Re: Which of these AT PSUs suck least?
Posted on 2018-11-26, 13:22
Anyone knows is AWA branded power supplies are any good?
Re: Broken psu.
Posted on 2018-11-26, 13:03
There is some kind of insulation between the board and the case. You can see 2 layers in the picture and the layer closest to the board is some kind of foamy material.
CS4624 sound chip and dos.
Posted on 2018-11-26, 02:18
I know there is a dos driver for CS4624 sound chip used in laptops at least, but has anyone tested how the sound blaster compatibility and FM quality in dos is? Like should you expect most dos games to work and does the emulation sound horrible?
Re: Broken psu.
Posted on 2018-11-25, 19:50
Voodoo card is working on another pc fine. I spent an hour playing tomb raider at smooth 30 fps. Too bad about the psu because it was probably the best quality psu that I had.
Re: Broken psu.
Posted on 2018-11-25, 17:17
I opened it again and checked the fuse with a multimeter and fuse is fine so the problem must be somewhere else. I did put the voodoo 1 card to another motherboard and it boots fine. I hope the same thing won't happen if I try to install a 3dfx game and run it.
Re: Broken psu.
Posted on 2018-11-25, 16:38
I took the psu out. Filename psu3.jpg File size 1.94 MiB Views 282 views I opened it a bit. Filename psu2.jpg File size 1.87 MiB Views 282 views Looks like there is a fuse I could try to change to a new one. Filename psu1.jpg File size 1.76 MiB Views 282 views I just feel worried about touching …
Broken psu.
Posted on 2018-11-25, 16:02
I was just testing a socket 7 with pentium 100Mhz. There was a voodoo 1 card and I just launched 3dfx version of tomb raider and exactly when the voodoo card was suppose to take over I head small zap sound and power supply turns off. Now I am wondering if the voodoo 1 card is broken and might break …
Re: Proper Soldering Techniques
Posted on 2018-11-25, 12:07
I bought hakko fr-301 recently and I had real trouble trying to find a 230V version. As far as I know there exists only one site that sells those.
Re: Proper Soldering Techniques
Posted on 2018-11-25, 02:51
Well I feel jealous of those who have the skill to do almost anything with just basic tools. I on the other hand just spend too much money on tools to make things bit easier that I would at least able to do something. I am not very good at things that require dexterity.
Re: Proper Soldering Techniques
Posted on 2018-11-25, 01:11
I've got a soldering manual from NASA of all organizations, but the biggest hurdle in soldering is MONEY. If you don't have good materials and equipment, you won't get excellent results with anything but basic soldering jobs. Skill matters too. Someone who is much more skilled than me removed all …
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-25, 00:01
If I understood correctly based on cpuid, my 100Mhz cpu is exactly same as am5x86-133. It has 16Kb wb cache too even if it isn't suppose to have.
Re: Mixer for sound cards and midi modules.
Posted on 2018-11-24, 20:35
I just hate how they all use those big connectors. It becomes more expensive when you have to buy new cables for all the inputs too.
Re: Proper Soldering Techniques
Posted on 2018-11-24, 16:35
I have been practicing with couple pentium 4 oem boards and there is almost no capacitors left on those boards so I am making some kind of progress.
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-24, 16:33
I have done screws between heatsink fins in the past but in this heatsink there is so much space between fins that is not possible. There isn't really any holes or anything like that to connect cable ties to. I ordered a heatsink and a fan from ebay that hopefully might work, but the seller has been …
Re: How stable is your Windows 98?
Posted on 2018-11-24, 14:02
Not really a stability thing, but back in the day I had to re-install win98 about once a year because it just became too slow.
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-24, 11:48
As already said - the fan made the biggest difference for me albeit for some more extreme cases you also may need a meetier heatsink. I used a iDX4 at 2x66mhz and 5V for some time in combo with an Intel SS7 cooler... those last 13mhz were a battle. The only real problem with heatsinks is if they …
Re: PCie-to PCI, PCI to ISA, # of slots multipliers - bridges, risers, backplanes, research, especially for DOS, WIP.
Posted on 2018-11-24, 05:24
I thought it was about tdma that ess solo-1 cards use because it is called transparent dma in the patent.
Re: How stable is your Windows 98?
Posted on 2018-11-24, 01:52
Back in late 90s I had to reboot my win98 pc about once every 2-3 weeks because it became unstable. That is unstable compared to winxp and win7 because I have never been forced to reboot because of unstability with those.
Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32
Posted on 2018-11-24, 00:45
I think it may be a speed sensitive issue. Try using Setmul to slow your system down. Maybe not...but it's worth a shot. I know I should have said in my first post what kind of pc I am using. I just forgot and assumed the whole thing was about the game and MT-32. I am using 33Mhz 486 and I have …
Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32
Posted on 2018-11-23, 23:57
1.4 has both general midi and mt-32/lapc-i options in setup and 1.0 setup has just lapc-i. With 1.4 if I set it general midi while mt-32 is connected, it freezes the same way if I had set it as mt-32 in setup, but if I disconnect mt-32 while keeping general midi setting and connect SC-55, it doesn't …
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