Re: What sound card should I get?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 22:40

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The vibra16S IS genuine OPL3 :), see the Yamaha chip toward the bottom right of your card on ebay? That's why I pushed you towards the 16S instead of 16C. The C is the later model with the yamaha chip integrated into the Creative chip. I like the Vibra16S because it has low line noise (squealing …

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Re: What sound card should I get?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 21:40

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Yes, it uses OPL3 "FM Synthesis": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YMF262 All of the Sound Blaster 16 cards do OPL3, but it's integrated into the Creative chip on mostly all cards shipped after 1995 and hence is not "genuine OPL3". Most of us refer to that Yamaha chip when we speak of genuine. …

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Re: Could manufacturers re-release 90s hardware?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 19:38

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I highly doubt you'll see any manufacturer do such a thing with individual hardware parts requiring drivers for operating systems that went EOL decades ago. What we will probably see is a single board "dos/9x" x86 PC with adlib/glide "emulation" shipping from Asia.

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Re: Redneck Rampage dizziness

Posted on 2018-07-31, 18:36

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When the framerate is just slightly too low, or when it changes wildly, that can lead to dizziness. The lag between your input and the expected change in what is displayed on the screen is what does it for me. Are you running it on bare metal or is it in DOSBOX? This is true especially going from …

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Re: Oh F*ck this Noise (newest Micro$oft cash grab)

Posted on 2018-07-31, 16:56

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Not sure I believe this source? I've been reading these microsoft paid service articles for well over a decade now. They are generally met with 100% unanimous negative feedback and then vanish. My only use for modern windows is certain games that require it. All else is done on Linux. With the …

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Re: What sound card should I get?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 15:52

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That's just a plain old CT2800, it'll work fine with the standard drivers you can find any old where. VogonDrivers or the Creative site will have what you need. This. It's not a proprietary model. Its a ct2800 which i believe is exactly a ct2504 with the drive headers stripped out. The vibra16 …

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

Posted on 2018-07-31, 02:34

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by BeginnerGuy

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Heh. Windows "Mistake Edition". I believe I only paid like $40 for my copy because of rebates they gave people who owned win95/98, so I didn't rage too hard about an OS that was obsoleted by XP within maybe 8 months of purchase. Funny how they followed that disaster up with the only version of …

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Re: Guitar Pro in Windows 95?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 01:15

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I'm fairly sure I used to use Powertab on win98. It's not as fully featured but it was still very useful and (at least in the early 2000) most tabs from ultimate-guitar were for powertab. edit: http://www.power-tab.net/guitar.php Been some years since I've used it though, but I still have tons of …

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Re: What sound card should I get?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 00:22

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How about this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Creative-Labs-16-bit-ISA-CT2960-SB-Sound-Blaster-Vibra-16c-Game-Sound-Card/232861053197 It's a Vibra 16C ISA, so it would fit in the Compaq. From what I see on YouTube of DOOM E1M1 being played on it, it has that "sound" I want. How about drivers for this …

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Re: What sound card should I get?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 23:05

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I would go ahead and pick out the card first and we'll narrow down the driver installation from there. It's not much of a hassle as long as the drivers are available. Options will be based on your budget. I would think the GO TO card recommendation for your system via this forum is going to be the …

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Re: Was this an April fools joke or is it real ?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 22:13

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Well multiple AGP slots is clearly written in that spec agp30.pdf I linked above. It was definitely at least "fathomed". I've been searching around google and turned up nothing. Not even a leaked prototype. That said I didn't find (off topic) this board in my searches, and I would really like to …

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Re: Detective work needed: Identify 486 DX4 100 AT Tower

Posted on 2018-07-30, 21:59

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by BeginnerGuy

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Can't help you as far as the maker, but I am familiar with the seller. :dead: Note that in the second picture the case is bigger than the box it supposedly came in. :lol: Also came to say I won't be buying squat from that seller. Another user ordered from him and waited eons, I'm not sure he ever …

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Re: Was this an April fools joke or is it real ?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 19:37

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Boards with multiple AGP slots actually exist. I think they're used for some virtualisation purpose. Photos and model numbers, please. I don't believe multiple AGP slots were possible until specification 3.0 somewhere around 2002. I've never seen or heard of a board with multiple slots, but if they …

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Re: Retro OSes for retro computers

Posted on 2018-07-29, 18:22

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I like the look of the DE on KolibriOS. That would be a fun upgrade for the retro machine. It does say in the wiki that it requires i586 (pentium) or higher as well. For now I'm going to see if I can get it going in QEMU I have a S7 board with a MMX233 tucked away somewhere in the closet I could …

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Re: Retro OSes for retro computers

Posted on 2018-07-29, 17:55

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I have Slackware 3.0 on my 486, but not sure how many unix/linux types we have around this forum? I'm not really into OS/2. Heyy @lolo799 that Menuet looks awesome. I'm gonna go check that out. I'm guessing they both rely on pentium instructions? I only have the 486 up and running to toy with now. …

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

Posted on 2018-07-29, 17:42

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Been working on my channel a lot recently - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6sYw9FvwuKahBHE_06diA?view_as=subscriber I've got a few new vids in the works too, some recorded today - Yacht-Z for Windows 3.1x - Setting up DDO to put extremely large hard disks in a 486 (w/CD-ROM support) - Setting …

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Re: Was this an April fools joke or is it real ?

Posted on 2018-07-29, 15:36

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by BeginnerGuy

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Hahaha define real? He ordered a giant aluminum plate to make that board and mocked up a faux windows 2000 running on windows 10 for the show. I believe he also cranked up a huge fan behind the camera when he powered on the PC for added drama.

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Re: Old photos of old rigs thread

Posted on 2018-07-29, 14:38

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What boggles my mind is how people (me included) ever got on with so little deskspace, or rather, with the keyboard right at the edge of the desktop. My wrists ache just looking at it :dead: Yup. Here's a picture of my 486.. 33mhz DX, 4 megs of ram, ~256 meg hard drive... > $2000... ahhh the good …

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Re: Components worth harvesting from dead PC parts?

Posted on 2018-07-29, 03:17

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by BeginnerGuy

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nforce4max wrote: I keep everything and what I dont keep gets dumped into lots so someone else can repair or salvage what they can, some stuff one just cant throw away anymore. I too have an incredibly difficult time junking any old hardware. There is always somebody out there with the tools and …

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Re: Components worth harvesting from dead PC parts?

Posted on 2018-07-29, 01:34

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by BeginnerGuy

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I've never really considered stripping parts for profit.. I generally just pull RAM (including DIP packages that are soldered) in case I come across another bad item to *attempt* fixing. This habit can surely salvage some old video cards. I also harvest most capacitors (generally avoiding caps …

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