Re: Voodoo 5 problem

Posted on 2010-08-21, 12:38

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by Silent Loon

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the computer won't power up! The fans seem to try to spin and just stop! Which fans? CPU & mobo or the ones of the V5? Do they "try" to spin or start to spin? First: You might get more assistance here: http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/community/en/ Second: …

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Re: creative prodikeys

Posted on 2010-08-10, 22:33

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by Silent Loon

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No reason to be sarcastic Prodikeys is a fantastic product http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqM7bN3Kc7I BTW: open and cleaning it may help

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Re: [Help] 80286 harddisk not detected

Posted on 2010-07-06, 10:34

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by Silent Loon

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Usually one or two of the positions hold no data, that's where you can enter the layout of your disk. If it turns out that the drive is defective you could replace the MFM controller with an IDE-ISA controller and use an IDE to CF card adapter with a CF card of low capacity. That's the way I've done …

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Re: Want to build a Retro rig, need suggestions...

Posted on 2010-07-05, 23:30

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by Silent Loon

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Okay, and here's my advice: The Cheap and Easy: If you have a PIII and mobo for it, just take it. Don't care about via or intel chipsets, just avoid to install a lot of programs you rarely used in 1999 and will never need in 2010. If you still have a Vooddo 3 - just try, together with a p3 500mhz …

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Re: [Help] 80286 harddisk not detected

Posted on 2010-07-05, 08:00

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by Silent Loon

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Did you change the CMOS battery in the last - mmmh - 20 years? If not it may also be possible that the battery is empty and the drives information is no longer available. To check this (unless you've changed the battery before) turn on the machine, enter the BIOS setup and type in the drives …

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro exclusive games

Posted on 2010-06-28, 19:58

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by Silent Loon

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Oh - I know that it is not entirely SBPro compatible. I think this widely known article describes the flaw quite accurately: http://www.crossfire-designs.de/index.php?lang=en&what=articles&name=showarticle.htm&article=soundcards&page=10 There will be problems with some (or maybe most) games. What …

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro exclusive games

Posted on 2010-06-28, 13:33

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by Silent Loon

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Mhmm... seeing the overwhelming feedback I can only presume that there are no games that fullfill the above mentioned criteria. But if so, is Creative not somehow excused for not making their Soundblaster 16 based cards fully SBPro compatible? Simply because there was no real need to do so? Are …

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Sound Blaster Pro exclusive games

Posted on 2010-06-24, 14:49

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by Silent Loon

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I wonder if there are many games that support digital stereo effects only with a Sound Blaster Pro. When I look at my collection, most if not all games (after 1991/92) - support Sound Blaster Pro, but don't use any stereo effects at all - support Sound Blaster Pro, use digital stereo fx, but also …

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Re: migrating win 3.1 hardware/software to later windows systems

Posted on 2010-06-20, 21:57

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by Silent Loon

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On this particular microscope we have 4 add ons one on 3.1, another on 95 another on 98 and another on 2000 is there any way to run these on an xp computer? To control all the hardware we would need 6 isa slots is this something that is made commercially these days? WHAT? As long as you don't need …

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Re: Trying to choose an ISA video card...

Posted on 2010-05-19, 23:16

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by Silent Loon

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I use a Diamond Speedstar Pro (1MB, CL GD5426 Chipset): http://www.imagebam.com/image/cb235215843244 So far it has the best image quality (with my 20" TFT) of all my ISA VGA cards. Its faster than a Tseng ET4000AX.

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Re: Is there a reasonable priced audio mix console???

Posted on 2010-03-08, 10:29

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by Silent Loon

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I use this one: http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/MON800.aspx It has 4 stereo channel inputs that you can select by those small switches (left). Price is ok, but the chassis is completely made of plastic and also very small (in case you search for something "heavy") Despite of the only average …

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Re: EWS64XL sound card + Soltek SL-75KAV mobo = silence

Posted on 2010-01-26, 08:04

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by Silent Loon

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@elianda: autoexec.bat Code: @echo off ewsinit.exe -f -b gs_10mb.94b -m micha.ttm -v fmon.exe SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 CS32MIX /M=15,15 /W=15,15 /L=15,15 /X=1 /F=12,12 /C=13,13 /I=L xtc-play -C4 enigma.mod Am I wrong, or do you initialize the cards codec (CS4236 I guess it was) with two …

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Re: EWS64XL sound card + Soltek SL-75KAV mobo = silence

Posted on 2010-01-25, 10:42

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by Silent Loon

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Congratulations! BTW: You can also free the LPT port if you don't use a printer there; and of course the two serial ports COM1/2 = + 3 IRQ. As your "new" board should have 2 ISA Slots you might be able to run the AWE32 alongside peacefully, which would give you additional SB16 and AWE support. EDIT: …

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Re: EWS64XL sound card + Soltek SL-75KAV mobo = silence

Posted on 2010-01-25, 09:05

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by Silent Loon

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I don't know if this resolves your problem, but concerning the EWS64 I can give you some general advice: - As 5u3 said reserving legacy IRQ/DMA adresses is not a good idea for this card; you can try, but especially with windows it might produce more problems. But you can experiment with the auto/ …

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Re: A gallery of strange sound devices

Posted on 2010-01-24, 19:20

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by Silent Loon

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Its a 9233 / 8905 combination. ROM has no GMS number but Crystal ones instead: 4111-CS and 4110-CS (followed by long "T" numbers, but I think that's not the one your're looking for). This chipset looks pretty similar to a Terratec Maestro 32/96 card (and even sounds so), but has a weird "3d"-feature …

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Re: A gallery of strange sound devices

Posted on 2010-01-09, 20:44

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by Silent Loon

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Regarding the SW20 - there were many other cards that used Yamaha's OPL4. But many had also the disadvantage that you couldn't use the GM synth in dos. Like this one: http://www.vogons.org/files/mozart_wavetablesoundcard.jpg The one I found that finally worked (with the OPL4 as GM synth in dos) was …

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Re: A gallery of strange sound devices

Posted on 2010-01-08, 14:13

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by Silent Loon

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Great Collection, Cloudschatze! This Audiotrix Pro makes me envious - and reminds me of another curious card: The "Toptek Golden Sound Pro 16 Plus" (what a name!) - it has a somehow similar design: you'll find the Yamaha OPL4, the Yamaha effects processor (the green daughterboard), the Crystal …

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A gallery of strange sound devices

Posted on 2010-01-07, 12:32

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by Silent Loon

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As I cleaned up my collection of old hardware, I stumbled over some parts I really had forgotten for years. Most of them are strange sound devices, I just acquired because I'd never seen such a card before. So it comes to my mind to post a few pics of my findings, one after another... But I suggest …

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Re: Advice on PCI Sound Cards

Posted on 2009-12-17, 19:35

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by Silent Loon

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Should the ensoniq drivers work with your card? And what if I have the ES1371 chip? I'm a little bit confused - is it better to have the original card with the original drivers or the creative ones? (The ensoniq drivers only support SBPro, righty?) And what about the Midi sound? Does the Live! use …

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Re: Yamaha YMF-71x versus Crystal CS4232 ISA soundcards

Posted on 2009-12-17, 19:17

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by Silent Loon

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Actually I haven't installed the card. It is lying around... somewhere... But when I look at my drivers collection, the model number could be PCA70PS. Anyway model numbers can be tricky when it comes to cheap consumer cards. I have seen gerwin's card on ebay, labeled as Acer Magic S23, but it was …

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