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BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

cable select worked fine for me since my first Pentium 75. Didn't work for poo poo on the 386

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GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

i interned at a company that made specialized embedded pcs and that was where i learned all about IRQs, DMA channels, cable select, etc

in 2011

one of the tests for a BIOS release involved playing doom to test a certain sound blaster pnp card

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

Sniep posted:

potato chips and sour cream dips are kinda gross

tortilla chips and salsas or queso for superior chip+dip technology

i merely picked an image from google image search, it was not intended as an endorsement of that particular chip/dip lifestyle

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

that was a good job and i miss it. but they didn't have a dental plan.

quadpus
May 15, 2004

aaag sheets

Werthog 95 posted:

upgrading your computer by sticking new chips directly into the sockets sounds like the best thing ever

i used to have this:
took me a long time to fill it up by scrounging chips from scrap computers, that's 3 megabytes of power my friend

quadpus
May 15, 2004

aaag sheets
image the ramdisk you could have using that my friend

A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!

quadpus posted:

i used to have this:
took me a long time to fill it up by scrounging chips from scrap computers, that's 3 megabytes of power my friend

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

quadpus posted:

i used to have this:
took me a long time to fill it up by scrounging chips from scrap computers, that's 3 megabytes of power my friend

parity, even!

theodop
Dec 30, 2005

rock solid, heart touching
what was the problem with cable select??

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

quadpus posted:

i used to have this:
took me a long time to fill it up by scrounging chips from scrap computers, that's 3 megabytes of power my friend

powerful

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

theodop posted:

what was the problem with cable select??

it didn't work. you had to put the jumper on Master or Slave specifically for where it was on the cable, CS setting did not work and the drive wouldnt detect at all or both drives entirely wouldn't work, despite if they were both set to CS.

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

wasn't there an additional pin that was used to identify master vs slave and a bunch of cheap cables didn't have it for some reason

JAY ZERO SUM GAME
Oct 18, 2005

Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.


i am a talking parrot

JAY ZERO SUM GAME
Oct 18, 2005

Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.


Sniep posted:

potato chips and sour cream dips are kinda gross

tortilla chips and salsas or queso for superior chip+dip technology

Unboxing Day
Nov 4, 2003

The Dude
Nov 18, 2000
Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude.
ok, i'll get this so i have room to install king's quest 6, but now I don't have enough conventional memory to run king's quest 6!!!!

Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

We had a Thunder Board because my dad said it was cheaper and compatible with both Adlib and Soundblaster. came with a full version of lemmings and a demo of some futuristic game show called lexicross or something.

Mightaswell
Dec 4, 2003

Not now chief, I'm in the fuckin' zone.
whoa lexicross ruled

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
i had one of these and loving hell if it wasn't the best way to play tie fighter and x-wing with the imuse poo poo

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


Smythe posted:

if u r privileged enuf to have a mac, u get to desolder and resolder components right off the motherboard to upgrade. its like a 90s kid dreamland.

PCs rob u of that joy with their lame-o-zoid lego-esque plug-n-play technology.

for some reason the retinal imac cpu is swappable lol

quadpus
May 15, 2004

aaag sheets

Thauros posted:

We had a Thunder Board because my dad said it was cheaper and compatible with both Adlib and Soundblaster. came with a full version of lemmings and a demo of some futuristic game show called lexicross or something.


quote:

It was widely advertised as “proudly made in the USA”

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder
yeah. then i bought a card from fries that literally exploded inside mycomputer. then i bought a turtle beeach santigo?santano?not sure idk. that was my last non-integrated/non-dac sound card. so i'm alwaysa a little surprised to see a turtle beach.

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
hmi module alpha humana on approach to space station mercury

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Suicide Sam E.
Jun 30, 2013

by XyloJW
Thread just becomes card porn. 8 pins? I don't think that's even legal in this state.

Joe 30330
Dec 20, 2007

"We have this notion that if you're poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids."

As the audience reluctantly began to applaud during the silence, Biden tried to fix his remarks.

"Wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids -- no, I really mean it." Biden said.

I had one of these. Even got it working with caldera lunix back in the day

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder

Suicide Sam E. posted:

Thread just becomes card porn. 8 pins? I don't think that's even legal in this state.

it's adam an ega, not adam and svga

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
*installs kX drivers*

SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

JFairfax posted:

hmi module alpha humana on approach to space station mercury

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

I wanna build an old computer and pretend it's the 90s

I wanna be a 90s lifestyler

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

Werthog 95 posted:

I wanna build an old computer and pretend it's the 90s

I wanna be a 90s lifestyler

literally nobody else has thought of this yet. i think you're on to gold here, jerry

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

good reference to the most popular sitcom on tv, today, here in the nineties.

quadpus
May 15, 2004

aaag sheets
lol

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Sniep posted:

potato chips and sour cream dips are kinda gross

tortilla chips and salsas or queso for superior chip+dip technology

wtf!!! sick bro

if u gonna dip u gotta indulge

Slow-Scan Shep
Jul 11, 2001

the best soundcard

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

yeah. then i bought a card from fries that literally exploded inside mycomputer. then i bought a turtle beeach santigo?santano?not sure idk. that was my last non-integrated/non-dac sound card. so i'm alwaysa a little surprised to see a turtle beach.

lmfao

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Suicide Sam E. posted:

Thread just becomes card porn. 8 pins? I don't think that's even legal in this state.


Jonny 290 posted:

literally nobody else has thought of this yet. i think you're on to gold here, jerry


Werthog 95 posted:

good reference to the most popular sitcom on tv, today, here in the nineties.



ROFL

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Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
not nearly as elite as ur ppls ancient cards but i had a

sound blast live 5.1

and i put it in like 4 gaming 'rigs b4 i gave up on finding drivers and faced to realtek

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