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

Posted on 2015-08-26, 12:54

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by Runicen

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Oh...and I played Ur-Quan Masters HD.....the High-Def remake of Star Control II. Love that game.... I had wondered about the quality of the remake. The project intrigued me, but I still have my copies of the original games, so I never took the plunge on it. Did they really give it that dramatic of …

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Re: Downsizing my storage space

Posted on 2015-08-13, 13:32

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by Runicen

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Really sorry to hear you're offloading so much stuff. While I'd love to move to a tower, I suspect the shipping to PA would be prohibitive (being the other side of the continent and all). Any chance you have some loose but functional 5 1/4" flopping drives or old VLB/ISA IDE controller cards you're …

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

Posted on 2015-07-17, 14:01

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OH...this is OFFTOPIC....but my TRIPLETS are coming home in a WEEK! They've been in the NICU for over 2 weeks now. Its difficult to only see them once a day for only an hour, so it'll be very nice to have them home! Congrats! Glad they're all healthy and ready to come home. :happy: And on another …

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Re: SC-55 Problems

Posted on 2015-06-29, 16:35

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by Runicen

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Good call. If someone else has had the same problem, it'd save you the trouble of poking around looking for it yourself. On the plus side, it's awesome that you still have a functional output, even if it's not the ideal one.

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Re: SC-55 Problems

Posted on 2015-06-29, 16:22

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by Runicen

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I'm not familiar with this particular device, but I'm curious if the RCA jacks and headphone out are run by separate pre-amps. If that's the case, I'm wondering if a cap in the pre-amp phase for the RCA outputs went bad. Someone else on the board may be more knowledgeable, but whatever went wrong …

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Re: Sound Blaster Re-Capping

Posted on 2015-06-20, 04:48

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by Runicen

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Ok, I went back in and did some dithering about with the software side and here's what I found: First, if I change the Akai's inputs from "Line" input to the one used for "Guitar" and other high-impedence inputs, the volume drop relative to the Yamaha card I had been using drops. I must have had it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-06-19, 17:05

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by Runicen

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I'd have to disagree. I originally was looking for one in box, then decided to just bag that idea and get one as a board only, as trying to find one in box for sale was impossible. I rarely see any on amibay (last listing was back in 2014 i think), and haven't seen one on ebay for the longest time. …

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Re: Sound Blaster Re-Capping

Posted on 2015-06-19, 17:00

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by Runicen

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Wow... This thread gained a life of its own while I was away. Sorry for the lack of reply. It's been a busy 36 or so hours. With regard to the questions about memory, keep in mind that I grew up on DOS but I'm dusting off synapses for a lot of the stuff I'm setting up now as I haven't touched a DOS- …

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Sound Blaster Re-Capping

Posted on 2015-06-17, 18:33

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by Runicen

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I'm still in the early stages with this piece of hardware, but I wanted to cast around for some information in the meanwhile. As part of a recent hardware haul, I ended up with an ISA Sound Blaster 16 (CT2980). My older PC has its line out run into stereo inputs on my Akai EIE I/O Pro DAC, which …

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

Posted on 2015-06-17, 17:49

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http://i.imgur.com/EVwND7sl.jpg Friendly reminder that old paint programs are fun to mess around with. Also highlights a (relatively modern) game that I've really gotten into over the past week or so: Dust: An Elysian Tail . In case you're wondering, the paint program I used here is 8/16 Paint , …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-06-17, 16:02

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by Runicen

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roland sound hardware have been going for insane prices lately online, like $200+ insane. At least the ISA cards..not sure about that roland midi board. Do those plug in to just any old sound card? Wow... yeah, that'll do it. And I have no idea about "any old" sound card, but the Yamaha does seem …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-06-17, 12:34

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by Runicen

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Um... Am I to take it that it's a good one? =D Seriously, I have NO idea about these things. I would have been happy just to score a decent SB16, let alone with a daughterboard. roland sound hardware have been going for insane prices lately online, like $200+ insane. At least the ISA cards..not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-06-17, 05:04

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by Runicen

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Um... Am I to take it that it's a good one? =D Seriously, I have NO idea about these things. I would have been happy just to score a decent SB16, let alone with a daughterboard.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-06-17, 04:29

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by Runicen

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This is less "bought" these retro hardware and more "your free gift with purchase." I found a local guy prepping for an interstate move by clearing out a lot of stuff he had collecting dust. In this case, it was a rather substantial collection of boxed PC games, some of which had never had the seals …

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

Posted on 2015-06-17, 04:15

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by Runicen

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Tonight, I finally installed my "new" SB16 (CT2980) with Roland Sound Canvas (SCD-15) along with a Voodoo2 Card (Diamond Monster 3D II) in my Pentium 200 system. I suspect I won't be able to squeeze maximum use out of any of this hardware until I finally get around to installing Windows 98 on this …

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Re: 1982 Zenith Z-120 all in one computer! Recycling rescue.

Posted on 2015-03-24, 02:53

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by Runicen

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That is a really neat find. Thanks for the video. I'm not sure how this thing is wired, but if the external monitor output is dead and you've had this on other monochrome monitors sans feed before, my guess is that the video adapter is shot. Fingers crossed it's a controller card rather than …

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Re: Inexpensive PCI/ISA Synthesis in MS-DOS/Win 9x

Posted on 2015-02-22, 23:05

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by Runicen

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AFAIK J10 and J11 are the CD-audio pins. They are shorted (you can't connect two CDs), but the order of the pins is slightly different (I believe one is LGRG and the other is LGGR). The one you used is probably the AUX input (same pinout as the same-looking CD in port). While it techicaly works, I …

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Re: Inexpensive PCI/ISA Synthesis in MS-DOS/Win 9x

Posted on 2015-02-21, 16:26

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by Runicen

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Ok, I did some digging around in the docs and on my Audician. I'm going to attach a picture with highlighted areas to explain the issues I ran into and hopefully anyone else thrown off by the documentation on the card can use my fumbling about to save themselves some time. First, I found the jumper …

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Re: Inexpensive PCI/ISA Synthesis in MS-DOS/Win 9x

Posted on 2015-02-20, 17:48

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by Runicen

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Oh, and not to spam the thread, but what's the appeal of outboard MIDI devices that I've read about on the board? Are they really that much of an upgrade on a dedicated OPL or something of the like for DOS era games or is this something more of the Win95 vintage and onward?

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Re: Inexpensive PCI/ISA Synthesis in MS-DOS/Win 9x

Posted on 2015-02-20, 16:57

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I'll dig into the documentation on the Audician, but I for some reason don't recall seeing anything that would have allowed me to disable the onboard amp. I'm hoping it was just an oversight on my part. As for the CD Audio, the issue was that it came through VERY quietly. I did end up swapping …

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