I recorded a few demos, looks like Adlib sounds best when given the option (IE, in Doom). OPL3 emulation is perhaps not very good https://youtu.be/PmiPysnCTWg

Against my better judgement I got the legacy drivers to work, I am not sure how, I messed around with the INF files and changed some PCI vendor ids to match the newer driver version, but now I have SB compatability and FM synth! I will record some samples and upload here

So I decided to spend some time with this, this is from an HP Pavilion XL768 Slot A Athlon machine with Windows ME. I did a restore from the factory CDs and the default drivers do not have any synth support :( I tried to install ones that I saw floating around but they wouldn't take, I wonder if the …

Here's a photo of mine from HP Pavilion Filename PXL_20240107_024609336.jpg File size 1.59 MiB Views 422 views

HP used these in the late 90s I think it has pretty good sound blaster compatibility and the FM synth isn't too bad, at least to my unsophisticated ears. I wonder if they're undervalued due to the modem integration

I have a Slot A Athlon 1GHz CPU that locks up whenever it enters protected mode. I've tested this with several operating systems and different software, and it's always the same spot every time. I also have tried different CPUs, different RAM, and different motherboards and can conclusively rule out …

I have a GA-486US (very interesting board with proprietary 32-bit bus) with a corrupted bios chip. I tried dumping the BIOS but I get nearly all FFs. I swapped the BIOS out for another board's with a different chipset and I got the board to POST but it doesn't properly configure the cache or see any …