Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-02-04, 15:23

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Hi. Is the PCB design of the ORPHEUS 2LT final? I have noticed the board is a bit longer than the 16 bits ISA connector unlike the MK8330 and the Orpheus I. That is a problem for those who would like to use this card in an Amiga, where ISA slots are inline with ZORRO slots separeted by less than 1 …

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Re: ISA Bus expansion to secondary case

Posted on 2023-02-04, 14:34

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Thanks Horun, you are expert at diging out things, i couldn't find anything useful myself with Google. Yes weedeewee, you are probably right as the above pdf don't seem to mention any software. Now, i need to find a nice secondary case with a backplane.

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Re: ISA Bus expansion to secondary case

Posted on 2023-02-04, 11:41

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Thanks for these links. I badly need software, unless these boards work as passive adapters. I don't know if there is a software part with the IBM 5161 bus expansion.

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ISA Bus expansion to secondary case

Posted on 2023-02-03, 22:19

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Hi there. I have been looking for a long time for those boards which allow to expand the ISA bus of a computer to a secondary case with more slots, just like the IBM 5161 except for 16 bits wide bus. I have now those boards with their 2 meters cable from Kontron, so-called ECIK-2001, but i have no …

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Re: Mixed PCs - Midi racks - Micros and more

Posted on 2023-01-28, 21:47

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Very nice and clean setup. What softwares are you using on the Amiga with all these MIDI devices?

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Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)

Posted on 2023-01-28, 20:56

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Hi there. Sorry i'm new to SoftMPU. I would like to know if there is an older version that could work with MSDOS5 and EMM386 v4.44. I'm trying to use SoftMPU to output midi music from PCTask 4.4, PC 486 emulator for Amiga which has no sound card emulation apart from pc biper but can use the COM port …

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Re: Roland SC55 MIDI Thru

Posted on 2023-01-25, 23:15

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by Xanxi

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I have tested also my spare SC55 and it has the same behaviour with INT2 not routed to the THRU port but INT1 yes. That's strange because it is unlikely that two units might have the same fault, but i remember having read on the forum someone who said INT2 was sending signal to THRU.

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Re: PentiumIII 600 on a PentiumII System?

Posted on 2023-01-25, 21:44

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BX chipset mobo should do Pentium III Katmai and some coppermine. You should be good with 600 MHz.

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Re: HIDman - USB to PS/2 converter (Open Source)

Posted on 2023-01-25, 12:58

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This device seems awesome. Is there a source to buy one ready made?

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Re: this capacitor blew up and almost killed me. why am i not dead? more importantly, why isn't the motherboard dead?

Posted on 2023-01-24, 14:56

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I don't think tantalum caps could start a fire when exploding but it sure can damage nearby boards.

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Re: Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes 1 + 2 problems with sound and other stuff

Posted on 2023-01-23, 22:17

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I have made some progress. When i choose in the setup program music with MT32 but no sound (soundblaster, adlib not available with my soundcard), game is working fine. Don't know what kind of SoundBlaster card the game would like (didn't work for me with Vibra16 or MK8330). Will try someday other …

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Re: this capacitor blew up and almost killed me. why am i not dead? more importantly, why isn't the motherboard dead?

Posted on 2023-01-22, 20:23

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Yes those tantalum caps can litteraly explode when they are shorted out, it happend to me recently. Chances are the ISA slots and everything else still work because caps are only for regulation, but the computer might be instable. Better change the others before they blow out too. That is probably a …

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Roland SC55 MIDI Thru

Posted on 2023-01-21, 23:03

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Hello there. I have added a new element to my midi chain with a Korg X5DR. I want to run it after the Roland SC55. I am surprised to see that MIDI THRU of the SC55 passes data to MIDI IN of the X5DR from the MIDI IN 1 of the SC55 (the port at the back) but not from MIDI IN 2 (the port at the front). …

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Re: Graphic card advice for my K6-III retro build

Posted on 2023-01-20, 23:29

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I would say Voodoo 3. It is the more period correct board, and i had that kind of setup with K6-3 450 (upgrade from previous K6-2 350 oc to 400) at the time (along with a DXR2 board for decoding DVD because the Voodoo 3 was weak at this task - who cares now?). This setup was later upgraded to Radeon …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-20, 20:42

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Received today a Korg X5D/R to add to my MIDI stack. I have always liked Roland but the sound of the Korg expanders impressed me on youtube and this one does not seem to disappoint.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-18, 22:04

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Just got myself an old Roland ED M-10 Mixer, so that at last i can get all the audio outputs of my computer mixed on one cable. No PSU but works with a 9V battery.

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

Posted on 2023-01-17, 15:20

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Ok, case solved for my problem. I was just a dumb ass who had connected the daughterboard on the waveblaster header two pins on the left. Fortunately nothing was damaged and sound is working nice now with IRQ 7 and port 300 with MK8330 MPU. Sorry to have wasted brain time of people reading all this …

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

Posted on 2023-01-13, 08:18

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Yes, jumpers are like this. Ok i'm going to try this later and also try other ports than 300 and 330. Besides, could i use both jack midi and gameport midi at the same time, for example to have MT32 on one and SC55 on the other, and have only one ON at a time according to game?

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

Posted on 2023-01-13, 07:56

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I have made some progress reading the awesome guide here https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=82337&p=982181&hilit=orpheus#p982181 However, unless i have not understood something, i still have no sound with the waveblaster board. PC-MIDI MPU is still by default at IRQ2 and port 330. MK8330 …

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

Posted on 2023-01-10, 22:29

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Hello there. Since my previous post in this thread, my board has been fixed by the awesome Keropi by replacing the chip. Now, i require some help to understand how i can use all the midi options of the board. I have the PCMIDI add-on and i am using only DOS, no Windows. The MT32 is connected to the …

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