Re: Turtle Beach Soundfonts ??? / WEMP player

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I've recently acquired a Maui box with all the leaflets, and there's an advertisement for a 4 MB Maui/Tropez GM sample set. I assume this basically "upgrades" the GM patch set to what was on the Rio/Tropez Plus. Maybe someone has this sample set?

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-10-08, 10:46

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but in the case of goldlib since it does not use 22x/24x range I assume it will be all that is needed - you can verify with a random ES1868/1869 card Good to know, that should make things easier. No, I wouldn't replace ESFM with a GoldLib, what I want is to add Sound Blaster compatibility to my …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-10-08, 08:30

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Pairing this card with an AWE64 probably makes the most sense. This card would offer the genuine OPL3, MPU-401 interface, and wavetable header, while the AWE64 would do the rest (SB/SB16/AWE32). This card should be called "The SB16 Crutches" ;) It really shows how sloppy the late SB16s and AWE64s …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-10-05, 16:23

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keropi wrote on 2024-10-04, 17:09: Not sure if all stuff make sense - perhaps the most useful feature is the OPL3 as it can be used alongside other cards that do not have a real yamaha one. How it will work with cards that have "FM" support? Won't it result in hearing FM music on both cards?

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Re: EU Petition - Stop Destroying Videogames

Posted on 2024-09-06, 21:19

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I've just signed it, the initiative already reached the threshold in 5 countries and should soon reach the threshold in the required 7 countries. But we are still far from 1,000,000 required signatures, so more are needed. I don't know how it works in other countries, but in Poland signing it is …

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Re: Roland RAP-10

Posted on 2024-09-04, 13:38

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Niezgodka wrote on 2024-08-13, 12:51: Sorry for highjacking the thread. I have Rap 10, and plan to use it along Picogus for old games. Is there a way to load mt32 instruments set via rap 10? Some games sound awesome on sound canvas (Doom) , but Monkey Island sounds cheap, comparing to MT32. I don't …

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2024-09-03, 21:42

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I have a card on the list which appears no one appears to own. Bluepoint Corporation Sound FX Classic 3000. I've only tested it slightly but will give it a good try when i get some time. https://i.imgur.com/5blHSNJl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QdiM0rPl.jpg FWIW, this card was also distributed by …

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How to check Unreal (1) version?

Posted on 2024-07-11, 12:13

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It should be pretty simple, but I can’t find a way to do it. I need the version of Unreal just after installing from a CD. The files have no version number, I can’t find a version number in-game, I’ve looked through console commands, but still nothing. The only thing that could semi-identify a build …

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Re: Windows 9x management of PnP devices

Posted on 2024-06-30, 18:25

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Do you have the option "reset configuration" in pnp bios options? Yes, I’ve tried it after I’ve installed the cards, didn’t help. I even selected IRQ 3 in SETUP for Audigy, the POST table with the assigned PCI IRQs showed that indeed IRQ 3 was assigned and then it would hang during the part after …

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Windows 9x management of PnP devices

Posted on 2024-06-30, 17:05

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Does anyone know, whether there is any documentation of how Windows 95 or 98 assign resources to Plug and Play devices? I'm specifically looking for information what Windows does with what the BIOS has assigned to PCI devices, how it decides what configuration to use for ISA PnP and what it …

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2024-04-11, 14:40

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Not sure this is a factor that actually affects the SiS 496/497 onboard local storage controller performance. Most SiS 496/497 based boards vary from intermediate to excellent IDE performance. It is much better than UMC UM8881/UM8886 based ones in general. It takes a good VLB IDE or late pci udma- …

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2024-04-11, 06:40

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(...) If ALi advertises that their all-in-one chip (except ISA) does not share PCI pins with IDE pins, this indicates that most likely some competitor did. I think it was the SiS 496/497 that shared the pins, at least to what was reported here . I only have a 2 page "note" for this chipset and the …

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Re: Soundcard capabilities benchmark or tool, and ASOUND ALS100 based card questions

Posted on 2024-04-10, 12:00

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Haven't really tested it much, but it didn't sound bad, though it's not a Terratec Maestro 32/96 either. I had to turn the volume down to like 2/3 of what the mixer provided, or otherwise the sound would "crack" a lot. But it definitely sounded cleaner than the similar, but CMI8328 based AV500 . …

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Re: Soundcard capabilities benchmark or tool, and ASOUND ALS100 based card questions

Posted on 2024-04-10, 08:23

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There's another similar cards to the 2 above: the Britek Trump WaveCom 32 aka TRUMP Audio/Wave32 PnP-AVx . I've tested it yesterday with my friend and the FM synthesis is done by the SAM9233. It uses the Dream's FM synth engine and sounds quite different from a genuine Yamaha OPL, not bad, but more …

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Re: DOS Games that don't run as well under Windows 95/98 - Is there a list?

Posted on 2024-03-21, 22:09

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Yes, there's such a list, it was published by Microsoft in 1995: Q132994: Games (A-H) Requiring or Performing Better in MS-DOS Mode Q132995: Games (I-Q) Requiring or Performing Better in MS-DOS Mode Q132996: Games (R-Z) Requiring or Performing Better in MS-DOS Mode

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Re: Review: Sound Blaster PCI 128 (CT4810)

Posted on 2024-02-15, 11:00

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Haha, FM emulation was terrible on these. I think this emulator was later reused and improved for the Live! series of cards, though I don't think it ever sounded pleasant.

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Re: Looking for old Gainward GeForce BIOSes

Posted on 2024-02-13, 08:05

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Yes, I've seen the Gainward BIOSes, unfortunately they are not "late enough" for my case. My Gainward is the GeForce4 PowerPack! Pro/600-8X, the one with 64 MB of 128-bit memory. I'm trying to make some cards compatible with my new display (Lenovo P40w-20, via DVI to HDMI), because they boot with a …

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Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2024-02-09, 20:18

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Got this I-Bus SBC today: Intel 82430HX MR BIOS V3.57 Build: V098I5MC Date: 05/27/98 This is very interesting. Not only is this a new Soc7 image, but it's also the first I see a MR BIOS firmware newer than 3.46. The question is, what new features are there? And whether it's possible to somehow …

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Re: Looking for old Gainward GeForce BIOSes

Posted on 2024-02-08, 09:46

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Unfortunately, these go back to the GeForce 6xxx series, just 1 generation above of what I need. In the meantime I've found a collection of whitebunny BIOSes which contained one (noname GeForce 5500) useful for me. I wish someone backed up the mvktech.net collection. Or at least a contact to Mavke, …

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Looking for old Gainward GeForce BIOSes

Posted on 2024-02-06, 23:14

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I'm playing recently with the DVI ports of old (pre GeForce 6) nVidia cards and I was looking for VGA BIOS updates for some old cards. Currently I'm looking specifically for some Gainward GeForce4 MX440 8x BIOS. They were once available at Gainward's FTP , but are long gone. I've found some 440 8x …

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