Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-02-08, 13:36

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by RetroBoogie

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Congrats on the launch everyone! Took my eyes off this for a little bit and missed the first wave, but signed up for the second. Thanks to all of you for doing things like this for the scene.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-07-22, 21:52

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Wow guys, this is really awesome. Hats off to all involved - think I'm already wishing the order link was up.

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 18:44

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Are new funders/donaters able to contribute and get in on this to help the project move along? Am I reading the state of things correctly?

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2019-03-05, 18:36

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INTEREST IN 1 CARD DECLARED. Ready to pay when you get things sorted out (if you haven't already). Thanks for such an amazing project Tiido!!!

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Re: sb32 cdrom support

Posted on 2018-12-10, 22:34

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There's a big difference between "officially supported" and "working". I strongly suspect any ATAPI drive will work, they just haven't tested more than this at Creative. I have a CT3670 SB32 here, but don't have the right drivers to get its CD support working and no time tonight to figure out how. …

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Re: Testing MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 MPU401 Hanging Notes

Posted on 2018-12-01, 22:36

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by RetroBoogie

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I tried using my SC55 under DOS as MIDI with DOOM and DOOM2, and hanging notes were really obvious. Caused me to put a separate MPU401 interface in my system. Try some DOS games.

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Re: Any specific AGP cards I should keep (lower end) ?

Posted on 2018-11-20, 05:16

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So you're not keeping anything like extra S3 Virge or TNT? Might convince me to do the same. I'm looking at a medium container full of working cards that I've tested and benchmarked. Though about putting them up for sale so other collector's can have a shot at them, rather than scrap them.

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Re: Geforce 4 Ti 4200 Performance drop over time?

Posted on 2018-11-10, 04:46

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watson wrote: I prefer not to use older drivers that cheat to make results comparable with other (usually newer) cards from both Nvidia and ATI. I read somewhere recently after researching this myself that the vogons-lauded 43.45s are safe to use.

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Re: Where to draw the line between video card generations?

Posted on 2018-11-10, 04:39

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It always grabs my eye when people target 2000 or so with hardware and software but then want to run them at modern resolutions. In a good way or bad way? I've found that sub-native resolutions (since I no longer use CRTs) and frame rates are no longer pleasing to my aging eyes. That, coupled with …

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Re: 2009 build - Win 7 or XP?

Posted on 2018-11-10, 02:58

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2 things I consider for XP vs 7: hardware-accelerated audio (XP) and directx 10 or higher (7). Research what you want to use (ie. which games use EAX, directx above 9, etc). If you're happy with Alchemy or just don't care, then go 7. edit: 100 posts, woohoo! Only took 3 1/2 years!

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Re: Half-Life 1280x1024 in D3D

Posted on 2018-11-10, 00:44

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RetroBoogie asked what kind of FPS I'm getting in OpenGL. Here are my bedroom HTPC's specs: WinXP Pro SP3 ABIT KV85 (rev 2.0) (Socket 754) Athlon 64 3700+ ClawHammer @ 2.4Ghz with 1mb L2 Cache 2gb (2x1gb) PC3200 RAM (Single Channel, running at 166mhz) GeForce 7300 GT DDR2 (Drivers v197.45) Audigy 2 …

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Re: UM8881chipset cacheable memory question

Posted on 2018-11-04, 22:02

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Assuming your RAM all shows up and your cache is good, all I can think of is that some boards set the cache mode when configuring CPU jumpers. Don't know which one it may be, so make sure to check those. Also, are your cache jumpers set to 256kb on your board?

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Re: 3dfx hardware experts, I need some Voodoo2/3 capacitor ratings confirmed..

Posted on 2018-11-01, 23:38

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Don't know if it matters, but regarding the voodoo 3 - do you mean pci or agp? I may be able to look at mine and help you out. EDIT: Just read your other thread. Let us know how it goes.

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-10-15, 14:25

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Always nice to hear satisfied users, thanks for the feedback! What you describe sounds like an irq conflict with the serial port indeed, glad you solved it so easily. A word of caution about ctmouse, depending on your system's ps2 implementation there is a chance that you will need 1.9.1 or 2.04a , …

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Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-10-15, 04:23

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Hey Keropi, I finally got around to testing that card you sent me a month ago. I'm listening to peons chop wood in the background with glorious MIDI music (Warcraft 1). Haven't tried MT-32 yet but don't foresee any issues. Thanks for such a great product! I had an issue initially where the card …

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Re: Windows 98SE - Driver Issues

Posted on 2018-10-12, 00:47

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If I remember correctly, 81.98 is horrible for Win98. Try 56.64 or 61.76. Trying to uninstall 81.98 should result in a BSOD, so try a fresh install with a different driver after you load the chipset drivers. https://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_archive.html

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Re: Dead Asus P4P800-E from ebay, let's see if I can revive it

Posted on 2018-10-05, 19:39

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I'm sure you'll fix it. I just revived a P4C800 Deluxe that kept giving me memory codes on POST. Thus will be my first foray into P4 builds, as I was an Athlon guy back then. Is that all you do to check for a bad fet by checking continuity? Guess it makes sense for any component with resistance.

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Re: Anyone here got a KT7A-RAID motherboard?

Posted on 2018-10-02, 01:14

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OP you have a v1.3. I have two recapped KT7As: a non-RAID v1.3 and a RAID v1.0. The v1.3 non-RAID, with modded BIOS, reads and accepts XP CPUs without wire mods. My v1.0 RAID, with modded BIOS, needs wire mods to run XP CPUs. I chose between an Athlon 2400+ @ 2.0GHz (15@133) and a Barton 3000+ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-27, 23:40

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Got this odd item in the mail today. Can't wait to test it out! hey hey! good to see another card reach their new home :blush: Yup! Bought another MIDI cable today so I can hook up the MT-32 and SC-55 simultaneously. Need to find another use for my MIDI breakout gameport cable now. Thanks keropi!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-27, 21:33

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Errius wrote: The video card alone is worth more than that. Voodoo 3 AGPs are going for over $80 now? I need to unload.

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