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

Posted on 2015-06-08, 12:29

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Just decided on the prototyping place, since I got the calculation for a full run (as I want to do the prototype & series run to be done at/from the same place). It will be "LeitOn GmbH" located here in Berlin, Germany. Only downside they have is that they have distributed manufacturing so the PCBs …

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Re: indentify gus max clone

Posted on 2015-06-08, 10:46

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Maybe it's loosely related to the "Primax AltraSound" aka Sound-M16C (later slightly redesigned and rebranded by Gravis as the "UltraSound CD3" - being the only production type GUS by gravis with a green PCB) as they both used the "Ultrasound compatible" label and had extensive explainations of the …

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

Posted on 2015-06-07, 17:21

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It's a kind of backcronym anyways, since Gravis & UltraSound are trademarks. I know it's kinda silly to worry about this in a small, non-commercial project - but hey, better safe than sorry, especially since GUS as an acronym is kinda common knowledge or the common callsign/nickname for those cards …

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

Posted on 2015-06-07, 16:56

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I'll get back to that once we can talk about an actual series run 😀

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

Posted on 2015-06-07, 16:40

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http://i.imgur.com/2HyVZfc.jpg I could offer that as a compromise tho, so the logo remains visible even with the SIMM installed. We'll see ... that's something that can easily be fixed. Quite excited about the first prototype already and how well it works out.

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

Posted on 2015-06-07, 16:02

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... b) I can creep it back so it goes in line with the lower edge of the silkscreen of the joystick port - that way it might still fit if there's a small SMD IC in the way. ... This would be a good compromise, as it shaves off a few millimetres. In most cases with motherboards having this issue, …

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

Posted on 2015-06-07, 14:47

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I understand that it might be too late but just can't but suggest something. What if we remove the jumper description completely, put a larger ARGUS demoscene-style logo in that place, and the classic GUS-style logo goes on the back of the card - and as it is on the silkscreen layer, it can be made …

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Re: indentify gus max clone

Posted on 2015-06-07, 12:25

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That's not a max clone, missing the Crystal Codec chip. More a clone of the GUS classic. Still - that's a new one to me.

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

Posted on 2015-06-07, 10:22

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Just can't read the new JP numbers (if you've renumbered them), but on the jumpers description they start with JP4. That's Eagle3D And the "-" sign for JP6 and JP7 is missing (I guess, that's the Eagle3D bug once again). That's POVRay And... have you put the pinheaders for all audio ports already …

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

Posted on 2015-06-07, 09:58

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Back & front side of Prototype 1: (Eagle3D introduces some bugs, like missing out the component names, rendering cut out polygons differently, some silkscreen nonsense)

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Re: Lots of hardware help needed

Posted on 2015-06-06, 20:06

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MrEWhite wrote: Dominus wrote: @The_Pope, Vogons has a "new" no trade allowed here policy. Please do not ask for parts and such here. Also please don't listen to that other guy, he is our newest troll He wanted to get XP on a slow as hell system, hows that trolling? Using stolen pictures from the …

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Re: Is that motherboard fine?

Posted on 2015-06-06, 14:13

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Is it just me or does that board have quite a bend?

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

Posted on 2015-06-06, 13:49

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http://i.imgur.com/gz0mLaB.png Finally got Eagle3d to produce a nice representation of the PCB Logo. (If there's massive $$$ overshoot in the end I could even have those produced as keychains for donors as the last scream in nerd fashion :) I'm planning on using the money on more useful stuff tho …

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

Posted on 2015-06-06, 11:48

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If I'm not mistaken those are for the classic GUS anyways.

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

Posted on 2015-06-06, 09:05

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No, as PQFP-sockets have a different footprint than the chip itself. Actually ... no idea what socket I found when I first googled. Now I'm just finding the ones I thought of originally - costing roughly 100x as much as the chip that's gonna be seated in them :) If you want, I have a dead InterWave …

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

Posted on 2015-06-06, 07:50

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Also once again - this first batch is closed for now (you had a little over 2 months to opt in). There _may_ be a second one some time in the future, as some people asked me for it already and me having ~80 InterWave chips left after the first batch if all goes more or less with the plan. Therefore …

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

Posted on 2015-06-06, 07:01

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No. Presoldered maybe, but certainly not socketed.

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

Posted on 2015-06-05, 22:45

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http://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/D … ntxt=7-382486-2 That's the 3d model of the socket I currently intent on using myself and might possibly get a good deal on to provide it along with the PCBs.

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

Posted on 2015-06-05, 22:23

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But one more remark - why don't you change the identification of the jumpers? ISA header is not a jumper, so it's better not be called JP1/JP2. That's why they're called X1/X2 (as in extender) :) I could still renumber them, yes. There's actually 1 tiny thing I still need to adjust, the drill holes …

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

Posted on 2015-06-05, 21:32

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Sure ... just a minute (keep in mind Eagle3D is slightly buggy) http://i.imgur.com/JDcLIIg.png (missing component names on the silkscreen, the contributor section above the top right corner of the InterWave should be exposed copper)

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