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

Posted on 2015-01-26, 05:46

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I gave up on this GUS PnP last year. It just stopped working. Occasional it would produce garbled sound but most of the time either lock up the machine or not make any sound at all. Could still install the driver but no luck. So I tucked it away hoping it would "fix itself". Tried again today, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-24, 05:17

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Picked up a Roland MT-120. More about it here: What retro activity did you get up to today?

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

Posted on 2015-01-23, 20:17

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Today I tested out a recently acquired Roland MT-120. It's basically a Sound Canvas SC-50 with a built in disk drive for sequencing. It has the same polyphony (28), parts (16), and drum sets (9) as a SC-55mkII, but it's has less tone samples than a SC-55mkII (226 vs. 354). It's also been stripped of …

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

Posted on 2015-01-23, 20:04

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Retrobright treatment on the control knobs of a Packard Bell (EGA??) monitor I just bought locally. Having got this and another EGA monitor yesterday as well, I tested them out with some of my Tandy 1000 systems...it was an opportunity to run them for a bit as they have been sitting collecting dust …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-23, 01:30

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bought a SB AWE32 CT3900 today! I had a SB32, always wanted the full blown AWE32 even though the difference is minimal. This guy was listed for 77 bucks + shipping. I made him a lowball offer twice for 20 and 22 dollars or so, he refused. Waited a week and offered him 35 and he accepted! ha! …

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Re: Most Sought After Retro Hardware?

Posted on 2015-01-22, 03:22

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vmunix wrote: leileilol wrote: DEC x86 workstations? Absolutely, Venturis, Prioris, Rainbow100, Decmate. I personally have a brand new Dec3000/300LX, although it's Alpha and will run only tru64 or VMS. Don't these also run Windows NT 4.0?

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Re: Most Sought After Retro Hardware?

Posted on 2015-01-21, 19:26

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I wonder how hard it would be to pick up some of the older retro gaming hardware 5 years from now? The landscape seems to change and shift every few years. It's hard to judge. A few years ago, nobody cared at all P-III's (except for maybe the Tualatin's that still had some useful life) and, to a …

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2015-01-21, 19:15

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by QBiN

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If memory serves me, I had a Dual PII-300 system: Dual Klamath PII-300's Tyan S1682D (Tahoe2-ATX) Motherboard I think I had 128MB of EDO RAM No clue what HDD I had. ATAPI CD-ROM, but can't remember which. ATI Xpert@Play PCI video w/ ATI TV Wonder add-on ISA board (for watching basic analog cable) SB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-21, 19:01

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I already had one of these boards (1MB cache version), but got this to get a spare and was surprised to find out it was one of the rare 2MB versions... Score! Are they rare? Hmmm.... I would so much rather having an Gigabyte GA-5AX Rev. 5.x board instead. On the other hand. I have a P-III system …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-21, 06:13

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Maybe I'm wrong and forgot something but the 50 MHz FSB (P75 (1.5x50) and P100 (2x50)) wasn't supported on my FIC PA-2013... Unfortunately can't retest this, the MB is long ago dead (the layer cracked when I connected an IDE cable). Nope. You are correct. I spoke too soon. On second glance, the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-21, 02:08

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Word of warning, don't use the Agp slot on that fic PA-2013 board. Unless its a very low power card like a GF2 MX. AGP Voodoo3 ruined one of the boards I owned, voltage regulators are not up to agp spec. I've had an original Radeon 64 SDRAM in mine for several years without issue. Not sure where …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-21, 01:31

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Just picked up a FIC PA-2013 Super Socket 7 Motherboard (2MB cache version). Nice thing about this board is that it's an ATX form factor. So you can go from a K6-III+ all the way down to a Pentium-75 without having to worry about finding an AT case or a PS/2 pin header to slot adapter or any of that …

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Re: Most Sought After Retro Hardware?

Posted on 2015-01-20, 17:53

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Looks like the consensus is... Anything roland and/or any rare sound card or video card.

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Roland Integra-7

Posted on 2015-01-20, 13:13

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Anyone play with one of these? Hint... it's not an old synth. It's Roland's current flagship synth. http://youtu.be/zt5Kh3p556Y There's part of me that really wants to hear this thing re-mapped to play some old school General MIDI games on it.

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Most Sought After Retro Hardware?

Posted on 2015-01-19, 15:33

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Watching the various eBay postings and what not... It struck me to think about the single category of most sought after hardware. I have my own idea, but I wanted to solicit the opinions of the larger Vogons crowd. So I'll pose the question openly... What do you guys think is the single most sought …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-07, 05:24

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Today i received a brand new in the box iiyama 17 inch crt monitor.. Vision master 1403 LS704U Iiyama's were/are great CRT's. I had a VisionMaster Pro 17" with the Mitsubishi Diamondtron tube in it. Eventually it just got crowded out (along with the rest of my CRT's) in my man cave and was replaced …

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

Posted on 2014-12-18, 02:12

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Sounds like a lot of time. I simply copy things I need from system to system with a LapLink cable and INTERLNK/SVR or FastLynx. :) I am debating whether I should get an OEM Pentium 3 so I can play WarCraft III. I really liked playing that game back in 2004. :lol: MS-DOS LAN Manager Client works …

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Re: 3D accelerated games list (non 3dfx/D3D/OGL)

Posted on 2011-10-03, 21:28

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by QBiN

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There was also an Activision futuristic roller-derby game called HyperBlade for ATI 3D Rage as well.

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Re: 3D accelerated games list (non 3dfx/D3D/OGL)

Posted on 2011-10-03, 21:26

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I can vouch for the MechWarrior 2, ATI Rage version.

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Re: Anyone live near Dallas need some good/rare parts?

Posted on 2011-09-28, 22:51

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So much anger. Clearly touching a nerve. Good luck to you as well.

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