What retro things have you done today?
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I watched one for quite a while at 9.99. Not sure what happened to it as I accidentaly deleted my entire watch list a while back
I’m bidding on a Vortex 2 at the moment (only bidder though I expect it to go up), but just looking round at options in case the Vortex 2 falls through, hence looking at the originals.
I like the idea of being able to use my dreamblaster on a PCI card.
I like the idea of being able to use my dreamblaster on a PCI card.
Ah, that one is an OEM one without the wavetable header (no idea if it’s simply missing the pins or needs additional passive components).
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Creative-Sound-Blaster-AWE64-CT4380-ISA-Sound-for-Retro-PC/193571268012
1 of these worth getting over my awe32? Not awful price and its the guy I just got the SS7 stuff from. He looks after his stuff.
1 of these worth getting over my awe32? Not awful price and its the guy I just got the SS7 stuff from. He looks after his stuff.
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I've got the Vortex 1 in my AMD Windows XP rig. It is a good card that supports the Aureal 3D suite for positional audio in the games that support it. (Creative had EAX).
Some of them have the wavetable header for the daughter cards. Mine has (and has an S2).
It's only the Vortex 2 that has the native PCI DOS Drivers.
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Any ideas why my 486 won't detect m ISA controller card at all? It's got default / standard jumper settings and I've disabled the on-board IDE and floppy connectors (the reason being I can't seem to get the serial headers to work on the 486).
To be honest I would stay with the AWE32. No idea if the 64 has proper OPL support but it only has 512k of memory and doesn't offer much of an improvement in anything I don't think.
To be honest I would stay with the AWE32. No idea if the 64 has proper OPL support but it only has 512k of memory and doesn't offer much of an improvement in anything I don't think.
I bet your motherboard has the “other” pin out for serial. You could modify a cable to make it work
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Did you get it at that price?
Couldn't say no
Just won this, hopefully collect it shortly.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264789565091
No idea if it’s just the case and drives or if there’s a full system in there, but either way, for £3.20 I was intrigued.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264789565091
No idea if it’s just the case and drives or if there’s a full system in there, but either way, for £3.20 I was intrigued.
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Meanwhile my local ebay has a Pentium 4 PC with a Voodoo 3000 with no pictures and a starting bid of £300 
Not sure why, but I am drawn to this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-Vai...557298?hash=item2aec44c8f2:g:VgIAAOSwCORe9xFI
Not sure why, but I am drawn to this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-Vai...557298?hash=item2aec44c8f2:g:VgIAAOSwCORe9xFI
Bargain! Get it boughtMeanwhile my local ebay has a Pentium 4 PC with a Voodoo 3000 with no pictures and a starting bid of £300
Nice find!
Definitely intriguing, pretty awful description kept the price down on that! Probably doesn't have a Voodoo 5 in it but let us know