Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-16, 19:10

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by TechieDude

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alvaro84 wrote on 2020-12-15, 18:53: I met a Volkswagen Golf, frontally. All I had was a bicycle. Holy shit, dude. Get well soon, and I hope your bike didn't get too badly damaged either...

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 23:39

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by TechieDude

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You can continue to mince words all you want. The Service Packs for XP contained Windows Updates and the Windows Activation components. No kernel patches. Vista had a complete kernel rewrite in SP2. First of all, you start accusing me of 'mincing words', whatever that means. Second, complete kernel …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 21:07

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by TechieDude

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It took two Service Packs to fix all the issues with Vista. I wouldn't be blaming the hardware, especially if you had much more than the minimal requirements to use it. Service Pack 1 brought in some kernel fixes to resolve the memory usage/disk paging problems that plagued Vista. SP2 added further …

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Re: *nix software and systems

Posted on 2020-12-10, 21:05

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by TechieDude

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2020-12-10, 17:35: [https://www.linux-distros.com/mandrake-9-0/ Definitely bookmarking that site.

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Re: *nix software and systems

Posted on 2020-12-10, 14:42

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by TechieDude

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The system throws out a message about sound not being supported by the kernel. I don't know if that's true or not, but it was worth asking about. Generally, it's easier to get help for whatever issue you're having if you mention the hardware and OS upfront. Older Linux can be a bit flakey with …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 14:25

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by TechieDude

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As much as I prefer mostly *nix OSes, I have to disagree, ME and Vista weren't really that bad, especially the latter was crippled by shitty drivers and old hardware that was released in the early 00's. Basically, manufacturers went out of their way to provide the absolute minimum, and didn't make …

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Re: *nix software and systems

Posted on 2020-12-05, 16:06

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by TechieDude

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RetroLizard wrote on 2020-12-05, 16:03: I'm mainly trying to get sound to work. What hardware are you using?

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-03, 00:42

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by TechieDude

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Perhaps you mean DIGPAK (The Audio Solution)? Although I believe there are quite a few more modular driver standards that DOS games supported and for which WSS drivers were available. Yep, seems to be it. I don't really know which games actually support WSS, or can be patched/modded/hacked to …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-12-02, 22:55

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by TechieDude

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I bumped into the RMC video as well - I've been looking for a SB16 compatible card with OPL3 and clean noise. I'm very interested in this card BUT I can't seem to find any solid info on how compatible it is. I recall Phil's Computer Lab raving about how good Audician 32 was but when I tried it, I …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-11-30, 12:47

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by TechieDude

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In other news, I went totally Office Space on my old Brother Printer. I bought brand new toner for it, only for something in the paper path to screw up. I wasn't having a good day to start with, and truth be told smashing that 100lb monster on my basement floor felt AMAZING. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-11-30, 12:28

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by TechieDude

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I bought this desk recently - late 90's / early naughties era I'm guessing. Not great quality but solid enough and in very nice condition. I replaced the sun yellowed brown trim and re-laminated the edge of the keyboard tray. I also added some reinforcement under the desktop to better handle a CRT …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-11-22, 18:23

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by TechieDude

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I kinda took a break from computers and messed with some old Hi-Fi equipment instead. I already had some old machines for a year from a neighbour who wanted to get rid of his stuff, but I never got around to repair them until now. It was actually quite fun to tinker with them for a change, and quite …

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Re: SB LIVE! SB0100 refuses to install VXD drivers in 98SE

Posted on 2020-11-17, 23:38

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by TechieDude

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Well I tried every PCI slot on my mobo with no luck, same problem with Audigy1. Tried an Audigy2 ZS and it works flawlessly. (both other sound cards worked elsewhere). Well, not everything works for everyone. Maybe all of the slots shared IRQs with other devices, but now that's really just a shot …

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Re: Can i live with a PentiumIII and a sound blaster 16?

Posted on 2020-11-17, 23:36

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by TechieDude

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i not like midi, i prefer other type of sound if available. I not need a "all around card" for dos i already have sbpro2, sb2, sb16. I only need (if i understand correctly) and ISA card with wss support... so which model you suggest? the one with winXP driver and good sound quality. tnks In this …

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Re: Can i live with a PentiumIII and a sound blaster 16?

Posted on 2020-11-17, 22:53

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by TechieDude

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Why exactly do you need hardware MIDI capabilities under Windows XP? Are there even XP drivers for the AWE? A system like this can use a software MIDI solution that can leave the (even in hardware terms mediocre) AWE MIDI in the dust. Things like the one in the Yamaha drivers for YMF-719, or indeed …

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Re: SB LIVE! SB0100 refuses to install VXD drivers in 98SE

Posted on 2020-11-17, 22:11

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by TechieDude

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No it's not that, Creative did not the implement the PCI protocol properly and it causes problems with at least some of the Apollo Pro 133 chipsets. From what I gather, the part of the PCI protocol that Creative botched was sharing IRQs, which didn't occur to me on two different boards: SOYO SY- …

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Re: Can i live with a PentiumIII and a sound blaster 16?

Posted on 2020-11-17, 21:40

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by TechieDude

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In terms of raw sound, yes. In terms of hardware MIDI capabilities, it's the AWE32/64.

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Re: Can i live with a PentiumIII and a sound blaster 16?

Posted on 2020-11-17, 18:39

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by TechieDude

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AlessandroB wrote on 2020-11-17, 16:43: it is an SBC installed in a only ISA backplain Now I want to see it even more 😀

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Re: SB LIVE! SB0100 refuses to install VXD drivers in 98SE

Posted on 2020-11-17, 17:05

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by TechieDude

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Oh that makes sense. I currently use the SB0100 in a "late win98" PC (think P4 3ghz etc) with WDM drivers, and playing 2000+ games (e.g. bf1942) and it sounds and works fine. If I was building a "early win98/win95" machine (e.g. 95'-99 games), I would certainly use a card that worked with VXD …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-11-17, 15:30

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by TechieDude

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Today I learned that my 430HX board has no problems seeing and using drives that are over 8GB, so long and you don't use the board to format it. When formatting, it just can't see over 8GB for whatever reason. You might be able to find a patched BIOS for your board with full support for larger HDDs …

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