Re: Convert USB keyboard to PS/2 or AT?

Posted on 2018-01-20, 07:12

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by cyclone3d

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Did any of you who bought that NTI converter actually get it to work with a modern quality mechanical USB- ONLY keyboard ? If so, any chance you could state the exact maker and model number etc for those keyboards ? Dual mode(USB/PS2) keyboards does not count, neither crap like the Logitech K120... …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-19, 22:13

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by cyclone3d

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Almoststew1990 wrote: It needs a power from a molex connector. I don't have any spare do'h! Now I need to swap power supplies with another PC which means everything needs to come out the case, eufhh:( You could always use a Y-splitter to get another molex connector.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-19, 19:56

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by cyclone3d

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I've heard about those systems. Industries used them and when it was time for an upgrade, they only purchased and installed a better SBC board. That system'll make an amazing gaming rig or as a server. I wonder if you can put two of the same cards in there and have a dual CPU setup, or is that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-19, 18:02

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by cyclone3d

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Still working on getting a case for my 386 single board computer and 14-slot ISA backplane. The case I had bought before ended up not being a case, but an enclosure to put a case in. The seller canceled the order and gave me a refund before it shipped. Now I have this on the way. front.jpg drive_ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-19, 04:25

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by cyclone3d

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This showed up at my door today. Its a Yamaha SW-60 XG, as far as I know its just an ISA card version of the well known Yamaha DB50XG daughterboard or at least something quite similar. Quite a nice thing is that it doesn't need any DMA or IRQ, you just jumper address and of you go. It works like a …

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

Posted on 2018-01-18, 23:51

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by cyclone3d

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Well, you won't believe it but I managed to infect all of my computers (which is quite a few - old and new ones) with a Polish virus named Pieck.4444 or nicknamed Kaczor. Through one freakin' floppy with LapLink! That fu**er got formatted now :D Well, I guess tommorow I will be disinfecting all the …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium 4 1.3 GHz

Posted on 2018-01-18, 22:11

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by cyclone3d

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You could always use a PCI Voodoo 3. The Voodoo 3 cards have pretty much 0 performance difference between PCI and AGP.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-18, 22:09

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by cyclone3d

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havli wrote: cyclone3d wrote: Should I try adding DVI? It is much easier to get anothet GF3 with DVI than adding it to this one. It is not just the connector but also TMDS transmitter and many other components.... all this is missing on your card. Gothcha. No biggie, just thought it might be worth …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-18, 20:34

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by cyclone3d

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How about an original Geforce 3 for super cheap because the title/description was pretty horrible and in the wrong category. This version of the card came with/without DVI. The one I am getting doesn't have DVI. Should I try adding DVI? Seller's pics (cropped): geforce 3 - front-cropped.jpg Geforce …

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Re: soundblaster 32

Posted on 2018-01-18, 20:27

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by cyclone3d

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scroeffie wrote: vogon only has awe gold cd Should work just fine. You really only need it for the applications.

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Re: soundblaster 32

Posted on 2018-01-18, 19:32

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by cyclone3d

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where can i download drivers for the awe64 / google gives me nothing is there a program to remove old soundcard drivers 100% from win 98 Just use the add/remove programs in the control panel. That should clean it up just fine. Anything left in the autoexec.bat and config.sys from the old card you …

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Re: Packard-Bell sound card - worth it?

Posted on 2018-01-18, 17:30

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by cyclone3d

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Would this sound card be worth it: Packard Bell I38-MMSN824? What it looks like to me is the Sound Galaxy 16 Basic/Pro/Washington that supports the Covox Speech Thing, Disney Sound Source, Windows Sound System, Sound Blaster Pro 2 and Adlib compatible, MPU-401 with a WaveTable header, 3 CD drive …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-18, 14:56

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by cyclone3d

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My AWE64 collection will soon be complete as soon as the last card I wanted arrives - except for the cut down ones that don't allow RAM upgrades. Finally found a AWE64 Gold! CT4540 for a decent price.

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

Posted on 2018-01-18, 06:01

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by cyclone3d

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Was trying to get my PC Chips M912 motherboard set up to do some testing. After not being able to get it to go past "Please Wait" after the POST screen I ended up looking up the manual for it even though it has almost full jumper settings silkscreened on the board. I found out that v1.4 doesn't …

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Re: soundblaster 32

Posted on 2018-01-18, 00:30

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by cyclone3d

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No way to fix the bug unless you change the DSP chip on the card to a version that doesn't have the hanging note bug. And that is pretty pointless unless you have a dead doner card. Creative cards are the only cards that have a hanging note bug as far as I know. True OPL cards aren't expensive as …

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Re: soundblaster 32

Posted on 2018-01-17, 21:29

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by cyclone3d

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The AWE64 CT4520 is a good card and won't have the hanging notes bug. It should work for what you are wanting to use it for, but it doesn't have true Yamaha OPL and will sound slightly different for games using FM synthesis. See here for some more information about the different AWE32 and AWE64 …

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Re: soundblaster 32

Posted on 2018-01-17, 20:34

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by cyclone3d

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iam asking if its a good card and does not have the popping bug :) windows 98se p3 800/voodoo 2 sli /trio 2d card /60gb ssd games from the 80 up to max 2000 dont know wat wavetable is /just want a good sound card thats plug and play has good support and no sound bugs easy install What motherboard …

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Re: soundblaster 32

Posted on 2018-01-17, 19:47

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by cyclone3d

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Sound Blaster AWE64 CT4520 < good soundcard Are you saying that the CT4520 is not a good sound card? the "<" stands for "less than" generally speaking. What are the rest of your system specs? What games/applications are your running or want to run? Do you just want a good card that has soundblaster …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-17, 16:36

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by cyclone3d

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derSammler wrote: Two big boxes full of mainboard, CPUs, and RAM. Oh my... 😁 😁 😁 OOOhhhh, nice. What all is in there exactly?

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Re: soundblaster 32

Posted on 2018-01-17, 15:11

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by cyclone3d

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scroeffie wrote: seller is giving me a refund 😀 And you are getting to keep the card? If so, fix that cut trace and I would guess that you have a pretty good chance of the card coming to life.

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