Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-07-02, 10:19

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by Boohyaka

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Happy Birthday Vogons! There's no other place like this one, what an amazing collection of information and resources! I noticed I was often better off making searches with "site:vogons.org" than letting search engines do their job 😁 I'll also be 40 next month...damned

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-06-30, 11:08

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by Boohyaka

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That channel got a new subscriber, quality content!

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Re: The moment you were hooked

Posted on 2022-06-27, 13:45

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by Boohyaka

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I was 5 years old in 1987 when my dad purchased an IBM XT at work. They were replacing their computers and selling older ones to employees. I was instantly fascinated and hooked, and it never stopped and pushed me towards a career in IT. The best memory was the day my dad brought home a sound …

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Re: PS/2 to AT DIN-5 keyboard adapters

Posted on 2022-06-27, 12:42

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by Boohyaka

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interesting, thanks Roger Pierre :) I will make some tests to try and see if that's indeed a contact issue? That would mean I've been pretty (un)lucky on the perceived consistency of the issue, which I definitely don't rule out. Any suggestion for better quality adapters? Also at some point I may …

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Re: PS/2 to AT DIN-5 keyboard adapters

Posted on 2022-06-27, 06:24

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by Boohyaka

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Sure, they both work fine with a true AT keyboard. I'm using an old PS/2 generic keyboard, and tried another HP PS/2 keyboard I had lying around, no difference. The PS/2 keyboards behind the adapters receive some power as the num lock etc.. light on and off on key press. But the BIOS gets stuck at " …

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PS/2 to AT DIN-5 keyboard adapters

Posted on 2022-06-26, 20:44

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by Boohyaka

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I have mixed results with PS/2 to AT keyboard adapters, mainly: - 2 older 486 VLB motherboards are not happy with them and give a BIOS Keyboard error on boot and just won't work (tried several adapters and keyboard combos) - later SS7/Slot1 motherboards have no problem with same adapters and PS/2 …

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Re: GUS Classic and AWE32 daisy chain order

Posted on 2022-06-26, 20:29

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by Boohyaka

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heh, i love external mixers and I'm happy to give them the room they deserve, but that's actually pretty cool and would look great behind a custom proper 5.25" enclosure 😀

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-06-25, 20:13

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by Boohyaka

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Congrats about the public release guys! Looking forward to testing it 😁

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Re: Help identify unknown motherboard

Posted on 2022-06-05, 14:47

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by Boohyaka

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It took some time but here's a dump of that motherboard I just removed from storage. This is the version from my original post, nothing changed.

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Re: Advice on motherboard recap

Posted on 2022-05-31, 15:41

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by Boohyaka

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Allright, confirmed working. Cool beans 😀

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Re: Advice on motherboard recap

Posted on 2022-05-31, 15:33

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by Boohyaka

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OK thank you for the advice so far. I will just get to it, it's a good skill to have in that hobby and I'll have to start somewhere :) I mean, I bought it already, I won't throw it away! I guess I'll quickly try to turn it on up to BIOS then just to validate basic function, before getting to the …

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Advice on motherboard recap

Posted on 2022-05-31, 14:41

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by Boohyaka

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Hey there, Looks like I got my first patient in need of a recap on my hands and I finally need to get to it. Received this Shuttle HOT-597 motherboard off eBay, sold as "tested working". It was immediately obvious most if not all of these bigger green caps were bulging: WhatsApp Image 2022-05-31 at …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2022-05-28, 22:00

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by Boohyaka

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Very cool! I've been meaning to write something for years to provide another perspective. He said in it that brightness and focus are an issue, but calibration can fortunately address both. The monitor's 2.3 gamma calibrates to <1 dE with a D65 white point and a 100-nit luminance at 100 IRE. It …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2022-05-28, 21:14

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by Boohyaka

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Rearranged my room. Now on the left place to work on modern laptop or a place with TFT screen connected to three PC's using a KVM switch - 486 Compaq, P1 Digital and a pII/400 by Dell. On the right side - place for three computers with CRT screens - now Amiga 3000, 286/20 with early 90's VGA and a …

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Re: In need of HDD replacement for NAS, what do you recommend?

Posted on 2022-05-27, 12:48

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by Boohyaka

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Don't overthink it - most brands are pretty similar and you will hear both success and horror stories for every single brand, it's all anecdotal experience at this point. You can read www.backblaze.com for some statistics if you want. You should still try to get specific NAS drives (compared to ' …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-25, 14:20

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by Boohyaka

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I hate both, not many seem to agree, that's cool, to each their own. That's the point, you hate something you don't even know. It's not because you didn't like a shitty implementation of that chip that you won't like this one? You're not even giving it a chance to show what it can do when properly …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-25, 09:47

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by Boohyaka

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what about giving a chance to people that have proven they know what they are doing, making a proper card with proper audio grade components, before judging stuff as "shit" because it was used on cheap hardware? "it sounded like shit on shitty hardware". Uhhhh well, you don't say?

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-05-21, 22:04

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by Boohyaka

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Hoooooooly moley my mind is blown! JimWest, can't believe after buying a computer off you and discussing your surround module project, I'll see your name again behind such an awesome thing today? This is bloody fantastic! You guys are fucking legends keeping the dream alive. Shut up and take my …

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Re: Booting from a Sil3114

Posted on 2022-05-14, 14:43

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by Boohyaka

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Same experience. I had nothing but trouble with a Sil3112 and ended up buying a Promise SATA150 and everything has been so easy and stable.

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-08, 20:10

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by Boohyaka

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in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks for the info and keep rocking! 😀

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