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Re: I want to record FM musics, how?

Posted on 2008-11-04, 00:50

in PC Emulation
Hmm, sound like a tough job... If you're going for the best possible signal quality, I'd recommend recording the OPL2/3 output digitally. This is possible with the Soundblaster AWE line of cards, which feature an onboard SP/DIF output connector (it is only advertised with the SB AWE64 Gold, but most …

Re: SiS 496/497 revisions

Posted on 2008-10-26, 21:44

Just found this old usenet thread : This board comes in five slightly different varieties, corresponding to different revisions of the SIS chipset used: A4, B2, B3, B4, and B5. The A4 chipset supports IDE up to PIO mode 2. All later chipsets support PIO mode 3 and (in later revisions) above, though …

Re: My K7 "Retro Rocket"

Posted on 2008-10-26, 14:21

The multiplier issue can only be solved by cutting bridges on the CPU or joining pins on the CPU socket. Boards based on the KT133A usually only support 4 bits of the multiplier setting, so I don't think the situation will be different on the Abit KT7A. The wrong voltage for the XP-M CPU and the FSB …

Re: My K7 "Retro Rocket"

Posted on 2008-10-20, 13:39

Calm down guys, didn't you notice the smiley at the end of prophase_j's post? And in my opinion he is right about the VIA KT133A, it wasn't a bad chipset at all, and the Epox KTA3(+(Pro)) was one of the best boards available at the time.

Re: Base Specs for Specific Uses?

Posted on 2008-10-17, 16:27

Cirrus Logic GD542x ISA cards also are fast, compatible, cheap and easy to obtain. Just stay away from the infamous Trident and OAK cards. So, I looked up the et4000s. Is there a specific version fo that chipset I should look for? Is the w32i the one I should be looking for on a card? The more …

Re: My IBM PC 330

Posted on 2008-10-17, 01:17

Just to clear up the Socket 7 confusion: Socket 5 was the one that didn't support split-voltage for MMX CPUs. Socket 7 always works with MMX processors (at least in theory, apparently there are some crap mainboards without the split-voltage feature). Super Socket 7 is exactly the same, only with FSB …

Re: 286 Total Conversion

Posted on 2008-10-17, 01:01

At the bottom there are two possibilities to connect cables; I would guess that the 16pin-male-connector on the right (14 pins connected) is for some kind of VGA-D-sub cable. From the front it looks like that: x + + + + + + + + + + + + x + + (x = not connected) I think you're right, because the …

Re: 286 Total Conversion

Posted on 2008-10-15, 17:18

Sweet! :happyhappy: I like the concept of using a passive ISA plane and switching the CPU board when needed. This seems to be the ideal solution for retro gamers without much space for their machines. Nice work! Of course I thought about changing the battery, but I discovered that it was somehow …

Re: 486 Motherboard

Posted on 2008-09-10, 16:58

6. Does anyone know, where I can find a manual for this board? elhvb.com has set up a mirror of the currently defunct MOBOKIVE Archive : A manual for your board can be found here: Classic-PCI-ED_4317.pdf 1. Are the LPT and COM headers standardized? Will cables from other motherboards fit them? Nope …

Re: 486 Motherboard

Posted on 2008-09-06, 18:05

I like the asus pvi-486sp3. A good all-round board with nice features (pci, isa, ps/2, vl bus, sis chipset supporting wb caching) and stability. Agreed. And don't forget the nice layout (CPU socket doesn't get in the way of the expansion slots), flash BIOS (with updates available from Asus), and …

Re: 486 Motherboard

Posted on 2008-09-04, 01:36

Is the VLB slot important? If you don't already have a VLB video card or plan to use one in your system, consider it optional. It's easy to find ISA/VLB mainboards, but they usually come with several drawbacks: Most of them don't support 3.3V CPUs and hardly one comes with onboard (E)IDE and I/O …

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