Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2018-08-11, 03:54

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This member repeatedly posting the same image (just above this post, too). Maybe new users should be restricted from sending private messages and have any attachments approved before they are publicly visible for some time period.

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Re: [SOLVED?] How to avoid Windows 10 service packs?

Posted on 2018-08-11, 00:19

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How about setting your connection as metered? The theory was that it would only download and install critical updates and security fixes on a metered connection. Whether it will still try for the larger updates after a certain period of time isn't quite clear (to me) yet.

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Re: Gravis UltraSound : Classic Found With Open Traces

Posted on 2018-08-10, 17:18

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While you're doing this sort of testing, make absolutely certain that the bare strand of wire doesn't touch anything else on the card, or the result may be worse than what you started with. You could possibly try a bit of electrical tape over the other contacts on the board that are nearby (meaning …

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Re: Why Intel dropped the Slot processor form?

Posted on 2018-08-10, 16:58

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At the time, the average consumer wouldn't have known a USB port if it got up and bit their finger, much less have had the ability to successfully replace a Slot 1 processor. I will concede that building a custom Mac OS computer wasn't possible, let alone common, but upgrading was common enough …

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Re: Gravis UltraSound : Classic Found With Open Traces

Posted on 2018-08-10, 03:43

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The idea, if I'm understanding his intent, is to make sure you have only one source of 5V, and to connect it with only one very short (1 cm or less) piece of very thin wire, so that if something goes wrong, it will (hopefully) break the connection, somewhat like a fuse. The wire you're using appears …

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Re: Why Intel dropped the Slot processor form?

Posted on 2018-08-09, 21:42

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For consumer and small business systems, this was mostly unique to Intel and, later, AMD. The AIM alliance at the time had a similar cache arrangement, but the smaller PCB module still fit into a similar ZIF socket, with the part of the board holding the cache ICs sitting off the edge of the socket. …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-08-09, 20:51

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My recent reading led to an interesting question, since you seem to be regarded as a bit of an audio purist. Does your design use a separate DAC? Did you use Yamaha parts? I have seen a few claims that the UDA1330A or similar parts can deliver cleaner sound with less noise. Did you consider any …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-08-07, 14:41

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You have me curious about the other "sound related thing" that you're developing. Now I'll be watching around here for your new thread, just in case you give a few hints. You make an interesting point about the ARM parts, and some are relatively inexpensive for what they offer. If they're good and …

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Re: Gravis UltraSound : Classic Found With Open Traces

Posted on 2018-08-07, 14:15

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derSammler wrote: That's the jumper for address selection. Of course, it's right on the silk screen, too, and I ignored it; silly me. 😊

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Re: Gravis UltraSound : Classic Found With Open Traces

Posted on 2018-08-07, 14:02

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Perhaps a silly observation, but there seems to be a jumper shunt lodged on the ISA bus pin header, just at the beginning of the AT portion of the card edge connector. Could that not be shorting something. I was under the impression that those headers were to be left alone, except when installing …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-08-06, 20:28

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I'm pretty sure ARM will be pretty nice to work with also, it has pretty much made AVR and PIC stuff obsolete in both price and performance. Interesting that you would mention that now. I have been looking at MCU prices for another potential project, and still find AVR to be quite competitive when …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-08-05, 17:54

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I'm one of those people who absolutely cannot stand C and likenesses That's interesting; I was actually expecting you to say that you are an expert C programmer, and the whole thing was 100% C. Is there something in particular that you dislike about C-derived languages? You're obviously not alone, …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-08-05, 05:33

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I would like to hear reports on SETYMF though, it works on any random YMF71x card and is a big improvement over existing solutions. I'm actually just as interested in your software. Would you mind describing how you put the design together? What tools do you prefer for DOS work? If I can find …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-08-04, 04:21

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This "real life" business has a bad habit of getting in the way of interesting/fun stuff. Hopefully, things go according to plan for you. The delay may benefit me somewhat, however. By the time you're ready to start thinking about ordering a batch next time, I might actually be able to spare the …

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Re: Gravis Ultrasound - No MIDI synth playback in Win98

Posted on 2018-08-02, 19:06

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I haven't used an older UltraSound card in a long time, but this is also something that happens under Windows 3.1 with the UltraSound PnP. No RAM-based patches will load if the software tries to use an interface other than MCI, unless the software makes the right calls to load the patches. To check …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 19:01

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Are there replica cards out there in the wild for sale anywhere? I'm interested and would like to know prices and compatibility. No, not currently. We are still at the late prototype stage, and there has been some discussion of possibly needing to do another round of prototypes before everything is …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 17:18

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Soundblasters don't have a speed compensated game port... why should i need that ? Some games, with some configurations, would be completely out of control when using an ordinary game port (completely unable to hold calibration, drift, response in only a few directions, etc.). The speed- …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 16:04

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Even then, if everyone has to buy a bracket with the type 15 slot already punched, it will end up being about as expensive as a full run of brackets. The only advantage of that approach is that it doesn't depend on a certain minimum number of people committing to buy one (or several). In your case, …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-07-29, 21:26

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3) The audio path requires bipolar capacitors for the most part, I don't recall seeing any such in the Silmic series. I don't think there will be any significant measurable difference. The capacitors I use are Nichicon USP Is that your decision to improve audio quality? I have never seen bi-polar …

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2018-07-29, 17:35

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If you wouldn't mind a few more questions: What software do you use for your designs? What is the size of the board currently? Have you ever tried Elna Silmic capacitors in the audio path? Do you think they provide better audio quality, as claimed? You've said that you are not soldering by hand. Are …

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