Re: Making a MIDI daughterboard from scrap parts

Posted on 2023-11-30, 14:13

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by brunobox99

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You're probably gonna have to get a new PCB made, the little piece is unlikely to have all the connections intact and you definitely need to add stuff to it so it can even be interfaced with some other device [...] Hello Tiido, thanks for the suggestion, I know that making a new PCB would be the …

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Re: Making a MIDI daughterboard from scrap parts

Posted on 2023-11-29, 02:06

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by brunobox99

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Good evening Der Baum, I found a Philips DA1311A, could this DAC work? Here is the datasheet.

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Re: Making a MIDI daughterboard from scrap parts

Posted on 2023-11-28, 14:47

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DerBaum wrote on 2023-11-28, 03:38: ...The Datasheet is a little bit confused with the naming: We need a I2S Stereo DAC. We have 3 Signals: MSD (SD) = Data MCLK (BC […] Show full quote ...The Datasheet is a little bit confused with the naming: We need a I2S Stereo DAC. We have 3 Signals: MSD (SD) = …

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Re: Making a MIDI daughterboard from scrap parts

Posted on 2023-11-28, 02:59

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by brunobox99

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...OR using these chips as midi only with a DAC to convert the digital output... Hi, thanks for the suggestion, I was thinking more about using a DAC, because those cards you said are non-existant here. I think the Y1 component of the 1st photo is a crystal. What DAC chip could I use? I could try …

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Making a MIDI daughterboard from scrap parts

Posted on 2023-11-28, 01:18

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by brunobox99

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Good evening fellow Vogons members, I have seen that a lot of users are buying newly made MIDI daughterboards made by Serdaco, and I would like to buy one for myself but due to the euro being very expensive on my country, I can't afford one, not even the least expensive. So I thought that I could …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2023-11-25, 15:33

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OK, here are my findings, I hope these can help anyone with a Yamaha PCI card: YMF724 works mostly well with a 440BX chipset and the D-DMA option. But, the problem lies when you select a INTA# IRQ different to the IRQ that the hardware is using: If the PCI card is in IRQ 10, you must select INTA# …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2023-11-25, 11:53

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... Yes, I tried using it after SETUPDS.EXE, and the result was the same. Curiously, HWINFO reports that the card is now on IRQ 5, but still some games reboots or can't find the card on IRQ 5, some games think that is still on IRQ 10. ... Thanks for the suggestion, I have 5 PCI Slots and tried to …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2023-11-25, 04:52

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Before running SETUPDS, run YMFIRQ 5, or YMFIRQ 7. That should assign IRQ 5 or 7 to your card. And then run SEUPDS and see what happens. Hello tauro, thanks for the suggestion. I have tried the following: Disabling LPT1 frees IRQ 7: still the card insists on using IRQ 10. (IRQ 5 is already free, …

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Re: Can Sound Blaster play samples and FM at the same time?

Posted on 2023-11-24, 20:26

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by brunobox99

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Of course, both type of sounds are processed by the different parts /circuits / parts of circuits of a soundcard.

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2023-11-24, 20:20

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Wow! I had that CMI8330 chip in a soundcard when I was a kid! It was my first and beloved soundcard. So much nostalgia! That chip was very compatible with all the games that I played at those mavelous years. Congratulations Keropi, your card is a great tribute to this humble but very respectable …

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Re: Ymf724: Does DSDMA.EXE work with DOS 6.22?

Posted on 2023-11-24, 20:01

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I run DSDMA on DOS6.22 for my YMF744, and it works perfectly. But yeah, I remember it was very finnicky about when you initialize it. There is a particular order of lines of initialization that must be respected, otherwise the PC hangs when loading a certain driver (like mouse or CD rom). The way …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2023-11-24, 19:30

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Good day dear members of VOGONS. Please I need your help with a Yamaha WaveForce 192 (YMF724E). It is installed on my retro PC (Dell Optiplex GX1) and the BIOS assigns it the IRQ 10 automatically (verified with HWINFO for DOS). When I try to setup the Waveforce 192 with SETUPDS, the only options …

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Re: E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card

Posted on 2023-11-22, 15:24

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dreamblaster wrote on 2023-01-02, 14:03: I have some more E-waves ready now (https://www.serdashop.com/EWave). The current E-wave uses the ESS ES692 chip. Is there any other ESS wavetable chip that sounds sufficiently different, to consider for E-wave II ? What is the difference between ES692S and …

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Re: Best video cards with DOS / Win 3.x / Win 9x support

Posted on 2023-11-13, 19:24

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Ati Rage Pro works very well on Windows 3.1 / 3.11. But it has problems with some EGA games (Commander Keen 4/5/6 for example). Commander Keen ATi fix: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=829712#p829712 https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6192 Thank you very much, I will try the patch tonight …

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Re: Integrated ESS Wavetable header / native DOS compatibility

Posted on 2023-11-10, 21:48

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Sorry, I don't have any hardware with wavetable connector.

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Sound Blaster Live! cards (version 3.0)

Posted on 2023-11-09, 12:50

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by brunobox99

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I think it is related to the driver version. I have tried with another SBLive CD, and Tyrian 2000 worked fine, with digital sounds and MIDI (but using the ECW files, not the SF2 fonts). Could be that too. Do note that the SB16 emulation always uses ECW sets in pure DOS, so it might be worth trying …

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Sound Blaster Live! cards (version 3.0)

Posted on 2023-11-09, 07:10

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by brunobox99

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Only one game has no sound: Tyrian 2000. Both the unpatched (v1.0) and the patched (v1.3) versions does not produce any digital sound. Only MIDI is available. Can anyone confirm this? Yeah, Tyrian is very picky when it comes to sound cards. I think it might work in pure DOS (Restart in MS-DOS mode) …

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Sound Blaster Live! cards (version 3.0)

Posted on 2023-11-09, 03:14

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by brunobox99

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Here's my report: CT4830 working good under WIN98SE. Only one game has no sound: Tyrian 2000. Both the unpatched (v1.0) and the patched (v1.3) versions does not produce any digital sound. Only MIDI is available. Can anyone confirm this?

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Re: ESS sound card with 2MB wavetable chip - DONE

Posted on 2023-11-04, 18:44

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by brunobox99

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Is there any possibility of making a Soundfont from this ESS ROM dump? I have an AWE32 with 2 x 1 MB SIMMs (2 MB total) and it would be great to use instead of the 1 MB AWE ROM.

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Re: Installing IDE driver under DOS

Posted on 2023-10-25, 19:16

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by brunobox99

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I recommend using XDMA.SYS driver in pure DOS.

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