TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[lexluthermiester]

So the sound will come from the Soundblaster, not the onboard sound?Without the cable not connected?

The SPDIF connector is optional. However, if you are going to be listening to CD's from your drive, then it would help to get a cable and connect it to the SoundBlaster card. But if you are going to convert your CD's to MP3 then the cable is useless as the audio will be read directly from the disk as data to be converted.

The Audigy cards are excellent cards so you should have a great audio experience.

 

[GreiverBlade]

The SPDIF connector is optional. However, if you are going to be listening to CD's from your drive, then it would help to get a cable and connect it to the SoundBlaster card. But if you are going to convert your CD's to MP3 then the cable is useless as the audio will be read directly from the disk as data to be converted.

The Audigy cards are excellent cards so you should have a great audio experience.

mmhhh i listened to CD audio (from games, ahah i remember when some games had soundtrack on the CD and needed it to be in the ODD ) without the 2pin (S/PDIF ) or 4pin (CD-IN)

They’re just continuous PCM bytestreams of 16-bit, 44.1kHz audio with EDC/ECC codes.
CDA/CD-DA is digital afaik, and CD-IN 4pin is only used for analog

also "You do NOT need to have either an mpc or spdif cable connected to the sound card/cd-rom if using mediaplayer7+, winME, winXP. the analog and digital audio is carried through the IDE interface and directed to the sound processor."
was also an answer i saw on AnandTech, that goes along my train of thought on the subject

and YES Audigy/Audigy 2 cards are EXCELLENT! i am glad i have 2 of them in my collection, sadly one has different connector albeit being the same as the one in the picture in my previous post and has corroded contacts

also from the previous video, the CD-IN is used to bypass the soundcard processing and use the CD drive sound hardware to process the signal (just like when listening standalone when you have one with a 3.5mm jack on them ) since it output analog directly to the soundcard jack (or the ODD jack if they have one)

thus, imho, the CD-IN had its use specially when having more than 1 CD drive and no more IDE available (although that would essentially make the CD drive plugged like that, a CDA/CD-DA only drive of course)

edit: mmhhh maybe one more use to it, offloading audio processing, since the ODD is the one doing the job although with an Audigy/Audigy 2 the burden on the CPU was lighter than AC '97

 

[Greenslade]

The SPDIF connector is optional. However, if you are going to be listening to CD's from your drive, then it would help to get a cable and connect it to the SoundBlaster card. But if you are going to convert your CD's to MP3 then the cable is useless as the audio will be read directly from the disk as data to be converted.

The Audigy cards are excellent cards so you should have a great audio experience.

Thanks for that, and for explaining the reason for using the cable. I won't be doing that listening to CDs from your drive that is. So i gather from our friend Phil.

 

[Robert B]

Long card is LONG!

What a beast! If it works I'll be amazed!

ATI Radeon 5970 2GB. Did I mention that it is very "light"? I think not as my arm is already numb from the heft of it.

 

[Audioave10]

Long card is LONG!

What a beast! If it works I'll be amazed!

ATI Radeon 5970 2GB. Did I mention that it is very "light"? I think not as my arm is already numb from the heft of it.

Man.......................you find some rare hardware! Nice!

 

[GreiverBlade]

Man.......................you find some rare hardware! Nice!

according to https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rare-gpus-unreleased-gpus.176929/

that one is a rare ... *somewhat high pitched anime girl tone* "EEEEEEHHHH????" (edit, ultra dried TIM is hard as, well, ultra dried TIM )


yes ... it's a Asus ROG Matrix 9800 GT 512mb, oh and it has a S/PDIF connector, 2pin and TOSLINK-S/PDIF, Toshiba Link, after sony and Philips ... hue hue, naaaaah, actually TOSLINK specifies the physical connector for optical cable at the physical layer. S/PDIF specifies the protocol at the data link layer

 

[Greenslade]

Unusual case

 

[GreiverBlade]

Nice Unusual case

too recent hardware for a XP retrorig ... at least for me ...

