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

Posted on 2017-05-31, 18:10

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by cyclone3d

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Straightened out the legs of the chips on a Diamond Monster 3d II 12MB Voodoo2 card that was given to me. Now I just have to re-solder the legs that were loose from the board before I can test to see if it works. Probably going to do that this evening. Some liquid flux and a hot air solder gun …

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Re: SB Pro compatible vs SB Pro/16 compatible

Posted on 2017-05-31, 18:07

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by cyclone3d

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http://68.media.tumblr.com/ab1359915464a19c26562cba195adaa4/tumblr_inline_ns6j6r4v1Y1t56ltq_400.gif pie jesu domine dona eis requiem.... plus, it doesn't have lowpass filtering, so it must be a witch.. or a duck? I am guessing you could find a card with everything wanted except intelligent mode MPU …

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Re: Any information on those two cards?

Posted on 2017-05-31, 03:16

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by cyclone3d

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The first one is going to be the same as pretty much any Yamaha card based on the same chipset. Real OPL3 integrated and pretty good compatibility. The second one looks like some variation of a Medivision Pro Audio Spectrum card just by looking at the chips on it.

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Re: If you are forced to stick with just one sound card

Posted on 2017-05-30, 20:53

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by cyclone3d

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James-F wrote: bristlehog wrote: Imagine that you are bound to use only one ISA sound card in your retro rig.. No. Why don't we have a like button on this forum?

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Re: If you are forced to stick with just one sound card

Posted on 2017-05-30, 18:44

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by cyclone3d

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Can I have 2 choices.. but only because I haven't tested my second probably "only one card" choice? 1. Opti 930 based card with OPL3 and onboard wavetable. Reason: I've had one of these cards since about 1996. I never ran into a game I wanted to play that it didn't work with. 2. Turtle Beach Tropez …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-05-30, 16:48

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by cyclone3d

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Not really dumpster find.. but I was given these: Phenom II 1090T (some bent pins) That on it's own is pretty awesome. Are any of the boards SLI / Crossfire capable? Yep, I know. Most of the boards are SLI/Crossfire capable. Basically no low end boards. All of them are ASUS or Gigabyte. I've …

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Re: Not old hardware - but could a sata cable like this break a drive in a cramped case?

Posted on 2017-05-30, 04:04

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by cyclone3d

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If it is putting pressure on the side panel, then yeah, it could break the SATA connection on the drive. That being said, I try to make sure I have wide enough cases to no have to worry about it.

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Re: Old DX SDKs

Posted on 2017-05-30, 03:53

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by cyclone3d

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So.. if somebody had the original disc and made an image of it, it is homemade? No. If the cd-image is made correctly. Above cd-images have cd-descriptors (creation and modification dates) and directories creation dates from 2016. Cds from 1995-1996 have future dates? Not funny. Normal cd-imaging …

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Re: Old DX SDKs

Posted on 2017-05-30, 02:34

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by cyclone3d

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DX 2.0 SDK ISO Size - 99,090,432 bytes DX 3.0 SDK ISO Size - 82,444,288 bytes Windows 95 Game SDK ISO Size - 54,919,168 bytes Tnx but - 2016 as the iso creation date... Homemade. Can't add. So.. if somebody had the original disc and made an image of it, it is homemade? These were downloaded from …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-05-30, 02:22

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by cyclone3d

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Marry that person who gave you that stuff HAHAHAHA, ummm no. For one, I am already married. And for another, I am not gay. Anyway, he is a friend that was getting rid of stuff he was having trouble with or possible just was not being used anymore and had already put it all in boxes to get rid of. …

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

Posted on 2017-05-29, 22:31

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by cyclone3d

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I got a few more bins to store/organize sound cards for my upcoming/in progress project. Ever go through your stuff and find out that you have accumulated multiples of some cards without even realizing it? Let's just say I have gone through a 100 pack of anti-static bags and need to order some more. …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-05-29, 22:24

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by cyclone3d

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Not really dumpster find.. but I was given these: i7-920 i7-4770 Athlon 64x2 6000 AM2 Phenom II 1090T AMD FX-8150 (some bent pins) Also got a gaggle of motherboards that came with them. Supposedly most of the motherboards are faulty. I will have to test stuff out when I get a chance. The only ones I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-27, 21:08

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by cyclone3d

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That driver set works with up to the 7900GTX in Windows 98SE. It is supposedly supposed to work with G80 based cards as well, but it just kept crashing when I tried it. I really wanted to get my 8800 Ultra working in Win98SE. What were you trying to run that both supported windows 98 AND could take …

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Re: Wacky Idea, AGP to PCI-E Convertor, does it exist?

Posted on 2017-05-27, 07:48

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by cyclone3d

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t9999clint wrote: I think I'm gonna stick with plain old PCI. You think something like this will work well with W98 with nGlide? nVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 256MB PCI It should work.. but my guess is that really has an FX 5200 GPU under that heatsink that they just overclocked and changed the BIOS …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-27, 07:46

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by cyclone3d

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Where did you get the drivers? Do you have a link or is there a guide posted someware? https://web.archive.org/web/20120512143841/http://windows98.ic.cz/ Again though.. we're getting pretty off-topic for this thread now :/ That driver set works with up to the 7900GTX in Windows 98SE. It is …

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Re: Good "ISA Legacy Support" Card for a Pentium 3?

Posted on 2017-05-26, 21:46

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by cyclone3d

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It's only got one ISA slot, dual card is nooot doable. You can always get a Yamaha based PCI card for the FM... if the board doesn't support DDMA. If it does support DDMA or has a SB-LINK or PC-PCI header you can use it as your main card and possibly not worry about a specific ISA card. What is the …

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Re: Old Anti-Virus

Posted on 2017-05-25, 16:55

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by cyclone3d

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ESET NOD32 is a good lightweight AV that should support XP. It used to have support for 98SE. Kinda doubt it does anymore. I would guess it still supports 2000 though.

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

Posted on 2017-05-25, 04:33

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by cyclone3d

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Tried to get an Audigy 2 ZS Laptop PCMCIA card working in Windows 98. It only officially supports Windows 2000 or higher... and I couldn't get it to work. Tried both WDM and VXD drivers from the Audigy 2 as well as the drivers from an Audigy. Guess that answers that question... 😒

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Re: Differences in Vortex 2 cards?

Posted on 2017-05-24, 23:54

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by cyclone3d

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dexvx wrote: Unknown_K wrote: Aureal made their own cards with optical output if you need that. The diamond MX300 had coax digital output but you needed to buy the cable for it. The MX300 also has a wavetable connection if that matters. That Turtle Beach I see also has a WaveTable header. And it …

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Re: Anyone interested in recordings of different sound cards? I've got some here for you.

Posted on 2017-05-24, 23:36

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by cyclone3d

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Then it must have been nagging you for almost 7 years since Ace posted that comment. :-D I was just reading through the thread and didn't even notice tbh, the statement just caught my attention. :lol: If the FM synthesizer programmer is any good he can create marvelous sounds in 2OP mode, even more …

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