Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-01, 17:22

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Right, so I went on a new month buying spree.. And got: Creative Audigy 2 Platinum SB0240 with the Front Panel (Apparently no remote, we'll see) Creative Sound Blaster Live! CT4760 (Apparently the best one to get? This is for a Celeron 1300 system) Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Value CT4500 (Got …

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A few questions re. Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS

Posted on 2017-03-01, 10:21

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by appiah4

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Grabbed an Audigy 2 Platinum (not sure if remote is included) and an Audigy 2 ZS. Can I use the Audigy 2 Front Panel with the ZS? One of them will go into my current gaming rig and one will go into my Pentium III - I want to use the front panel but not settle for the Audigy 2, so just asking..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-27, 22:47

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by appiah4

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I'm actually buying one of these as I type this:

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Is Zoltrix Nightinhale Pro 6 a good Win9x card?

Posted on 2017-02-27, 15:59

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by appiah4

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Found one missing thr spdif bracket but Im only interested in analog out.. no idea if ots a good buy though?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-27, 15:25

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Someone had earlier asked for detailed photos of a Tualatin cooler, well here are mine of the Tualatin Celeron 1300Mhz. Hope they help.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-27, 05:51

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by appiah4

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Model M is godly. I pray night and day for a bargain find. It was my first keyboard. Amazing typing..

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Re: Recommend me my next retro RPG

Posted on 2017-02-25, 13:25

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Eob has no ingame music sorry if music is a priority skip the games 😀

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Re: Help with my first retro PC build?

Posted on 2017-02-25, 03:50

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by appiah4

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I have Warp 3 abd Warp 4 in box with manuals and everything and I love them. I completely skipped Windows 95 back in the day. OS/2 is absolutely better at everything than Win95. I ran a BBS on OS/2 Warp 3 even. I have very fond memories of it but I cant imagine how bad it would be to hunt down …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-24, 16:05

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It is indeed a GA-6OXT with a Tualatin C1.3 on it. AYX is fine 😀 Really happy I blindly got a good board. HSF photos will be added tomorrow.

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Re: Help with my first retro PC build?

Posted on 2017-02-24, 15:56

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

AT case came in today and it actually came with a Win98SE serial.. Should I go for it on a 166MMX build or stick to Win95OSR2.5? Similarly can I use a dvdrom with a 166mmx or should I just get a cdrw?

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Re: Recommend me my next retro RPG

Posted on 2017-02-24, 13:29

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by appiah4

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Eye of the Beholder 1 and follow up with 2 for sure.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-24, 12:59

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by appiah4

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Got gifted a free board and 1.3 Tualatin Celeron and 512MB RAM to start my PIII era Windows XP PC 😀

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Re: Installing an ES688FC sound card in DOS and Win95

Posted on 2017-02-24, 08:33

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by appiah4

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Would the 1688 drivers work for 688? Wouldn't the ES688 DOS Install file here be a better idea? http://vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=17&menustate=45,35 Also, I'm completely stuck on configuring the jumpers on this thing. I set the Audio Address to 220, MPU Address to 330, I closed the Joystick …

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Help needed installing drivers and configuring jumpers for ES688FC card

Posted on 2017-02-23, 18:28

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by appiah4

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I recently dug out this ISA sound card from my stash to use in my Pentium build but it has been ages since I installed a soundcard in either DOS or Windows 95. Could anyone point me towards Win95 drivers and MSDOS installation instructions for this ES688FC soundcard that I think is an Edison Gold- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-23, 13:20

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http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_74222.jpg 4x8MB EDO RAM The two modules at the top are interesting. How can 3 (or 6 if double-sided) chips result in 8 MByte? This is a mystery that has thus far gone unresolved in my build help thread.. The …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-23, 08:38

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Collecting parts for my Pentium 166 MMX build: http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_567630.jpg PCChips A101 v1.4 430VX Mainboard, P166MMX installed http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_74222.jpg …

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Re: Help me pick an AWE64 to buy?

Posted on 2017-02-23, 06:53

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by appiah4

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AFAIK some releases of the AWE64 are considered the holy grail for Pentium/486 builds Not really? It depends what you need. In some cases certain AWE32 models would be very much superior, especially since it is much easier to get RAM for those. Oh.. I'm misinformed then :( Any of these cards worth …

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

Posted on 2017-02-23, 05:56

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by appiah4

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I remember playing 128kbit MP3s on my DX4-100 in Windows 95 using.. yes.. WinPlay3..

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Help me pick an AWE64 to buy?

Posted on 2017-02-23, 05:49

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by appiah4

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A seller is selling three AWE64 cards. AFAIK some releases of the AWE64 are considered the holy grail for Pentium/486 builds, and I want to grab one for mine, but not sure which one I should go for. Help me pick please? CT4390 AWE64 Gold! for around $40: https://image5.sahibinden.com/photos/10/79/31 …

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Re: Are ATI RAGE PRO or Intel 740 rare AGP Cards?

Posted on 2017-02-22, 20:56

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by appiah4

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ATi deliberately made a mess of the branding at the time, it pissed off consumers and OEMs alike. They messed things up so bad that they had to completely ditch the Rage branding, which had become something of a mark of shame for them, and move to Radeon for the 7000 series. I became a believer …

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