Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-19, 12:08

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this has been a good month so far ^^ hardware35_10.jpg CT3980 SB AWE 32 hardware35_11.jpg Spea V7-Mercury P64V with ram upgrade module hardware35_12.jpg Teac FD-505 3.5"/5.25" dual floppy drive LMSI CM205 complete with CM250 controller and cables hardware35_13.jpg Plextor PX-83CS caddy drive Yamaha …

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Re: Counterfeit 287 FPUs on Ebay

Posted on 2020-01-18, 22:59

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10ns sram does exist according to datasheets of other types ^^ the fastest I have is 12ns, and the datasheet for IS61C1024 also states 12ns as the fastest variant so I'd assume they're fake.

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2020-01-18, 15:26

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I've seen on a lot of websites that if custom fonts with symbols can't be displayed it will actually display the button caption (I guess this has also something to do with machine readability for accessibility?) ... so instead of there being a box with the character code it would actually show "log …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-18, 01:41

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that's the spirit ^^

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Re: Is ebay the best place to get hardware?

Posted on 2020-01-17, 00:24

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On the plus side, eBay has HUGELY consumer sided rules. As a buyer it's hard to get screwed over on eBay without a full refund or a replacement unit. yeah about that... at least in europe I have noticed that less and less people are offering paypal lately, apparently there has been some change that …

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Re: Is ebay the best place to get hardware?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 20:15

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the best? probably not. but ebay is the easiest way to get old hardware where I'm from at least, local classifieds are pretty scarce, and dumpster diving is impossible.

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Re: Is this a suitable replacement adapter for MT-32/Sound Canvas devices?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 17:58

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yeah, if only they weren't deciding the voltage requirement completely at random ^^ it ranges from 9V for the Roland ones to 12V and 15V for Yamaha. though it's not even always clear cut that the advertised voltage requirement is actually the one needed, for example the Yamaha TG100 says 15V but is …

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Re: Is this a suitable replacement adapter for MT-32/Sound Canvas devices?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 15:26

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this is of interest to me too ^^, because I wanted to build one big universal power supply for my midi tower so I don't have a dozen power bricks to deal with, and I haven't decided yet if I want to go multiple tranformers or using a switch mode supply with DC-DC converters for the appropriate …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-16, 13:40

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ah that reminds me of the time when I repaired a broken trace on the foil of my cherry rubberdome with a piece of a paperclip and some tape, the keyboard still works to this day ^^ I guess someone needed the cable to repair another keyboard ^^

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Re: Is this a suitable replacement adapter for MT-32/Sound Canvas devices?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 13:04

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Polarity and voltage are right. SC-55 states a power requirement of 500mA on the back so it will do. MT-32 states 650mA so this PSU is probably undersized. What's wrong with using a switching PSU on your Roland devices btw? My experience is that they cause a lot of noise and crackling.. don't the …

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Re: Best video card/cpu combo to play Blood (1997) in 800x600

Posted on 2020-01-16, 10:43

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though to be honest back in the day anything around 30fps was probably considered "smooth" already ^^

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-16, 01:40

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Nice...didnt notice that one ;-) thank you, yeah it was a pretty fresh one with buy it now option... I just quickly checked what cards those were exactly and the fact that 10 other people or so were already watching it and that there were some other generic cards in there I could always use just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-15, 17:15

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took my chances at a big lot again mainly just for these two: hardware35_09.jpg Terratec Profimedia with OPL3 including the Terratec WaveSystem SCW001/2 board and a pretty generic BTC 1817D W with Opti 82C931 and I guess the "W" is the designation for the wavetable parts actually being populated. I …

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Re: Options by IBM ISA soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-15, 14:30

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well it has a genuine OPL, so it's probably decent enough.

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Re: Options by IBM ISA soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-15, 14:20

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it looks similar to the IPC Media Magic ISP-16... maybe the card was just an OEM variant built specifically for IBM

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-14, 23:01

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that is beautiful, I want one D: pretty sure it is single speed I also bought some nice CD-ROM units recently, but I haven't gotten all of them yet.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-01-14, 22:55

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I am doing that, unfortunately they make other parts of the site unusable (i.e. disabling custom fonts making the UI unintelligible) I planned on doing a full custom CSS for the site some time, especially to seperate content from the background again, but I didn't have the time yet, nor do I even …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-01-14, 22:43

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well you can doubt it, but it is true. the only reason I am complaining so much about this is because it is an issue that I care very much about, and when a retro site like this does it, it hurts even more. I want to preserve the pixel-perfect sharp look whenever possible because it simply looks so …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-01-14, 22:19

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@imi: Windows emojis are ok, it's your weird system settings what makes them look like that. Same situation as with your fonts. You've disabled antialiasing & cleartype and you are complaining that things look wrong. Well, YOU made them look wrong, simple as that :) because antialiasing of fonts …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-14, 22:10

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these also arrived today, I went motherboard shopping ^^ hardware35_06.jpg Abit AB-AX5 and Abit AB-BH6 hardware35_07.jpg Asus TX97-LE and Asus P5A-B hardware35_08.jpg FIC VA-502 and Chaintech 6VTA3 with YMF740C these are a lot nicer than the boards that I usually get from scrap lots, and weren't …

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