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

Posted on 2020-12-17, 21:45

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I tested a PCPartner 486CV motherboard I had desoldered a barrel battery from, then modified to accomodate a coin cell holder instead by removing the recharging curcuitry. It actually works. I was considering using my Biostar MB-8433UUD-A for my Cx5x86 DOS/OS2 build but it has a Dallas RTC, and I am …

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

Posted on 2020-12-16, 07:04

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bearking wrote on 2020-12-15, 22:49: Didn't know Alcatel made notebooks... It was probably made by an OEM for them..

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Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3

Posted on 2020-12-16, 07:03

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kitrinx wrote on 2020-12-15, 21:39: appiah4 wrote on 2020-12-15, 20:40: So when will you guys be making that SC55 SF2 available for download? If someone posts a windows compiled binary, you could just run it and make one. Still waiting for that to happen 😀

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

Posted on 2020-12-15, 20:43

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alvaro84 wrote on 2020-12-15, 18:53: I met a Volkswagen Golf, frontally. All I had was a bicycle. Get well soon, man!

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Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3

Posted on 2020-12-15, 20:40

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So when will you guys be making that SC55 SF2 available for download?

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Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX

Posted on 2020-12-15, 10:48

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I was playing around with my beloved Dreamblaster X3MA and gave Hamtaro's Roland GM soundbank a spin, find the sample attached. It sounds better than I remember to be honest. I hear a bunch of skipped / missing notes in that recording. Is it just the audio file or does the X3 actually sound like …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-15, 10:31

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-12-15, 08:48: I don't play games without sound, music, and at least 32 colors. EGA/CGA and PC speakers noises can go to hell. For me, games that are pre-VGA and pre-Adlib get played on my accelerated A500 with WHDLoad.

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Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX

Posted on 2020-12-15, 10:27

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quicknick wrote on 2020-12-02, 01:23: Thanks, but I was actually asking for some demos of the Sound Canvas soundbank for the X2, if available... I was playing around with my beloved Dreamblaster X3MA and gave Hamtaro's Roland GM soundbank a spin, find the sample attached. It sounds better than I …

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Re: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

Posted on 2020-12-14, 13:55

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Santa Cruz is the best Win9x gaming sound card there is AFAIC. Just don't use its FM Synthesis, pair it with a cheap Audiodrive ISA card.. 😀

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Re: QDI intel 430VX. Understanding motherboard tracks.

Posted on 2020-12-14, 13:51

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Deksor wrote on 2020-12-13, 11:50: The qdi photo is top ! The other one is a bit blurry but I could identify it 😀 http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/2396 I also have this board in my P133 PC, and mine has a BIOS version 3.61 which you don't have on the site. Want me to dump it?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-14, 13:12

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Tyranny is free on Epic so I took it. A nice Pillars of Eternity (also free atm) clone from the same makers. It seems that the maps are somewhat smaller (in the beginning anyway) and it's easier to just pick up and play every now and then without having to continue at level 5 of some large dungeon …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-14, 13:11

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-12-14, 09:25: I can't stand Conker's Bad Fur Day. The camera is awful, the N64 controller (as usual) makes it unplayable, and the game is not that funny. The XBOX remake is substantially better.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-12, 09:55

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I want to get into Morrowind and Arx Fatalis on a modern PC with mods.. Havent looked into which ones to use with either of them yet though.

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Re: Windows 9x Wallpaper Format - What kind of BMP do I save in GIMP?

Posted on 2020-12-12, 09:53

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Tiido wrote on 2020-12-12, 08:49: in worst case save the BMP over original in Irfanview, it always produces correct format. This is what I always do but it is an annoyance. How GIMP can not produce a Win9x compatible BMP eludes me still..

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Re: Fabricating a New Turbo Display

Posted on 2020-12-11, 08:43

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@wiretap I will be building five of these for my cases, I just wanted to confirm that the following code, schematic and boms are final: Code: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=806680#p806680 (Also, is this simulation only code or do I flash this onto the PIC16F690 controller directly? Or is …

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Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX

Posted on 2020-12-11, 05:48

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I see a new video by Phil, mentioning an issue with Descent music. So I also recorded Descent on chill pcb, without applying the volume fix. It has quite deep bass, and high volume, but on my setup it does not sound as bad as on Phil's. Phils video : https://youtu.be/6lTp1l8LYD0 My recording : …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-10, 18:13

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Purchased a fully sealed, never used, Microsoft Intellimouse for use with my 486 rigs. I know it would be considered a travesty if I had to open up the box, but I really need the mouse! :D This specific one? Serial port mice are not that hard to find. Unopened ones however... I have two unopened …

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How old is DVI?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 15:34

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When did the first DVI video cards pop up? Which are the earliest cards with DVI output?

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Re: Post your favorite video game cover (MS-DOS/Early Windows edition)

Posted on 2020-12-10, 11:03

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Perfect.

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

Posted on 2020-12-10, 10:53

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Windows was a good name choice, for something that's never had doors, walls, a roof or a floor. It's also a good name for something that really didn't have windows in the sense we think of them today in its initial release (The shell is basically MS-DOS and windows can't really be overlayed, only …

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