Hey there,

Just posting here to say that I've received my card, although I've got a question that has been on my mind lately, is it possible to order just the PCMIDI add-on later down the line?

Also, I'm glad to say that trying it in the ALR system I had trouble with, the MK1869 worked on the first try after manually fine-tuning the drivers 🥳

Here it is installed in its permanent home now

I'm a bit sad that the Orpheus II didn't work there, but as it turns out, I borrowed another CS4237B-based card and it also exhibits the same behavior, so I guess it's just this system being weird I guess. Oh well, the Orpheus ain't gonna be a shelf queen though, I'll use it in my P233 system so there's that.

The EISA slot makes it go vroom vroom....

Vynix wrote on 2025-10-20, 13:40:

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Hey there,

Just posting here to say that I've received my card, although I've got a question that has been on my mind lately, is it possible to order just the PCMIDI add-on later down the line?

Also, I'm glad to say that trying it in the ALR system I had trouble with, the MK1869 worked on the first try after manually fine-tuning the drivers 🥳

Here it is installed in its permanent home now

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I'm a bit sad that the Orpheus II didn't work there, but as it turns out, I borrowed another CS4237B-based card and it also exhibits the same behavior, so I guess it's just this system being weird I guess. Oh well, the Orpheus ain't gonna be a shelf queen though, I'll use it in my P233 system so there's that.

Excellent, hope you enjoy the card!
Also pcmidi addon can be ordered, it's even available right now
About the CS4337 stuff, system incompatibilities are rare but they do exist! 😒

Yup I am, I was expecting some trouble ahead with the IRQs, or something with the EISA Config giving me grief but in the end, it worked just fine, no fuss or anything. I only got as far as running the Jazz Jackrabbit demo, thus far it's been pretty good. I haven't yet tested the ESFM side of things yet.

I've got a few things left to do on this machine left, so once that's done I'll run the MK1869 through it's paces.

Also the PCMIDI add-on, do I need to fill the form again and write that I'm just ordering the add-on?

@Carlostex - Good catch! I'm due to swap the cards around anyways 😂

I set up my MK1869 w/PCMIDI with Windows 98 yesterday (as first usage).
All jumpers are set to PCMIDI as shipped to me.
It was a somewhat troublesome experience, but I have a suspicion to why.

I first installed the ESS drivers from the webpage and card is working out fine (to my remembering)
As expected, it installs with two midi devices - "on-board synth" and ESS MPU
As expected, only on-board works as nothing is controlled by the ESS MPU

I then install the Roland drivers for PCMIDI from the webpage, the now ESS driver does not load, so no sound.

Suspicion is that the address of 330 is used by both cards and the non-PnP takes precedence and therefore Windows refuses to init the PnP driver.
If I manually chose some other hardware addressing profile for the ESS driver with MIDI addresses in the 800s everything work as expected.

Could someone confirm that my logic checks out here?
And if my assumptions are correct, any idea why Windows does not choose to initialize the PnP card with another set of addresses that is not conflicting?

do not expect much from win9x PnP management
indeed the correct course is to manually put ESS MPU at port300 and then everything should work just fine

Hello,

I received an email that Serdashop has resumed US shipping, so I presume US shipping issues have been resolved. Can you please confirm the status? I’ve paid in full for the Extreme card. Thanks!

shan2752 wrote on Yesterday, 11:13:

Hello,

I received an email that Serdashop has resumed US shipping, so I presume US shipping issues have been resolved. Can you please confirm the status? I’ve paid in full for the Extreme card. Thanks!

Keropi will confirm, but Serdashop's resolution is to use UPS - UPS isn't available for Keropi. I'm in the same boat for the Xtreme, along with other products from makers around the region.

yes it is true - there is no UPS presence here to use (and even if there was there is no guarantee that what is valid for Belgium will be valid for Greece...)
people that bought the card from Edro can opt to use DHL but the cost is big - you have to ask about details on email
at this point we just wait - believe me we want to send out the cards as they are ready for quite some time now but we just can't yet... 🙁

edit:
once can check here which national postal services have resumed US shipping: https://www.posteurop.org/?category=member-news#news-row
new ones are added as a news item

keropi wrote on Yesterday, 18:00:

yes it is true - there is no UPS presence here to use (and even if there was there is no guarantee that what is valid for Belgiu […]
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yes it is true - there is no UPS presence here to use (and even if there was there is no guarantee that what is valid for Belgium will be valid for Greece...)
people that bought the card from Edro can opt to use DHL but the cost is big - you have to ask about details on email
at this point we just wait - believe me we want to send out the cards as they are ready for quite some time now but we just can't yet... 🙁

edit:
once can check here which national postal services have resumed US shipping: https://www.posteurop.org/?category=member-news#news-row
new ones are added as a news item

Maybe we need to have someone in the U.S. assemble the cards and pay a royalty to you guys for each card sold? It would make them more expensive but still probably be cheaper than paying the import charges.

I’d be willing to try to figure that out if you’re willing to explore that option.