What retro things have you done today?

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2020 at 21:55

paradigm said:
Yeah, that's how I ended up with both a S7 and an SS7 build...

The S7 was "enough" but then the SS7 was "better" for 9x

The soundcard issues and inability to get past post with a larger than 4gb drive sealed the deal.

Probably needs a bios update to fix most of it, but not willing to risk it, even if i could find the right file.

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2020 at 22:03

LewisRaz said:
Picking this freebie up tomorrow.. So much for thinning out

Nice case tho. Might move the xp build into it.

Tidy looking case, seems to be in excellent condition!

almoststew1990 · 7 Jun 2020 at 10:46

I'm not sure what retro activity to get up to today. Either set up my ready-to-go W98 pc and play the GoG games I bought (UT99, Empire Earth 1, Blake Stone, Quake 1) or set up my Amiga or set up a general Windows 7/ 10 PC to play pretty much any of my CD/DVD games...

paradigm · 7 Jun 2020 at 11:55

That’s a decent selection of GoG, I’d be tempted to go Win98.

I want to do a Quake marathon, Q1, Q2 and Q3.

LewisRaz · 7 Jun 2020 at 12:05

almoststew1990 said:
I'm not sure what retro activity to get up to today. Either set up my ready-to-go W98 pc and play the GoG games I bought (UT99, Empire Earth 1, Blake Stone, Quake 1) or set up my Amiga or set up a general Windows 7/ 10 PC to play pretty much any of my CD/DVD games...

Total anihilation is free on GoG right now if you fancy that.

Any of this retro crowd got the red alert/cnc remasters? Already clocked a few hours in that.

Picked up the case today. Now its no big brand special but scrubbed up very nicely and is a very sturdy build. No flimsy panels on here.

The front plastics might be my first go at retrobrighting too which could be fun... Think I am going to move the P3/voodoo system into this as I feel desktops were on the way out by this time and that is more suited to a tower.

Firestar_3x · 7 Jun 2020 at 13:28

Purchased a Sound Canvas

Excited!

paradigm · 7 Jun 2020 at 13:42

Firestar_3x said:
Purchased a Sound Canvas

Excited!

Nice! Monkey Island will sound awesome!!

Firestar_3x · 7 Jun 2020 at 14:53

paradigm said:
Nice! Monkey Island will sound awesome!!

Too right, i now have a list of games to replay!

cee-S-dee · 7 Jun 2020 at 14:58

Firestar_3x said:
Purchased a Sound Canvas

Excited!

Congrats!

Which model did you get?

Firestar_3x · 7 Jun 2020 at 15:17

cee-S-dee said:
Congrats!

Which model did you get?

SC-88vl, i wanted general midi compatibility but also a reasonable approximation of an MT-32, seemed like a better compromise than just buying an MT-32.

Unit is coming from Japan so will take some time.

cee-S-dee · 7 Jun 2020 at 15:27

Firestar_3x said:
SC-88vl, i wanted general midi compatibility but also a reasonable approximation of an MT-32, seemed like a better compromise than just buying an MT-32.

Unit is coming from Japan so will take some time.

Nice! I'd love a SC-88VL, to rich for me hahaha so my SC-155 will have to do. What Sound Card you going to connect it to?

I managed to win that Power Leap Sloket. £21 shipped which is a bit of a bargain! Will be interesting to see what CPU is under the HSF.

LewisRaz · 7 Jun 2020 at 15:30

cee-S-dee said:
Nice! I'd love a SC-88VL, to rich for me hahaha so my SC-155 will have to do. What Sound Card you going to connect it to?

I managed to win that Power Leap Sloket. £21 shipped which is a bit of a bargain! Will be interesting to see what CPU is under the HSF.

I was watching it and wondered if someone from here won it. Glad we get to find out what CPU is in it

paradigm · 7 Jun 2020 at 15:45

cee-S-dee said:
Nice! I'd love a SC-88VL, to rich for me hahaha so my SC-155 will have to do. What Sound Card you going to connect it to?