AGP and Socket A is the ultimate for me
and the game i would run on ... Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, NOLF, Kotor1/2, Icewind dale and Baldur's gate1/2-SOA

a phenom II is almost a sleeper buil... oh wait ... he use a Phenom II CPU, my Phenom II X6 1090T (originally a 1035T that i swapped for a second hand 1090T, in a HP basic tower with a sh!tty GF210 from Pegatron ) was my only prebuilt and also the cause i joined TPU in 2012

well, 10yrs or more ... yeah ok fine BUT not the ULTIMATE!

ahahaha

mention of the thread i mentioned above always glad to see TPU mentioned, be it in a youtube video or on a Gelid GC Extreme blister packaging

 

[Greenslade]

too recent hardware for a XP retrorig ... at least for me ...

AGP and Socket A is the ultimate for me
and the game i would run on ... Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, NOLF, Kotor1/2, Icewind dale and Baldur's gate1/2-SOA

a phenom is almost a sleeper buil... oh wait ... he use a Phenom CPU, my Phenom II X6 1100T (in a HP basic tower with a sh!tty GT405 from Pegatron ) was my only prebuilt and also the cause i joined TPU in 2012

well, 10yrs or more ... yeah ok fine BUT not the ULTIMATE!

ahahaha

mention of the thread i mentioned above always glad to see TPU mentioned, be it in a youtube video or on a Gelid GC Extreme blister packaging

The case is like the one Clint used in one of his videos. .it is thouse white feet on the case ,I. also like thouse handles at the top of the case to take the side panals out,I have never heard of the CPU he is using. Meanwhile Linus s first PC.

 

[GreiverBlade]

The is like the one Clint used in one of his videos. .it is thouse white feet on the case\I also like thouse handles at the top of the case to take the side panals out,I have never herd of the CPU he is using.

my lanbox had handle on it (hilariously it was my K6-2 build with a TNT 2 M64)

he use a AMD Phenom II X4 945 mmhhh i remember having a Phenom II X4 955 BE, a X4 810 build and i also had a Phenom 9600B

strange you never heard of that CPU line from AMD

 

[Greenslade]

my lanbox had handle on it (hilariously it was my K6-2 build with a TNT 2 M64)

he use a AMD Phenom II X4 945 mmhhh i remember having a Phenom II X4 955 BE, a X4 810 build and i also had a Phenom 9600B

strange you never heard of that CPU line from AMD

I have only got into Retro stuff since i got on this site. just over a year ago.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I have only got into Retro stuff since i got on this sight. a year ago.

well ... it was technically not retro in 2012 for me, just like a 286 was not retro in 1985, i was 4 at that time ... wait ... does that mean i am a piece of retro organic hardware?

YAY! rare and collector also! (only one ever made ... )

edit, i get what you mean tho

 

[Greenslade]

Floppy drives internal v external are there any advantages in having a internal Floppy drive ?
Apart from having it in the PC.Why would you want more than one floppy drive?

that PC he has there is massive

 

[GreiverBlade]

Floppy drives internal v external are there any advantages in having a internal Floppy drive ?
Apart from having it in the PC.

self answered indeed, in my case i always keep an internal 3.5" floppy, a nice unit from Mitsumi (same manufacturer of my Compaq keyboard ), for nostalgia sake (and also if i find any oldies on floppy, the last one i installed via floppy was Doom on my 486DX33 system )
external are fine too, if i intend to use the 3.5" bay for a multi card reader i would seek an external floppy just for the sake of having one.

 

[Greenslade]

Does anyone buy stuff on Ali Express? It might be cheap there but it takes forever to get to the UK. I don,t know how long it takes to get to the USA.?

 

[GreiverBlade]

Does anyone buy stuff on Ali Express? It might be cheap there but it takes forever to get to the UK. I don,t know how long it takes to get to the USA.?

i did for a long time, Switzerland took around 14 to 75 days, usually ordered stuff i did find at my etailer for 5time, or more, the price, example: a phone cover, exact same, Digitec 29chf, AliExpress 2.90$, bought both ... confirmed to be exact same, even same packaging, latest things i ordered were from beginning 2022 : an iluminated phone case (sound activation), a pack of 26 runes beads (necklace or beard knot) and a faux leather Vegvisir/ouroboros armband.

other stuff? computer stuff? i would not order anything CPU mobo PSU GPU related from there (even tho you might be lucky sometime)

