Re: Motherboard / CPU Combo With Most Speed Options

Posted on 2018-10-05, 14:59

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Are you sure about the 50 Mhz FSB setting and the ability to configure this in software? This looks to be undocumented, or perhaps it was added in a BIOS update at some point. Found a couple of threads about the C3. I'm assuming now that you were referring to utilities such as SetMul and SoftFSB. I …

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Re: Motherboard / CPU Combo With Most Speed Options

Posted on 2018-10-05, 12:52

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I recommend a VIA C3 (Ezra or Ezra-T) on an MS6905 Slotket in a Slot 1 Motherboard. Very interesting idea. I assumed that anything Slot 1 or newer would be way too fast when I already struggle to smoothly slow down my DX4 sometimes.... I will look into it more. I also like the idea of being able to …

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Motherboard / CPU Combo With Most Speed Options

Posted on 2018-10-05, 00:23

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Hello All, My current main DOS PC is a 486 DX4 100. This is a good speed for many things, but too fast for a lot of older games and way too slow for the later 640x480 games. I would like a platform where I could get much more granular with speed adjustment. Right now, the hard-coded 3x multiplier on …

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Re: Media Vision Jazz 16 - anyone use one of these?

Posted on 2018-08-31, 18:29

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I know this is an old thread, but I have been messing with the same Gateway OEM card and I had almost exactly the same thing happen. A ferrite burned up in the lower right corner and the card "went up in smoke". :) I did get quite a bit of testing done before this happened however and made several …

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Re: List of SB games that require IRQ 7?

Posted on 2018-08-30, 00:39

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I would be interested in this as well. I've heard Gods requires IRQ 7, but have never checked it out. Conversely - I wonder if there are any newer games that require IRQ 5.

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Re: Crawlspace Project: Compaq Presario 633

Posted on 2018-08-08, 23:58

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That missing monitor pin is indeed a pain. My KVM cables don't have that extra pin, but you can just make yourself an "adapter" by breaking off the extra pin if you need to as was mentioned. As far as your monitor goes: If it is from the Windows Vista era it is probably at least 10 years old. It …

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Re: Way to easily distinguish Panasonic, Mitsumi, and IDE connectors?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 00:45

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Based on this post, I would lean towards Mitsumi. BTW, your card was apparently built by Cardinal. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/16mvcard$20mitsumi/alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000/KClWSUw4X98/YYRgFcO-JrQJ Thanks for digging that up. There isn't a lot online specifically about the 16MVCARD …

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Way to easily distinguish Panasonic, Mitsumi, and IDE connectors?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 20:11

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Hello All, Is there an easy way to visually tell the Panasonic, Mitsumi, and IDE interfaces apart on a sound card? Sony and SCSI instances are easy because they different numbers of pins. Case in point: I've been messing with this Gateway OEM Jazz 16 card. There are no labels besides "CD ROM …

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Re: Recommend me a reasonably priced sound card for my 386

Posted on 2018-07-17, 00:16

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Agree that any good Sound Blaster 2.0, Pro, or clone card would work well. One specific one I have laying around that I'd think about putting in a 386 would be the Logitech Soundman Games (http://tenorman.info/pc/soundmangames).

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Re: Dell Dimension 4100 Build

Posted on 2018-07-06, 19:15

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The motherboard doesn't have any type of built in sound. It using a CT5807 PCI card. I often also see this listed online with its Dell part number (DP/N 0088GF), so I wonder if this is some sort of minor Dell customization.

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Dell Dimension 4100 Build

Posted on 2018-06-29, 19:54

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Hello All, I've been messing with a Dell Dimension 4100 the past couple of weeks. These used to be all over the place. I remember our computer lab at college was filled with these machines running Windows NT 4 and Debian... Specs: -Pentium 3 Coppermine 1 Ghz -512 MB of RAM (upgraded from 256 MB) - …

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Re: Roland MT-32 , Do I need one ?

Posted on 2018-06-22, 15:08

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Roland MT-32 is a pretty unique experience and no other sound cards emulate it properly outside of using MUNT. I think whether or not you "need" one is an entirely different topic. They are getting pretty expensive. The only thing I can say is go listen to some recordings on Youtube and decide if it …

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Re: Which Is a Faster Drive SCSI or IDE

Posted on 2018-06-22, 14:52

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A couple of comments specifically regarding the SCSI controller in the PAS-16: -It has a max throughput of 690 K/s. This means that it can only really keep up with a 4X or slower drive. -It uses PIO. This means that it doesn't need its own IRQ, but it will have higher CPU usage and be slower. -If …

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Re: Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 ?

Posted on 2018-06-03, 15:33

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PAS 16s are good cards, they can just be kind of "fussy" sometimes. They are fine though once you learn their quirks and get everything configured properly. The Nerdy Pleasures write-up alludes to that. I also have a write-up and some recordings at http://tenorman.info/pc/pas16ll. If you are looking …

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Re: Multichannel DOS mixer for DOS sound builds, v0.44

Posted on 2018-05-25, 19:31

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this seems like a problem looking for a solution. better solution exists, external mixer and its more functional. multiple machines, multiple external midi, etc. (I have the rolls, its awesome) I don't want the OP to feel that people are ganging up on him, but I would tend to agree. This whole …

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Re: Sound cards for 486DX4-100 system?

Posted on 2018-05-25, 19:24

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There are a million directions you could take this, as you alluded to. In my DX4-100 right now I have a PAS16 to handle FM, a Soundscape S2000, and an MT-32. I have batch files to switch the Soundscape between using the internal MIDI and driving the external synth.

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Re: My Wavetable Sample Thread

Posted on 2018-05-19, 13:50

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I also recorded an ESS card with a built in wavetable. This is similar to the BTC 1855. It has the same ES981P ROM chip, but uses an ES689F and an ES1869F instead of the ES690F and ES1868F. It sounds the same to me, but I have a couple of different tracks recorded if anyone is interested. http:// …

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Re: My Wavetable Sample Thread

Posted on 2018-05-12, 17:16

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Tacking onto this (already great thread). I recorded several tracks on the Logitech Soundman Wave. There are better options, but I actually don't think this is a bad card at all. http://tenorman.info/pc/soundmanwave

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Logitech Soundman Games

Posted on 2018-05-04, 18:42

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There isn't much out there about this card, at least not in English. I posted a write-up and a few recordings at http://tenorman.info/pc/soundmangames. If anyone has any other information they would like to add please let me know. I'd be especially interested in things like box, manual, or magazine …

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape resources (manuals, files, links, help)

Posted on 2018-04-28, 19:03

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I know that this thread is 2.5 years old, but it has been a big help to me, so I'm bumping it anyway. In particular the manual scans and the discussion on Page 2 about configuring an Opus vs. a regular Soundscape. I swapped out my Opus for an S-2000 a few weeks ago and made some recordings. My card …

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