Re: Annoying eBay snipers....

Posted on 2013-03-09, 05:27

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Initially I too felt immensely irritated by the so called snipers. Yes, they DO play dirty. It's not a fair game to see if either party wants to see who would like to pay more to get an item, but turned that the sniper just wants to grab the item without letting know the intention to the other party …

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Re: Creative Labs Sound Blaster ISA Cards' Drivers Collection, SF CDs + App. CDs - Updated 23rd Oct. 2011

Posted on 2013-03-08, 15:42

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Most of the original files are preserved. Unfortunately, I was not able to salvage all the CD images before the Megaupload closedown. Hopefully we'll get them all up again in Vogonsdrivers.

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Re: When can I find a free chicken greeting sound in the morning?

Posted on 2013-03-05, 13:49

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Does the chicken say "Hasta La Vista, Be-be!" ? But seriously, have you tried : http://soundjax.com/chicken-1.html ?

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Re: Having some Roland fun!

Posted on 2013-03-05, 05:41

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Ah, yes, Descent. Add a good, deep-sounding sub-woofer with the Sound Canvas setup while playing Descent / Descent II, and you'll really "feel" the game.

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Re: Steam For Linux: after one month, Linux represents 2.02% of all active users.

Posted on 2013-03-05, 05:29

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I'm tripple booting with WinXP x86, Win7 x64, and Linux Mint x64. Linux may not have the fame and glamour of the Windows and Mac OS counterparts, but for a completely free OS, Linux still rocks. And it comes in MANY flavours. Coming back to topic, only pure Linux users interested in the games …

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Re: When is hardware "retro"? Your personal rules

Posted on 2013-03-01, 14:28

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Broadly, I would categorize retro as when a PC part loses the official manufacturer support. For eg. : :happyhappy: New Retro | Retro | Really Old Retro ------------------ ---------------- ---------------------- Windows 2000 | Windows 95 | Windows 2.0 Sound Blaster Audigy | Sound Blaster 16 | PC …

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Re: A-Trend ATC-1425B. Could this be the board everybody would love to own?

Posted on 2013-03-01, 14:06

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Looks ok to me. http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/486pci/atc1425bp.jpg http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/486pci/atc1425b.htm There are quite a number of good 486 boards. A-Trend did make nice boards back then. There are other boards too from various manufacturers which have good layout and …

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Re: DOS Sound Audigy 1 VS SB Live!

Posted on 2013-03-01, 13:56

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You can use Audigy 2 in DOS with the Audigy's DOS drivers. Both Live!'s and Audigy's emulation of SB cards in DOS is somewhat similar. Both are troublesome to make them work, but can be done for those who have no other options or do not have access to othe PCI soundcards to make them work in DOS. …

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Re: Midi to USB Adapters

Posted on 2013-03-01, 13:37

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Mine works properly without the Yamaha driver too.

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Re: Old fart topic: What was your hardware specs in 1992?

Posted on 2013-02-26, 01:42

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Strangely, all these classic machines seem more interesting to read about and immensely pleasurable (though occasionally marred by some frustrating conventional RAM, TSRs, sound drivers, etc. moments) to use them. They still feel....special.. to be used even now. Or maybe it's just me.

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Re: Advice on purchasing a gaming videocard

Posted on 2013-02-25, 16:04

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Most 'modest' cards can play current games comfortably at medium settings. Or even when settings are at 'above average'. Or at higher resolutions with unnecessary FXAA or other AAs all set to off. Currently I'm running a couple of humble Radeon 6950s (2GB each) in CrossfireX mode. Other than that, …

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Re: Old fart topic: What was your hardware specs in 1992?

Posted on 2013-02-25, 09:37

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Had a : 80286 running at 20MHz. About 12MHz with the Turbo button set to off. 2MB RAM - have a faint recollection of having those hardware expanded memory board or chips. VGA card with 512k ram. Sound Blaster 1.5 - the card and box which I still have today. 40MB Hard drive. Had a dual 5.25"-3.5" …

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Re: Midi to USB Adapters

Posted on 2013-02-24, 01:39

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I'm using one of those cheap ones for a couple of years now. No issues so far, including transmitting the "intelligent" mode from within Dosbox to the MT-32. I also use it with my CM-500. I ordered another of this USB-to-MIDI adapter-cable recently - $4.40 including shipping from HK. http://farm9. …

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Anyone seen this Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing review @ Gamespot?

Posted on 2013-02-22, 16:49

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Both the video review and the written one are good. Try reading first before watching the video review. http://asia.gamespot.com/big-rigs-over-the-ro … review-6086528/

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Re: ALS4000 or Solo 1e?

Posted on 2013-02-21, 02:42

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Some info regarding the ALS4000 : The ALS4000 PCI Sound Card - PCI SB Compatibility in Newer Systems The ALS4000 PCI Sound Card - PCI SB Compatibility in Newer Systems

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Re: Midi Port Question

Posted on 2013-02-19, 05:50

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For a single card solution and using a mixer, to hear the MIDI music only from the MKII AND the Sound Blaster digital fx sounds, go to the volume panel in the SB's software mixer and turn the MIDI channel's volume all the way down to 0. Since the MKII unit is independent from the software control of …

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Re: Midi Port Question

Posted on 2013-02-19, 02:22

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The easiest solution (maybe not the cheapest) will be to get a stereo mixer, which receives input from 2 or more sources. 1. Connect the output of the sound card (Line-Out or Speaker-Out) to an input on the mixer. 2. Connect the output from the MKII to another input on the mixer. 3. COnnect the …

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Re: MASSIVE Steam Update: Trashed HL1 and CS16 !

Posted on 2013-02-17, 14:20

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Steam is just trying to capitalize and expand it's business further by pulling-in pure Linux users. Though I do occasionally use one distro or another from time to time just because there are so many varieties of Linux distributions, I won't be getting a game from Steam for Linux, when I'm already …

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Re: Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era

Posted on 2013-02-14, 14:06

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Yeah, I still remember a white and black console my cousin had. It just played pong. It didn't matter when connected to the black and white tv those days. The game was in black and white anyway. It had these hard toggle switches on it. They control how difficult or easy you want the game to be.

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Re: Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era

Posted on 2013-02-13, 16:03

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I thought THIS game ... http://www.robertgomez.org/sites/default/files/videogames/kq4-sci-dos-600.png ...was blocky. But I still enjoy it nontheless. Whereas Starcraft ... http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/classic/starcraft01.jpg I DON'T like Starcraft that much, but Starcraft still …

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