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AmigaOS (1985) / techno sound for amiga stereo sound sampling system
« Last post by chrisNova777 on August 04, 2025, 12:44:16 PM »
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/285625274819

"Excellent little device! Brand new recreation of a classic Amiga sampler peripheral for a good price. Worked right out of the box with ProTracker 2.3f. I haven't tried the bundled software yet, but I'm pleased. Any Retro is great. Ship fast, great communication. I'm a repeat customer."
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Sequencer Plus / Re: Voyetra PatchMaster *Plus* (DOS?)
« Last post by robbo007 on July 29, 2025, 04:49:20 AM »
Hi Guys, I'm still looking for this if anyone has a copy or willing to sell theirs? I can archive the disks if someone is willing to allow me to do this also.
Regards,
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Sequencer Plus / Re: Found boxed copy of Voyetra Sequencer Plus 4.02
« Last post by robbo007 on July 29, 2025, 04:48:06 AM »
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1990s / view gpus by directX. classification
« Last post by chrisNova777 on July 27, 2025, 04:38:52 AM »
another way of perusing the graphic cards is by their direct x classification

newegg lists cards of a certain directx revision together

directx 9
DirectX 9 (DX9) was first released on December 19, 2002, with later significant updates like DX9.0c introducing Shader Model 3.0 in July 2004, becoming the standard for many Windows systems, including Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later.  https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007709+600007813&srsltid=AfmBOoroAwKyFb9rHKbf5MlwMFdpvjSWBMY1xzVDLWOOK0FAeCFuitWh

directx 10
DirectX 10 was officially released on November 30, 2006, as part of the launch of the Windows Vista operating system,
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007709+600007816&srsltid=AfmBOoqr6bnSOD8IvO6EWo0cEhx-PXtTnrS8fVB2WWRMfLGY1wGxyZ8t

directx 11
DirectX 11 was officially released on October 22, 2009
https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100007709+600007818&srsltid=AfmBOoqDs-p5FpnPvX9lT9PpaYGmPj3hkDUm1N0Bkr735jkwckIv35DE

directx 12
released alongside windows 10 in July 2015
The latest version of DirectX is DirectX 12 Ultimate DirectX 12 is a graphics API supported by a wide range of modern GPUs from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel. NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 30 series, RTX 20 series, and some GTX 16 series cards, along with AMD Radeon RX 6000, RX 5000, and RX 500 series, and Intel Arc series GPUs, all support DirectX 12. DirectX 12 Ultimate, the latest version, requires specific hardware support, including features like ray tracing and mesh shaders, and is available on NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 30 series, AMD's RDNA 2 architecture GPUs, and Intel Arc GPUs.


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Windows XP (Oct 2001) / Support for XP was dropped on April 8th 2014
« Last post by chrisNova777 on July 26, 2025, 03:39:53 AM »
April 8, 2014
Microsoft officially dropped support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2013/04/08/support-for-windows-xp-set-to-end-in-april-2014/

but it took a few more years for it to finally "Die out"
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/289440-microsoft-xp-is-finally-dead-nearly-18-years-post-launch
heres an article in 2019 declaring it dead 5 years after ms dropped support
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