Re: OPNA (YM2608) based soundcard for IBM PCs and compatibles possible?

Posted on 2022-05-03, 01:47

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On PC-98s, the OPN(A) on sound boards defaults to INT5 (which is IRQ 12) and I/O port 188h. PC-98s aren't IBM compatible though (with many things completely different). Now IRQ 12 on IBMs is used by the PS/2 mouse port if there is one, while I couldn't find anything that uses I/O port 188h on IBMs. …

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Re: SBVGM (DOS) VGM Player

Posted on 2021-09-30, 03:39

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I found this program which I used to convert AY-3-8910/YM2149 VGMs to YM2203 such that they could work with SBVGM for PC-98. I tried a couple of converted VGMs on both emulation and real hardware - they work except that the ones that play back digitized samples (usually drums) don't sound correct, …

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Re: SBVGM (DOS) VGM Player

Posted on 2021-07-29, 01:05

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Would it be possible to add AY-3-8910/YM2149 playback support on the YM2203/YM2608 in PC-98 sound boards? Those chips basically have a YM2149 built-in. I have a few VGMs that use the AY-3-8910/YM2149 but I can't test them on real hardware - I have a PC-9821Xb10/J8 with a sound board installed along …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2021-04-13, 00:46

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Does anybody know of any good PCIe x1 capture cards? I would get one of those Datapath cards, since they can also capture 15 and 24 kHz RGB, but they require a PCIe x4 slot, and the only free slot my desktop has is an x1 slot, since the only suitable slot (an x16 slot) is already taken up by the …

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Re: GENIE: A Sega MD sound card -- any interest?

Posted on 2019-05-30, 23:45

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Speaking of I/O addresses, over in PC-98 land, the OPN/OPNA chip on the sound boards used for those machines generally use I/O port 188h, but again, that's on very different hardware from IBM and compatibles.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-10-30, 00:28

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I see that Ghouls 'n Ghosts is being played on it.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-10-28, 14:55

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Yeah, quite nice. I see a Roland MPU-PC98II, a PC-FXGA, what appears to be two Voodoo IIs in SLI configuration (by the ports that are shown), and some unknown sound board. Here's a picture of my machine: Filename IMG_0122.JPG File size 1.11 MiB Views 3503 views

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2017-10-27, 19:36

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SPEC PC9821 XT13/C12 PENTIUM 133>>>K63-400 millennium MGA-2064w 4M 64MB CDROM 4X SCSI-2 HD 36G MPU-401 PC-FXGA WIN95 Huh, a PC-9821Xt13/C12. I own a PC-9821Xb10/J8, but I've haven't done much yet. I still need to buy a PC-9801-86 soundboard, a replacement floppy drive (or floppy emulator; the drive …

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Re: Could you suggest me some games?

Posted on 2017-06-05, 02:57

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Perhaps this thread might be useful beyond my own personal wants. In any case, I've recently got a 486 build working, complete with an OPL3 card and a Stealth 24 VLB card. I come to you because... I've done sweet fuck all with it. I was gonna play Doom, but that's too much for a DX2-66 to play …

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Re: Innovation SSI 2001 re-engineering and/or conclusions

Posted on 2017-01-23, 02:14

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The new version of the VICE C64 emulator now supports the Innovation SSI-2001. Here's the readme, where it says that SSI-2001 support has been added for both Windows and the *nix family (such as Linux or BSD): http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/NEWS

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Anybody has any experience with NeoMagic audio?

Posted on 2016-11-27, 06:05

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So I just received a Dell Latitude CPi from a friend, with a Pentium II running at 366 Mhz AFAIK and 256MB of EDO RAM running Windows 98SE in a 40GB hard drive. The weird thing about it is its sound. So the sound hardware is a "NeoMagic MagicMedia 256", or that's what Windows says it is. It works …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2016-11-26, 18:12

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Anybody up for some Frank Zappa or Miles Davis?

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Re: OPL3 - what's the deal?

Posted on 2016-11-14, 01:12

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Yeah, and speaking about clones, keenmaster486, I finally got the sound chip (ESS Allegro ES1988) of my Compaq laptop working under DOS. It sounds quite funny. On this link, I have direct recordings of "Zeppelin" from Jill of the Jungle, "Shadows Don't Scare Me" from Keen 4, and "Sign of the Worm" …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2016-11-14, 00:29

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Correctamundo! Actually, it's the PC-88 version, being emulated under a emulated PC-98.

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Re: OPL3 - what's the deal?

Posted on 2016-11-13, 23:54

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The YMF262, which is also integrated in the YMF7xx series and a custom chip made by Yamaha for Creative (It carries the OPL label), is the real McCoy. The other cards you mentioned, excluding some AWE32 models, carry a clone of this chip, and their accuracy can be quite hit and miss at times. Even …

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Re: A good use for an S3 Virge ?

Posted on 2016-11-13, 23:45

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Yep, a fail-safe in case the onboard video of those mobos without an AGP slot suddenly fail.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2016-11-13, 23:35

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Here's a hard one for you folks.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2016-11-13, 23:13

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After a bit of mucking around the net, I found out that this is an obscure game based off the Dinotopia series of books.

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Re: Found a ZX Spectrum X 128K in the dump! *WORKS*

Posted on 2016-11-13, 22:57

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What's the other cassette (besides the obviously pirated version of Bomb Jack) holding? There's a website called World of Spectrum that holds a crapton of games that can be legally downloaded. The owners of the website ask the creators of the games (or the companies that now own the creators) for …

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Re: Dualschutes: Why have SSE when you can have twice the MMX?

Posted on 2016-11-13, 22:48

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I dunno, maybe ripping and encoding your CD collection?

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