Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-10-24, 19:39
Orchid Gamewave 32 with Invision ROMS. Filename Orchid_GameWave_32_With_Invision_ROMS.jpg File size 384.6 KiB Views 1241 views
Re: What was your first (as in personally owned) PC compatible computer?
Posted on 2018-10-23, 22:02
Does the "family" computer count if I was the one who spent my money upgrading it and then eventually traded it away for my first car and a parts car? It was a custom built 80386sx-25Mhz with 4MB RAM and a 120MB HDD, a trident VGA card and not sound card. We got it when I was almost 12. Upgrades …
Re: Multi card readers that never come with drivers..
Posted on 2018-10-23, 19:42
Nusb is your friend: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/win9 … age-drivers.php http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?file … 035&menustate=0(has a newer version - 3.6 instead of only 3.3)
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-10-23, 18:54
No hardware, but hardware related. I have been working on getting all the material I can find about the Aria 16 based sound cards. Well, I finally bit the bullet and put in the request for access to some files that George Sanger had submitted to an archival site. Got approval and he even sent me an …
Re: Adapter for smaller 5.25" floppy drive?
Posted on 2018-10-23, 18:45
So you made a prototype. Now to do some redesigning and come up with a way to attach it. A couple piece of metal and some screws should work nicely. Make the piece of metal so you can attach it to both the cut down 5.25" bay cover and to the drive bay itself so it will stay in place. It will take …
Re: Scary stuff ...
Posted on 2018-10-23, 14:43
And as it stands now according to all on the other side of the story is that Bloomberg either made the whole thing up or was fed bad information and did absolutely no investigation before putting up the article.
Re: Adapter for smaller 5.25" floppy drive?
Posted on 2018-10-23, 14:42
Cut a 5.25" bay cover to fit.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-10-23, 02:01
yes the thunderboard is a nice SB clone - a very good one too! I ran ran across some info about the Thunderboard as I was looking up stuff about other sound cards. Supposedly it was released to go along with the original PAS (not PAS16) in order to add SB support. The original PAS is one of the …
Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide
Posted on 2018-10-21, 19:03
NonWorking one - regarding of A logo is Abit or Aopen too: Yamaha-CheapTop.jpg ChipCheap.jpg Any ideas? This 744 chip is a different shape than the working one, and looks like a rebranded knockoff/ fake. This chip is smaller and squarer, which resembles a 754, but it is still printed as a 744. It's …
Re: AWE64 Gold - A Lost Cause?
Posted on 2018-10-20, 14:45
Have you tried cleaning the cards edge connector with a pencil eraser? Might also want to try cleaning the connection on the ISA slots themselves. For the ISA slots, get a piece of printer paper and fold it so it is thick enough to have a bit of resistance when inserted into the slot. Then move it …
Re: ISA to PCI adapter (or viceversa)
Posted on 2018-10-20, 14:37
The closest you are going to get is a USB to ISA adapter. And even then, you have to use a special version of DOSBOX or mod your own newer version of DOSBOX with the special code from the company that makes the adapters. http://arstech.com/install/ecom-prodshow/usb2isar.html http://arstech.com/ …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-10-20, 01:46
I received my Music Quest MPU-401 clone from keropi today! :D excellent, enjoy! I also received a soundcard today: http://i.imgur.com/1bh8Aj7l.jpg It's OKish but sadly opl4 is only usable under win3x/9x , under DOS you get SB-PRO/WSS + OPL3 . Maybe a good card for a win3x build ? :lol: most likely …
Re: Hen's teeth and unicorns
Posted on 2018-10-19, 18:59
The SSDK and LSDK packages for the ARIA16 based sound cards. * SSDK (Synthesizer Software Development Kit) * LSDK (Listener Software Development Kit) * LSDK Upgrade Kit (upgrades a SSDK to a LSDK) http://www.faqs.org/faqs/PCsoundcards/aria/faq/ Sierra made them available for free but only allowed …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-10-19, 18:55
Started setting up my website that I will be posting reviews , downloads and pictures for retro/vintage hardware and software on. Yay for free hosting and tools from a family member. I was also able to get permission to include some ARIA16 drivers/source for the Miles Sound System in the review …
Re: What to look out for buying eBay RAM chips
Posted on 2018-10-19, 03:35
I usually just buy large lots that are being sold for cheap. I should have enough RAM to last me for years now. The RAM brands from back then kind of all got mushed together and didn't really matter as much for 30-pin and 72-pin stuff.
Re: Turok Dinosaur Hunter "only" 199.00?
Posted on 2018-10-18, 15:06
It's a fun game. Not sure I would buy it though. Pretty sure it came with a video card I bought back in the day.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-10-18, 14:52
Today I was in a thrift store and I saw a Dell Dimension V350 for $9.99 / parts as-is I have already powered it on and confirmed it works by poking around in the BIOS. the floppy doesn't work, and it has no hard drive but once I have time to clean it up and put it back together, replace fans with …
Re: The Story of Why Everyone Uses Onboard Sound Today
Posted on 2018-10-18, 14:38
Vista killed off a lot of the demand as well. Creative lost their major selling point (EAX) with even alchemy more aimed at getting older games working rather them creative trying to push a licenced technology. Just so happened this is when on board stopped sucking I have to disagree that onboard …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-10-18, 03:18
I have been wanting to put together a 386 machine for a while now and my first piece of it arrived today. It's actually a hybrid board - Opti 495SLC. It is pre populated with a AMD DX40 and a 40mhz ULSI Maths Co Processor and 4mb ram. Battery hasn't leaked but I'll be replacing this with a new one. …
Re: Looking for old 3dfx demo, don't know the name
Posted on 2018-10-18, 02:55
Thanks for the links. FunkyQuadratics was updated to SuperQuadratics, which means it's better in every way, except now it won't do fullscreen :( I suppose these demos are going to be very diificult to find, since I found the links to them on 3dfxmania, which wasn't archived before it was changed to …
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