shock__ wrote:How long would you assume you needed overall (asking any beta tester)?
I think the whole thing took me somewhere between two and four hours. I should point out that I was being extra careful, trying to do a somewhat neat job and also trying to remember where I wanted to deviate from your documents and why. I probably spent more time looking for the right footprints for the passives and trying to do a respectable job with the alignment than actually soldering.
I have been planning to write a detailed assembly guide that should make the process go more smoothly, but haven't had the time yet.
keropi wrote:Is there any interest for a Music Quest MPU Argus daughterboard?
What does this give us that we can't already get by ordering your existing card? Will it not create a thick sandwich that occupies the neighbouring slot anyhow?
I don't have a cheap/expendable daughterboard to experiment with, but I think we can already kludge a Wave Blaster-like DB to work on the existing design with the current software. That obviously doesn't give us the hardware-based "intelligent mode" functionality that your card does, however.
In other news, I have finally completed a draft of the ROM-module-programming sections of my documentation, which is attached. I have also included an alpha-quality version of the programming software for anyone who wants to experiment with it. Obviously, this will primarily be of interest to those with the boards in their hands, though anyone who wants to try running it and reporting what it has to say (port detection, calibration results) would be welcome. Even though it's mentioned in the documentation, I should repeat that the programming software currently only works on Pentium or later processors; anything less will likely crash, or EMM386 (or equivalent) will throw an error at you.
Similarly, any constructive feedback about the documentation would be most welcome. Don't be afraid to tell me it's terrible, if that's your honest opinion, as long as you also tell me what makes it terrible.