Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-26, 11:24

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You also have the potential to be a massive creep. Personal communications, customer data, patient data ? Most jurisdictions have pretty serious laws pertaining to exactly those things and the destruction thereof. Regardless of whether or not you release it, even archiving that stuff could land you …

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Re: Dell Precision 380 (Pentium 4 workstation)

Posted on 2016-11-26, 10:52

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It's worth noting that OEM machines from Dell, HP, and IBM (Lenovo) usually have good quality power supplies which are safely and cleanly able perform to their ratings.

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Re: Geforce3 Ti 500 vs Geforce 6200

Posted on 2016-11-26, 10:49

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Hi! Geforce 3 500Ti is very faster than lowend 6200 i've try it here : http://www.xtremehardware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49388&page=3 . Hi, welcome aboard! It's Italian I think (?), could you perhaps tell us a bit more about that forum? I know about a German forum and about an Aussie forum but …

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Re: Can Rapsberry pi emulate these component for MS-DOS and Windows 95?

Posted on 2016-11-26, 10:41

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In my testing, DOSBox runs at the level of a 386-20 or 386-25 on an RPi 2.

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Re: SB32 CT3600 sound only on left channel

Posted on 2016-11-26, 03:32

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Frasco wrote: gdjacobs wrote: You should be able to reflow the pins on the back with an iron. Awesome! And doing a small pressure of course. Let's try it again. Yeah, hold the jack in place when you touch up the solder joints.

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Re: Roland D-50 soundfont at norCtrack

Posted on 2016-11-26, 03:15

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I've always wondered about the LA capabilities of the JV and XV series modules.

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Re: SB32 CT3600 sound only on left channel

Posted on 2016-11-25, 16:00

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My SB32 CT3670 has a broken solder in the speaker out connector. I can see it (big crack) and the connector is loose. Thanks to it, I lost one channel. The Line out is fine, but it does not amplify the output. I got to fix the speaker out... You should be able to reflow the pins on the back with an …

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Re: The most fun I have had in a long time with a PC :)

Posted on 2016-11-25, 13:52

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I agree (with some minor differences). I use an Athlon 1200 for Win98 and a K6-2/socket 7 machine for DOS. But as I've mentioned previously, I'm not a hardware purist. The manifest expands rapidly if you want to use all period correct hardware.

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Re: PCMCIA cards you use/like?

Posted on 2016-11-25, 11:27

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This --^ The progression was PCMCIA -> Cardbus -> Expresscard

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

Posted on 2016-11-25, 11:23

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Well I can tell you already, there will be 2 windows tools, that lift it above the average waveblaster card : 1/ Preset Editor : Edit acoustic configuration patch files (.DXP = DreamBlaster X2 Preset File Format) : Options I am working on are : Detailed Reverb/Room and Chorus characteristics, 2 …

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Re: TEAC FD-505 Config?

Posted on 2016-11-25, 10:54

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Hi Guys (and Gals?), I have both a TEAC FD-505, which is a dual 3.5/5.25" drive, and a Gotek floppy emulator for some time. Up until now, I've had to have either/or hooked up as when the TEAC is on the floppy controller, it takes both the a: and b: drives. What I'd really, really like to figure out …

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Re: Can Rapsberry pi emulate these component for MS-DOS and Windows 95?

Posted on 2016-11-25, 10:43

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To be clear: it will not do anything you can't already do substantially better on an ordinary desktop PC (i.e. by using VMware or PCem, if necessary). Except reduce your electricity bill. An RPi is a great option if it's performance is sufficient, but for this application it likely is not. It can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 23:47

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Softraid like that provided by Promise and Highpoint drivers is really the worst of both worlds I can tell you've never used software RAID in Linux kernels 2.2.x (I have :D Still have nightmares) I never had the displeasure. I didn't have the hardware to run RAID volumes back when I was using …

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Re: building a network of old gaming pcs

Posted on 2016-11-24, 22:33

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Sounds cards often have disk interfaces on board. These are typically compatible with SCSI disks, IDE devices, or proprietary interfaces adopted by early Mitsumi, Panasonic, and Sony drives.

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Re: Looking for a Roland CM-32L

Posted on 2016-11-24, 22:18

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This forum thread is appropriate to the topic. Synth modules are of interest and show up from time to time: Topic 34088

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Re: building a network of old gaming pcs

Posted on 2016-11-24, 22:15

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Both options should suffice, but I usually disable it in the BIOS.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 21:03

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RAID 1 can have improved read performance, but yes the emphasis is on reliability for RAID 1.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 20:35

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Ahh... I meant that it will show the array correctly, without having a raid array setup program in windows. So it is basically a hardware raid bios/controller, with fewer fetatures then? I have seen boards, that only ran raid when a program controlled the array and not the BIOS. You know... A kind …

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Re: SB32 CT3600 sound only on left channel

Posted on 2016-11-24, 20:29

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Correct. It has the CT1978 CQM / bus chip.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-24, 19:09

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It's a nice board, but it's not hardware RAID. The Promise controller has drivers which implement RAID functionality in software whereas a true hardware RAID controller will offload the bitwise math to a dedicated processor.

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