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

Posted on 2020-06-08, 19:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Kid wanted to play with the old Intel USB microscope today, so I busted out the 440BX box. The software is for Windows 98 and would probably work with newer OSs, but it's fun to be period correct (well, except for the monitor). Filename EBFEFC7A-29B1-4934-BB37-1A57D75867EE.jpeg File size 1.17 MiB …

Re: Help Identify Tandy Daughterboard for Sound Blaster?

Posted on 2020-06-08, 16:22

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

theres two buttons for digital volume control on the front, so makes sense, does it do anything else? ^^ seeing as it disables the onboard amp it would make sense, that it also routes the audio to an external amplifier somewhere. edit: or it just routes the audio to the two front connectors without …

Re: Help Identify Tandy Daughterboard for Sound Blaster?

Posted on 2020-06-08, 16:10

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Cloudschatze wrote on 2020-06-08, 16:02: That particular SB16 came from a Tandy Sensation! II. Overview of my new Tandy Sensation II 25-1651 Thank you! Doesn't look like I can use the daughterboard without the rest of the Sensation, but cool to have in the collection nonetheless.

Help Identify Tandy Daughterboard for Sound Blaster?

Posted on 2020-06-08, 15:49

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I bought a Sound Blaster 16 CT1730/1740 with what appeared to be a wavetable daughterboard I hadn't seen before. It arrived today, but the daughterboard doesn't appear to be for wavetable. It is made by Tandy Corp. in 1993 and appears to be fit for the SB16. This is because there are TWO connectors …

Re: Reasonably priced VLB card

Posted on 2020-06-08, 00:03

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I have about 8 VLB cards, and they're all within 5% of each other in Superscape and Doom realtics benches. The Cirrus 5426 is actually faster than the two 5428 cards I have. You can get NOS 5426 and S3 805 for $40-$50 before shipping.

Re: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live 5.1

Posted on 2020-06-07, 22:49

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

It's amazing what Patch93 accomplished with such a small file size. Back when I first got into soundfonts, I downloaded several of them which were based on the SC-55, and they were mostly around 75 MB or larger. Despite that, not a single one of those sounded as close to the real thing as Patch93's …

Re: My Wavetable Sample Thread

Posted on 2020-06-07, 21:55

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Went back to the Sound Blaster Live! in the roundup because of Vogons user Joseph_Joestar's method of using Audigy 2 ZS drivers with the card, allowing you to use VxD drivers and large soundfonts in DOS games launched from Windows. I recorded using an excellent 47MB soundfont based on the Roland SC- …

Re: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live 5.1

Posted on 2020-06-07, 20:31

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I just created a 260MB soundfont cache to load a ~250MB soundfont, and it worked! I still like Patch93's soundfont better, though. I've wanted to experiment with large soundfonts on a retro system with good DOS support, and this method allows me to do that.

Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-06-07, 17:54

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Sounds like the perfect candidate to test the Audigy drivers on. I just want to say that I used Joseph_Joestar's method in the link above, and not only did it get the CT4830 to work, but it allows me to load a 40+MB soundfont that works in DOS games launched from Windows. Everyone with a Live! or …

Re: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live 5.1

Posted on 2020-06-07, 17:50

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

So I tried using two sound cards with this setup and it worked fine. If you go to Device Manager > Sound, video and game controllers > Creative SB16 Emulation > Properties > Resources then untick "Use automatic settings" and select "Basic Configuration 4" it will allow you to manually configure all …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-07, 16:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I sell both tested and untested vintage parts. Most of the stuff I try to test, but some stuff is just not worth the trouble. Untested items are usually motherboards that require more prep than I'm willing to do (thermal paste on CPU, attach hs and fan, mostly). So it's possible that prospective …

Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-06-07, 16:01

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I would say that the Live! enigma is one that really gets under my skin. This is because it's the only PCI sound card that is difficult to install. And no offense to Vortex 2 or YMF7x4, but it could be the best all-around solution for 98SE. I originally thought the Audigy2 ZS was the ultimate all- …

Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-06-07, 15:12

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Fun project! I've had a few run-ins with Live! drivers over the years, most recently with a NOS Live! "X-Gamer" (just a CT4760 with a sweet software package). It of course came with the driver CD and installed without incident in my Windows98 SE machine, but I still needed to install the update …

Re: The Great Sound Blaster Live! Install CD Test Off

Posted on 2020-06-06, 21:24

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Updating to list the models that I have installation CDs for: CT4670, CT4760, CT4780, SB0100. If you're late to the thread, this is an ongoing experiment where I'm manually testing installation CDs on fresh installs of 98SE to find matches between cards and installation CDs. The install process has …

Re: astec 110W PSU limits?

Posted on 2020-06-06, 18:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Perhaps this old thread of mine will help. I misremembered -- my Pavilion was running a 466 MHz Celeron. Video Card Power Consumption

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-06-05, 18:02

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

This is great. Does anyone know whether the volume wheel is the one that was used by the Creative Music System card? I have that card, but it is missing the wheel (and the tiny screw, I suppose). Hardly anyone owns an original CMS... you can make a mockup from carton by taking the STL file‘s …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-06-05, 17:38

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

This is great. Does anyone know whether the volume wheel is the one that was used by the Creative Music System card? I have that card, but it is missing the wheel (and the tiny screw, I suppose).

Re: finding a working IDE DVD drive

Posted on 2020-06-05, 17:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There are a number of online tutorials on how to tweak the laser on the original Xbox DVD drive, especially the Thompson model. I could never get a conclusive answer about whether this put the actual discs at risk.

Re: astec 110W PSU limits?

Posted on 2020-06-05, 17:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think these also came in HP Pavilion mini towers from the era. I had one with a 366 MHz Celeron.

Re: finding a working IDE DVD drive

Posted on 2020-06-04, 14:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah it's a bit random: for example when I was trying to install Windows XP using up to three different discs, a couple of times the system would boot and hang mid-installation, other times the it did not even detect that a disc was inserted. When I had a problem like this, it turned out that the …

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