Re: Can't access DOS files.

Posted on 2016-11-27, 01:03

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by gdjacobs

in DOSBox General

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You need to mount a directory on the parent operating system as your C: drive. See the examples in the DOSBox documenation. https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT If you've followed this approach without success, please post verbatim what you typed as the mount command and what (if any) error message was …

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Re: DreamBlaster X2 and S1 BLACK Editions Available Soon / Pre-Order / Black Friday Bundle

Posted on 2016-11-27, 01:00

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The older Dream chipset faces a similar problem as the X2. I'm not aware of any tools to generate compatible soundbanks. The ICS Wavefront chipset technically has tools available, but understanding the soundbank format and it's limitations is still an ongoing effort.

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Re: need advice about 3d graphics card

Posted on 2016-11-27, 00:53

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Video

Ah, didn't realize the old motor had so much work done on it. I would guess the new one will get similar attentions as time goes by. 😎

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Re: Meanwhile on CNN

Posted on 2016-11-27, 00:34

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by gdjacobs

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in Milliways

I don't think those goalposts have really moved as much as you think. One of the differences between a tabloid and a news publication is and has always been in their response to failure. News publications retract stories where mistakes have been made and fire staff who deliberately cook the evidence …

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Re: need advice about 3d graphics card

Posted on 2016-11-26, 23:28

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Video

I suspect the M50 is a substantially better engine and worth the upgrade regardless of the condition of the original.

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Re: DreamBlaster X2 and S1 BLACK Editions Available Soon / Pre-Order / Black Friday Bundle

Posted on 2016-11-26, 23:26

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Sound

If you read previous posts, Serge informed us that yes there will be a tool to edit and upload new sound banks . I am curious about the soundfont creation pipeline and whether tools will be available to convert from SF2 format. nope, he talked about preset editor , check: Fair enough. I was reading …

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Re: ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable

Posted on 2016-11-26, 23:20

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Some SB AWE models have SPDIF output, but I think these all have CQM, not Yamaha OPL3. I believe it's only FM and EMU8k MIDI that's capable of being output via SPDIF which is why I mentioned partial support for digital out. Certainly FM can be processed on the EMU chip after being passed in …

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Re: Retro system log

Posted on 2016-11-26, 23:14

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

The FSP is more era appropriate and a better match to the requirements of your board. I'd stay with it.

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Re: Packard Bell FR500 motherboard help & upgrades

Posted on 2016-11-26, 23:08

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Please, everyone just chill out so Phil doesn't have to break out the threadlocker and so OldSchoolManiac can fill us in on the latest news of his build. If someone wants to discuss the shortcomings of Klamath core Pentium IIs, perhaps it should be in another thread.

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Re: Meanwhile on CNN

Posted on 2016-11-26, 22:57

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by gdjacobs

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Yeah wouldn't be surprised if it's one of these guys again, bolstering the "fake news" buzzword so that Google/Facebook/etc. get even more justified in filtering information for our innocent minds. Gotta hand it to them, that's almost clever ;) The ad networks are exercising their right to enforce …

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Re: DreamBlaster X2 and S1 BLACK Editions Available Soon / Pre-Order / Black Friday Bundle

Posted on 2016-11-26, 22:38

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Sound

I red all posts in this topic but didnt notice the clear answer to this question: will there be a tool to upload user-made GM soundbanks? if yes, then will it let convert SF2 banks to X2 specific format? I think its a crucial option to let users experiment with user-made banks - it would greatly …

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Re: ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable

Posted on 2016-11-26, 22:32

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The card you describe doesn't exist! SPDIF output isn't really a thing for ISA cards (partially in the case of some cards with the EMU8k), nor can most cards approach that level of SNR (Crystal Semi codecs come closest, I believe). Besides, most DOS titles only feature 8 bit audio which limits your …

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Re: need advice about 3d graphics card

Posted on 2016-11-26, 22:22

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Video

Amazing work! One helluva job cleaning up that rust. Did you go with an M50 or M52 block?

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2016-11-26, 22:15

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by gdjacobs

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in Milliways

Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette

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Re: Retro system log

Posted on 2016-11-26, 22:15

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Sweet! I didn't think to ask, I guess I assumed you were running memory and FSB asynchronously.

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Re: Retro system log

Posted on 2016-11-26, 17:19

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

This sounds like you're hitting a clock limit for the core. What multiplier are you running? The Barton 3200 shipped in two varieties, with a 333mhz FSB spec and 14x multi or with 11x multi and 400mhz FSB.

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Re: DreamBlaster X2 and S1 BLACK Editions Available Soon / Pre-Order / Black Friday Bundle

Posted on 2016-11-26, 12:20

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Sound

Hmm... It would take some work, then. Is their issue mainly with internal source code perhaps? If so, perhaps a clean spec could be created for use on the other side of their Chinese wall.

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Re: ISA soundcard capabilities identification (82c929A based)?

Posted on 2016-11-26, 12:07

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I suspected something like that looking at the traces -- couldn't quite make out the identifiers for the chips themselves. The application notes from Opti claim further bus interface logic isn't necessary. Maybe their chip design had some inadequacies?

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Re: DreamBlaster X2 and S1 BLACK Editions Available Soon / Pre-Order / Black Friday Bundle

Posted on 2016-11-26, 11:41

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by gdjacobs

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in Marvin \ Sound

Will it be possible to release either specs or a library to allow editing and upload on non Windows platforms? Not sure if you're embargoed by the chipset manufacturer. Preset editor : should be no problem, .DXP preset format is a pretty simple format, i designed myself. Can release the specs when …

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Re: NEC Ready 7022 Remote Control Driver

Posted on 2016-11-26, 11:27

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by gdjacobs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Holy missing putty plates, Batman!

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