Re: Which ISA sound card is best for DOS/98SE games?

Posted on 2018-05-20, 02:18

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Sound

I've lost faith in my PCI motherboard's ability to play accurate audio and I'm starting over with a motherboard with some ISA slots. I found a good deal on a Sound Blaster AWE64, but are there better cards I should keep an eye out for? My goal is full compatibility with as many DOS games as …

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Re: Emulating MT-32 on an RPi2

Posted on 2018-05-20, 01:34

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by gdjacobs

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Munt is updated pretty consistently in the source tree, although Sergm looks like he's taking a well deserved break this spring.

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Re: 2003 Athlon Build - Thoughts?

Posted on 2018-05-19, 22:48

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

You have dreams of running a V5?

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Re: Is 486 DX the ultimate DOS machine?

Posted on 2018-05-19, 18:08

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Less of an issue these days as there is an Ultima 7 patch out now. However, it's still a good yardstick for how software independent the slowdown tricks are. Wait, what? Link, please? UPD: I see. You're probably talking about the patch that prevents U7 from re-enabling the cache. Cool, I didn't …

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Re: Is 486 DX the ultimate DOS machine?

Posted on 2018-05-19, 07:13

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Less of an issue these days as there is an Ultima 7 patch out now. However, it's still a good yardstick for how software independent the slowdown tricks are.

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2018-05-19, 07:04

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The filter network isn't really even sufficient, so I'd probably retrofit it with an additional self contained filter can. http://www.industrie-schweiz.ch/assets/images/Schaffner_EMV_AG_-_Figure_1.jpg Aside from that, it's minimally sufficient at best. I'd like to echo everything DAVE86 said (he's …

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Re: Emulating MT-32 on an RPi2

Posted on 2018-05-19, 04:23

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by gdjacobs

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Sounds like a weekend project! I'll get on it.

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Re: A tale of two PSUs

Posted on 2018-05-18, 01:31

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not the worst I've seen, but still pretty trashy.

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Re: Is this AT power supply in okay condition?

Posted on 2018-05-18, 01:29

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

cyclone3d wrote: Not sure I would use it.. That looks like a really cheaply made PSU. Also probably illegal from a noise emissions standpoint and potentially a fire/electrocution hazard.

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Re: ATI Radeon 9250 256mb Has Bad Issues on MSI KM4M-L Mobo

Posted on 2018-05-18, 01:16

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Disable 8x mode? Sometimes it's buggy.

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Re: Suspected inefficiency in several component specs

Posted on 2018-05-18, 01:12

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

FSB.

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Re: AT cabinet and psu

Posted on 2018-05-16, 02:03

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Even the switch could be replaced if necessary, but you need a latching double pole switch or relay rated for your local line voltage. Also, P2B is slot 1. You've got a different board with the first K6.

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Re: Suspected inefficiency in several component specs

Posted on 2018-05-16, 01:59

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Aside from IRQ handling as noted above, are there any RAM timing parameters that can be tuned in BIOS?

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Re: WIP: Dream Socket 7 (multiple soundcards + Voodoo)

Posted on 2018-05-16, 01:56

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

The non-MMX is great, but if you want a little bit more flexibility, I can't say enough about the PMMX (P55). The V1, though, is a perfect choice. You'll be able to play every DOS Glide game out there. I actually picked this CPU for a couple of reasons: - I don't need MMX for DOS games (I have Slot …

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Re: WIP: Dream Socket 7 (multiple soundcards + Voodoo)

Posted on 2018-05-15, 14:44

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ System Specs

This looks like a great build with a lot of potential. - it has some sort of turbo functionality accessible through shortcuts which slows down Pentium 166 to 386 speeds. I suspect this is done through disabling L2 cache, but I'll need to test that. These sorts of speeds would require full cache …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-15, 04:02

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Mech2 had a 3dfx version but it was Win9x.

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Re: Video Card: FX 5xxx for Coppermine 800 - Need input

Posted on 2018-05-14, 02:13

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Video

Splinter Cell.

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Re: AZT 2316a win95 borking out on me

Posted on 2018-05-12, 00:30

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I'm not familiar with that driver archive, but you generally need Win3.1 to unpack the original Aztech (DOS) drivers. Be prepared.

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-05-11, 23:01

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Video

Build the most freakish combination of 1995 hardware you can find. That or the most boring, vanilla machine you can think of.

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-05-11, 20:24

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Video

I really think you both are very opinionated people who won't back down from their arguments for long enough to rethink their points; one of you is less right but ultimately it stopped being important a long time ago. I would kindly ask that you agree to disagree and stop trying to disprove each …

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