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- Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: post midi music ig
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3915
Re: post midi music ig
I mean there is Budget-Builds in the UK who spent like almost an hour in a tech support call to Samsung themselves to setup an over-10-year-old device whose drivers they no longer offer (and yes this "identity" is still alive...somewhat.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYo02ZCAhSw lol I'...
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Post your battlestations
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1880
Post your battlestations
After finishing its restoration I moved my PC98 into its final position so thought I'd take a snap of my battlestation.
Everyone post theirs?
Yeah I have work to do with the cables.Everyone post theirs?
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: post midi music ig
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3915
Re: post midi music ig
I never really looked into why it was written that way before, but it looks like MIDIs were preinstalled primarily so users/technical support could test/troubleshoot MIDI hardware even if the system had no internet connection, and Onestop was particularly useful because it exercised more instrument...
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Games with shocking system requirements.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5890
Re: Games with shocking system requirements.
That does seem normal for newer games. Although it is weird seeing a 1060 now being the minimum requirement for games now when not too long ago it and other cards like the 480/580 were actually good and often were the recommended requirements. But 7 years have passed since and we've got a new conso...
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:04 pm
- Forum: Site Issues
- Topic: Video upload not working on some posts?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6005
Re: Video upload not working on some posts?
Yeah I even tried on a different browser with now luck so rip I guess, no biggie.
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Games with shocking system requirements.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5890
Re: Games with shocking system requirements.
Forspoken has some interesting recommended specs...
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: post midi music ig
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3915
Re: post midi music ig
I actually picked up a Korg midi synth just to play these a few years ago...
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:26 am
- Forum: Site Issues
- Topic: Video upload not working on some posts?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6005
Re: Video upload not working on some posts?
It's MP4, and I can upload it fine on other posts just not that one in particular.
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 12:27 pm
- Forum: Site Issues
- Topic: Video upload not working on some posts?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6005
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: Site Issues
- Topic: Video upload not working on some posts?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6005
Video upload not working on some posts?
On the hardware section I've been posting super long repair logs, and although Matt was nice enough to get video attachments working I can't seem to add it to one specific post. https://forum.mattkc.com/viewtopic.php?p=1141#p1141 I click add files -> open the video I want to upload -> nothing happen...
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:11 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
Fantastic writeup! I didn't expect this to be so much of a rollercoaster, it practically had a three act structure to it lol. These posts are probably a great resource for anyone else trying to troubleshoot their own PC-98 too. I'm very glad to hear it's fully fixed. This whole journey has had me f...
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:08 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
Super happy to announce: she's fixed! This thread is starting to look more like a thesis so I'll try to keep it short. Basically I bought all 79 caps and started to contemplate life while replacing the caps from the motherboard and DAC. I thought through-hole would be easy to solder but apparently n...
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:52 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
At this point I'm just going to resolder every single capacitor on these boards, and for future reference I'll leave my shopping list here.
- Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:27 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
End of Day 2 at my attempt to repair this thing? God this is such an emotional rollercoaster. Upon closer inspection of the PSU I noticed that the caps were indeed leaking. The intense noise that I assumed was coil whine also made sense now. 20230123_164800.jpg 20230123_164745.jpg Off I went to Akih...
- Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:36 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
Therefore I torrented 2 raw scans of it LULW and brute force the manga by the power of Jisho and Google Input Tools pepeLaugh (I downgraded my OS to Windows Server 2019 which is still not FreeBSD but it runs faster so Stare) mah man. I wonder if all the 90s internet memes will translate well on Goo...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
Ooh CD-ROM could be good. Again my only real reference point is Policenauts, but I know that was a CD-ROM game. 90% of the games I'm interested are in either 3.5" Floppy or CD so I guess whichever I find cheaper and quicker wins the race! So today I set out on an adventure to get this PC up an...
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:34 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
So an update on the PC98 that I ended up buying: It's arrived at my place now. Placed a Steam deck on top for comparison and it's interesting seeing two computers about 30 years apart in terms of technology on top of each other. FmQ7DXCacAAOP6q.jpg I haven't had the chance to open it up just yet and...
- Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:39 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
That is interesting. Could there be simply due the differences between the keyboard layout of two platforms? I have not clicked the link Clueless Yeah so the PC98's keyboard layout was easier to switch between Japanese inputs, but it got phased out over the 106/109 Key layout that you now find all ...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:31 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765
Re: NEC PC-98 stuff
Sorry about the images and thanks for the category move :) Nice haul! Hope you can get it fixed. For 5000 yen that seems like a steal. There are early versions of Windows for these too aren't there? That could be interesting to check out... Apparently these Ap models were designed with Windows 3.1 i...
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: NEC PC-98 stuff
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16765