Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter
Posted on 2017-04-14, 03:21
The .PCB and .SCH files can be opened and updated to the new format in Altium Designer. I have already converted the files and am working on putting them in their free CircuitMaker application.
Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter
Posted on 2017-04-13, 23:45
I'm interested as well. Someone should start a kickstarter! The problem is that while there are interested parties.. some folks here said they're looking in to it and it may not be technically possible to re-create today. At least so far. From reading this thread, I thought the component in …
Re: Help making dosbox faster on GPD Win
Posted on 2017-04-13, 21:34
Ok, I'll take a look at the SVN code. I am betting that is it still not assembler code. Not enough people that are really good enough with assembler to keep up with it.
Re: Help making dosbox faster on GPD Win
Posted on 2017-04-13, 21:02
I've just taken a look at the 0.74 source... that is the latest, correct? It looks like they went back to using a massive number of case statements throughout the code. I may just dig out my old code.. if I still have it to see how I made the array lookup table and make a new optimized version. The …
Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter
Posted on 2017-04-13, 20:37
I'll try to find an old program that can read the files properly. Since the older chips are not available anymore, some rework would definitely have to be redone, but that shouldn't be too much of an issue. I am not volunteering to do anything other than try to find a program that can open the …
Re: Help making dosbox faster on GPD Win
Posted on 2017-04-13, 19:19
Just be glad you are not using an old version of DOSBox before they moved to the assembler core. The old CPU core was massively inefficient. Before they released the assembler core, I had made an optimized version of the old CPU core code that reduced needed CPU cycles by about 25% by using a direct …
Re: How I turned my CT3670 into an AWE64 and got rid of its pesky IDE interface
Posted on 2017-04-13, 18:20
And that just confirms my suspicions that it is nothing more than an Awe64 with SIMM slots. I'll be doing the same once I get my test setup ready.
Re: What non-Creative options do I have for non-PnP sound cards?
Posted on 2017-04-13, 17:03
A few of the older Aztech Sound Galaxy cards are non-PnP as well. See here for a mostly complete list of part numbers. http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Audio_Cards You will have to research specific part numbers.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-04-12, 16:21
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142312267250?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Not only was there the issue with the GPU, but the front panel seems to have been ripped off by an ape. If any of you know this case design you know how easy it is to take off. All of the tabs along one …
Re: Do you remember how/when you began your Collection ?
Posted on 2017-04-12, 15:47
Maybe when we got our first family PC when I was 12 - an 80386sx-25Mhz system. I've always kept some of the parts I bought from back around that time such as an Opti 930 based ISA soundcard with onboard wavetable I bought used and my AGP Voodoo 5-5500 which I bought new. I've even got the only PC …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-04-12, 04:11
I think you will find that the E5520 does not really draw 80w, at least 95% of the time. The TDP is 80w. It will only approach that when running full tilt. I may have a few slightly faster Quad E55xx CPUs if you want them for the price of shipping. I'll have to double check the exact model when I …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-04-12, 00:34
Well, my B1000r "Special Edition" arrived today and I am extremely disappointed. Instead of a Geforce 256 DDR I got a TNT 2 Pro. I don't understand how that happens unless someone swapped the cards out to keep the more valuable one. It's not really a special edition without that card. IMO the …
Re: NVIDIA's HTTP is up for the moment. Lets grab it while the grabbing is good. All hands on deck please
Posted on 2017-04-11, 23:45
keenerb wrote: Upload a directory listing... I did a "dir /s" listing. Is there some better way to make one that is more readable? I also did a Tree listing
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2017-04-11, 19:29
- Minecraft (Forge modded server) with MCMyAdmin web interface; - Space Engineers (dedicated server running on VirtualBox Windows 7 VM); - Urban Terror (Linux native); - DOSBox IPX (to emulate serial and modem connections on DOS titles in DOSBox); - More to come... ( Half-Life , Project Zomboid , …
Re: NVIDIA's HTTP is up for the moment. Lets grab it while the grabbing is good. All hands on deck please
Posted on 2017-04-11, 17:51
554GB later and it finally finished downloading for me.
Re: Yamaha S-YXG50 Portable VSTi (a software MIDI synth)
Posted on 2017-04-11, 16:01
By the way, it uses also decrypted wave data (sxgwave4.tbl). Also I had collected some information about the structure of the voice table file (sxgbin41.tbl). I'm not planning to go deeper, but if someone would like to try to reverse engineer this format (for example, if someone wish to replace …
Re: Found an AWE64 - worth?
Posted on 2017-04-11, 14:36
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=34350&p=290127#p290127 suggests it's "the last revision of the AWE64 Gold" and notes that its value was oddly high at the time, but that was four years ago. I think Phil meant the CT4540. The CT4550 is for sure missing all the external features. Does the …
Re: Found an AWE64 - worth?
Posted on 2017-04-11, 05:22
Does the AWE chip on the CT4550 have everything integrated? From what it looks like from the few pictures I could find the CT4550 has a decent amount less parts than any of the other AWE64 cards. Specifically, it looks to be missing the CT1745A mixer chip.
Re: Can a 486 dx 33 handle being run at 50/66mhz?
Posted on 2017-04-11, 04:15
The metal tabs are spot welded to the battery, you'll have to desolder it. Replace it with a battery holder to avoid soldering the next time. I'd rather use a guitar pick or something similar to remove the CPU, a screw driver could easily chip the CPU package or damage the socket. A guitar pick is …
Re: Can a 486 dx 33 handle being run at 50/66mhz?
Posted on 2017-04-11, 03:14
And when you swap out the CPU, make sure to put it in the correct orientation. Back in the day, my little brother and I were putting together a 486 machine. We accidentally put the CPU in 90 degrees off - no alignment pins or tabs like the newer stuff has. We turned it on and it shot flames out from …
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