91 total orders : 88 successful order since the 23 jan 2015 and only 2 lost (but both lost refunded ) and 1 ... considered lost even tho it did show where it was lost (Luhansk, april 2022 that one is lost for good)

 

[Greenslade]

i did for a long time, Switzerland took around 14 to 75 days, usually ordered stuff i did find at my etailer for 5time, or more, the price, example: a phone cover, exact same, Digitech 29chf, AliExpress 2.90$, bought both ... confirmed to be exact same, even same packaging, latest things i ordered were from beginning 2022 : an iluminated phone case (sound activation), a pack of 26 runes beads (necklace or beard knot) and a faux leather Vegvisir/ouroboros armband.

other stuff? computer stuff? i would not order anything CPU mobo PSU GPU related from there (even tho you might be lucky sometime)

91 total orders : 88 successful order since the 23 jan 2015 and only 2 lost (but both lost refunded ) and 1 ... considered lost even tho it did show where it was lost (Luhansk, april 2022 that one is lost for good)

Unfortunately the shops that you cou;d buy cables and adapters and stuff like that have closed down,You can only buy on line.There used to be lots of small shops where you could get electronic components.I would not go for the CPU ,PSU ,GPU from them.Another thing i did not think about was the customs duty i was charged 20 points on a Thunderbolt enclosure.If i have known i would have been charged 20 in rip of the price i would have got something else ,as it happens i did not see that make on eBay or Amazon.I think it is the luck of the draw weather or not you have to pay customs duty.
If course duty varies from country to country..I have only orded a silicon Keyboard protester and a couple of adapters total price with shippong 11 pounds.

too recent hardware for a XP retrorig ... at least for me ...

AGP and Socket A is the ultimate for me
and the game i would run on ... Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, NOLF, Kotor1/2, Icewind dale and Baldur's gate1/2-SOA

a phenom II is almost a sleeper buil... oh wait ... he use a Phenom II CPU, my Phenom II X6 1090T (originally a 1035T that i swapped for a second hand 1090T, in a HP basic tower with a sh!tty GF210 from Pegatron ) was my only prebuilt and also the cause i joined TPU in 2012

well, 10yrs or more ... yeah ok fine BUT not the ULTIMATE!

ahahaha

mention of the thread i mentioned above always glad to see TPU mentioned, be it in a youtube video or on a Gelid GC Extreme blister packaging

I like that guys videos He lives in a nice house with a nice garden, wish i did.

 

[Audioave10]

This should be fun...from Adrian Black.

 

[The red spirit]

Long card is LONG!

What a beast! If it works I'll be amazed!

ATI Radeon 5970 2GB. Did I mention that it is very "light"? I think not as my arm is already numb from the heft of it.

haha I have V8800 and it has identical shroud plus metal handle. They are really long and heavy. Mostly thanks to all copper cooler inside.

 

[bobbybluz]

Early Sapphire Reference 6950 flashed to 6970. Fully functional.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Early Sapphire Reference 6950 flashed to 6970. Fully functional.

ah, one of my first reflash success (after buying it second hand for near nothing, ~90$), 23 nov 2012 , was a Club3d HD 6950 2gb unfortunately it was not one with any hope to flash to a 6970

ahah found the post https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...i-searched-i-tried-but-need-more-info.176001/

 

[lexluthermiester]

Thanks for that, and for explaining the reason for using the cable. I won't be doing that listening to CDs from your drive that is. So i gather from our friend Phil.

YW. You really don't need the cable then. Your use case scenario doesn't need it.

 

[Robert B]

A living and breathing ATI card! Who would've thought?!??!?!

Welcome to my world (Twilight Zone) where normal things DO NOT happen very often!

ATI 5970 FTW!

 

[Audioave10]

A living and breathing ATI card! Who would've thought?!??!?!

Welcome to my world (Twilight Zone) where normal things DO NOT happen very often!

ATI 5970 FTW!

Because of all of your hard work saving old hardware, you deserve some good luck.

 

[Greenslade]

YW. You really don't need the cable then. Your use case scenario doesn't need it.

I can get the SANDISK 16gb from CEX for £8How do these Compare SanDisk 16GB CF Card 60MB/s v Transcend 133x 16gb