Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-14, 11:07

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by Baleog

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I just received this sound card. I was the only bidder so it cost only about the price of a beer. Cant say I was aware of this model before but it is a Guillemot Maxi Studio ISIS. If it was released today im sure they would have chosen another name. There are a couple of other owners here on Vogons …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-05, 07:39

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by Baleog

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Just got this in the mail today. Had the opportunity to get it dirt cheap in "non-working" condition, and after reading the specs online it seems like it should have about the same playback capabilities as an SC-55? I figured it would be worth fixing. Turns out, the period-correct looking, Japan- …

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Re: Mixed PCs - Midi racks - Micros and more

Posted on 2023-02-01, 18:20

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by Baleog

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Btw. Your beige box top right looks really nice, specs? That was started me back down this rabbit whole of playing around with old hardware. You can read about it and also see how clueless I was at the beginning here. (last post has the current specs) https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t= …

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Re: Mixed PCs - Midi racks - Micros and more

Posted on 2023-01-31, 21:34

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by Baleog

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I like the setup, Nice and tidy. I get not wanting to put your hobby on display but I kind of outgrew that option but kept the somewhat rack option. https://i.postimg.cc/Pxd0dnLw/Rack.jpg I was surprised at which guests that come over and are genuinely interested and ones that just don't get it who …

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Re: Mixed PCs - Midi racks - Micros and more

Posted on 2023-01-30, 16:32

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At some point i was thinking of similar layout for stacking hardware under the desk. Is it comfortable to you to work with the knobs while on the chair ? For gaming and just experimenting I think it works fine. I have the most components I use the most in arms reach. The midi router routes the …

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Re: Mixed PCs - Midi racks - Micros and more

Posted on 2023-01-29, 11:56

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Nice! I love the look of that Fujistsu system - these black setups weren't common back in the day when beige was everywhere :thumbup: Nice midi rack too. Curious as to why you're looking for an M-GS64 and not an SC-880 for example? Exactly, and it has the added benefit of not yellowing. Regarding …

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Re: Mixed PCs - Midi racks - Micros and more

Posted on 2023-01-29, 07:05

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The Indiana was my first PC back in 96. A mighty 486DX4 and played so much C&C on it. I am looking everywhere for another one here in the UK but sadly no luck, though I have found a PCTV that I will be picking up soon so my search has not been a complete waste. This is the only one I have seen on …

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Mixed PCs - Midi racks - Micros and more

Posted on 2023-01-28, 12:11

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by Baleog

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This is a picture of my main retro PC in its original form. The chassis is a Fujitsu ICL Indiana. Originally it had a Pentium 75 or 90, but because of the Dallas clock battery (and some other reason that I now can't remember) I exchanged the motherboard and PSU for a Fujitsu Ergopro E-series. They …

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

Posted on 2023-01-28, 08:56

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by Baleog

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These pages explain it pretty well... https://soundprogramming.net/synthesizers/roland/roland-cm-32p/ https://soundprogramming.net/synthesizers/roland/roland-u-110/ The CM64 is a combination of a CM-32L (LA Synthesis like the MT-32) and the CM-32P (PCM synthesis). Think of the PCM synth as early …

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

Posted on 2023-01-28, 08:12

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by Baleog

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Fixed this Roland CM-64 today. It was only outputting sound on one channel. Took it apart and didn't see anything immediately obviously wrong. I cleaned the audio connectors with some DeoxIT and reflowed the solder joints on them for good measure. That appears to have done the trick as it now is …

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Re: SD vs CF Stability in 2023

Posted on 2023-01-28, 08:02

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by Baleog

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The only problem i have experienced was when using a cheapo CF > SD adapter in my Pentium 1 Fujitsu PC. On startup i was greeted with a constant beeping and if I dont remember things wrong something happened in the bios which forced me to reset it to default settings. An easy workaround was to use …

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Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2023-01-28, 07:53

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I tried several times to play Half-Life 1 but found it so painfully boring that I couldn't ever play it for more than a half hour to an hour at most. I found HL2 equally boring, but played it further because of the novelty of the graphics. But I quickly got bored of that game as well. I never found …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-27, 20:19

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I think the AST fastram is worth reserving for early 286 systems if you get one, they maybe don't have SIMM or SIPP and only enough sockets for 1MB on board. edit: Oh crap nevermind, it's the AST specific one with the extra edge connector, missed that first glance, went in an AST Premium 386 or …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-27, 18:24

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Proprietary to some system, yes. All three cards must had came out of this computer. Need the propietary backplane or ideally rest of this computer, I consider this waste of money. But if you are using the parts from these cards, sure. You need LCC CPU 286 (missing) like this: https://en.wikipedia. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-27, 15:38

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I got two packets today. The first was a batch of ISA(?)-cards. I usually try to avoid buying stuff that I don't have an immediate need for (to avoid hoarding) but the price was so low that I was scared a scrapper would buy it - that's my excuse anyway. cards.jpg It's a network card (DCA), ram card …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-01, 17:46

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by Baleog

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Shponglefan wrote on 2022-11-25, 14:10: Got another Roland thing, this time an SCC-1. Wow! I really hope i find one someday. Have you tried it yet?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-17, 17:03

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by Baleog

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Yesterday i picked up a couple of items from a music store chain for a decent price. The SC-55 has ROM-version V1.21 which supposedly is good for gaming. I already have one with version 1.1 so it's going to be fun to compare them. The sound brush was what i honestly was more interested in. When the …

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

Posted on 2022-11-04, 17:36

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I recapped one of the floppy drives for the IBM PS/2 Model 80 i picked a couple of months ago. Both a Mitsubishi and an ALPS drive came with the machine, but the Mitsubishi was first up for service. These machines will not boot without first being configured with an reference disk. Anyway I changed …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-20, 09:53

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by Baleog

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I finally got hold of a ZX Spectrum in really good condition. It even has the original plastic protection on the keyboard. I may be peeling that off. It however doesn't have the original outer box. I'm usually not so fussed about original packaging but in this case i may consider reproducing it.

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Re: Manual needed Fujitsu/ICL Indiana

Posted on 2022-10-02, 09:04

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by Baleog

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HA! At last! But that thing is crazy. Anyways many thanks. :) I have a stack of fujitsu ergopro e which have a very similar case (so much in fact that i could just switch the motherboard and PSU between one of them and my Indiana for a small upgrade). Im sure the brackets are the same, and i guess …

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