Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-09-14, 14:15

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Not to mention the actual money needed to acquire each separate. Yep, a crystal based sound card costs about $30 on fleabay, and with the release of ARGUS PCBs the Gravis clone is about $40... As the main ARGUS-person I strongly endorse this card, it's very obvious that it's a product of passion. …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-09-12, 14:35

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As an anarchist ... we're not talking about censorship, but instead digging one of our own graves here ;) Having a freedom centered mind is cool and liberating oneself is awesome ... but it's not a free society we live in, we should at least be aware of that. I mean ... I'm not posting porn on here, …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-09-02, 21:14

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Here we go. Check the initial post (inline attachments seem to be broken)

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-09-02, 21:01

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Nice to see more and more InterWave boards popping up 😀 ARGUS gerbers delayed once again (as always) 😉 I know it's basically a 5 minute job, but kinda stressed out in another aspect of my life and I don't wanna upload junk.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-08-04, 12:39

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Lot size and therefore price of the eBay offer reduced. I've also listed 1 lot of 3 ICs. Gerbers probably next week.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-07-27, 14:54

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Remaining chips have been listed on eBay. If someone is interested in doing more batches, I can also sell single carriers (24 ICs each). Roadmap is to have the public gerbers out by next week.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now sold out (gerbers will be released soon)

Posted on 2022-07-25, 22:09

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What Nikita Lita said, what you're asking for is what every soundcard is capable of doing. The ARGUS can generally be treated like every other GUS PnP. About RAM requirements for RAM ... no idea, 256k should be enough, not sure if it would work without RAM (never exactly cared about no RAM …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-07-21, 19:03

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Just got the news that all PCBs on offer have been sold. I will release the gerber files within the next few weeks. I also still have 120 InterWaves left. Those are also for sale (in lots of at least 24).

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-06-22, 11:30

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Finally done, so much trouble with solder paste, broken amp chip, weird software setup, but I am happy with the end result. I am really surprised by sound quality of this, the clarity beats classic GUS, AWE32 and all software trackers I've tried so far. A recorded tune is attached. Feels great to …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-06-21, 15:08

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ROM needs to be dumped off an original GUS PnP (Util is somewhere in this thread) and programmed externally (TL866 supports it via an adapter) before soldering it to the board ... or you'll have to obtain an IW78C21M1 allowing you to skip the programming part as they're mask-ROMs

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Re: PiGUS: Gravis Ultrasound emulator on an ISA card with Raspberry Pi

Posted on 2022-06-12, 19:02

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As the main ARGUS guy ... this is a project I've been looking for <3 Finally a hardware based GUS compatible solution without legacy parts. Looking forward for this project to reach a final stage and much success along the way.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-06-07, 22:52

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Glad the chips finally arrived ... 37 days from .de to .ca + clearing customs is excessively long.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-05-25, 15:05

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What's the response time of the EEPROM/Flash? I remember having the same problem with checksums not checking out when using 90ns ones instead of the recommended 70ns. If you wanna play safe use 55ns ones. In case anyone still wants to join in on the project or produce some more, I still have 96 …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-05-04, 10:26

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Just a random note thrown in with some parts getting increasingly difficult to obtain: Since RC1 the card also supports straight and 45° SIMM slots rather than just 90° ones.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-04-29, 14:01

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On a related note re: the (optional) IW78C21M1 chip, does anyone know if there is a SOP-44 pin socket available? There was one listed on a BOM, but it's listed as obsolete: https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Yamaichi-Electronics/IC179Z-44600-501?qs=5ZKUe%252BBgLwiv6AE4jEWT2w%3D%3D I've tried …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-04-11, 14:00

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At 78€ for just PCB and Chip i`m out. Last time i build the Whole Card for this. Let's put it this way. This is an expensive DIY barebone kit. The reason is lack of supply for Interwave chip; and guess why Interwave chips are short in supply? Because people are stacking them up in hoping to make …

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Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards

Posted on 2022-04-05, 19:05

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There's also this (rightmost gadget): https://i.imgur.com/aNYljS1.jpg Which is basically a kinda discrete Stereo-on-2 Covox with switchable DSS support. The current layout has some errors, but I'd be willing to go fully open source with that project so it can be fixed by someone else for a neat and …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-05, 15:08

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Good news everyone, a deal for the american continents is likely to happen rather soon. If anyone wants to take part in production and distribution for europe and/or asia and/or australia hit me up.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-02, 15:02

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eo. Hats off to you and all the best! Afterall this is basically how the project started (just from a PCB instead of whatever base you used). I'm just copying the Russian card which is a copy of your card which is a copy of the original.. I've scanned it today. I'm going to go ahead with it and see …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-31, 23:31

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I drew almost the entire PCB some months ago but it wasn't as good as I wanted. In the meantime I got better at it and made some more simple PCBs of other projects that work. These days I'm at a stage where I can do this if needed. It would take me a couple of days so I'll just do it as a last …

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