Re: CT4500 making pulsating noise
Posted on 2019-12-26, 14:54
Also try muting or completely removing the CD Audio cable, and if that resolves the issue tr to find a better insulated one.
Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2019-12-26, 14:35
Not all CT4520s are neutered cards.
Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2019-12-26, 14:11
I'm also not thrilled with destroying genuine retro hardware for modern remakes but I can at least understand why it's done..
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-12-26, 11:31
Nice.. Did it come with a metal bracket? Mine was my own solder project so it's not as clean as yours. It also has a volume shaft that is a few mm longer and and lacks a metal bracket, but I think it cost me half of what you paid so I can't complaing :lol: If you really want a metal bracket, it …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-12-26, 11:30
No, the YMF724 is square, the YMF744 is rectangular. That's not correct either. The YMF744B can be either square or rectangular, depending on the model. YMF744B- V https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Yamaha_ymf744b_v.jpg (rectangular) YMF744B- R https://www.philscomputerlab.com/uploads/3/7/2/3/ …
Re: Adventure remakes poll
Posted on 2019-12-26, 11:05
Well, personally my order would be: Police Quest 2 Laura Bow 1: Colonel's Bequest Codename: Iceman Larry 3 Space Quest 3 Conquest of Camelot Les Manley 1 In: Search For The King Note, this is not necessarily the order that I think is from best to worst, but it also takes into account how much it …
Re: 386 motherboard recommendation
Posted on 2019-12-26, 10:59
The only such 386 boards I have are 386SX (25/33.. I also have one that is 40MHz with L2 cache but I can't get it to POST 🙁 )
Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support
Posted on 2019-12-26, 10:57
keropi.. you waste too much time on this board, go to work and finish this card please.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-12-26, 10:56
Munx wrote: appiah4 wrote: It was $3 so I grabbed it. It was $3 because its possibly a fake. As I recall, these Yamaha chips only come in square packages. No, the YMF724 is square, the YMF744 is rectangular. It's a genuine Guillemot card. 😒
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-12-26, 09:47
Nice.. Did it come with a metal bracket? Mine was my own solder project so it's not as clean as yours. It also has a volume shaft that is a few mm longer and and lacks a metal bracket, but I think it cost me half of what you paid so I can't complaing :lol: https://i.postimg.cc/hPhbCBBw/Tube-Time- …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-12-26, 09:30
It was $3 so I grabbed it. https://i.postimg.cc/DZ0vy7FB/Guillemot-Maxi-Sound-Fortissimo.jpg Not sure what to do with it. I suppose I could use it for adding SBPro/OPL3 to a non-ISA system. These cards don't work well without PC/PCI with i810/15 chipsets, do they? (In Windows 98 I mean, using DOS …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-12-26, 06:09
Yay another adlib clone! Photos of the card? I sometimes wonder if I should replace the ES688+MusicQuest combintion in my 1987-1989 386SX25 (which is basically a stand-in 286) with Adlib+MusicQuest.. There are no games prior to 1990 that actually take advantage of SB's OPL3 or digital sound let …
Re: What is a quiet AT power supply ?
Posted on 2019-12-26, 06:08
Early ATX PSUs, especially the Pentium 4 era when 200W PSUs with just cheap junk inside were labelled as 400W and sold inside Athlon/P4 systems were a wild west of fire hazards. AT PSUs? Not so much, really. Not all of them are top notch quality but if you come across things like Channel Well, SPI, …
Re: VIA MVP4 and Voodoo2 SLI stuttering issues..
Posted on 2019-12-26, 05:59
interesting, I didn't think the IGP would cause such a visible problem in 3dmark, but yes in memory benchmarks and superpi I noticed a large performance drop on the MVp4 when the IGP is enabled, with it off the chipset performs well as expected a shame about the lack of PCI slots. I could replace …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-12-25, 14:19
oeuvre wrote: wish i could find a 486 board again but their prices are absolutely ridiculous I have 486 boards that require repairs beyond my capability and would gladly ship them to you if you didn't live in the US. 😒
Re: How to discharge a PSU completely before changing the fan?
Posted on 2019-12-25, 13:33
It has been disconnected for a couple weeks now (I like playing safe) but I will measure the voltage on the input caps thanks.
Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards
Posted on 2019-12-25, 12:23
The YMF card is sort of an a hiatus. Everything went to shit early this year due to a fake key component (MIDI chip) and no replacement seems to exist, which is why the 8bit card seen on my last port got developed to create my own MIDI synth using modern parts... But it takes too long due to having …
Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards
Posted on 2019-12-25, 11:22
I'm very slowly working on something that is gonna be SBpro (and possibly WSS) compatible, though it isn't gonna see light of day in the form it is but the successor will certainly be (and it also gonna be SB16 compatible). Great to hear Tiido, sign me up for one :) Is your YMF card still on sale …
Re: What is a quiet AT power supply ?
Posted on 2019-12-25, 10:48
Any PSU that had its fan replaced with a modern silent 80mm fan.
Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards
Posted on 2019-12-25, 10:47
I find it strange that there are no SB Pro clones so far.. Surely someone must have dumped the DSP?
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