Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2020-04-10, 08:10

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by Lennart

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Looks awesome! :thumbsup: I really like the audio connector, good idea! If I may suggest something, could you add some drill holes in the PCB, so that you can use PCB standoffs to securely fasten the daughterboard to the HardMPU? Also, would a full-sized daughterboard like the SCB-55 or DB50XG stick …

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Re: MOD4WIN with GF1 based Gravis Ultrasound Classic under Win98?

Posted on 2020-04-02, 06:53

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by Lennart

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I think it should be possible to use it with a GF1, but my memory is fuzzy. It's possible that you downloaded the version of MOD4WIN which removed hardware mixing support. Make sure that you downloaded the correct version from the author's website: http://www.kay-bruns.de/mod4win/betatest.html The …

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Re: How to send my own text to MT-32

Posted on 2020-03-29, 11:09

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Glad to hear that my old post has been useful to someone all these years down the line :smile: Thanks for sharing the link to that site, it's really useful! :thumbup: Like you said, you can do everything with just that site. To clarify, this is how you can use it: Type the 20 characters of your …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-07, 21:04

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by Lennart

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This semi-rare ATI Stereo F/X and nice Adaptec SCSI controller arrived in some poor 486 today... Nice, I'd really like to have an ATI Stereo F/X. If I may ask, could you check whether that Adaptec SCSI controller has a BIOS option for enabling Floptical support? I've got the same card but with a …

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Re: Cloning the AdLib Gold Surround Sound Module

Posted on 2020-01-21, 20:20

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It looks awesome! 👍 Hope you'll get it working. I've got an Adlib Gold waiting for a shiny surround sound module 😎

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Re: Other than Roland, what are the other "best" sounding MIDI devices/sound cards out there?

Posted on 2019-10-12, 12:50

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by Lennart

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For a different GM sound, try a Korg module like the NS5R/NX5R/N1R (latter two have XG map, again, playing a competitor's format in another way!) which is dated but pretty good and above all, fun and different, or an Emu module (although they often don't play nice with Sierra's +12 bend setting for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-30, 06:12

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by Lennart

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liqmat wrote: Picked up this Panasonic EIDE 5-disc CD-ROM changer at a local computer store for $3, complete in box. Noticed it was in the recycle pile and assumed it was an empty box. Assumed wrong. Nice find! 😀 Does Windows assign it just 1 drive letter or does it get 5?

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Re: Floptical drive support in Adaptec AHA-1542CF BIOS?

Posted on 2019-07-15, 09:38

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by Lennart

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@Cyrix200+ many thanks for checking and making those photos! :happy: It confirms what I thought, it doesn't have any specific options for Floptical drives. My AHA-1452CF has the same menu options as yours. what iomega drive do you have, Zip drives are not floppy drives, they are removable disks. …

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Re: Floptical drive support in Adaptec AHA-1542CF BIOS?

Posted on 2019-07-12, 13:14

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SCSI superfloppies are treated as removable SCSI hard disks, not regular floppy drives. Yes and no. They are recognized as removable SCSI hard disks if you don't have any special BIOS support for them. But they can be recognized as a regular floppy drive if your SCSI controller has specific BIOS …

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Floptical drive support in Adaptec AHA-1542CF BIOS?

Posted on 2019-07-12, 12:25

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I recently acquired an external Iomega Floptical drive with SCSI interface. I'd like to use this instead of a regular 3.5" floppy drive, so it has to be bootable and it should be assigned to drive letter A. Therefore I need a SCSI controller with a BIOS that supports Floptical drives. I have an …

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Re: XTIDE on 3C509B card

Posted on 2019-06-06, 19:52

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http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/valuepnt/ldjt81a.exe is the latest BIOS upgrade for 6472, 6482, 6492, 6484 and 6494. I think it should support drives at least up to 8.4GB. Quantum Fireball 6.4GB drive worked fine on my 6482 without disk manager or addon roms. I believe I have the exact same drive in …

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Re: XTIDE on 3C509B card

Posted on 2019-06-04, 19:13

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I have an IBM Valuepoint 100MHz DX4 VLB/ISA that I am trying to tweak to my needs Out of curiosity, which model Valuepoint do you have exactly? I have a Valuepoint 6492, which is also a 100MHz DX4 VLB/ISA system, and that one works fine with HDDs larger than 500MB. Although the BIOS shows an …

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Re: Would This "MIDI Switch" Be "Safe" When Used with a MT-32 and a SC-88

Posted on 2018-05-30, 09:34

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Guess I stand corrected then :happy: You're right about the potential delays when daisy chaining multiple MIDI devices. You can't chain an unlimited amount of devices this way, but for just 2 it should be totally fine. I've used a very similar setup (SC-55 and MT-32) for years without a hitch until …

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Re: Would This "MIDI Switch" Be "Safe" When Used with a MT-32 and a SC-88

Posted on 2018-05-30, 07:39

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by Lennart

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As it draws its power from the MIDI In connection, it would probably be safe. However, I wouldn't bother with this if you just want to hook up your MT-32 and SC-88 simultaneously. What I'd do is connect your SC-88 to the AWE64 and then connect the MIDI Thru of the SC-88 to the MIDI In of the MT-32. …

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Re: Music Quest PC MIDI Card MPU IH9MQ9 : info , drivers and tests

Posted on 2014-08-30, 15:06

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I've made a schematic for the 16-bit ISA version of this card, which I've attached to this post. I hope it's useful to someone! :happy: The schematic is fairly complete, apart from some decoupling capacitors which I left out. Note that the 8-bit ISA version is very similar, except that it doesn't …

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Re: Terratec EWS64XL MIDI routing

Posted on 2014-08-09, 10:17

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by Lennart

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Let us know whether it works! 😀

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Re: Terratec EWS64XL MIDI routing

Posted on 2014-08-09, 10:13

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by Lennart

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Oh, in that case the MIDI-2 interface may have been disabled in the EEPROM settings. You should open the DOS config tool (called ews64cfg.exe if I recall correctly) and assign an I/O port address to the MIDI-2 interface (and optionally an IRQ if you want to use the MIDI-IN as well). After saving the …

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Re: Terratec EWS64XL MIDI routing

Posted on 2014-08-09, 09:29

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by Lennart

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Try setting it to MIDI-2 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-06-06, 21:00

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I received a Korg NS5R a couple of days ago. It was on my wishlist for quite some time, so I'm really happy to have one now. :happy: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/Lennart90/Retro%20computers/IMG_20140606_212450.jpg I haven't found the time yet to use it extensively, but so far I'm quite …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-01-21, 11:40

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Been at the scrapyard today, saved this from the gold scrap bin! http://imageshack.com/a/img163/4775/l5ya.jpg Some socket 4 board. Some very nice finds there! FYI, this motherboard is an early original Intel motherboard for the first Pentiums with Socket 4. If I remember correctly there are two …

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