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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-22, 20:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

what is the current resolution and refresh rate on that LCD display? Also - How do you control output to VGA? Does it have a Fn key that lets you cycle LCD, LCD+Monitor, Monitor? Also - Are you running in 16 colors? Make sure device manager is happy.

Re: Awe32 ct3780 no digitized sound

Posted on 2018-03-22, 19:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I assume you have it configured with defaults (A220 I5 D1 H5...) on the board, diagnose likes it just fine and is willing to playback digital sound but is simply quiet (as you said). Have you run the mixer for your card and make sure the volume slider is up?

Re: 80s oem PC.

Posted on 2018-03-21, 22:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You could probably rebuild the PSU if you had to. I don't know what sort of ICs they use in it, but it is possible drop-in replacements are available for those as well. I imagine there is a possibility that others have done the detective work already, but the pool of possibilities of that at vogons …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-03-21, 17:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

We need a giant Skeletor on that monitor.

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

Posted on 2018-03-21, 17:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dude. That is a cool case.

Re: Slot 1/Voodoo 3 machine

Posted on 2018-03-21, 05:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My P3 build is 440BX + 500MHz with a Voodoo 3, and it is .... boring, imo. Seeing your upgrades here give the system some pop. Maybe some day I will do the same.

Re: R.I.P. SoundBlaster AWE32

Posted on 2018-03-21, 01:55

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have been doing a small bit of guesswork with my responses in your thread - but I believe the eeprom just holds configuration information. If flashing the AWE64 information doesn't stick - it could be either a pathway/logic/programming issue independent of the chip - or the chip is just shot. If …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-03-17, 21:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

gdjacobs wrote: My BIOS has that handy option to swap floppies, so I set them as needed depending on what I'm doing. Admittedly, I do the same thing.

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-03-17, 19:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

oeuvre wrote: Did you configure your BIOS first? Also it should be B: for 5.25" drives 5.25” = A: forever!! 😜

Re: R.I.P. SoundBlaster AWE32

Posted on 2018-03-16, 20:10

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

It is probably possible. I was just saying the OP’s rom is potentially hosed.

Re: R.I.P. SoundBlaster AWE32

Posted on 2018-03-16, 06:40

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

It is an eeprom. There are several possibilities outside of that exact chip being the sole problem. However should that chip fail to correctly store/retrieve what was given to it while having all of the proper connections, voltages, etc, from other components, it should be something that can be …

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

Posted on 2018-03-15, 22:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nice. Currently doing a refurb on mine - console5.com refresh kit, cleaning switches, removing old AV mod and upgrading to UAV Rev D. + audio companion.

Re: R.I.P. SoundBlaster AWE32

Posted on 2018-03-15, 05:00

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

cyclone3d wrote: A CT3670 being dead is really sad 😢 I bet we can fix it.

Re: R.I.P. SoundBlaster AWE32

Posted on 2018-03-15, 03:09

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Going out on a limb - Check your traces to U21. You could also possibly replace it.

Re: Issue installing second CD drive into Compaq Deskpro 6266

Posted on 2018-03-15, 02:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I believe I have seen a CD-ROM audio cable with two ends (smaller, white connector and larger black connector with a tab). Not sure about quality if you terminate both ends by plugging them into a card. The SB Live (at the least) has a spdif for the CD-ROM, right? You could run digital out to the SB …

Re: R.I.P. SoundBlaster AWE32

Posted on 2018-03-13, 20:01

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

What happens when you run CTCU to assign the resources? Do you have configuration options available and do they take upon selection and exit?

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

Posted on 2018-03-13, 07:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow. Dig that setup, creepingnet.

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-03-13, 04:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Man. Trifecta haul as far as I am concerned - Would love to walk away with a Packard Bell, Gateway 2000, and a small CRT as my score.

Re: Lotech Tandy Soundboard - get it finished.

Posted on 2018-03-11, 21:09

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Nice work, matze79. Been following this one. Offering up some words of encouragement!

Re: Industrial PC (EPSON IM-425) as Retro Gaming Device

Posted on 2018-03-11, 03:12

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Pretty impressive.

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