Re: Voodoo 2 SLI cooling situation.

Posted on 2019-01-03, 00:15

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by doaks80

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In my case 2 x 140mm side-panel mounted fans blowing directly onto the expansion slot area, with the V2s right in the middle. High-airflow Corsair near-silent models, if that doesn't keep them cool nothing will. I do the same with the V5 except I also load that one up with heatsinks on the rear of …

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Re: Are there any OPL2/OPL3 or ESFM-based sound cards with digital out? (plus a few other requirements)

Posted on 2019-01-02, 01:51

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by doaks80

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Thanks for the suggestion - i do remember seeing one such YMF card once, but that one lacked the PC-PCI connection. And as for cards with an ESS chip, are there any known models with SPDIF out? On the plus side, i think at least the ESS Solo-1 should support ADPCM. I have such a card (the former), …

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Re: Dallas Real Time Clock. Replace RTC or add battery?

Posted on 2019-01-02, 00:40

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by doaks80

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Adding the CR2032 seems like a fairly fun and not too difficult hack. I have 2 old 386s that need the treatment. At least the Dallas RTC doesn't spew acid all over the motherboard when it croaks.

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Re: Redesign of Gona's video chip DOS compatibility matrix

Posted on 2019-01-01, 09:44

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by doaks80

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Would be nice as a shared Google docs spreadsheet, much like the "Digital DOS games Retro PC Compatibility Sheet". In fact, it would be nice if all the shared reference material like that was available as a shared doc.

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Re: Using a Voodoo 3 and a PowerVR2 in the same system

Posted on 2019-01-01, 07:04

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by doaks80

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I never had any success using multiple vga cards in win98. It always uninstalled the device without the monitor attached. Voodoo 1/2 are different as they dont really appear as display devices to windows.

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

Posted on 2019-01-01, 06:32

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by doaks80

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Built my fourth PC for the holidays (and probably the last), this one for the Win95 era (still running Win98SP3). Shuttle AV14 motherboard Via C3 Ezra 866Mhz S3 Savage4 Pro AGP Audigy SB0090 Voodoo2 12MB SLI (Creative 3DBlasters) AWE64 Value (soon to have a memory upgrade) 256mb PC133 500gb seagate …

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Re: Are Audigy failures common?

Posted on 2018-12-31, 20:42

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by doaks80

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I'm a little torn on whether X-Fi is relevant at all, though. For today's PCs? No. For a mid-2000s Core 2 Duo period correct build...absolutely. A X-Fi Titanium is exactly what I use. One thing it does the Audigy2 don't is TOSLINK output on the card itself if that is relevant to you. Also has rock …

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Re: VIA C3 Project - MS-DOS MiniITX

Posted on 2018-12-31, 20:39

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by doaks80

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I started building one yesterday too :) Shuttle AV14 that recognizes my Ezra-T 866 as a "Samuel 866Mhz" but all seems to work fine. The board has Tualatin P3 support so I figured it would talk nice to the Ezra-T as well. Win98 loads up fine, all versions of cpu-z die hard, but Crystal cpuid detects …

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Re: Motion blur or streaking or something else?

Posted on 2018-12-31, 00:02

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by doaks80

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OK so I tried with a third 19" monitor, this time a BENQ...and it has gone away completely! Which is nice.

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Re: Monkey Island 1&2: Roland MT-32 + Sound Blaster support

Posted on 2018-12-31, 00:00

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by doaks80

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Use this link: http://web.archive.org/web/20180101205256/http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35820 The patch for MI2 is on the first post. Three patches for different MI1 releases are on page 2 of the thread. Awesome thanks :) Although I have started playing with the ultimate talkie edition …

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Re: Motion blur or streaking or something else?

Posted on 2018-12-30, 19:36

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by doaks80

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Baoran wrote: Model of the lcd? What resolution? Acer AL1913. Native 1280x1024. HL set to 1280x960 (highest mode), default OpenGL driver. It happens in all other resolutions as well down to 640x480.

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Re: Motion blur or streaking or something else?

Posted on 2018-12-30, 19:34

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by doaks80

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You sure it's not the screen filter feature that comes standard with all 3dfx hardware? Here's an extreme example Don't think so. Here is a video...I'll leave up for 24hr. The best way is to focus on one of the red bars, and as it moves across the screen, e.g. from left to right, notice the red …

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Motion blur or streaking or something else?

Posted on 2018-12-30, 10:46

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by doaks80

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I have been playing HL Blue Shift on a Voodoo5 (factory settings) and 19" LCD and have noticed something strange. Basically the overall environment is very grey, but with certain red color aspects, such as the railing next to walk ways. What I notice is that anything red leaves very noticeable …

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Re: Are Audigy failures common?

Posted on 2018-12-30, 06:15

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by doaks80

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Ive only seen one dead sound card in my life, and that was because it rusted out in humid conditions.

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

Posted on 2018-12-30, 04:22

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by doaks80

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Finished my third PC build this holidays ... this one the Voodoo5/A3D2 build. - voodoo5 5500 AGP - diamond monster sound 2 with SPDIF bracket - asus a7v333 - athlon XP 3000+ - 512MB ddr333 - 500gb seagate hdd via ide/sata adapter and in a hot swap bay I have to say...performance at 1280x1024 is …

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Re: Yamaha MU2000EX

Posted on 2018-12-29, 09:56

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by doaks80

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SpeedySPCFan wrote: That's why I linked the service manual, it has a detailed guide on how to disassemble the shell. Hopefully it works. hopefully Thanks I'll that a look. It's in English which is nice...unlike the users manual 😒

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Diamond MX300 driver madness and a solution

Posted on 2018-12-29, 09:43

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by doaks80

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So I finished my long planned voodoo5/vortex2 build today. By far and away the biggest pain was the Diamond Monster II MX300. I am obviously not the first person to encounter this, but I thought the solution might be of interest, it might save you the 4 hours it took me. First the problem. - I have …

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Re: Yamaha MU2000EX

Posted on 2018-12-28, 04:16

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by doaks80

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Half tempted to crack my MU1000 open to see where the battery is and what Yamaha did with it... EDIT: In my on-going effort to break less things of mine, I've decided that opening this thing up terrifies me and that I probably shouldn't do it. The good news is that it uses the same shell as the …

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Re: Monkey Island 1&2: Roland MT-32 + Sound Blaster support

Posted on 2018-12-28, 03:45

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by doaks80

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jt5Nz8VTTIR-1R8_pOS9zOX41aZJ3c-0/view?usp=drivesdk Temporary offsite link. I just tried MI2 with the above using dosbox and an external CM32L and I hear midi out of one set of speakers and sound effects out of the other. Nice work! Edit: is there a version of this …

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Re: Yamaha MU2000EX

Posted on 2018-12-28, 02:13

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by doaks80

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holaplaneta wrote: So yeah, it has a battery. My question is: Should I wait until the "Battery Low!" alert appears on my unit or should I replace it. I don't want to risk a leak. Do I need it at all if all I want to use it for is gaming purposes? Did you ever get this sorted? I am wondering the …

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