Re: Do those exist at all: Serial-to-USB / Parallel-to-USB / SCSI-to-USB / PCMCIA (Type I or II) to USB adapters ?

Posted on 2021-10-15, 15:23

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by SScorpio

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm not sure how far back you are looking to go, but PCI USB 2.0 cards can still be easily purchased. ISA was well before USB's time and I remember any cards coming out on that. The question is, what are you attempting to do in DOS with USB? If you are just looking to do easy file transfers, get a …

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2021-10-14, 01:10

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by SScorpio

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Someone had posted that earlier, but he doesn't show what he is exactly doing there. He would be happily using an Altera DE10 development board (very common (and even subsidized) to college students) to emulate the drive, which would be meaningless for the "price" requirements posted here. Until he …

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2021-10-13, 23:58

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by SScorpio

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Both RPi and ESP32 are 3V3 devices. But don't take my word for it, connect 5V to the I/O pins and watch the fireworks and magic smoke escape. I really wish it was as easy as slapping a dumb hat with few connectors on top of a Pi and calling it a day. I mean no offense but this is another one of …

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2021-10-13, 22:28

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by SScorpio

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

PIO1 at most is enough for what people want here. You can do that purely in software with bitbanging. . . ~200ns means PIO2 would be pushing it too far. But that doesnt matter, PIO1 is already 40x CD speed. . . Again doesnt matter when its $2 for bare chips and $5 for FCC certified modules and has …

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2021-10-13, 11:18

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I understand that it is not a hardware solution to this, but has anyone tried the SHSUCDHD for this problem? https://github.com/adoxa/shsucd/ "SHSUCDHD v3.01 Simulates a CD-ROM using an image file" I wonder how well it works with older (386/486) machines. My understanding is it works, but doesn't …

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Re: HELP WITH SOUNDBLASTER X-FI MIDI

Posted on 2021-10-11, 22:04

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Has anyone successfully made one of these adapters? Hoping to make one myself but I’m not experienced in what materials I need to buy to make it happen? You need a 5 pin male mini din, and a 5 pin female din ends, along with at least a three-wire cable. You'll need to solder the wires to the …

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Re: X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty and Titanium HD connector pin-outs

Posted on 2021-10-09, 23:13

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by SScorpio

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in Marvin \ Sound

The X-Fi Titanium cards (the PCIe ones) used a totaly different I/O Drive: X-Fi Titanium IO Drive.jpg Wow, I never saw that thing before. It's pretty disappointing in its IO compared to earlier models. If you're looking for MIDI out, your best bet is a USB MIDI Cable. They add MIDI in and out ports …

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Re: X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty and Titanium HD connector pin-outs

Posted on 2021-10-08, 23:26

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by SScorpio

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I'm not sure about the Titanium HD, but other X-Fi's share the same connector as the Audigy 2. Just like the SB Live and Audigy 1 share the same connector and the Live Drives are interchangeable. Here's the mapping for the X-Fi and Audigy 2. https://pinouts.ru/Audio-Video-Hardware/sb_audigy2_ad_ext_ …

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Re: Does anyone own a MISTer FPGA and how is it?

Posted on 2021-10-08, 17:26

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by SScorpio

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

You could always just get a DE10-Nano, and the 128MB SDRAM, along with a cheap micro USB OTG hub. That will run everything over HDMI, and is a good starting point. Yeah, I'm considering the board, its €185 incl. shipping. Where do I source the 128mb from and what version do I need. Also what …

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Re: Yamaha MU2000EX

Posted on 2021-10-08, 00:02

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by SScorpio

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Do you know of any mixers then that can accommodate input for HDMI audio ranging from 32-bit/384kHz Stereo through to multichannel Dolby Atmos, in addition to optical digital input for more typical stereo? Or is there a cleaner solution. You know, like an internal sound card. You could use any …

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Re: USB KM (= KVM without the V part) switches - suggestions wanted for a quality model

Posted on 2021-10-07, 23:56

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by SScorpio

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

bestemor wrote on 2021-10-07, 20:41: Yes indeed, I have a feeling that Windows98 would not take all that reconnecting without protesting.... 😅 Just pretend you're Bill Gates giving the world its first look at Windows 98.

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Re: USB KM (= KVM without the V part) switches - suggestions wanted for a quality model

Posted on 2021-10-07, 19:55

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by SScorpio

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That was a helpful link though the USB switch doesn't say whether or not it is delay free for USB devices... There was a link on that page to a UGREEN KVM that does specifically say that it is USB delay-free and it is only $45... https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Out-HDMI-KVM-Switch-dp-B089F8Z3CM/dp/ …

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Re: USB KM (= KVM without the V part) switches - suggestions wanted for a quality model

Posted on 2021-10-07, 19:33

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by SScorpio

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I can't comment on best, but I've been using this one and its cheap. https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Selector-Comput … /dp/B01MXXQKGM/ They should all work the same. One's with remotes will be more expensive.

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Re: USB KM (= KVM without the V part) switches - suggestions wanted for a quality model

Posted on 2021-10-07, 18:58

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For over a year and a half I've been using one of those "dumb" USB switches and it works fine. I'm not getting anywhere near 10 seconds for the switch to occur, it seems to take 1-2 seconds for the inputs to switch. The only downside is hearing the disconnect and reconnect USB sounds. If I'm …

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Re: Does anyone own a MISTer FPGA and how is it?

Posted on 2021-10-04, 23:03

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in Console & Arcade Emulation

Sound nice, I'll start searching.. Man I watched that video twice, and now I want the RMC one too. But I'm still on the fence, because the desire will wane, and when it does I can make a proper decision. It's something that's in the development phase, so it will probably be a while. It using the …

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Re: Does anyone own a MISTer FPGA and how is it?

Posted on 2021-10-02, 14:29

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by SScorpio

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in Console & Arcade Emulation

It looks great, but portability is out of the question If you are looking for something smaller, Porkchop Express from MisterAddons posted a teaser for a new project I can't find an image of right now. But it takes the DE10-Nano with either the digital or full IO hat, and replaces the USB hub with …

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Re: Sound Blaster Live! Drive in MSDOS

Posted on 2021-09-27, 22:56

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by SScorpio

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I wasn't aware, that you can run more than one soundcard, so this changes everything. Is the SBLive passing the line_in on the back to the headphone_out in front, as long as the driver for DOS is not loaded? Or does it need that init process, you mentioned? (I am asking this, because the drive is …

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Re: Sound Blaster Live! Drive in MSDOS

Posted on 2021-09-27, 20:40

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Cheers Sccorpio, thanks for the tips. I might end up with two soundcards (SB16 and SBLive) in one machine, if thats possible. Need to do further research, I didnt have that much stuff back in the day :-D Is there any further information about that init process? I can't really find anything about …

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Re: Sound Blaster Live! Drive in MSDOS

Posted on 2021-09-26, 15:12

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by SScorpio

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I didn't try it in pure DOS, but the SB Live 5.1 and SB Audigy 1 both need to run some init process with the Live Drive. My use case was tapping into the additional pins for the external IO bracket at the back to connect an MX-300's SPDIF out pins to the Live drive so I could have both EAX and A3D …

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Re: Can it be done?! Should it be done?!

Posted on 2021-09-26, 14:49

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I mean, if you want something small. In this "Can it be done?! Should it be done?!" topic. Just look at TheRasteri´s videos right here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsv-jRiIT8 (Mini MSDOS gaming PC - Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cXdWMOl8QE (Mini DOS Gaming PC Part 2 - CPU Upgrade + …

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