Re: Vortex 2 cards cheap
Posted on 2017-03-24, 20:20
Here is a place that says they have the Vortex2 cards for $13.50 a piece. No idea how much shipping is. https://www.impactcomputers.com/au8830.html
Re: Vortex 2 cards cheap
Posted on 2017-03-24, 14:56
Person still has one left. The part number TB-400-3356 verifies that it is indeed a Vortex 2 card. TB-400-3355 is the model number for Vortex 1. I've already got 2x Vortex 2 of that style (slightly different components used though) as well as an Aureal Vortex 2 card or else I would be tempted to get …
Re: Crazy Idea - MT32 WaveBlaster Card
Posted on 2017-03-24, 14:52
Sweet. Watching this now.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-03-24, 04:51
I just got an assorted lot of 15 NOS slot 1 (and slot A?) CPU coolers, in their boxes for $22 shipped. Considering how much these things seem to go for individually on eBay, that seemed quite reasonable. It'll also be nice to have a source of tiny fans to harvest off of them to put on old video …
Re: Modern sound cards for DOS?
Posted on 2017-03-23, 22:07
PhilsComputerLab wrote: cyclone3d wrote: EDIT: I received the first card and they sent me a CMI 8738 card.. not what is pictured in the listing. Isn't that also a good card for DOS? From what I could find here, it may be ok for DOS.. IF you can get it working.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-03-23, 21:13
Built in sound supports SB Pro according to Toshiba. SBPro compatible sound on a P4 laptop? That's a new one. I'm guessing they are just referring to running DOS programs through Windows command prompt "Realtek ALC202 Codec Chip, Software Sound • 16-bit stereo, Windows Sound System Ver. 2.0; …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-03-23, 21:08
Ive tried v3.3 of this but had no luck. It requires uninstalling the usb hub prior to installing the driver but the keyboard mouse I have are usb... You don't actually have to uninstall anything before installing it. I saw that in the instructions and thought... why? It works if you just run the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-03-23, 19:44
Ordered a power adapter for a Toshiba Satellite P25-s509 laptop that I am going to turn into a DOS/Win98se gaming laptop. Pentium 4 2.8Ghz CPU, 512MB DDR Nice 17" screen, but really sad Geforce fx go5200 video card. Should be fine for win98se era games though. Built in sound supports SB Pro …
Re: Installing Windows 98 on SATA drive, full format acts like quick format, Athlon 64
Posted on 2017-03-23, 18:56
Are you sure that Drive C: is actually the HDD when booting from the floppy and not the RAM drive that some boot floppies will make and extract stuff to?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-03-23, 17:03
And remember, you can always leave the DX2-80 in there even if you need 50Mhz or 66Mhz. All you have to do to change speeds without opening up the system is to run a few jumpers or even on/off switches to the front of the case from the jumpers on the motherboard. Then when you want to change speed, …
Re: Any reason to keep old ISA or PCI modems?
Posted on 2017-03-23, 05:41
Maybe I should make sound recordings of all the different baud connection tones. Making something like that into a ring tone could be quite interesting. My reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmePLg3hdCw HAHAHAHA. I made a ringtone from the end of a youtube video quite a while ago that gets …
Re: Modern sound cards for DOS?
Posted on 2017-03-23, 05:21
YMF744 based card for cheap.... I have some on the way. Looks like there is only 1 left right now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/182193467237?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT The really good thing about the Yamaha cards is that they have real OPL3 integrated. Really, any of the …
Re: Any reason to keep old ISA or PCI modems?
Posted on 2017-03-23, 05:13
In a pinch, they can be used to transfer files from one computer to another by connecting them directly modem-to-modem with a phone cord and manually telling them to dial and answer using a terminal program. HyperTerminal has built-in file transfer capabilities that works good for this purpose. Yes …
Re: Any reason to keep old ISA or PCI modems?
Posted on 2017-03-23, 05:09
Modems are 99.9% useless. I cannot fathom a realistic reason as to why this will change. Well, there's still faxing, right? I'm told that for fast, secure document transfers, faxing may still be preferable over E-mail. I do have to send a fax every once in a blue moon. But for that I already have a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-03-23, 05:05
Got in a shipment of cards today sold for reuse or gold recovery. Most were modems. Even though I really don't need the modems I will most likely keep them for now as from what I remember of the chipsets from back then, none of the ones I got are winmodems. The good stuff that was included (haven't …
Re: Any reason to keep old ISA or PCI modems?
Posted on 2017-03-22, 21:58
In a pinch, they can be used to transfer files from one computer to another by connecting them directly modem-to-modem with a phone cord and manually telling them to dial and answer using a terminal program. HyperTerminal has built-in file transfer capabilities that works good for this purpose. Yes …
Any reason to keep old ISA or PCI modems?
Posted on 2017-03-22, 21:15
Is there any reason whatsoever to keep old ISA or PCI modems? I guess I could use one for fax software Are there any dial-in BBSes anymore?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-03-21, 21:04
brostenen wrote: Thanks. Good to know that stuff won't go defect/break when doing multi VLB-Cards and 40mhz. 😀 Does it help setting waitstates on the VL-Bus, if some instabillity show up? Not sure. I never had more than one VLB card at any given time.
Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?
Posted on 2017-03-21, 19:58
Sweet! Really looking forward to the final product!
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-03-21, 19:12
I would worry more about running two VLB cards at 40MHz than overclocking a 486 by 21%. ;) Qurious... What could potentially go wrong? Mainly just instability. Some VLB cards will do 40Mhz fine, some wont. That being said, I never really had a problem when running the 40Mhz fsb when I had a 486 VLB …
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