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First post, by Myloch

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Sorry for the stupid and crazy idea, but is this even possible?

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I mean, connecting it to a retropc (example: motherboard with p200 mmx) but way newer than classic ibm ps1 machine.

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Reply 2 of 10, by Myloch

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https://ps1stuff.wordpress.com/documentation/

Here is some documentation.

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Reply 3 of 10, by h-a-l-9000

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It's possible - most of the pins directly match the ISA bus.

The exceptions:
- AUDOUT - your audio output
- MODIN, MODOUT - likely for the modem
- CLK - needs to be figured out what it needs, 1MHz or 14.3MHz or something else - audio generator uses 1 microsecond clock but maybe has a pre-divider

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Reply 4 of 10, by h-a-l-9000

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You may start with something like that:
http://www.futurlec.com/Protoboards.shtml -> ISA Bus Computer Board
and the opposing connector for the audio card.

Your other problem will be the software support.

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Reply 7 of 10, by h-a-l-9000

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Wait a minute, here they write that CLK is 10MHz:

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Reply 8 of 10, by Myloch

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I dunno. Jmk (the guy who made ps1 audiocard dosbox patch) said he read the technical sheet and he found evidence that the sound chip is fed by a 4 Mhz clock.

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Reply 9 of 10, by Great Hierophant

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This should answer your questions : http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2015/10/t … sound-chip.html

http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/ - Nerdly Pleasures - My Retro Gaming, Computing & Tech Blog

Reply 10 of 10, by Myloch

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Nice article Great hierophant! The card in the pics is indeed my card, taken from a ps1 2121 model (I don't own the rest of the pc anymore).

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