Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 high pitched whine when playing Midi files and buzzing when moving cursor in Windows 95

Posted on 2022-07-10, 12:13

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by HanJammer

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So you bought DOS/early Windows 3 era card, to replace replace SB16 card in a machine from the late Vibra 16/AWE64 and early PCI sound cards era and you expected it to work fine or even better? I don't know what was your logic behind it...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-09, 13:28

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by HanJammer

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2 Big towers and 1 Medium tower. 386, 486 and early Pentium machines. I bought them for a particular parts inside (nice Gigabyte GA-486VS motherboard, high end Miro sound card, and something I don't remember) so the rest I will be parting out to sale because I no longer have space for this stuff... …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-08, 16:58

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by HanJammer

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Winner 1000 XHR (hybrid EISA/ISA) which I had owned before, traded it and now finally replaced it again. And Winner 1000PRO Video VLB, which is somewhat less special, but still a very nice and fast VLB card. Nice, I do have one myself (I think I posted it here around 2 years ago). They are pretty …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-07, 22:34

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by HanJammer

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I can buy a 32MB Geforce 256 SDR for 100$. But I'm not sure worth it. I feel it's a bit expensive Horribly expensive if you ask me. Considering that super cheap GF2MX400 will do much better and still will be period-correct for any Slot 1/A or Socket A/370 build... So unless it is some very …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-20, 23:19

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by HanJammer

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This Seagate ST51080A 3.5 inch slim sexy looking hard drive (1GB) ... Fun fact: the drive didn't work. (some strange clicking, but not the usual type) Usually I don't bother, but I decided to open it up... and something magic happened, because it booted up fine, with no strange noises. And I didn't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-17, 23:36

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by HanJammer

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Just do it in an open well ventilated place so you dont gas yourself. Or close all your windows and enjoy the high :) Better not, some air dusters are pretty toxic and inhaled in large quantities can cause brain damage and neurological problems... :( What happened to Gordo in "Halt and Catch Fire" …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-17, 22:28

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by HanJammer

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You can use a can of compressed air, turn it upside down and spray the propellant onto the heatsink till it freezes, its a cheap way of doing this. You can but it can leave residue (while dedicated freeze spray by design should do that) and is not as convenient to use. Also it frequently is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-17, 22:15

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by HanJammer

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Just a tip - instead of freezer - use instant freeze spray (ie. something like that https://www.nteinc.com/chemtronics/freeze-spray.php ). Liquid nitrogen does the work as well as long as you have access to it. Also thermal stress can cause damage to bga solder joints, and I've read somewhere it …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2022-06-17, 18:24

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by HanJammer

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Thank you. This was helpful. I was able to get the card to boot by disabling the onboard controller via setuptl2. Next question - is there a way to have it boot from the card but still retain access to the onboard HDD? When I keep them both enabled, the XT-IDE BIOS screen shows up and says booting …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2022-06-17, 00:09

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by HanJammer

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Greetings all, Sorry to revive a semi-old thread but I recently purchased the same card as @jasa1063 (Blue Lava XT-IDE) for use with a Tandy 1000 TL/2. When I install the card in the machine and attempt to boot, the machine boots from the internal hard drive as if the card is not there at all. If I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-15, 21:08

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by HanJammer

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This superclean Amiga 2000 with keyboard (not that clean)... I didn't knew what to expect inside, and it turned out it has no corrosion at all and 2 Zorro cards (not really something interesting but I will gladly check how Oktagon controller compares to A2091 and GVP cards... Also somebody used hp …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-13, 12:24

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by HanJammer

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Does the maestro have the same great DOS support the Solo-1 has or did it lose that ? As far as I know It does. And this particular card I showed above has SB-Link header (I didn't compared it with the one I got back in the 90s yet). I don't recall having any problems with using Maestro-1 in DOS …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-13, 08:55

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by HanJammer

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part 2/2 Not something I didn't had before, but spares are always welcome...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-13, 08:54

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by HanJammer

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Some cards I bought through the last month. ESS Maestro-1 is especially cool. I owned one back in the 90s (and I still have it). These were among first PCI sound cards.

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

Posted on 2022-06-10, 16:52

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by HanJammer

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NOS box of ZIP/100 diskettes (10 pieces). I generally try to stick with 250 IDE/SCSI/USB drives and media as they are the most universal, but it's not easy to buy any of them NOS so I'm not complaining. I paid ~5 USD per piece, so not great but not terrible as well. Shouldn't that be in the 'bought …

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

Posted on 2022-06-10, 16:04

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by HanJammer

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NOS box of ZIP/100 diskettes (10 pieces). I generally try to stick with 250 IDE/SCSI/USB drives and media as they are the most universal, but it's not easy to buy any of them NOS so I'm not complaining. I paid ~5 USD per piece, so not great but not terrible as well.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-05, 08:01

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by HanJammer

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Your whole argument relies upon the assumption that the current situation will remain the same. That future generations of computers for 30-50 years will still hold that property true: "I can play 2000s games natively". Again I repeat, that is highly unlikely to eventuate. We have thousands of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-04, 22:41

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by HanJammer

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Points acknowledged. They apply, today . However, a couple of decades time can change a lot. Every generation thinks theirs was unique in so many ways. e.g. " The gear that I used when I was a teenager is special, because da-da-da-da... however, the gear the today's teenagers use, will not be the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-04, 20:51

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by HanJammer

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wiretap wrote on 2022-06-04, 20:01: Just ordered this. […] Show full quote Just ordered this. PowerComputing PowerTower 180e. PowerPC 604e 195 MHz 348MB RAM 2GB 7200RPM hard drive 4GB 7200RPM hard drive Dual port USB expansion card Ethernet IXMicro Twin Turbo 128MB graphics Floppy + CD-ROM Nice, …

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Re: Any flight sim fans here?

Posted on 2022-06-04, 16:39

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by HanJammer

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Yeah, many folks I was in touch with in those days in the end became airline pilots. I was also considering becoming a commercial pilot, but in my era this profession has already lost its prestige and pilots were already more like drivers of big noisy flying buses. Yeah... definitely not for me - …

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