Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-05, 17:15
Have you tried cleaning the edge connector on the awe32 yet?
Re: Kids destroying computer hardware
Posted on 2020-08-05, 15:41
At the age of three I destroyed our TV. It was on, I pulled the lid from the back and saw some colored wires. I wanted them. I though I would free the colors from the TV into the room. So I grabbed a handful and pulled with all my weight. The colors left the TV with some magic smoke and a loud …
Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 14:38
DOS speeds look just fine. Device manager not seeing the drives hooked up to a controller with its own BIOS is normal since the card takes care of everything. You will normally maybe just see something else related to the card. How do you have the drive set up in the card's BIOS? Are there any …
Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 13:27
So it actually sees the controller properly.. no error in device manager? That is good at least. Are there any options in the driver settings? My guess is that write and read caching may be disabled by default with the Promise driver.
Re: "FastTrak S150 SX4 Lite" PCI SATA control cards?!
Posted on 2020-08-05, 05:12
I've already edited the .INF file for the Win98-ME drivers to add the SX4 Lite to it.. based on the HP 2k/XP driver pack for the SX4 Lite and a few other cards including some TX cards. Just waiting to hear back to see if it works or not. The SX4-M and SX4000 cards use a completely different chip and …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-05, 04:00
Artex wrote on 2020-08-04, 18:37: cyclone3d wrote on 2020-08-04, 18:32: A boxed CMS-401. I was hesitant to post seller pics because of how little I paid for it. It arrived today and I haven't had a chance to test it yet. WHOA! Absolutely awesome! Thanks Artex! We are usually being wowed by your …
Re: OK sleuths, what kind of Audiodrive is this exactly? You have not seen this before!
Posted on 2020-08-04, 20:52
Oh, hey.. I actually have one of those and pretty sure I have the motherboard that it goes to as well. It really should work in any ISA system though from what I can tell. I haven't tested it though. I am pretty sure I don't have the breakout cable for it.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 19:50
A boxed CMS-401. I was hesitant to post seller pics because of how little I paid for it. It arrived today and I haven't had a chance to test it yet. Seller's pic: CMS-401.jpg It actually came with more than what was in the pictures. 1. The warranty cards with the serial number for Cakewalk 3 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 18:32
A boxed CMS-401. I was hesitant to post seller pics because of how little I paid for it. It arrived today and I haven't had a chance to test it yet. Seller's pic: CMS-401.jpg It actually came with more than what was in the pictures. 1. The warranty cards with the serial number for Cakewalk 3 written …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-04, 17:26
chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-08-04, 17:20: Is it at least 128bit 5200? If it is you can usually clock it to the 5500 speeds No... see the empty RAM pads?
Re: EPROM Burner for 486 Award BIOS
Posted on 2020-08-04, 17:09
Easiest way to confirm if the chip is still good and to also flash a new EEPROM would be to get one of those USB EEPROM flashers. TL866II will be just fine. https://www.ebay.com/str/XGecu-Official-Store/TL866II-Plus-programmer/_i.html?_storecat=26414682010 If you do get one, make sure to get it from …
Re: Disassembly of laptop, how to disconnect this ZIF-like cable?
Posted on 2020-08-04, 14:44
I wonder if there really is a lock and the tabs are just broken off
Re: DosBox working at full speed (real speed of the core).
Posted on 2020-08-04, 05:13
If you want it to be faster then wait for somebody to optimize the code more.. or do it yourself. And using ALL CAPS IN THE POST IS LIKE YELLING and is poor forum etiquette.
Re: Retro PC without ISA. What sound would you choose?
Posted on 2020-08-03, 23:03
I would try and get a 815 chipset with sblink and yamaha XG, gl finding one. True that. I had to order mine from overseas... an Acorp 6A815. Even better... a board like this AND then to add 4x ISA with DMA support... a National Semiconductors / Cyrix PC87200 Evaluation Board.... but good luck …
Re: Novell suggestion: upgrade your PC speaker
Posted on 2020-08-03, 21:40
I have a little adapter to plug into the motherboard's PC Speaker output that has a 3.5mm jac on the other end and then I can plug that into the input on my main computer to do recordings. Works really well though I am not convinced that all motherboards output the same sounds as the one game I was …
Re: AWE32 - issue with installed DRAM / distorted MIDI
Posted on 2020-08-03, 20:29
What are the specs of your system? If I remember correctly, Diagnose.exe has issues with faster computers.
Re: Disassembly of laptop, how to disconnect this ZIF-like cable?
Posted on 2020-08-03, 13:55
That type of cable is usually pretty tight. I usually wiggle them out slowly. And of course undo the tape if you haven't already.
Re: ATI Color Emulation Card
Posted on 2020-08-03, 07:13
Erek... why post the same thing at Hardforum? Anyway... posting my reply here as well since I am guessing not a lot of people here browse that forum. For Kaypro, I think you might find that card in a 286i Model D... if it was a color card - here are a few links: https://www.old-computers.com/museum/ …
Re: Something wrong with AT PSU - hissing noise and not powering on
Posted on 2020-08-03, 01:21
From the description, it sounds to me like the PSU has bad capacitors.
Re: Undo partition damage
Posted on 2020-08-02, 23:40
Can you see the data from within windows XP? If so, then you should be able to just backup all the data to another drive, use FDISK to make the partition active and then run a sys C: command from a boot disk to make it bootable again.
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