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Reply 39420 of 52693, by Salient

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Bancho wrote on 2021-06-09, 21:17:

Added a Yamaha MU50 to the Midi Stack

I see a GMega LX in your MIDI stack. Never seen one of those. I guess the sounds are exactly the same as in the normal GMega?

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Reply 39422 of 52693, by Bancho

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Salient wrote on 2021-06-10, 07:08:
Bancho wrote on 2021-06-09, 21:17:

Added a Yamaha MU50 to the Midi Stack

I see a GMega LX in your MIDI stack. Never seen one of those. I guess the sounds are exactly the same as in the normal GMega?

Its a Kawai KC20 in a half rack module.

I recorded At Dooms Gate which you can listen too here https://youtu.be/Xuw7hbz-1V4

Reply 39424 of 52693, by BitWrangler

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dinth wrote on 2021-06-10, 12:11:

What's going in that? K6 2/3+ ?

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Reply 39425 of 52693, by ltning

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2020-02-24, 16:06:

Bought a MiTAC IH4077H board that needs a lot of things done (battery removal, corrosion removal, trace repairs, and other things) for a fair price.

Any chance you came across BIOS++ for this board? :)

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Reply 39427 of 52693, by pampilhoso

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Manage to get the official modem for the compaq presario cds 5xx series.

Its not an isa card as can you see, it uses a proprietary connector.

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Reply 39428 of 52693, by Caluser2000

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Ydee wrote on 2021-06-10, 11:08:
Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-09, 21:43:

This arrived today. Realtek chipset so absolutely nt problem any old '90s OS. nz$5 plus postage.

But WHAT arrived?

You know I've completely forgotten what it was. Getting old does that to you...Btw it's rude to yell at us old folk.

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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 39429 of 52693, by appiah4

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-10, 18:04:
Ydee wrote on 2021-06-10, 11:08:
Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-06-09, 21:43:

This arrived today. Realtek chipset so absolutely nt problem any old '90s OS. nz$5 plus postage.

But WHAT arrived?

You know I've completely forgotten what it was. Getting old does that to you...Btw it's rude to yell at as old folk.

We are ALL old folk, so deal with it. 🤣

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Reply 39430 of 52693, by Miphee

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A few delightfully average I/O cards, the IDE/SATA adapters could come in handy.
Didn't know firewire was still a thing.

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Reply 39431 of 52693, by BitWrangler

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Firewire is a bit the same as SCSI is for me, I've got like one thing of each interface type, speed and generation and getting them to talk to each other is challenging.

First time I seent a desktop wifi card with internal antenna connectors though.

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Reply 39432 of 52693, by dinth

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-06-10, 13:17:

Apparently PMMX and K5/K6 up to 600MHz, guess its Socket 7 or maybe SS7?

Reply 39433 of 52693, by Miphee

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-06-10, 18:39:

Firewire is a bit the same as SCSI is for me, I've got like one thing of each interface type, speed and generation and getting them to talk to each other is challenging.

First time I seent a desktop wifi card with internal antenna connectors though.

Tried the wifi now and it really needs that antenna, signal strength is crap without it.
I thought firewire got extinct when Intel decided to support the USB standard.

Reply 39434 of 52693, by PcBytes

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dinth wrote on 2021-06-10, 18:54:
BitWrangler wrote on 2021-06-10, 13:17:

Apparently PMMX and K5/K6 up to 600MHz, guess its Socket 7 or maybe SS7?

SS7, chipset points to ALi Aladdin 5.

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Reply 39435 of 52693, by cyclone3d

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Miphee wrote on 2021-06-10, 18:28:

A few delightfully average I/O cards, the IDE/SATA adapters could come in handy.
Didn't know firewire was still a thing.

Edit: why are my photos flipped all the time?

You need to edit your photos and rotate them to be correct. GIMP is good for this if you don't already have another editing program.

A lot of times when I take pics with my phone, the rotation ends up being incorrect by default.

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Reply 39436 of 52693, by Miphee

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-06-10, 19:02:

You need to edit your photos and rotate them to be correct. GIMP is good for this if you don't already have another editing program.

A lot of times when I take pics with my phone, the rotation ends up being incorrect by default.

Thanks for the tip, it works.

Reply 39437 of 52693, by BitWrangler

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Miphee wrote on 2021-06-10, 18:57:
BitWrangler wrote on 2021-06-10, 18:39:

Firewire is a bit the same as SCSI is for me, I've got like one thing of each interface type, speed and generation and getting them to talk to each other is challenging.

First time I seent a desktop wifi card with internal antenna connectors though.

Tried the wifi now and it really needs that antenna, signal strength is crap without it.
I thought firewire got extinct when Intel decided to support the USB standard.

You could find an antenna in a busted up laptop, or some wifi routers are connected like that internally, if they don't have removable antennas, they probably have a "bit of wire" one stuffed up the plastic shell with that end plugged into the board. Later WRT54G/L etc were like that. Also one or two android TV boxes I've been in had an internal "patch" antenna taped inside the case using that connector. Might be worth checking any e-waste with wifi really, since I've also seen it in some early android tablets that used a miniPCI wifi card.

I think Apple kept firewire on life support for a while, for the video professionals market that had it in higher end cameras.

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Reply 39438 of 52693, by yawetaG

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Salient wrote on 2021-06-10, 07:08:
Bancho wrote on 2021-06-09, 21:17:

Added a Yamaha MU50 to the Midi Stack

I see a GMega LX in your MIDI stack. Never seen one of those. I guess the sounds are exactly the same as in the normal GMega?

AFAIK it lacks the GMega's programmability. Basically a preset, headless version.

Reply 39439 of 52693, by janih

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Bought a 3Dlabs Permedia card. My expectations aren't too high but it was cheap and interesting. I guess nobody likes these 😁 Seems to be the same card as presented here: https://vintage3d.org/3dlabs2.php

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