Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-13, 14:25

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Terror from the Deep takes UFO's atmosphere and multiplies it by 10. It also takes the playability and halves it because in trying to make it bigger they also made it frustratingly harder in many unnecessary ways. Also, the tech tree balance and weapon efficiency curve is really off, with gauss …

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Re: Why wasn't this 486 sold in the US?

Posted on 2021-01-12, 09:03

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Because Intel. Also, Fuck Intel.

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Re: MP3 player on a 386/387?

Posted on 2021-01-12, 09:03

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CPU galaxy recently did a video on mp3 playback on 486 CPUs. It's pretty hopeless on anything below a DX4 for Stereo so I doubt a 386 has even the slightest chance at anything, even an 8000KHz Mono.

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Re: Dune II HD port at last!

Posted on 2021-01-12, 08:58

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Isn't Dune 2000 basically this anyway?

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Re: Value in IBM AT vs a 386 for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-01-12, 05:58

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Yes. And it has been mentioned numerous times in recent months. As far as I am aware the only argument was that it performed better on a 286 vs enhanced on a 386sx, that is not entirely a merit just an outcome. Does not compute...... That the normal mode executes faster on a 286 does not make it an …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-11, 11:25

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That upscaling filter..

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Re: Value in IBM AT vs a 386 for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-01-11, 11:24

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Is there a point to running Windows 3.1 in Standard Mode as opposed to Enhanced Mode that I am not aware of? Yes. And it has been mentioned numerous times in recent months. As far as I am aware the only argument was that it performed better on a 286 vs enhanced on a 386sx, that is not entirely a …

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

Posted on 2021-01-11, 11:22

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Frustrating day. I want the impossible, and surprise surprise: it turned out to be impossible ;) What? a 2000s era Knoppix Linux install with hardware detection and enough useful software for a lot of diagnostics, on a HDD smaller than the 2GB BIOS limit. Nope. Knoppix 5.1.1 at least requires 512MB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-11, 11:17

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This made me curious, as I have an overclocked Abit NF7-S 2.0 system that has been used, in some capacity, almost constantly since I built it 2003. I just ran memtest on it for the first time since I last tweaked it about 8 years ago. It ran for 50 minutes, long enough to do a full pass, plus some. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-11, 11:15

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My PCIe PhysX card for my 8800GTX SLI rig came today. I didn't expect to get the boomerang edition. Sellers really need to understand they can't just stuff things like this in a 5x8" bubble mailer.. https://i.imgur.com/XF2j9Jp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nF8zOKa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/S2qglaA.jpg Plug …

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Re: Differences between CMI8330A, CMI8330C, and HT1869V?

Posted on 2021-01-09, 12:04

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Tiido wrote on 2021-01-08, 13:42: I would simply get a suitable bracket or make my own. You only need one 374ohm resistor and one 90.9ohm resistor in addition to wires and connectors. Maybe I am just being dumb but I cant find the referred image.. An image of the bracket or schematic would be nice …

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Re: Differences between CMI8330A, CMI8330C, and HT1869V?

Posted on 2021-01-08, 13:35

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Yes, direct connection is not gonna work and in worst case will destroy the signal on the card. There needs to be some extra bits inline with the signal, such as two resistors (and ideally a transformer) as seen on the photo in previous page. You can do direct connection from one card's TTL output …

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Re: Differences between CMI8330A, CMI8330C, and HT1869V?

Posted on 2021-01-08, 13:10

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The chip itself only outputs TTL, to get coax some extra stuff is necessary but this is true with pretty much all the different chips out there. Coax is 1Vpp into 75ohm load, and usually is transformer coupled to prevent ground loops from being a problem. TTL signals are meant for internal …

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Re: Differences between CMI8330A, CMI8330C, and HT1869V?

Posted on 2021-01-08, 09:38

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Well, as far as I know its SPDIF In/Out is 5V and not directly compatible with most audio gear, no? It does not matter. Both TTL and COAX are full-fledged proper S/PDIF. They differ in signal amplitude only. If you have TTL (2-3+ V, often 4-5V) and need COAX you can just use this: https://i.ebayimg …

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Re: Which old game would you like to see a remastered version of?

Posted on 2021-01-07, 14:30

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Quake 2 did get a ray tracing patch that completely overhauls lighting and makes it look like a new game. Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1089130/#

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2021-01-07, 07:26

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Interesting, I never knew about this. A240, I5 D3 H7 P300 E640 T6 for the AWE64 then.. How does UNISOUND configure this setup?

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2021-01-07, 06:46

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OK I need help with setting UNISOUND up for this weird setup: Card #1: Creative AWE64 (Internally Line Out routed to CM8330 Line In header): I want the configuration to be A240, I5 D3 H7 P300 E620 T6 Zoltrix AV310 (CMI8330A): I want the configuration to be A220 I7 D1 H5 P330 T4 Card #2: Basically I …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-07, 06:35

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I just finished White Marsh Pt. 2 expansion in Pillars of Eternity . Some parts of the expansion felt like it really jumped the shark to be fair, and the obnoxiousness of the combat encounters were dialed up to 11 in some parts (I chose to go into the Ondrite Temple with swords in hand and nearly …

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

Posted on 2021-01-07, 06:28

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There are a good number of ago 4x/8x cards that will work in a 2x slot. I've used a 6200 in one of my dual P3 440bx systems. I know alot of the GeForce fx line will work in 2x and 4x slots. Is FX5200 or FX5600 better? Depends on what you want. FX5200 is passively cooled and if you find a 128-bit …

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Re: Creative AWE64 CT4500 upgraded to 2MB of RAM

Posted on 2021-01-07, 06:24

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I thought this too. Now I have a Hakko digital soldering iron, a (generic) vacuum desoldering station and a digital controlled hot air station. :lol: Anyway, for what it's worth, I bought one of these (identical looking but a different brand) a couple years ago and it is a complete game changer for …

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