Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-03-04, 18:01
RetroBard wrote on 2022-03-04, 16:58: Sorry, Jinxter for hijacking your thread. I can start a separate one. I don't think of it as my thread. 😀
Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-02-15, 13:52
I just won a Schneider Euro PC in an auction. It’s missing the PSU and according to the description doesn’t power on. The seller suspects the on/off switch. He’s also tested the socketed chips to be working in another Euro PC. I’m looking forward to have a try at it. I have a suitable Mean Well PSU …
Re: Help configuring this EGA card
Posted on 2022-02-09, 21:53
Shagittarius wrote on 2022-02-09, 20:53: Jinxter wrote on 2022-02-09, 19:15: Shagittarius wrote on 2020-08-01, 18:12: Here ya go, it's not perfect but is all legible. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehpi6545rthqd6x/Par … Manual.pdf?dl=0 Link is not working. Could you please fix? Sorry try here: https:// …
Re: Help configuring this EGA card
Posted on 2022-02-09, 19:15
Shagittarius wrote on 2020-08-01, 18:12: Here ya go, it's not perfect but is all legible. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehpi6545rthqd6x/Par … Manual.pdf?dl=0 Link is not working. Could you please fix?
Re: Non-US character ROMs from MDA/CGA/Hercules cards?
Posted on 2022-02-08, 10:46
Hi, My IBM 5155 has an original MDA/LPT1 card and a original CGA card. Both of them has a ROM mod. Pin 21 is removed from the socket, and connected directly on to pin 24. Maybe this is a necessary mod when using MDA and CGA at the same time? I removed the MDA card, and the CGA still works fine with …
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2022-02-03, 23:19
I made a video on using serial MIDI on an 8088 / NECV20: Take a look: https://youtu.be/-bk_dpQA750 And since my computer also supports Plantronics CGA - i have both 16colors and MIDI music on an my favourite PC/XT.
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2022-02-01, 12:12
ultramars wrote on 2022-01-31, 20:32: Roland-SCC-1-MPU401-Windows-Drivers.zip Thank you. Here is a working link: download/file.php?id=98825
Re: Behold this gem: USB to ISA adapter!
Posted on 2022-01-28, 14:10
That doesn't appear to be a USB/ISA adapter. The description says it's an ISA backup card, the empty socket is for a flash chip used to store backups, and the USB connector as far as I understand is only used to trigger/control the backup process. Essentially an ISA disk controller with attached …
Re: Behold this gem: USB to ISA adapter!
Posted on 2022-01-28, 11:50
Has anybody here tried this USB ISA card from Aliexpress? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003265361 … 3c00dlzVS4&mp=1 It has an empty socket. Could this be used for an XT-IDE ROM, or a DOS ROM?
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2022-01-26, 18:41
No, several patches from the VCFed thread are missing, including those for the Microprose games. There is also yet a fair amount of stuff that I haven't gotten around to making available... I skipped page 2 on the VCFed thread - it was very late when I consolidated the files. Attached is a new …
Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-01-24, 23:41
I resolve it in my way Also - there is my video how to add composite mode and get csync signal to 2nd pin of cga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-E7Qh1hnuM&feature=youtu.be I was looking trough old messages in this thread. I had almost forgot the tereg made a composite mod for his Euro XT, witch …
Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-01-24, 22:52
I browsed trough the German training manual and some some interesting tips. CTRL-ALT-ESC = Setup CTRL-ALT-F1 = Switch to ASCII character set? - Can someone explain this? CTRL-ALT-F2 = Back to the default character set CTRL-ALT-Plus/Minus = Speed up/down. CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE=Hard Reset CTRL-ALT-4/6 = …
Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-01-24, 21:28
In this German training manual it states that the Joystick port in EuroPC 1 is Digital. It also states the joystick 1 is reached at address 258h. If i am not mistaken the analog PC Joystick port is address 201h. - Read more at: https://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/pc_joystick.html So i guess …
Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-01-24, 20:41
I did a new attempt on getting the mouse/joystick port to work - this time on my new EuroPC2. I find an interesting article about bus mouse: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Bus_mouse#Microsoft_InPort The article has a diagram showing the pinouts for the different type og BUS mouse. It looks like the …
Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-01-24, 20:26
I did a new attempt on getting the mouse/joystick port to work - this time on my new EuroPC2. First the schematics for EuroPC 1 and EuroPC 2 is attached. The EuroPC 2 calls it the MOUSE/DIGJOY/ANAJOY. The different being that the EuroPC2 using the words Digital and Analog Joystick. Maybe the EuroPC1 …
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2022-01-23, 00:26
As mentioned i will make a video about the MPU-232 where i am not using SoftMPU. In that regard i have consolidated all patches i could find from Cloudschatze in this group and vcfed.org. See attached file. If you want me to remove that file, just let me know. If you have comments or anything to to …
Re: Schneider Euro PC
Posted on 2022-01-07, 17:43
I did some more testing on the EURO_EMS driver. So to recap. The drivers enables the extra 128KB ram on the EuroPC2. When using the driver we are told (by the driver) that it is a EMS driver for RAMDRIVE, SMARTDRV and PC-CACHE V1.1 Using it with USE!UMBS to make the EMS memory into useful UMB memory …
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2022-01-03, 23:21
I am trying to summarise what I know about the MPU-232 (or similar devices) - SoftMPU enables MIDI for these devices for 386+ machines - There are patches for these games: - But why patches for games that needs an 386+ anyway? CHEX.EXE 713,017 Chex Quest 1/2 DOOM.EXE 715,493 The Ultimate Doom DOOM2. …
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2022-01-03, 22:44
I made a video on the MPU-232. Check it out. It i did not know about this group when making the video. So there a a few things i could have added. I think it's important to note that SoftMPU isn't a hard requirement for use of the MPU-232. Software/drivers that already support serial-port MIDI …
Re: GamePadDB15 V2 : use 9 pin gamepad on DB15 PC Joystick connector.
Posted on 2022-01-03, 21:57
I have made a video about the GamePadDB15. Check it out: https://youtu.be/hduPDjF7HEs
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