Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-10, 21:35

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Cheap thrills - Some Creative speakers for the workbench, a 4 port switcher with serial mouse support, AWE64 (CT4520) and an ESS AudioDrive ES1868F (kinda been wanting to mess with one of these for awhile) Filename IMG_4975.JPG File size 1.03 MiB Views 1102 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-10, 21:13

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Amazing haul, cyclone3d - Just as we all probably knew it would be. That lot ought to keep you busy for awhile! What are your plans for it?

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Re: Packard Bell Legend 760 Supreme restoration

Posted on 2018-03-10, 06:39

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Nice work. A friend of mine down the street had one of these while we were growing up. May have to restore one myself someday!

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Re: ISA Sound card noise frequency origin, modifications, etc.

Posted on 2018-03-09, 08:13

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From my experience, half the noise comes from power rails and other half is result from pollution on the silicon level and most particularly in the mixer sections. Supplying VREF for a chipset capable of accepting external VREF from a high PSRR voltage regulator can do wonders and also increase …

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ISA Sound card noise frequency origin, modifications, etc.

Posted on 2018-03-09, 01:24

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Hey guys - I don't mess with sound much. Had to make some ISA sound card recordings recently and was having some fun in audacity when I noticed this during noise analysis. Line-out while sitting at a DOS prompt: frequency.png I am certainly not going to assume Hi-Fi from a mid-90s ISA sound card - …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-08, 21:26

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derSammler wrote: Solaris, mainly. 😁 Check out some of the awesome homebrew that is out there these days, too!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-07, 22:34

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rikukos wrote: https://i.imgur.com/tEtBsnmh.jpg […] Show full quote It is... beautiful. Putting this one to good use, I hope. Awesome. Owning and using are a one-two punch for retro hardware. Congrats, rikukos. Hope to maybe own one myself at some point!

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Re: Help with Shuttle XPC SV25 rebooting problem

Posted on 2018-03-06, 08:14

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Rawrl wrote: Looks like Badcaps stocks a kit for your particular model, or at least the motherboard. 😁 Oh man. Oh... oh dude. So if badcaps stocks a pre-made recap kit for a system component you are having trouble with, you know things are bad. Ha! Rawrl just about summed up my line of thinking.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-06, 04:03

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Nice, cyclone3d. You should do an unboxing video since we actually don’t know what is in there.

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Re: CD-ROM setup using SB16 CT2950 IDE interface

Posted on 2018-03-06, 02:29

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Matsushita? Are you sure that drive wasn't using the Panasonic interface? I want to say that interface was practically gone around the time of 4x drives, but I can't quite remember. Meanwhile, CT2950 is full plug and play, right? (IDE interface in addition to the PnP Sound settings) In this case, …

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Re: Help with Shuttle XPC SV25 rebooting problem

Posted on 2018-03-05, 19:42

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If you turn it on (cold boot) and enter the bios for a bit (give it a couple of minutes), exit without saving changes, and let it boot Windows, does it boot Windows successfully on the first try?

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Re: HDD won't power up

Posted on 2018-03-04, 04:41

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Looking at the circuit board from beneath, I don't see any broken traces, so no visible damage from shock on the outside. To examine the circuit board, you'll need to unscrew it from the hard drive and carefully flip it over to check the component side. You may have a blown fuse or diode near the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-03, 23:36

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Maybe the 3rd time is the charm. Have a P5A 1.03 that arrived DOA and a P5A 1.06 that POSTed once and then never again. I may try recapping them at some point to see if that changes anything but I kinda doubt it. It seems like a legitimate candidate for a capacitor fix. Do you feel that the problem …

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Parting out old modems

Posted on 2018-03-03, 22:54

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So after acquiring various computers over the years, stripping them, repairing them, etc., I have just thrown the old modems in a box rather than recycle or toss them. I am doing a bit of cleaning at the moment. I will probably get to the box before too long. Wondering if any of you parts guys can …

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Re: What you thought you will never have?

Posted on 2018-03-02, 04:57

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feipoa wrote: Anyway, my least desirable era of older computer now flourishes at my home. I never thought I would have these and still don't really want them. I've been waiting for their appeal to grow on me. Yeah... if you find an appeal, let me know.

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SB32 low FM synth volume

Posted on 2018-03-01, 03:43

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One of the funny things about diving into the SB32/AWE32 series of cards is just how many versions of DIAGNOSE, AWEUTIL, MIXERSET, etc there have been. I have a CT3600 that went through a bit of capacitor surgery (only a couple) a year ago. I can get the 8-bit and 16-bit to get pretty loud, but FM …

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Re: 486 build PSU problem

Posted on 2018-03-01, 00:33

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kixs wrote: Have you tried powering just the PSU with no lines connected (except 220V line)? To rule out any other components being flaky. If you go that route, you may want to put some sort of load on the PSU - maybe some fans with molex connectors and a spare hard drive.

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Re: AWE32 & IDE/ATAPI CDROM

Posted on 2018-02-28, 07:37

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What options did CTCU give you as far as setting up your IDE resources? Where are your utilities saved (C:\SB16? C:\CTCM?) Check your CTPNP.CFG file in the appropriate place for the IDE resources you are using. Make sure CTCU doesn't report conflicts. When you know the resources and they initialize …

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Re: Getting wavetable support for certain games

Posted on 2018-02-28, 07:09

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386 is more of an MT-32 era machine in terms of software. I believe Stellar 7 (as a specific example you gave) is basically FM synth or Roland MT-32. From what I can recall, General MIDI in gaming (and therefore by extension, wavetable) exploded in 1993.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-02-28, 01:46

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Woolie Wool wrote: Roland Sound Canvas SC-88. I can't decide whether I like it or my SC-55 better. Stack 'em and don't think about it! 😁

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