Re: MID-format player for Adlib device ?

Posted on 2020-02-10, 12:53

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by derSammler

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The Adlib can play samples when used right. The Inertia Player supports playing MOD files via Adlib. Works similar to the PC speaker when used for this, so mono-only and mediocre sound quality.

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Re: Games that absolutely, positively cannot be played except on original hardware

Posted on 2020-02-10, 12:11

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by derSammler

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What do you mean regarding POD, there are patches for D3D, Glide, and I think even more 3D apis. Do you just mean the software mode? Menues etc. are garbled, making the game unusable. Does not affect every modern graphics card, however. With a few, the game still works. Shadows of the Empire …

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Re: RAM valuation

Posted on 2020-02-09, 10:10

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My advice would be to find matching pairs (4pcs. for SIMMs, 2pcs. for PS/2 and others), test them, and only sell these separately. Get rid of the rest as a lot. If you've got lots of time, you could check every single memory module separately. Some may be very special and sought-after, even if it is …

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Re: My Amigas

Posted on 2020-02-09, 09:19

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by derSammler

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The A3000, A4000, and A4000T were always expensive and are the few Amigas whose prices don't raise (or fall) much. I remember getting an A4000T years ago for cheap, tried to do something useful with it, but simply couldn't see why I should keep it. The size vs. usefulness ratio was just bad. Of …

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Re: RAM valuation

Posted on 2020-02-09, 09:04

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by derSammler

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Horun wrote on 2020-02-09, 01:55: The only mem chip that may be worth $$ is that COAST cache chip in the second picture If it is >256 kb, then probably. Or are COAST modules generally rare and expensive in the US? I've got a bunch of COAST modules and they are rather worthless here.

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Re: Estimation of an old computer (Commodore CBM 720)

Posted on 2020-02-08, 11:26

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by derSammler

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Of course it's used. You can't prove that it hasn't been used for hundreds and hundreds of hours and was just kept very clean. So you can't sell it as new. It's apparently in excellent condition (isn't that enough of a selling point?), but not new. Apart from that, how often should we believe that …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-02-07, 21:53

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

"Point of Sale" - that means cash register from a shop. "Point of Sale" does not mean cash register! PoS can refer to any system used in shops, which are in some way involved in customer interaction - interactive kiosk systems for example. What you possibly mean is a PoS Terminal, which is the term …

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

Posted on 2020-02-07, 19:42

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Re-created the missing floppy disks for my Gravis GamePad Pro. Now it's again complete in box. 😀

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Re: Looking for a fast vesa local bus card for DOS gaming

Posted on 2020-02-07, 19:26

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by derSammler

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Both cards can do more than your CPU allows. The fps looks fine to me.

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Re: Windows 3.11 and the mouse

Posted on 2020-02-07, 18:58

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ctmouse will work, since the system will see a ps/2 mouse, not an USB one (unless you disable Legacy USB support in BIOS, which you probably not going to do 😉).

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Re: Determine speed of ISA bus? (in MHz)

Posted on 2020-02-07, 18:56

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nice. 😀

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Re: Windows 3.11 and the mouse

Posted on 2020-02-07, 18:53

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Legacy USB support in BIOS makes the mouse look like a ps/2 mouse to the OS. Windows comes with mouse drivers by default, so it will work there. For DOS, you always need to load a mouse driver like ctmouse.

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Re: Differences in Millennium, Millennium II and Mystique 22o?

Posted on 2020-02-07, 18:50

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by derSammler

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Millennium was supported by a single game only: NASCAR Racing. No Direct3D support, since it can't do texture mapping. Millennium II and Mystique are quite equal feature-wise. However, Mystique was a consumer card with focus on games. About 10 games or so had direct support for the Mystique's 3D api …

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Re: 286/386/486 - How slow can you go ?

Posted on 2020-02-07, 16:51

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You can even build a PC running with 1 MHz if you wish, since all early CPUs are simply driven by a quarz crystal. But what's the point? Wasn't your question if you need something slower? You don't, as long as the games you play all work as they should. The number of games that require XT-timing is …

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Re: Determine speed of ISA bus? (in MHz)

Posted on 2020-02-07, 16:46

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by derSammler

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Is it used for anything else? It was mainly there originally for CGA and the color burst frequency was derived from it. A few later ISA VGA cards used it as well and only show a black screen when it's missing. It wasn't mandatory on AT-class mainboards. If your BIOS has that option to use it for …

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Re: Determine speed of ISA bus? (in MHz)

Posted on 2020-02-07, 15:00

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by derSammler

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If I set it to the fixed value 14.318/2 (which is less that 8MHz!) the PC doesn't boot. How would a software utility to read the ISA bus speed help in that case? But if that option doesn't work, the 14.318 MHz quarz crystal on the mainboard is probably faulty. You may not notice, as it's not used …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-07, 13:18

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by derSammler

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It's about distinguishing a Mystique from a Mystique 220, not a Mystique from a Millennium. 😉

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Re: Front Panel Speed Display, 12V or 5V?

Posted on 2020-02-07, 11:49

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by derSammler

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

5V

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Re: Wht's the fastest unlocked PII?

Posted on 2020-02-07, 11:33

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by derSammler

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Why not just get the 450 MHz PII if you want the fastest one? No need to overclock that one either.

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Re: 286/386/486 - How low can you go ?

Posted on 2020-02-07, 11:32

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by derSammler

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But I ask do I need one ? [...] My 486 can run games intended for an IBM 5150 just fine. Apparently, you have answered your question already. If even the oldest games you want to play all run fine on your 486, you don't need anything slower. But there are of course some games that will require an …

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