Re: Found a ZX Spectrum X 128K in the dump! *WORKS*
Posted on 2016-10-18, 04:49
Interesting. What country do you live in? Let me guess, it doesn't rank too highly on the Index of Economic Freedom.
Re: How do I rescue these vintage cards from my school's grasp?
Posted on 2016-10-18, 04:46
On-topic: If it were me, I'd be considering two options (numbered from base 0, of course): 0. Talk to the school administrators and try to convince them that giving the cards to you is just as good as recycling since there's 0% chance, once they get in the realm of collectors, that they'll ever …
Re: Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?
Posted on 2016-10-18, 02:16
Do you live in North America? If yes, then the answer is no. Also, never mix work and play. Yes, I live in the States. But this isn't work, it's college. Sorry, I must have been ambiguous about that. Me: *shows her my most innocent face* "Why, yes. In fact, you're the very first woman ever got this …
Re: Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?
Posted on 2016-10-17, 17:28
Wow, I'm getting a pretty consistent message here. @snorg et al, Yes, it's a college class. @beastlike: I can clearly imagine her reaction to that: Her: "What is this?" Me: "It's a retro DOS gaming machine! Look how cool it is! It even has a 5.25" floppy drive!!" Her: *looks at me with "wut" glare* …
Re: Greeting Vogons!, I'm sean and I make music with old computers.
Posted on 2016-10-16, 16:38
But we're talking about Voyetra Sequencer Plus here, where you cannot program the FM waveform itself, and you have to settle with default FM "sound bank", which is not that good. Yes, I completely agree. What's more, I believe that Voyetra only uses OPL2 - is that correct? In that case it would …
Re: Trouble with music in DOOM and other games
Posted on 2016-10-16, 16:11
mattlacey wrote: Weirdly it shows the available memory has a little over half of what 'mem' reports. Keen always does this. I don't know why. As long at it shows 400+ KB of total memory, you'll be good. You'll usually get away with ~350 KB as well.
Re: Greeting Vogons!, I'm sean and I make music with old computers.
Posted on 2016-10-16, 16:07
tracker sounds better than FM. Ah ah ahh! Not so fast. Stuff made with Adlib Tracker II can kick sampled music's butt big time. Examples: https://youtu.be/DEhbdVYSVMQ https://youtu.be/EtYOZRarQDs https://youtu.be/2lEPH6Y3Luo https://youtu.be/xFpf00BVXPk https://youtu.be/oNhazT5HG0E The list goes on …
Re: Cliff Bleszinski's 24 years old PC game aka Dare 2 Dream on Windows 10 64-bit DosBox problem
Posted on 2016-10-16, 15:57
If it needs Windows 3.1 to run, then install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox and run it from there. There are guides somewhere for doing that; it's pretty easy. Like others have said, it is illegal to download Windows 98. There is no such thing as an "unofficial Windows 98 iso".
Re: Heatsink stuck to CPU
Posted on 2016-10-15, 21:10
You smeared thermal paste on the CPU pins? I'm just trying to wrap my mind around this right now 😕
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-10-15, 19:34
ISA Ethernet? I have a 3Com 3C509 and it works great.
Re: Pentium II mobo may be dead.
Posted on 2016-10-15, 19:28
Even if the capacitors test well, if they're bulging, they're dead. Replace them. The reason for this is that your multimeter tests the caps at much lower voltages than they actually get in the circuit. Even if they're not bulging, they may still be bad. I usually just replace all of the caps, even …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-10-15, 08:17
Kithylin: 🤣 that's exactly what I thought of too, even before I clicked on your link!
Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?
Posted on 2016-10-15, 06:45
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Re: I got some CDs. But how is the quality?
Posted on 2016-10-15, 00:44
OK, here's a good comparison for Sussudio. The "remastered" version is on the top, and the original CD on the bottom. Sussudio Comparison.png You can definitely see the difference here. Some compression has definitely been applied to the remastered one. BUT, keep in mind that the top one was " …
Re: I got some CDs. But how is the quality?
Posted on 2016-10-15, 00:19
OK, here's Sussudio: Sussudio waveform.png At first blush it looks pretty good, like it hasn't been normalized and compressed to the extreme. EDIT: This was ripped from the CD as FLAC and then opened in Audacity. ANOTHER EDIT: And after comparing it very closely to the track on Spotify (remastered), …
Re: I got some CDs. But how is the quality?
Posted on 2016-10-15, 00:12
Oh, good idea. I'll try that.
Re: Clipbboard for dos (possibly TSR?)
Posted on 2016-10-14, 01:40
Oh yeah, MouseClip! Boy, I forgot about that. Wonder if it would work.
Re: Help me with this Christmas present idea for my dad
Posted on 2016-10-13, 21:13
Sorry, double post, but I have another question: How do I tell whether it's a NTSC or a PAL machine? All the eBay auctions I'm looking at are in America. Is that pretty much enough to know? Because it has to be NTSC; there's no way I'm getting a hold of a PAL monitor and then hauling it back home, …
I got some CDs. But how is the quality?
Posted on 2016-10-13, 20:18
Went to Goodwill today. No computers unfortunately (just a bunch of old gross DVD players - bleah). But I did find some 80's albums on CD: REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity Don Henley - End of the Innocence Phil Collins - No Jacket Required Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire II They are all the original …
Re: Newly minted retro PC: is there a market?
Posted on 2016-10-13, 19:44
Well, maybe you guys are right. The people who would buy this are already scouring the usual suspects for everything retro and building their own machines with real vintage parts. But maybe there will be a market sometime, when the supply of retro hardware starts to dry up. Personally, I think …
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