Re: Worst cpus and worst computer builds

Posted on 2016-09-24, 16:00

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by gdjacobs

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Atom CPUs are a great illustration of both the Grove-Gates Law and Wirth's Law (which are variants of each other). In the first, “The speed of software halves every 18 months.” This is sometimes stated as “What Andy giveth, Bill taketh away.” In the second, “Software is getting slower more rapidly …

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

Posted on 2016-09-24, 15:41

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by gdjacobs

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Hey, it's just like one of those Chevrolets with the experimental VTEC upgrade! http://www.ebay.com/bhp/vtec-sticker

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Re: Looking for good 486 board model names and brands.

Posted on 2016-09-24, 07:14

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by gdjacobs

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Which good 486 motherboards fit this description? ISA + VLB expansion 3.3V CPU capable PS/2 mouse header something other than AMI WinBIOS

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Re: Worst cpus and worst computer builds

Posted on 2016-09-24, 07:12

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by gdjacobs

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- anything with an AMD E350/E450 - anything with a NetBurst Celeron, especially with onboard graphics - most Athlon 64 x2 builds - most consumer laptops The Brazos chips were fine for their intended purpose in very low power applications. They offered a step up from the Atom chips of the time and …

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Re: Was it a thing for some ATX motherboards with ISA slots to generate -5v (presumably from -12v)?

Posted on 2016-09-24, 07:08

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by gdjacobs

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Nothing there except a couple VRMs for the CPU.

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Re: Midiplus Mini Engine

Posted on 2016-09-23, 19:16

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Solarstorm wrote: Yeah, their chinglish isn't that amazing. 😁 Actually it's pretty good, but not for the right reason.

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Re: Best MX440 (or best GeForce card? maybe even Radeon?) for my Dell Dimension 4100?

Posted on 2016-09-23, 15:33

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FYI : GF MX440 does not support DirectX 8 and later (on a hardware level). Basicly : MX440 is an overclocked GF2 MX (2x ROPs + 4x TMUs), with DDR VRAM and 128-bit memory bus. So, anything that requires Shader Model 1.x will not work on it. GF4MX also added support for NVidia's Twinview solution, so …

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Re: The SB AWE64 advantages???

Posted on 2016-09-23, 12:06

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by gdjacobs

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I tend to judge audio on it's own merit rather than against any gold standard. As far as FM synth, I find CQM and the Crystal Semi OPL clone to both be very unpleasant and buzzy. While there are some minor differences between genuine OPL and ESFM, I find ESFM to be pleasant to listen to.

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Re: Worst cpus and worst computer builds

Posted on 2016-09-23, 05:58

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A VIA SS7 + WinChip with a PowerVR PCX1 and a Rush and a bad WSS should be interesting. Even better with unpatched Windows ME on top. That way, you get all API (that are popular) support, CPU features (MMX+3DNow) support, and it's all bad hardware! If you get a PC Chips board with the "TX Pro" …

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Re: ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable

Posted on 2016-09-22, 15:56

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boxpressed wrote: This is something that you can do with the AWE32 (EMU8K + external module) only if a game natively supports the AWE32, plus you have to deal with Creative's buggy MPU-401 implementation. That's what I was thinking of.

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Re: The SB AWE64 advantages???

Posted on 2016-09-22, 15:54

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I'd fire Qbix a PM. It's all cool stuff to document.

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Re: The SB AWE64 advantages???

Posted on 2016-09-22, 09:34

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At some point, could you please summarize the SB16 clipping issue you've documented previously, James F? Perhaps it could be posted in Vogonswiki? I would like to test my CT2770 for that problem next time I'm in proximity.

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Re: Graphical issues with open GL on a Geforce 256

Posted on 2016-09-22, 07:57

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Sorry, Phil. Apologies that you had to get involved.

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Re: ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable

Posted on 2016-09-22, 07:21

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It might be interesting to have two different wavetable engines to choose from (Crystal/Dream and Yamaha, for example), but I suspect the card implements just one MIDI audio input to the mixer.

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Re: ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable

Posted on 2016-09-22, 05:26

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by gdjacobs

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I'm assuming that the S23A with the onboard wavetable chipset cannot be modified to also support using a wavetable daughterboard...

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2016-09-22, 05:17

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Can you help me understand why that is bad? 10V doesn't seem like an amount that would hurt anything, but I'm pretty uneducated on the topic. You will not get electrocuted from 10V that's for sure. :lol: We are talking about line level here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level Consume line …

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Re: Bought these (server and networking) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-22, 02:57

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by gdjacobs

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That's a DAS cabinet, not SAN. http://serverfault.com/questions/81723/what-i … san-nas-and-das It's all really cool, though. What are you planning on running on it? OpenBSD perhaps?

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Re: FLAC support

Posted on 2016-09-22, 02:39

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In particular speaking of one of the sites I frequent, they have banned any form of .ogg, only allowing the following lossy formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, DTS, for audio uploads. Their reasoning was that .ogg was archaic and hasn't kept up with recent trends and upgrades to other lossy formats, …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2016-09-22, 02:14

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by gdjacobs

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RoboSport it is!

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Re: ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable

Posted on 2016-09-21, 08:10

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by gdjacobs

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So, on the MIDI side, the tools from Turtle Beach allow manipulation of the wavetable element but are not resident?

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