Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2021-04-01, 08:01

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Jo22 wrote on 2021-04-01, 07:48: Good news! I've found a tiny CD-ROM driver that is smaller than Vide, can be loaded high and is from Microsoft! 🙂 Edit: Also worth a try is cat.com, the quickest mice driver in the world. It would be good news for all of us if you could share said driver 😉

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Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2021-03-25, 09:12

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I don't really have any more spare parts. I've sold and given away a lot of parts before I moved to my new house. I don't really see myself as a collector and do not care about getting all variants of some type of tech. I only buy stuff I think I can actually use for one of my retro systems.

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Re: Did you create maps for games?

Posted on 2021-03-25, 06:57

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I've made a lot of Warcraft 2 maps and tracks in Stunts. Also Dune 2 maps when a custom editor came out. I don't really consider those 'mapping' , since you're mostly only arranging prefabs. When it comes to making stuff from scratch: I've made a lot of Doom maps, but most of my time has gone to …

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Re: How is Simon the Sorcerer supposed to sound like on a Roland MT-32?

Posted on 2021-03-17, 11:10

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This is my recording: https://youtu.be/n_7-4D0urW8 Yours seems to be a little more 'flat' if that is the right term. Mine was recorded on an MT100, which is a new revision MT32. I've got an old revision MT32 too, but it's in storage atm, so I can't compare it. Maybe it's the reverb as suggested …

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Re: X86Launcher - A DOS Launcher - No Typing!

Posted on 2021-03-07, 10:28

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Looks very cool! Appreciate it that it also runs on XT class systems. Going to try this once I get all my systems out of storage.

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Re: Sound card without i/o bracket, how do you fit in?

Posted on 2021-03-06, 16:06

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It's possible to slot it in without the bracket, but the entire weight of the card would rest of the pins (if it hangs like in a vertical case). I've made my own brackets into the past by cutting into them with a multi tool. If you're used to handling tools it's not a very tricky job. Holes for the …

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Re: Universe as a flare

Posted on 2021-03-05, 18:34

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That's an interesting theory! Wonder how long it will take before that star has been fully consumed.

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Re: Should I buy a MT-32 'old' today?

Posted on 2021-03-04, 10:20

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Wow, I wasn't aware of this! It means that on my current setup, I can also daisy chain my SC55 and Roland UM-ON adapter , right? In theory, yes. Connect the gameport midi out from your AWE64 to the MIDI IN of your SC55. Then connect a midi cable from the SC55s MIDI THRU to the Roland UM-ON. The …

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Re: Should I buy a MT-32 'old' today?

Posted on 2021-03-03, 17:35

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Wow, I wasn't aware of this! It means that on my current setup, I can also daisy chain my SC55 and Roland UM-ON adapter , right? In theory, yes. Connect the gameport midi out from your AWE64 to the MIDI IN of your SC55. Then connect a midi cable from the SC55s MIDI THRU to the Roland UM-ON. The …

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Re: Should I buy a MT-32 'old' today?

Posted on 2021-03-03, 16:34

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A Pentium 3 with an MT-32 seems like a mismatch to me. An early 90s system would be a lot better. I haven't used my MT-32 a lot, since there arent that many titles (and even less that I like to play) for it. However, I'm really into the aesthetic of the machine. Having it sit on my desk with its …

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Re: Dude, you're getting a Dell

Posted on 2021-03-02, 21:11

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Lol. Lots of funny posts. I drank a lot of beer last night. No Trans Am appeared. I passed out on the couch. I actually threw up when I tried to eat breakfast. Then I got a speech from my Dell about how I'm a bad father, I'm disgustingly fat, and things can't go on like this. And what can I say? …

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Re: Watercooled Athlon XP in Fractal Design Core 1000

Posted on 2021-02-22, 07:38

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The reflection of that retro mobile phone really ties the whole system together! 😁

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Re: What made you join VOGONS?

Posted on 2021-02-21, 12:28

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I've always been into retro games and hardware but I've only recently joined the forums. I think it's because I miss forum communities. I've been a member, moderator and admin on very active forums over the last 20 years but all of them have died out. People have moved on to Discord and Twitch, …

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Re: Pentium on a 386 motherboard ( sort of)

Posted on 2021-02-20, 20:06

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Quite an achievement! Very cool 😀

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Re: My 1999 (re)Build

Posted on 2021-02-18, 19:53

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I really dig those photo's! Very artsy 😀

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Re: My Asus P5A SS7 K6 3+ watercooled Project - Midi DOS6.22 / Win98SE

Posted on 2021-02-14, 19:56

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matze79 wrote on 2021-02-14, 18:44: What’s the gain of cooling a K6 with water ? Well... because it's possible, obviously. 😉

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-02-14, 07:56

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Dune surely is a rare blend of RTS and adventure, but I really enjoy it. Must have finished that game a dozen times by now. It's also the most advanced game a 8088 can still run (with very reasonable speed!l) so I love to set up my old turbo XT for it. Getting the CD version with better graphics and …

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Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P

Posted on 2021-02-11, 14:25

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Revived a fun thread! I'm pretty content with my collection currently. It has every type of PC of the period I'm interesting in: 8086, 8088, 486dx4, Pentium 1 and Pentium 2. What I'm missing mostly is space to put them all. I currently can only set one system up at a time and whenever I want to do …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:51

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Really good work there! They're a bit outside my price range and I'm already using an AWE 64 Gold, so I'm good. But I'm looking forward to see the review videos from those who are ordering one 😀

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Re: Restoring a Packard Bell Retro machine to original condition

Posted on 2021-02-05, 19:09

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Try hooking up the HDD to an IDE controller card. It might deal with the HDD type a little better. Alternatively you could try some overlay software like OnTrack disc manager.

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