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Strange Roland SCC-1

Posted on 2022-11-06, 06:37

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have a SCC-1 lying here that seems to have a production fault. All capacitors, which should be polarized 10uF/16V types according to the schematic, are equipped with bipolar 10uF/16V types (yellow). But the two positions where bipolar capacitors with 10uF/16V should be, are equipped with polarized …

Re: Socket-8 Gaming Build

Posted on 2022-10-16, 20:38

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

No, the chipset can use the one parity bit for error correction (ECC). And this one additional bit is also sufficient for this. The BIOS must have implemented a sufficient support for it. With the Intel Socket 7 chipsets only the 430HX could do it. On the Socket 8 / Slot1 chipsets, most of them …

Re: Socket-8 Gaming Build

Posted on 2022-10-13, 16:25

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

The PII overdrive is already a fancy thing. I would like to note that your system will ultimately be a FSB66 PII without AGP - yes, the PII Overdrive has an L2 cache with full CPU clock (like PII Xeon) in contrast to the Slot PII. This is almost common then, a Pentium II. A PPro system is rather …

Re: Socket-8 Gaming Build

Posted on 2022-10-02, 22:21

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yes, you are right - my mistake

Re: Socket-8 Gaming Build

Posted on 2022-10-02, 22:00

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Your SCSI drive is 2-3 times faster (compare the numbers, not the lines) than your IDE drive. And it is limited by UW SCSI bus.

Re: Best DOS / ISA sound cards for clean, low-noise audio output?

Posted on 2022-09-30, 18:01

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

For ISA the high class Terratec Cards have a very clean output just like the most Turtle Beach cards. Some recommondations for soundcards with very clean analoge output (ISA Cards only): Terratec : Maestro 16/96 / Maestro 32/96 / EWS64 S/L/XL/XXL Turtle Beach : Tropez (Plus) / Malibu / Tahiti / Fiji …

Re: New GPU advice for Windows 98SE build

Posted on 2022-09-26, 15:43

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Your V3 3000 fits very well with your CPU and Win98. Any newer Game, that your machine cannot serve, would run with WinXP and you have a lot of other good and cheap hardware options. If you want to max out your mainboard under Win98, I would recommend to upgrade your CPU to a 1400/512 Tualatin and …

Re: Which way to go - a dilemma

Posted on 2022-09-10, 20:28

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

For WinXP i have a S939 Athlon FX-60 with GF9800GT SLI, plays all Win2k and WinXP compatible Games from UT99 to L4D and COD 1…5 with full graphics features incl. AA/AF in FullHD.

Re: Which way to go - a dilemma

Posted on 2022-09-09, 21:52

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Build what you enjoy. Usually the journey is the destination. There is no right answer for you. You have all the components and think about it. Sooner or later you will build them all and more ... Technically, the fastest WinXP system possible for you would be most logical in addition to your K6-2. …

Re: The Graphics card of the year 1997

Posted on 2022-09-08, 19:20

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I would still throw a high-quality S3 968 PCI into the ring: ELSA Winner 2000 Pro/X, Miro 40SV or Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3200. With external DAC (220/250 MHz) and 4MB or 8MB VRAM, they deliver high refresh rates with excellent image quality. The DOS compatibility and speed is flawless and under …

Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-06, 10:55

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

The GeForce 2 is a very good card for DX7 and earlier in combination with 3DNow! and suitable drivers (12.x or lower), and partly faster than some DX8 successors. It also does not put much load on the AGP, which actually makes it an ideal partner for SS7. The good benchmark results are also …

Re: My Retro Struggle

Posted on 2022-09-04, 06:13

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Termination is mandatory for SCSI to function reliably. Starting from U160 (68pol) a termination at the cable end was usual with SCSI. These cables and terminators are I downward compatible. If you run the drives on this cable, it is perfect.

Re: My Retro Struggle

Posted on 2022-09-03, 23:04

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

In my experience the 15k drives (NOS) are more quiet than old 7.2k drives. But it can be, that the frequencies over 15k are out of the possibilities of my ears 😉 Do you have a termination at the end of the cable now?

Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-03, 06:29

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

The question is what you want to achieve. If you want to stay period correct, then you can take a Matrox G400 (MAX) or a TNT2/GF256/GF2 or a Radeon and maybe combine it with a V2 (SLI could be difficult for Baby-AT, because of space). 3DFx has the best 3DNow! drivers, but you don't want a V3 for …

Re: When retro becomes retro?

Posted on 2022-08-30, 10:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Retro for me are systems and components that are no longer manufactured and are worth repairing or rebuilt in the community. They allow an experience (including bugs, problems and typical compatibility chalanges) that is not possible on current hardware without emulation. I love the 90s from 386 to …

Re: My Retro Struggle

Posted on 2022-08-28, 12:59

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

You need an adapter that terminates the upper 8Bit of the wide bus correctly (Picture 1 +2). Mostly it works without, but without termination there are refexions on the data lines, which some drives can handle and others not. Most SCA adapters (Picture 3) have no termination. The SCA drives have no …

Re: My Retro Struggle

Posted on 2022-08-28, 05:47

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Your story is typical for the systems of that time (apart from SCSI). Plug in and run came much later with Windows XP. For the early 90s, it's always good to have a replacement to try. In the end, the journey is often the destination of the adventure. I also like your choice of components: 486 DX2/ …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-22, 12:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oh, so YOU are Retrospector then, nice to meet you! This specimen is still working fine, interestingly enough LOL EDIT: I just checked your video and your drive is a ProDrive ELS mine is a ProDrive LPS. LPS seems to be an older model than the ELS, yet a faster model with more cache. ELS apparently …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-22, 11:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The ProDrive Series was fast back in the days. BUT: the internal rubber buffers have undergone a metamorphosis to chewing gum over the last 30 years, making the Disk-Drive unusable without major and risky intervention. I had three of them and any model had the same behavior/issue. https://www. …

Re: Looking for a (retroish) laptop model

Posted on 2022-08-16, 06:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Favorite is an IBM T42 2373 with Pentium M, 15“ 4:3 IPS Panel 1600x1200 and Radeon 9600. - native and clear 800x600 Gaming - Drivers for Win9x and Win2k - fast enough for anything until 2004 up to 2006 with some cutbacks

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