I managed to win that Power Leap Sloket. £21 shipped which is a bit of a bargain! Will be interesting to see what CPU is under the HSF.

Oh so you were the person who outbid me

I set my limit to £20 shipped.

hohum · 7 Jun 2020 at 15:52

@cee-S-dee Much like everyone else here it seems I was watching it, didn't plan on bidding though as the only Slot-1 board I have isn't really usable until recapped. Think you got it for a good price, I half expected it to go for something silly like £50-60 given how uncommon they are! My guess would be it has a Celeron under there for 100FSB, but we'll have to see...

Firestar_3x · 7 Jun 2020 at 15:54

cee-S-dee said:
Nice! I'd love a SC-88VL, to rich for me hahaha so my SC-155 will have to do. What Sound Card you going to connect it to?

Got an ISA ES1868F with MPU-401 through the gameport, seems to be a good card due to a lack of midi bugs.

If the above card not work well (issues with not using intelligent mode etc) then i will hunt out an ISA midi interface card, you can buy one new here also: https://www.serdashop.com/ISA-MPU-Card

paradigm · 7 Jun 2020 at 16:05

hohum said:
@cee-S-dee Much like everyone else here it seems I was watching it, didn't plan on bidding though as the only Slot-1 board I have isn't really usable until recapped. Think you got it for a good price, I half expected it to go for something silly like £50-60 given how uncommon they are! My guess would be it has a Celeron under there for 100FSB, but we'll have to see...

Most were Celeron 1.2GHz, and that’s an early PowerLeap (floppy connector for power not the proprietary 3-pin). The later ones came with the 1.4GHz Celery.

cee-S-dee · 7 Jun 2020 at 16:09

paradigm said:
Oh so you were the person who outbid me

I set my limit to £20 shipped.

I bid £31.78 as i thought it would actually go for a bit of money.

hohum said:
@cee-S-dee Much like everyone else here it seems I was watching it, didn't plan on bidding though as the only Slot-1 board I have isn't really usable until recapped. Think you got it for a good price, I half expected it to go for something silly like £50-60 given how uncommon they are! My guess would be it has a Celeron under there for 100FSB, but we'll have to see...

They are indeed uncommon and kinda surprised it went for what it did. I have an Asus P2B 1.12 and a Gigabyte 6BXC 2.0 to test it on. Would be even more of a bargain if it was a Pentium Tually. I have a feeling you will be right being a Celly.

Firestar_3x said:
Got an ISA ES1868F with MPU-401 through the gameport, seems to be a good card due to a lack of midi bugs.

If the above card not work well (issues with not using intelligent mode etc) then i will hunt out an ISA midi interface card, you can buy one new here also: https://www.serdashop.com/ISA-MPU-Card

I think you won't have too many problems with the ES1868F. You can always use SoftMPU if needed. I have a MusicQuest MPU-401 card and i hardly use it.

Firestar_3x · 7 Jun 2020 at 16:17

cee-S-dee said:
I think you won't have too many problems with the ES1868F. You can always use SoftMPU if needed. I have a MusicQuest MPU-401 card and i hardly use it.

Hopefully, SoftMPU will be something to try, however knowing me i'll end up with a controller card

LewisRaz · 7 Jun 2020 at 19:10

cee-S-dee said:
Nice! I'd love a SC-88VL, to rich for me hahaha so my SC-155 will have to do. What Sound Card you going to connect it to?

I managed to win that Power Leap Sloket. £21 shipped which is a bit of a bargain! Will be interesting to see what CPU is under the HSF.

Just saw this post in a FB group so it looks like you nearly paid more haha

Armageus · 7 Jun 2020 at 21:13

cee-S-dee said:
I managed to win that Power Leap Sloket. £21 shipped which is a bit of a bargain! Will be interesting to see what CPU is under the HSF.

Nice one - glad to see someone bought it

Reasonable selection of retro graphics cards here (Voodoo 1, TNT2, Rage Pro etc):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Job-Lot-Of-AGP-PCI-Video-Cards/402287364566