Re: I want to record FM musics, how?

Posted on 2008-12-15, 00:45

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Just a few corrections on the "Recording FM sound digitally from an AWE card" topic... The last time I used the AWE SP/DIF output was several years ago. When I re-connected the digital output today in order to record some samples, I ran into some issues I had forgotten about: On AWE64 cards the SP/ …

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Re: socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-11, 01:59

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Anonymous Coward wrote: What is that benchmarking program you use on your 5x86 system will all of the nifty graphs? System Speed Test (a.k.a Speedsys) v4.78 Attached below.

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Re: Back to AWE32 from AWE64?

Posted on 2008-12-10, 20:09

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Somebody got CQM/OPL recordings for comparison? Otherwise I'll create some tomorrow...

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Re: Voltage variations

Posted on 2008-12-10, 20:03

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If you got that reading from the mainboard sensors, forget about it.

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Re: MSI MS5169 socket 7 ATX motherboard - should I get one?!

Posted on 2008-12-05, 14:29

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According to this page you'll need a revision newer than 2.1 to be able to run the latest and greatest Super-Socket7 CPUs (e.g.: K6-3+), but older chips (Pentium, K6-2) will run just fine.

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Re: Junk

Posted on 2008-12-05, 13:48

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Sorry, but does this board have any cool features that I might have missed in your descriptions? It seems to me that it is a real PITA to work with, why are you putting up with it?

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Re: Speed wise, what CPU "sits in between" a 486DX4 and the slowest Pentium II?

Posted on 2008-12-05, 13:38

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Now I'm going to suggest the obvious: Why not take a fast K6 (preferably one with internal L2 cache, like the K6-III or the K6+ versions)? These CPUs have open multipliers, so you can set them to any speed in their range, which starts about 100-166 MHz and ends about 400-500 MHz (depending on board …

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?

Posted on 2008-12-04, 19:04

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I'd try out the 486AP4 any day, but I'd never pay 80$ for it.

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Re: Old Pentium motherboard recommendation

Posted on 2008-12-04, 18:53

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The Asus P55T2P4 (rev. 3.x) is legendary. Make sure you get the TAG RAM as well, otherwise the board will only cache 64 MB RAM.

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Re: My oldschool rigs (updated again)

Posted on 2008-12-04, 09:00

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How the heck could you get so high results with your i486 DX4 3+40mhz FSB setting? My Cx 5x86 should beat the crap out of it? :cool: Please let me know your "secret" BIOS settings :happyhappy: No secrets, I'm afraid. The PCPBench seems to use the FPU, so non-Intel 486 CPUs are disadvantaged. I once …

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Re: I want to record FM musics, how?

Posted on 2008-12-03, 00:53

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Interesting, have you tried this yourself? Yes. Worked on all AWE cards I ever owned. I own an SB32 and I tried making an SPDIF cable. However, the OPL chip is hooked up directly to two DACs which are then hooked up to the amplifier bits. The OPL output doesn't go near the EMU chip at all and so I …

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Re: I just had a peculiar thought! Windows 3.x!

Posted on 2008-12-01, 09:45

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WfW 3.11 is running on my 486 - mostly used for quick access to my fileserver. It would also be possible to set up the network connections under plain DOS, but Win 3.11 is also nice to have for some games and apps which would be a pain to use under a more modern OS. On most 486 machines Windows 9x …

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Re: Should I get an NEC XR385 daughterboard Clone of yamaha DB60XG for my soundcard?

Posted on 2008-11-19, 01:56

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I'd go for the NEC clone, because the price is reasonable and the seller got good ratings from customers who bought the same DB.

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Re: How important are early Pentiums?

Posted on 2008-11-19, 01:20

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Is there any retro-gaming advantage to a Pentium 66-233Mhz, for specific games, over a 386/486 or a faster PII/III ? It seems to me that for later DOS games, a PII or PIII would be faster (in a good sense) for games that needed it vs an older Pentium. For old DOS games that are speed sensitive, a …

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Re: Yes! Finally. Got a half decent 486 PCI system to work on.

Posted on 2008-11-13, 00:29

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Congratulations, nice find! If you post a picture of the RTC/traces, maybe someone can give tips on how to connect a new battery. I like the plans you have with this system. Keep us updated!

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Re: SoundBlaster Pro 2 - any good?

Posted on 2008-11-12, 18:27

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retro games 100 wrote: (It's not cheap) Agreed, a SB Pro is nice to have, although I wouldn't pay very much for it. The CT1600 model is rather common, it shouldn't be expensive.

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Re: Low power video card

Posted on 2008-11-12, 09:45

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A quick web search lists 20-25 W for the Radeon 7000. A Geforce MX draws 10 - 15 W max. depending on the design, maybe that one'll work. I'm not sure if power consumption of the video card is the real problem here, as the cards only draw maximum power when operating in 3D mode, which is not the case …

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Re: Insane prices..

Posted on 2008-11-10, 18:23

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The prices of old hardware are getting a bit ridiculous these days, I agree. However, I can understand why the system mentioned by Amigaz was selling for so much: It's all about the mainboard. The VL/I-486SV2G looks like a really nice 486 board - it has support for 3.3V CPUs with write-back cache, …

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Re: I want to record FM musics, how?

Posted on 2008-11-07, 20:17

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uhh im a bit confused about digital/analog now. What is the difference beetwen digital and analog right here? I thought I use digital. The difference is how you get the audio signal from the FM chip to your recorded file. The FM chip produces a digital signal, and the WAV file at the end of the …

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Re: Fastest Socket A / 462 mainboard with ISA slot?

Posted on 2008-11-07, 19:28

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There are four models of the 8KTA3 board: EP-8KTA3 EP-8KTA3+ EP-8KTA3 Pro EP-8KTA3+ Pro The "+" indicates that the optional Highpoint ATA-RAID chip is installed, giving you two additional IDE ports (they're easy to spot because they have yellow connectors in the board). The "Pro" revisions come with …

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