Aliexpress XT Laptop

Posted on 2023-05-15, 18:37

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by matze79

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Hi, someone postet recently this link on a german forum. https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005534146618.html Did anyone try the 8088 Aliexpress Laptop with OPL3 Sound ? Hm i really thinking about grabbing one 😀

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Re: DSS / Covox Speech Thing exclusive games

Posted on 2023-05-11, 08:00

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by matze79

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digger wrote on 2018-04-11, 22:38: Cloudschatze wrote: For what it's worth, the music that Maxis' SimAnt plays through a Covox or generic LPT DAC is unique to that device selection. YouTube recording or it didn't happen! 😜 I tried his it was so horrible

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Intel AboveBoard/286 - RAM Expansion - Configuration ROM / Serialnumber - Issues

Posted on 2023-05-05, 20:08

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by matze79

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Hi, i have a Problem with my AboveBoard: fullcard.jpg fullcard1.jpg i removed the ROM because of this: abvoveboard.jpg Maybe someone with the same card could dump the ROM ? It seems my Serialnumber "le001665b95" is intact inside the ROM. It also reads EMS Configuration from the ROM. First row seems …

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Re: IBM PS/1 Audio Card.

Posted on 2023-04-22, 22:06

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by matze79

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Oh Sorry, i had to give the card back i just borrowed it for some time to make some investigations and maybe make some efforts to add ps/1 function to tandy card. But i`m limited in time, so i did not so much retro progress.. 🙁

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Re: RGBToHDMI experiments with PI3A+

Posted on 2023-04-22, 10:26

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by matze79

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Really ! wow Great!

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Re: Slot A thunderbirds

Posted on 2023-04-10, 19:42

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by matze79

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I own a Slot A Athlon 1000Mhz Thunderbird. It seems that there haven't been any sold on eBay in a long time, so I'm wondering if it's that rare. Was it only produced in small quantities?

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Re: Voodoo3, no picture issue

Posted on 2023-04-05, 19:59

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by matze79

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I couldn't flash my card, so I removed the flash IC and replaced it with a newly programmed one. The software always said 'no 3dfx card found'. Afterwards, everything was working fine. The 3Dfx Flash Software still didnt find the Card, but it worked again. Did you check if the card is present with …

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Re: 512GB or 1TB HDD/SSD possible on a Win98 machine?

Posted on 2023-04-04, 21:35

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by matze79

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i used 750Gb external USB 2.0 Harddrive years ago on my Athlon XP , it was formated as One Partition. But 32Kb Clusters are really suboptimal. Maybe its a better Aproach to get something like a Seagate Dockstar and connect the Drive over Network, using Samba etc.

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Re: Unhappy Shuttle AI61 Slot A mainboard

Posted on 2023-04-04, 21:26

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by matze79

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None of the capacitors seems bulged and there are not that many jumpers on this mainboard. Any clue would be welcome... Capacitors cannot be declared ok just by optical inspection because not all defects are visible to the naked eye. While an optical inspection can reveal certain types of defects, …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2023-04-04, 19:48

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by matze79

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Crazy Stuff, will try it on my Pentium M Laptop

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Re: Covox and Disney Sound Source from ESP32

Posted on 2023-04-04, 19:31

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by matze79

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Another quite new discovery for me was that apparently ESP32 is 5V tolerant. And actually LPT doesn't give 5V signals but little under 5V. So I soldered dupont cables to LPT-connector and connected them directly to ESP32 pinheader. For straighforward audio output I2S DAC is easiest. some later …

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Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards

Posted on 2023-04-04, 19:28

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by matze79

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Covox and Disney Sound Source from ESP32 ESP32 based DSS / Covox Clone

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Re: Toshiba T1800 386 Laptop

Posted on 2023-04-03, 22:28

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by matze79

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I've got that laptop. The HDD is just stuck in some way. Disassemble it and move the platters ans it might come back to life ! (I've fixed 2 Conner HDDs if that kind that way and now they're perfectly fine :) ). I as also remember having to unscrew the heads and screw them back on attend least one …

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Re: Problem with Voodoo2 SLI in MPS system

Posted on 2023-03-29, 18:39

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by matze79

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At least its worth to try it, it provides additional 2 3,3V Power Lines and one 5V Power Line. The Voodoo 2 should only use 5V from Slot as far as i know. It has own Voltage Regulator onboard. What PSU do you use ? If its a modern PSU it likley has not enough Amps on 5V.

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Re: Problem with Voodoo2 SLI in MPS system

Posted on 2023-03-28, 22:01

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by matze79

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I had no issues running 2 V2s in SLI with Dual Xeon 550/2M but I don’t own the system anymore to watch for further detail. It just worked great. Does it work with 1 Card ? Or maybe one CPU only ? I also would check with win98 if it works here.

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Re: Converter from serial input devices to PS/2?

Posted on 2023-03-25, 08:03

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by matze79

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https://www.retrokits.de/index.php/ps-2-mouse … mice-converter/ Serdashop sells its own version based on this.

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Re: HDD Clicker - HDD Sound Simulator

Posted on 2023-03-23, 21:19

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by matze79

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There is a new Version of HDD Clicker, made in India https://youtu.be/EV41cwEzqO4

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-03-22, 20:43

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by matze79

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Work 🙁

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Re: Made in USA 486

Posted on 2023-03-21, 22:31

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by matze79

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How you know the cpu was made in USA ? Maybe it’s also produced in Malaysia or Italy or maybe in Arizona ? Cyrix was a fabless company and CPUs where produced by a variety of company’s from Sgs Thomson to TSMC Is there any indicator which fab made this IC?

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a

Posted on 2023-03-17, 21:14

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by matze79

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i tried on Pentium 180Mhz ODP MMX with FX Chipset and it does also only work with 0.65 hm

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