Re: (video) Roland SC-8850, CableCreation power cord, fuse bypassed VS Stock

Posted on 2023-11-19, 19:15

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by Shponglefan

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It doesn't matter how good it sounds if it's going to burn down your house. Even leaving aside a catastrophic scenario like that, the fuse also is there to protect the underlying hardware. Replacing a melted fuse is a much simpler repair than dealing with broader damage to the rest of the board …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-19, 18:55

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Benchmarked a couple ISA cards in my 386 DX-40 build. Diamond Speedstar 24 (Tseng ET4000AX) 3D Bench: 15.8 PC Player Benchmark (320x200): 3.8 Doom (high detail, full screen, 320x200): 7.0 Diamond Speedstar 24X (Western Digital WD90C31-LR) 3D Bench: 15.1 PC Player Benchmark (320x200): 3.7 Doom (high …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-19, 15:03

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by Shponglefan

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Now the question is do I store it on a shelf or use it in a retro machine ☺️ Box on the shelf, card in a retro machine. :D Since this is a PnP GUS, you will have to deal with some of the PnP compatibility challenges (e.g. patching GUS games) to get it to work with things. At the same time, the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-19, 15:00

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by Shponglefan

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I don't think there is a heatsink with fan, if I'm not mistaken the 486DX2 was required? At minimum I would use a heatsink. Depending on case airflow, a fan might be a good idea as well. There was some inconsistency around this time when some PC builders would use heatsinks and some would not. But …

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Re: (video) Roland SC-8850, CableCreation power cord, fuse bypassed VS Stock

Posted on 2023-11-19, 14:54

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and that's why modern midi modules sound bad, and that's why you are here and playing old school audio hardware. Modern MIDI modules don't intrinsically sound bad. Some of what may lead to this perception is simply differences in instrument maps. If you have a MIDI track written for an original …

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-19, 14:39

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Can you hear their difference? I can, to my ears, SC8820 > SC VA > SC8850, JV-1080 hardware > software The differences in sound are the same: comfort, smoothness, better timbre etc Have you considered that any differences you perceive may be purely psychological? Human perception is highly …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-19, 01:07

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by Shponglefan

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Did more work on my Pentium 90 build. I was having issues trying to get expansion cards seated properly. Turns out the motherboard standoffs in this particular case were shorter than standard ones, causing the motherboard to sit a few millimeters too low. Motherboard standoffs.jpg Motherboard tray. …

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-18, 23:48

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They sound the same. No, the sound on the left side is more comfortable, relax and smooth than the right side, the timbre is better. listen it carefully I did. I don't hear a substantive difference. Btw, if you really wanted to put this to the test, you'd need to do a blind listening test. Have …

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-18, 23:17

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by Shponglefan

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They sound the same.

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-18, 21:07

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by Shponglefan

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Bypassing fuses and changing power cords? This is the worst (and arguably most dangerous) electronics advice I've ever seen. This post should probably be removed lest anyone try replicating this.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-16, 02:56

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schmatzler wrote on 2023-11-16, 01:38: Got a Sapphire Radeon 9800 PRO Ultimate with one of these great Zalman passive coolers. 😀 s-l1600.jpg Contrary to the other weird one I have this is a real 9800 Pro. Those passive coolers are fantastic given how loud GPU fans were in that era.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-16, 02:53

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Cool, I've never seen a mobo layout like that before, with PCI slots below the ISA slots. And are those 3 very angled SIMM sockets and 1 upright one? 🤨 It's an interesting layout for sure. Two angled slots are Bank 1, and the upright slot and angled slot right next to each other are Bank 0. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-16, 00:17

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Recently acquired this Socket 5 motherboard. It had a Dallas clock chip installed which is naturally DOA, and would refuse to boot up past the POST screen. intel Neptune chipset motherboard.jpg I replaced the Dallas chip with a socket. Even after de-soldering all the pins, it needed some hot air …

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Re: Slot1 -> Sockel 370 Adapter help!

Posted on 2023-11-15, 17:23

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by Shponglefan

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This is true, but it's fairly uncommon to find a socket 370 board with ISA slots. I think this and the stellar reputation of the 440BX chipset is what draws so many people to the slocket to begin with. I just did an Ebay search and the third one in the list of results is Socket 370, Intel 440BX …

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Re: Slot1 -> Sockel 370 Adapter help!

Posted on 2023-11-15, 15:46

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by Shponglefan

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The appeal of a slotkey is being to swap out processors as needed. The minute you make it permanent by soldering in a CPU, that value becomes moot. Not me... The appeal is getting the CPU working in the system for the lowest price... Especially if it's a tualatin CPU. Any type of boutique adapter …

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Re: What sound card for a build with Voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-11-15, 15:43

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by Shponglefan

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Aureal Vortex 2 based cards are my favorite for Windows 98 for their 3D sound support. If you are playing games that support A3D, this is the card I would use.

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Re: Ideas on my first retro build

Posted on 2023-11-15, 13:40

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by Shponglefan

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Rather than looking at it as an investment, I'd look at it as something you can enjoy that will hopefully hold most of its value over time. One thing I would caution here is that electronic hardware can break down over time, even when not in use. Leaky capacitors and batteries, or just general …

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Re: Slot1 -> Sockel 370 Adapter help!

Posted on 2023-11-15, 02:21

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by Shponglefan

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Is it not feasible to substitute the PGA370 socket with female pin headers or would there not be enough clearance for that between each pin? I wouldn't think there would be enough clearance. The CPU pins are pretty close together and offset in a staggered format. Barring that, why not solder the …

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Re: Slot1 -> Sockel 370 Adapter help!

Posted on 2023-11-15, 02:07

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by Shponglefan

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smtkr wrote on 2023-11-15, 00:39: Coppermine capable slotkets are as expensive as the CPUs at this point. Yup. I managed to acquire a couple this past year simply by identifying all the available makes and models and scouring for whenever and wherever they become available. They are definitely a …

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Re: Slot1 -> Sockel 370 Adapter help!

Posted on 2023-11-15, 02:06

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by Shponglefan

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mockingbird wrote on 2023-11-14, 23:21: What I'd like to see is a community-made slotket adapter. AFAIK, the issue is the PGA370 sockets aren't being made and may not be readily available. Without PGA370 sockets, manufacturing new slotkey adapters is moot.

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