Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-08-01, 17:33

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by betamax80

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Ah while I have you cyclone3d.... would you be able to email serdaco the Altium PCB layout? There has been issues in finding it. I think he has managed to access the original files, but it may help with troubleshooting.

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-08-01, 17:25

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by betamax80

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😀 I think you have corrected me accurately Cyclone. I thought that was a useful link if there was going to be a production run.

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-08-01, 13:31

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by betamax80

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I have a question for your Serdaco - have you found love for the AWE64 now you've seen what it can do with MIDI and sound banks? 😀

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-08-01, 13:25

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by betamax80

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Those SIMM sockets look perfect 😀

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-08-01, 13:25

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by betamax80

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In my defence that was for a lot of 8, BRAND NEW sticks. Your listings were both USED single sticks.

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-07-29, 12:39

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by betamax80

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-mit-zehn-32MB-S … C4AAMXQsmFRbuwM

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-07-29, 12:34

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by betamax80

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FAB!!!

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-07-01, 07:15

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Hello I would be in the market for one of these, whether onboard memory or socketed. However I would need to make payment pretty soon.

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Re: [286] 3.5" drive seems to work but can't read the disk - stumped

Posted on 2017-06-18, 19:43

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by betamax80

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Sorry, I'll admit, I haven't read all. If you are looking for one of the last (commonly available) 3.5" FDD's, look for an Alps model, they seemed to still manufactured around 2005-6. Additionally make sure that you have specified that you have a 1.44mb, 3.5" FDD in your computer BIOS. It's very …

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Re: MS-5169 v4.0 3.83 Beta BIOS

Posted on 2017-06-18, 15:43

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by betamax80

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Thank you once again my vogonites for supplying something rare! I'm about to acquire an MS-5169 rev 4.0 myself. Initially I have a K6-2 550 but have managed to order a "new?!" K6-III+ 450 (seems to be the last found in UK) and keen to try all I can!

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Re: Aureal Vortex Advantage/8810 problem

Posted on 2017-04-03, 03:28

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by betamax80

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Your likely problem is the SB Pro support installing. It's probably trying to use an IRQ which is being used by something else. You should be able to boot into Safe Mode, and in device manager, in the "hardware" tap for the Aureal AU8810 SB Pro Emulation - change the "resource configuration profile" …

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Re: help with vortex card

Posted on 2017-03-22, 13:05

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I guess "chip" wise, the Vortex 2 (or AU8830) processes A3D 2.0 in hardware and little bits of A3D 3.0, whereas the Vortex 1 (AU8820) only processes A3D 1.0 in hardware, which sadly is the level also emulated by other slightly later cards such as anything by Creative (SB Live / Audigy / X-Fi). So …

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Re: Aureal Vortex2 card causing BSoDs on multiple machines

Posted on 2017-03-12, 15:23

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by betamax80

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I know what the specs say for the Aureal card.... but I wonder if the 233MMX is too low-clocked for it in real world conditions? I'm sure I've read somewhere about a 300mhz CPU for certain portions of the card.

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Re: Aureal Vortex: What was the last and/ or the most demanding game for it?

Posted on 2017-03-06, 04:14

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by betamax80

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Not everyones cup of tea (not even mine really) but I can confirm that Star Trek: Elite Force II supports A3D 3.0 - the downside is that it has a 32mb graphics card requirement.

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Re: Upcoming super 7 build (advice needed on components)

Posted on 2017-02-11, 00:07

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Sadly sniping is still a thing, at least in UK listings.

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Re: Trying to install a SoundBlaster Live! in DOS

Posted on 2017-02-10, 22:56

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by betamax80

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Full marks to the Aureal SQ2500 in terms of DOS compatibility in that case (being PCI) - you can even pass-through to a General MIDI "Waveblaster" compatible wavetable daughterboard. It's a case of copying "au30dos.com" and the SET BLASTER parameters, adding "P=???" for a waveblaster.

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Re: Emulating EAX on any onboard sound hardware?

Posted on 2017-02-07, 16:27

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Not sure if you got the answer you want but Creative actually have their OWN emulation package. If you have a Realtek chip on board, they sell a thing called "MB3" and it gives you EAX Advanced HD. Works on Windows 10 but a bit oddly, was designed for 8.1

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX SS7 overclock to 105 FSB using P55C?

Posted on 2016-12-05, 19:26

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This may have all been mentioned but I had one of these boards, it was released late in the SS7 era and it's really focused on the AMD K6-2 / K6-3 chips (whatever the manual says!). This maybe why you are struggling with multipliers for "proper" pentiums.

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2016-12-05, 19:19

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This is harking back to turn of the century when I was lucky enough to work at a computer building firm so brought at wholesale + vat, but I built an AMD K6-2+ 550mhz using a Gigabyte GA-5AX board. It used an ALi Alladin V chipset. It was fabulous, and I think it had everything from AGP to ISA slots …

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Re: best windows 98 agp card

Posted on 2016-12-03, 18:46

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I am fortunate enough to have a 3dfx Voodoo3 3500TV that I brought when PC World was "firesaling" them in November 2000. Where does that fit in with all of this? Considering this is not my "main pc" by any means, and I have an XP box as well. Should I use it for that wonderful GLIDE functionality, …

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