Re: Which games give Sound Blaster clones the most trouble?

Posted on 2013-11-08, 10:07

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by ik777

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Little Big Adventure / Relentless is a piece of shit concerning any sound card, really (despite being a really-really good game otherwise). It also has multiple issues with many DOS4GW versions, and other DOS4GW-compatible extenders. The best result I had was with DOS4GW 2.0a and GUS ACE (ISA …

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-10-12, 09:34

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Tried on MSI P45 and bought two 8738-mx soundcards. succeed. My problem was both bad card(don't have fm part, won't sounds in dos or win98) and m/b won't support kernel mode synth.

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2013-10-12, 09:24

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by ik777

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Bought 2 8738-mx cards this week. (Audiotrak maya 5.1, Hoontech Extream 5.1 gold) Tried on MSI P45 Neo mainboard today and finally it works. Now peekpoke makes address388 to 00. (Tried HD video capturing, but e2160+7300GT are not suitable to do) Sounds and behaviors are almost identical to real OPL3 …

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-09-15, 10:33

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I informed korea retro game forum about khokh2001's driver. A volunteer reported, he used Audiotrak's maya 5.1 gold (cmi8738 mx). works on on Asus P5E-VM HDMI, but failed on Asrock z77 Extreme 6. (Both windows 7 x64) Anyone tried this driver in Intel 7 series M/B? and need working mainboard list for …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2013-09-15, 03:37

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by ik777

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Informed this method in korean retro game forum and found out who got working. Audiotrak maya 5.1 gold (8738 mx)- works, but never works on asrock z77 extreme 6 M/B.(reinstalled W7-64x again, but vains) works on Asus P5E. I don't know this is UEFI issue or chipset problem. Need M/B list which is …

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Re: Do any of the different MSDOS versions past 5.x really have any advantages or disadcantages over one another?

Posted on 2013-09-11, 03:56

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by ik777

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Anyone ever used IBM's PC-DOS 2000 and/or its update (PC-DOS 7.10)? Apparently it supports FAT32 and other such things, but probably not very useful to have if you're running Windows... I'm wondering how it measures up as a standalone pure DOS though. Who said PC-DOS 2000 supports FAT32? It won't …

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-09-07, 08:34

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by ik777

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EDIT: OK so I have attempted to install the kernel driver on XP where I already have the YMF724F-V legacy mode enabled with PowerYMF. Regardless of methods of installation (Add new hardware, update driver on Legacy Sound System which has port 388h used), I get the following: An error occurred …

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-09-04, 15:29

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by ik777

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Forget everything and decided to use user mode drivers. Old games as windows 9x's times supporting MIDI BGM works well. I didn't tried but is it work with my ymf-724 in 32bit XP or later?

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-09-04, 06:17

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Try this driver: cmi.zip This driver for cmi8738 with integrated opl3 driver.Opl3 is working on CMI8738 IO Port + 0x50 port. overwrite and DSEOed it in \system32\drivers. How can I check OPL3 works? (I confirmed my card won't make any FM sound even in mixer in DOS, But SBPRO works. In PEEKPOKE, …

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-09-02, 13:10

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Let me know which CMI are you using. LP chasis type? Trapezoid one with least parts? or Full sized one with digital output? They looks much better than ebay. Audiotrak refused to answer about FM support. :angry: http://www.abko.co.kr/product/view.php?pid=17006&cid=1168 http://www.abko.co.kr/product/ …

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-08-31, 11:59

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Which error code ? The code 10 means that OPL3 not found at 0x388 port. Which CMI8738 chip's revision? It seems to me that OPL3 exists if number of chip's revision 37 or less. Which your PC's processor? It seems to me that AMD processors don't allow to write on some ports. Never mind. Your driver …

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Re: Windows OPL3 Synthesizer

Posted on 2013-08-31, 10:48

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It proved that my CMI-8738 card didn't have any FM synth part. Never buy CMI-8738 as mine. I should find another one. Driver used that you posted before Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

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Re: Help me repairing a soundcard. (Covox Sound master II)

Posted on 2013-08-21, 05:16

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by ik777

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Can you still scan both sides of the card and post here? It will help determine where the part is connected and what it does. I attached backside of it. (Foreside is easily find in my first attached or google.) Let's guess what it does. * Edit * Attach Foreside again, as you see it, this one was …

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Re: Soundcard trouble

Posted on 2013-08-20, 02:45

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Okay. [*]Under DOS, Day of the Tentacle first complains that it wants more RAM, then hangs on a note at the LucasArts logo. If this problem is not a base memory problem, I can help you this. Pure DOS with more than 32MB RAM always make troubles. I heard one solution is "OS/2 Installed - Yes" in …

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Re: Help me repairing a soundcard. (Covox Sound master II)

Posted on 2013-08-20, 02:09

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by ik777

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luckybob wrote: they got 700 of them in russia... http://www.abtronics.ru/components/ACT1covox5 … ood_1741891169/ It is lucky, I know Vogons and talk about these thing. Thank you. I will go my country's local electronic part center first. Maybe I got a llitle chance to find it there.

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Re: Help me repairing a soundcard. (Covox Sound master II)

Posted on 2013-08-19, 06:18

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by ik777

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considering its position on the card, and the fact its labeled with a "U", leads me to believe that it was an integrated amplifier part. You need the numbers from the missing part before you can fix it. Is integrated amplifier used in sound card like this? Could it be the same as the "ACT-1" part …

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Help me repairing a soundcard. (Covox Sound master II)

Posted on 2013-08-19, 03:33

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by ik777

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought a 8bit ym3812 soundcard and its condition is like picture attached. What does I should to buy and soldering it? Is it a capaciter array? If so what type I should buy?

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2013-08-11, 01:57

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by ik777

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Well, try this: Poke "00" to C01A. Peek "388". Should return "FF" (open bus, as OPL3 is not enabled) Poke "08" to C01A. Peek "388". Should return 00. I poke 08 to C01A but 388 still return FF. (Peek C01A return 08) My C-Media Audio version is 6.12.8.1737. I will try install another version of …

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Re: I've got the OPL3 synth from a CMI8738 working in Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2013-08-10, 14:17

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by ik777

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Did you use address C01A and data 08? Can you try downloading inpout32 from http://www.highrez.co.uk/Downloads/InpOut32/ (click on "binaries" in Downloads) and running the InstallDriver.exe tool? I did it again installing inpout32 and even c++ 2010 something what you saying there, did "C01A" and " …

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Re: Dos games and 16mb of ram

Posted on 2013-08-10, 11:47

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by ik777

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South Korea actually got a lot of PC ports that were never released anywhere else, and I'm pretty sure a lot of them were legal, too. (I think the fact that they had harsh restrictions on the import of Japanese goods for a long time had something to do with it.) It's quite likely they just consist …

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