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Re: Startech “ PS/2 to USB Keyboard and Mouse Adapter”

Posted on 2022-09-18, 23:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's also the USB4VC which you can DYI or you could buy assembled. https://github.com/dekuNukem/USB4VC/ It's set up for a full Raspberry Pi, though I believe an old original will work, so you don't need an in short supply 3/4s. It gives you PS2/AT/XT keyboard, PS2/Serial mouse, and DB15 Joystick. …

Re: Trying to build a DOS gaming system, and I'm having a hard time with sound. Can I get some advice?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 17:38

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Why are the clones considered the gold standard? Are the original MPU-401 or variants just not desirable for some reason other than being too expensive? Original Rolands are very expensive and don't functionally offer anything extra for gaming for that price premium. The argument is that the gold …

Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 14:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow, a 233mhz p1. I have a 200mhz p1 and thought that was pretty much the end of the line, since 233mhz is p2 territory. Is there any difference between them, form factors aside? 200 was the end of the line for the original P54CS Pentiums. The 233 is the P55C which are the Pentiums with MMX. Form …

Re: What is the current state of VGA/DOS -> DVI/HDMI/LCD scaling?

Posted on 2022-09-16, 04:05

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

There are inexpensive VGA->HDMI some people have luck with. But I haven't gotten them to work. I bit the bullet and got an OSSC which works great. However; the OSSC wouldn't be outputting 1440p. With a 240p signal you can get a 3x scale to 720p, but higher resolutions will max out at 2x. There is an …

Re: Getting a HD to work for Win95 on a Pentium 75

Posted on 2022-09-10, 13:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ya, it's likely a limitation of that BIOS, you aren't able to partition and format the card in the laptop with Win95 media? I haven't done it, but don't some people use a network card with an XT IDE bios chip to override limited HDD support on old BIOSes? But functionally Win95 will run on a P75, …

Re: Getting a HD to work for Win95 on a Pentium 75

Posted on 2022-09-08, 11:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Try partitioning and formatting the card on a modern PC and get DOS booting on it. Just the system files so you can boot, you don't need a full installation. Then copy the Win95 installation files to a directory on the CF card. You can boot off the CF into DOS and then launch the Win95 installer. …

Re: Widescreen (16:10) for Windows XP?

Posted on 2022-09-05, 19:05

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

My first widescreen display was a 1920x1200 16:10, and they seemed to be much more common back in the later half of XP's life. I don't feel that it was until everyone moved to flat TVs that 16:9 basically took over. For the most part, a 1080p display is fine for XP, but if you really want to go …

Re: any original Xbox hacking around these parts?

Posted on 2022-09-05, 12:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It will be difficult replicating if you are going with a 440BX, but don't forget about the Xbox's awesome SoundStorm audio. Nvidia later put this into their chipsets at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundStorm

Re: easiest way to record tv shows

Posted on 2022-08-27, 18:28

in Milliways

in Milliways

As you figured out yourself, most RCA jacks on a TV are inputs. Some TV may have a monitor port on the back, as well as a separate audio output to allow connection to an external sound system. But that said, the TV is somehow getting that signal. Rather than connecting the device to the TV connect …

Re: Serial port PCI card on Windows 95

Posted on 2022-08-26, 17:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Congrats on getting it working. If the software is that critical, it might make sense to test it out in a Win95/98 VM running on a more modern system. Most VM software I've used lets you redirect serial ports to physical host ports. Then you can have easy backups, and can quickly more to new …

Re: Kickstarter idea: Fully functional, IBM-licensed, miniature Personal Computer.

Posted on 2022-08-23, 21:14

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Someone did a non-functional one that displays a slideshow when powered. It's a 1/10 scale which seems about what you are going for. https://miniatua.com/work/ibm5150anniversary/

Re: Buildings a WIN98 SE Machine

Posted on 2022-08-22, 21:23

in Windows

in Windows

I'm not entirely sure, but I think a Pentium III PC would be nice in general. 20GB ATA HDD, Geforce 2MX (AGP 2x/4x), maybe? Our family PC was a Pentium III in 2000 and shipped with 98SE. Pentium II/III make great Win98 machines. The only issue is the pricing has gone up where motherboards fetch $75 …

Re: Buildings a WIN98 SE Machine

Posted on 2022-08-19, 11:46

in Windows

in Windows

Welcome, do you have a list of a few of the games are you interested in? Computing back then was going through very quick changes where GPUs doubled in performance in only nine months in some cases. There sadly is no one build this and everything will work. Some games of that era were speed …

Re: Finally have a DOS sound setup that seems to cover just about all the bases, and actually works!

Posted on 2022-08-18, 19:52

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

What io,irq, dma do your use for each card. I assume you change the set blaster variable on the fly in dos depending on what card to use before running a game. FYI, you can reconfigure PnP cards on the fly with Unisound. I have this same setup with an SB16 Vibra, and YMF718. I also have a McCake on …

Re: Sound Card with EAX 5

Posted on 2022-08-14, 17:50

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The PCI/PCI-e versions of the Extreme Audio are the only thing branded as X-Fis that don't have an EMU20K1 series processor. They just are pretty much rebadged Audigies. As mentioned by The Serpent Rider, the 3rd party Auzentech and Onkyo are the top tier. But they are pretty price now. Stick with …

Re: crt tube substitution (not really)

Posted on 2022-08-14, 14:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You may be interested in the Open Source CRT Chassis project. While chassis causes me to think about the case, I guess it's the driver board. This project lets you take good CRT tubes and replace the guts to do whatever style of input you want. https://www.retrorgb.com/interview-with-open-source-crt …

Re: A good windows xp creative sound card on the cheap?

Posted on 2022-08-12, 01:07

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The X-Fi cards can do everything the Audigy cards can do, but one major difference is that the X-Fi cards have a much better resampling engine that allows 44Khz audio to sound much better than Audigys and older. They did release on the tail end of XP's life. But they support Hardware accelerated …

Re: A good windows xp creative sound card on the cheap?

Posted on 2022-08-11, 20:55

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The Sound Blaster X-Fi which supports EAX 5.0 HD is the top for XP IMO. I see listing that start at $15-20.

Re: Which 3dfx Voodoo for a PI MMX?

Posted on 2022-08-06, 12:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What are your goals with the system? Personally, my P233MMX system is mostly for DOS, and the Voodoo 1 I have in it has full compatibility with the DOS Voodoo games. I could squeeze a little more performance with a Voodoo 2, but for later DOS and 9X games I have an A64 system and I'm using Glide …

Re: SB 16 for Windows 95 / DOS?

Posted on 2022-07-30, 14:48

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

One thing this article omits is how often does the bug happen. Is it rare? Is it common? Does it happen every time when playing particular MIDI passage? Is it possible to just live with it? I remember the hanging note bug occasionally happening on AWE64, which is supposedly bug-free according to …

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