Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-07-09, 21:08

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by MJay99

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Since it just happened to be in the works over the last weeks and finally came up working again (cleaning from being stored in a seemingly humid and moldy environment for years, retrobrighting, kid's art, a PSU with the weirdest issues we ever saw, subsequent conversion to another PSU, an upgrade to …

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-07-08, 21:46

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Et voilà, after about five hours of non-stop fun, this is what I came out with: IMG_20190708_221252_529_resized.jpg My personal findings and take on the process: It's a breeze and I love the included building instruction! It's such a nice touch! There's maybe only one very minor change I would …

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-07-08, 21:14

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Oh, most definitely, this already IS my first xmas present this year: A pack of goodies: 20190708_125056_resized.jpg A 30 minute lunch break well used (with elegant help of a little recently discovered chinese magician): wx_camera_1562586597861.jpg 20190708_130021_resized.jpg Pondering if socketing …

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-07-08, 14:07

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by MJay99

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My kits are stuck in WROCLAW My sympathies! After a seemingly long freeze in Wroclaw and a non-delivery on Saturday, mine finally arrived today via DPD. Seems that even for deliveries to the South of Germany, they are routing them from Wroclaw to near Frankfurt, which seems to take more than one …

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-07-04, 22:03

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Ha, it's probably gonna arrive fully assembled and tested, with someone having had a great time - just a little later - maybe with a note requesting to send more on that route... 😁

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-07-04, 21:23

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DPD to Germany seems to be much slower - so far, that package is still sitting about half way in Poland 😁 Well, no big issue - let's see if it's gonna make it before the weekend, even though I rather doubt it, by now 😀

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-07-01, 22:30

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LABS wrote: First 10 are ready to ship today Awesome, great job! Very curious to hear and experience it, soon!

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-06-21, 19:13

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by MJay99

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Awesome work! Considering how much time it took to drill and fit a bracket to the SnarkBarker, this is surely gonna be a heaven to put together! :) Just a side note, without any real intent to change anything anymore: I just recently found that e.g. Mouser does offer Keystone Brackets with ears, …

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-06-21, 19:02

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I also wouldn't even dare to name the SnarkBarker together with the Blasterboard in terms of its design goal... as much as the SnarkBarker is a very fun thing (and I am very happy with it), the 1:1 clone of the SB also did clone a rather nice noise floor :D I'm betting this card is gonna be a world …

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A modern SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-04-20, 17:10

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by MJay99

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Already an awesome result! Definitely still interested and cannot wait to start soldering 😁 Happy holidays to you, too!

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

Posted on 2019-04-16, 15:41

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by MJay99

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Only fyi: I just ordered a couple of PCBs for another card from elecrow in SZ, which I'm gonna populate over the next days to test: They didn't put any pool marker on this batch.

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Re: PC-Chip M912 - change bios or how to swap floppy letters

Posted on 2019-04-12, 13:50

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by MJay99

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One other option could be: Install e.g. a network card carrying an XTIDE Bios Extension EPROM. It allows you to swap drives on boot.

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Re: BlasterBoard 2.0 : A modern SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2019-04-11, 20:00

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by MJay99

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And if your list still has open slots, I'd be very happy to take and solder one, too.

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

Posted on 2019-03-12, 18:02

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by MJay99

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@shock__: If you need another slot filled, I am happy to join.

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

Posted on 2019-03-08, 19:34

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by MJay99

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Since I only came across this late last year: happy to jump in with $60 for a prototype and doing some testing in a bunch of machines and environments afterwards.

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

Posted on 2019-03-03, 13:13

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by MJay99

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Personally no extensive need for SPDIF, but happy to jump in with a donation, if this becomes the majority decision. Also able to test in different systems as a drop-in replacement for a GUS.

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

Posted on 2019-03-02, 18:08

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by MJay99

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PCB is a fun and quite unique choice and I would be very happy with it, but agree, any option would be perfectly fine with me.

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Re: Need help with my first GUS! A Gravis Ultrasound Classic 2.4

Posted on 2018-10-10, 19:46

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by MJay99

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Thank you so much! For bonus points, do you have any idea what the trimmer controls? Is it possible to measure the resistance across such a part in circuit so I could get a ballpark figure of where to set mine when I replace it? Sorry for taking my time, but the card was already back inside its …

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Re: Need help with my first GUS! A Gravis Ultrasound Classic 2.4

Posted on 2018-10-06, 21:21

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by MJay99

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Thanks for the tips guys. Any ideas about the missing trimmer I mentioned in the OP? EDIT: DOH! I also just noticed that the crystal at Y1 next to the GF1 socket is missing. If anyone has one of these cards, could you please get the numbers from that crystal? I have a bunch of them laying around …

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