Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-19, 09:11

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by Oetker

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I just received SO-DIMM 2MB SGRAM expansion for my Dell Optiplex GXa. I paid 6 euros from electromyne Germany. I installed the memory into slot and it worked out of the box - 4 MB total of memory. Now the graphic card can do 1600x1200 at 16bit or 1024x768 at 32 bit. The problem is, the card output …

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Re: Copying files off old 486 laptop without IDE-USB

Posted on 2021-02-18, 17:03

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by Oetker

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A PCMCIA Ethernet adapter could work, setting up file sharing isn't that easy though, especially in DOS. Easiest might be to run an FTP server on your OSX machine and use a DOS ftp client.

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Re: Need help with MPU401 standard mystery.

Posted on 2021-02-18, 16:55

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Those dedicated cards support intelligent mode, which is relevant for some games in conjunction with the MT-32 (I don't think it matters for GM modules). SoftMPU can emulate intelligent mode on many sound cards. The crappiness of the SB16/AWE midi output (hanging notes, stutters) is a Creative- …

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Re: Microstar MS6156 Ver 1.0 Bx7 Slot1 Motherboard - the fastest PIII this will support?

Posted on 2021-02-18, 11:48

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It's an Intel 440/BX. Yes, I may just take the chance. You're right, they're not much money, and part of the fun will be seeing if it will be recognised. That's what I love about Slot 1, the versatility - anything speed sensitive, I'll just plug in the PII. I'll update this thread once I have the …

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Re: Microstar MS6156 Ver 1.0 Bx7 Slot1 Motherboard - the fastest PIII this will support?

Posted on 2021-02-18, 11:29

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Do you know which chipset the board uses? Chances are it'll work, but sometimes in situations like this the BIOS will refuse to boot. I don think those are very expensive processors so it might be best just to try? At least you don't have any risk of blowing the new CPU up as they're both 2v parts. …

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Re: Is it possiblet to run the Last Express with an 8-bit Sound Blaster?

Posted on 2021-02-17, 08:34

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Concerning 8-bit cards, what about games which use 8-bit and 16-bit cards? Do they use 8-bit and 16-bit samples, or do they use 8-bit samples for both cards, or do they use 16-bit samples for both cards (with some trick on 8-bit cards)? There are games that use 8 bit samples on 16 bit cards, such …

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Re: What did I buy? Dual linked S3 Virge/FX cards?

Posted on 2021-02-15, 16:40

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Looks interesting, but could you post pictures of the pcb's from straight above, closeups of the large chips, markings, stickers, etc. Unless someone's seen these cards before and knows exactly what they are, those pictures won't do much good. Do the card(s) get detected if you plug them in?

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Re: Blood on a Voodoo2

Posted on 2021-02-14, 16:47

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Mvickers03 wrote on 2021-02-14, 16:40: This thread is very old. And the OP was last active in 2005, I'm sure he'll be right around to answer your question.

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Re: Finding a PCI card that fits

Posted on 2021-02-14, 13:57

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I realize that my original post can be kind of confusing. Below is a photo of the PCI slots. I've also added a photo of the PCI slots with the Radeon 7000 sitting on top... as you can see, the PCI interface on the card is set too far back for this mobo. By looking at the photos, can you tell what …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 & AWE: From best to worst

Posted on 2021-02-13, 16:14

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zoinknoise wrote on 2021-02-13, 05:31: Day of the Tentacle gave me bizarre, completely wrong FM music. Jill of the Jungle does not even recognize the card at all. (i did not test with JILLUPD, to be fair) MIght be issues with the genuine OPL3 and your system speed, slowing down the system might …

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Re: Just got a Roland SC-155 and I have some questions

Posted on 2021-02-10, 13:16

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I made a couple of recordings to showcase the buzzing issue. Both files were recorded with the SC-155 powered on and directly connected to the Line In of an X-Fi Titanium. Nothing in between. Recording #1 - SC-155 volume knob exactly at half. Faint buzzing/ticking noise present, mostly on the left …

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Re: How to upgrade your (really) old computer to SSD

Posted on 2021-02-06, 15:56

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I'm using a cheap 128GB M.2 SATA SSD (easy to find) in an M.2 to SATA enclosure, with a SATA->IDE adapter plugged in the back. My SFF desktop PC doesn't have space for an adapter that plugs into the motherboard. An adapter you plug into the drive doesn't need an extra power connector either. There's …

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Re: Inherited Pentium 75 questions

Posted on 2021-02-01, 22:58

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Can you connect the HD at the same time, and boot from it and then use fdisk and format the CF card? If that works, try if you can access it after imaging it but still booting from the HD. The other posters could be right about it still being a size issue but I would take smaller steps than …

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Re: Inherited Pentium 75 questions

Posted on 2021-02-01, 21:40

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Did you write the HD image to the flash card, you don't mention that step and going from an 1GB disk to an 1.9GB partition suggests you haven't? Did you install DOS on the CF card?

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Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards

Posted on 2021-02-01, 19:28

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Tiido wrote on 2021-02-01, 16:17: The original SAM9733 boards have the exact same problems, so it isn't a Yucatan issue. If I understand correctly this couldn't be solved in hardware right, as the digital signal is already clipped before it goes into the DAC?

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Re: What is the best DOS gamer setup for Orpheus w/ Dreamblaster X2 ?

Posted on 2021-02-01, 15:29

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no single system plays "all" DOS games well, unless you want to tinker a lot with CPU settings for different games, AMD K6 mobile and Via C3 with SetMul are pretty good for that. also the question "what operating system do you need" for a "DOS gamer setup" is kind of redundant no? anything up to …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-27, 12:45

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I don't think there's any actual way to fix the problem because DXT1 isn't paletted and STY_Masked (and the "Masked" surface flag in Texture) only functions properly with paletted textures where index 0 pixels in the texture is what not to draw of that texture. Unreal doesn't have a concept of 1- …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-22, 14:39

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I believe that's just a bug in the S3TC textures. The only other reference that I've found which seems to describe my problem comes from the author of the updated renderers for Unreal/Unreal Tournament and was under the heading Known non-issues : Black boxes around skybox hills when playing UT with …

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Re: Wavetable socket on the motherboard

Posted on 2021-01-21, 16:34

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Does MIDI sound different on the MPU device of the machine that doesn't have the chip? It could be that Windows uses the chip but the Windows DOS box does use the game port. If there's pure DOS tools for these chips, maybe with those you can set where port 330 is routed? I believe that in general …

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Re: What was considered the best gaming keyboard in the early 2000's

Posted on 2021-01-20, 18:44

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From what I remember there really weren't gaming keyboards, the hot thing was to have media keys on your keyboard. As for mechanical keyboards, there wasn't much either. You had Unicomp, Cherry, Das Keyboard was around pretty early and I think Happy Hacking too. At the time I was using an old Model …

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