 mb Ram) SB16 CT-2910 ATI Rage-128 AGP Innovision Voodoo1 Bought it all for the combined and low sum of 400 Danish Kroner (70 US Dollars).

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

Posted on 2014-09-03, 22:33

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by brostenen

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Recieved my CT-2760 AWE32 today, and tested it through. Working like a charm. Besides from all the dust, the previous owner have been taken good care of it. And now I have one of those cards wich have jumpers on it. More easy to configure. Then I have mistaken 72 pin for 30 pin ram. Ups... Now I am …

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Re: Differen NanoSecond ram for AWE32?

Posted on 2014-09-03, 21:25

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by brostenen

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They should work, as long as their paired in same size, since the controller does 16bit's to both rams simultaneous. But i have never seen any 8 or 16mb 30p simms only 4mb's, care to take some photos of the ram? My bad... I really fucked this plan up, did I? :lol: Have mistaken 72 for 30 pin mem'. …

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Re: EDO Ram Identification

Posted on 2014-09-03, 21:24

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by brostenen

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JaNoZ wrote: AWE32 needs 30pin ram, yours won't fit. I am sorry to spoil the excitement. Well... True. Sad. Well.... At least I got a good laugh out of it. 😁 Just proves how little I can remember about old memmory. 🤣

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Re: Differen NanoSecond ram for AWE32?

Posted on 2014-09-02, 21:33

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by brostenen

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I have those two 16 megabyte modules (VIS-60ns). Then I have one 16 megabyte 70ns. One 8 megabyte 60ns from IBM. And finally one 8 megabyte 70ns from Samsung (I think it is Samsung). They should all come in hand one way or the other. 😜 Thanks 😀

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Re: EDO Ram Identification

Posted on 2014-09-02, 21:26

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by brostenen

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Thanks. 1000 times. And you all helped me to help myself in the future. Nice. 😜 Had an idea that it was 8+ megabyte, yet not that much. And I have two of them. They will come to use, when my AWE32 arrive one of the next days.

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Differen NanoSecond ram for AWE32?

Posted on 2014-09-02, 19:35

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by brostenen

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Is it possible to say, put a 60 ns and a 70ns module on a AWE32 card?

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EDO Ram Identification

Posted on 2014-09-02, 19:32

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by brostenen

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Does someone here on Vogons know what this EDO Ram module is? All I know is, that it might be 60 ns ram...

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Re: Which soundblaster should I buy.

Posted on 2014-09-02, 07:16

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by brostenen

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For AWE's. Look at this page.... (good and easy reading) http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.dk/2012/07/sound-blaster-awe32-64-options.html The next website is in German language. If google translate can do it, then you might be able to get info from it. Other than that, it is great if you can read the …

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Re: Good SoundBlaster 16

Posted on 2014-09-02, 07:07

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by brostenen

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Never tried it. The whine starts the moment I flip the power switch Although there are times when the frequency varies a bit Uhh.... I had the same problem back in 1994/95, when I had an Aztech 16 bit card (only SB-Pro compatible). When I bought a real Creative card, the hush/noise went away. I …

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Re: Good SoundBlaster 16

Posted on 2014-09-02, 06:58

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by brostenen

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I have both Vibra 16S card from creative CT2940 i guess that is, the SB16-PRO-PnP CT2950 and the SB16-ValueEdition CT2770. The value is almost dead, yet from what I rember from back in the days, when my first Value worked, it was one of the best for the price. Really low interferance from the …

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Re: Some New Purchases

Posted on 2014-08-27, 21:37

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by brostenen

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King_Corduroy wrote: Pictures! I demand pictures! You know we thrive on ogling old PC hardware! 😜 That is probably why XXXtube does not have many visitor's, wich normally lurks here... 🤣 Old hardware is like our version of prOn. 🤣

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Re: Motherboard or cpu?

Posted on 2014-08-27, 21:33

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by brostenen

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Only a small percentage of all the 486 sold back then, was 50 mhz variants. You are better of getting SX-25, DX-33 or DX2-66 versions.

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Re: Gigabyte K8 Triton MB - Bulging Capacitors

Posted on 2014-08-27, 21:30

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by brostenen

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Get you'r money back.... Those cap's are pretty bad and the board is no were near min condition.

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

Posted on 2014-08-27, 21:06

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by brostenen

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No. In the USA. I take it they don't have many thrift stores in denmark? Oh.... Well. That is one of the things we have plenty of. They just only sell stuff such as furnitures, kitchen stuff (electronics too), pot's, pan's and everything else wich are common and normal. Just not computer stuff. See …

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

Posted on 2014-08-27, 19:47

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by brostenen

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smeezekitty wrote: I actually find factory sealed disks with reasonable frequency I have some still plastic wrapped upstairs In Denmark? Can only be done in a major city like Copenhagen or Odense.

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

Posted on 2014-08-27, 19:39

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by brostenen

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Found and bought these.... And what are the odd's, finding this nearly 10 years after the last one's were in the shops? Those 10,- are Danish Kroners. So.... That's 1,77 US Dollars a package. (mind telling that they are still factory sealed)

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

Posted on 2014-08-27, 19:35

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by brostenen

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badmojo wrote: I have some of those too! My wife puts carrots in them, sometimes celery 😒 Come on.... Those are good stuff, when mixed into the bolognese for lasagne. 😜

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Re: SB16 ISA card defect. What to look for?

Posted on 2014-08-26, 13:36

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by brostenen

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Only noise on the amplifier output as I wrote at some point. 😉 Lineout is clean.

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Re: Epox MVP3C motherboard

Posted on 2014-08-26, 07:32

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by brostenen

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From the sounds of it Epox made it in both atx and at. That would be really convenient if it ended up being atx! It have both AT and ATX power supply connector on the board, plus eighter mouse or keyboard ps2 connector. It does indeed have DIN keyboard connector on the board itself. Just don't know …

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