Re: Best Sound Cards each year of the 90's

Posted on 2017-04-16, 10:19

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As they came out close together, there are no games supporting the Sound Blaster Pro that don't also support the Sound Blaster 16, AFAIK. The MPU bugs were one of the company's failings, although never catastrophic. The AWE cards also had direct support in some games outside of Win95, but again …

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Re: Best Sound Cards each year of the 90's

Posted on 2017-04-16, 08:49

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The best sound card for each year will always be very subjective. Different people value different things and everyone has a different ear.

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Re: Dark Sun music

Posted on 2017-04-16, 05:44

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HunterZ wrote: Yes, that's the one, and you're totally pulling my leg here Yeah I concur, the wind gust does NOT play on my old MT-32 + 486 🙁 https://youtu.be/DgUgULx1Pr8

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Re: Best Sound Cards each year of the 90's

Posted on 2017-04-16, 03:55

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I'll throw a few out there. 1989 - Roland LAPC-I 1992 - Creative Sound Blaster Pro II 1994 - Gravis Ultrasound Max 1996 - Creative Awe 64 Gold

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2017-04-15, 16:15

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Re: Dark Sun music

Posted on 2017-04-15, 15:44

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Do you have an "old" (phono plugs only) or "new" MT-32 (headphone jack)? Anyone have any idea why I might not be hearing the wind gust on my MT-32 (old)? As far as I can tell, the game doesn't use sysex, and the CM-32 has a wind sound in its rhythm section (#105) but the MT-32 does not. I didn't …

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Re: Dark Sun music

Posted on 2017-04-15, 15:42

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First of all, the General MIDI music sounds like crap on my SC-88 - even in SC-55 mode. It's like they did a lazy job of trying to remap the MT-32 instruments to General MIDI or something. It sounds horrible on my real Roland SC-55 - I believe the game music was originally composed on the Roland MT …

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Re: =My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz=

Posted on 2017-04-15, 14:02

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I decommissioned the Am5x86 CPU @ 160 MHz in the UM8810P-AIO board because it lumbered to do any kind of multitasking while playing an mp3 in Windows 95C. I didn't like how it struggled to drag an open window around the desktop with an mp3 playing in the background while the Cyrix 5x86 133 and 83MHz …

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Re: Dark Sun music

Posted on 2017-04-15, 13:15

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I'm pretty sure your talking about Dark Sun: Shattered Lands and not Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager? What a fantastic sound track with a midi device. Ive always preferred the Roland MT-32 for this game and I hear the wind gust sound at the beginning on original hardware. (486/SB/MT32)

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2016-06-14, 06:16

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Still going strong with no upgrade in sight... 20% OC with the basic Gigabyte G1.SNIPER.5 BIOS settings. CASE: Corsair Obsidian 900D OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit CPU: Intel Core i7 4700K @ 3.5GHz RAM: 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (11-11-11-28) MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte G1.SNIPER.5 GRAPHICS: 3GB …

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Re: New 486 build - Full size tower - JPG heavy.

Posted on 2016-06-09, 01:47

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I have been enjoying Ultima VII Serpent Isle a lot on this system! Its such a great game to combine with a Roland MT-32 midi module and a Creative Sound Blaster Pro 2. The ambient midi music and sound effects are the best! I have become accustomed to the 486DX2-66MHz scrolling speed and I think its …

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Re: Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap - HD Remake

Posted on 2016-06-03, 11:13

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The original was so much fun on Sega Master System!

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Re: New 486 build - Full size tower - JPG heavy.

Posted on 2016-06-01, 20:05

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I benchmarked a few video cards in this system. The Diamond Stealth came out on top but has some compatibility issues with Black Gate/Serpent Isle so it's not an option for me. I've got about 5 more Western Digital and Cirrus Logic VLB cards to test but they are a bit fiddly to get working with the …

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Re: New 486 build - Full size tower - JPG heavy.

Posted on 2016-06-01, 19:43

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That Intel DX2 board has write-back cache. Do any of your boards support write-back L1 cache? DX2 chips with write-through cache were more common. None of the older boards have a WB/WT setting in the BIOS or jumper. The Asaki board does have the jumper. I notice that your case has a tape drive. …

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Re: New 486 build - Full size tower - JPG heavy.

Posted on 2016-06-01, 19:41

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Your rig looks really cool and nice case! One piece of advice on the #8 motherboard: If you decide to store it, remove the coin cell battery, those might also start leaking even though I only saw this happen once or twice. Good point, cheers. I'll go through and remove all my coin batteries from …

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Re: New 486 build - Full size tower - JPG heavy.

Posted on 2016-05-31, 10:48

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Here's some benchmark results: http://i.imgur.com/dZpBjMJ.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/rAH3yWE.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/kf9tgCS.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/RojzmUK.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/NGoLoeP.jpg?2 http://i.imgur.com/VivhbU6.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/SnCGRGg.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/YJdVbEn.jpg?1 …

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Re: New 486 build - Full size tower - JPG heavy.

Posted on 2016-05-31, 10:38

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http://i.imgur.com/ZSxcWIX.jpg?1 Heres where I'm currently at: ◙ Intel 486DX2-66MHz WB Enhanced. ◙ 256K 15ns cache ◙ 16 MB Fast Page RAM ◙ VLB Tekram DC-680C Controller card (16MB DRAM) ◙ VLB ET4000/W32 VLB video card (1MB) ◙ Generic UMC Controller card ◙ Roland MPU-IPC-T ◙ Creative Sound Blaster …

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Re: New 486 build - Full size tower - JPG heavy.

Posted on 2016-05-31, 10:29

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The forex, UMC, and the SIS are the best possible VLB motherboards you have there.. PCchips on 7 is just junk on my opinion..(everything is fake on that board) The Asaki board is the best one if you want to have that voltage regulator for 3.45volt and 3.3 volt processors. The first 3 boards seems …

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=My 486DX2-66MHz=

Posted on 2016-05-31, 08:18

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I purchased a full tower on eBay recently. The seller did a horrible job packing and it was delivered in a large box with a thin layer of bubble wrap. I opened the case to find the CPU hanging and a few of the pins bent, external battery smashed and a large chip out of the case - it could have been …

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Re: MIDI Devices 101

Posted on 2016-05-30, 10:25

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Your in for a treat if you haven't played games with a Roland MIDI device before! A Roland external midi module is a must, but what games are you / do you want to play? You often cant mix and match. Games that are Roland Sound Canvas/General midi based often sound HORRIBLE on a Roland MT-32 and vice …

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