Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2019-08-28, 14:45
Yet I have both cards and I have an AWE64 Gold in my DOS machine (with 3 other cards). For Midi purposes I'd use neither of them.
Re: 1440p monitors and scaling lower resolutions
Posted on 2019-08-14, 09:26
1.5 scales very well, it basically line doubles every other pixel. You don’t get the softness associated with poor scaling.
Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2019-08-12, 16:58
Great project! I’d love one. I would be able to reduce the number of sound cards in my main retro pc from 4 to 3.
Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card
Posted on 2019-07-04, 21:07
My card arrived today 😀 , I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet. But what a thing of beauty!.
Re: Do is worth to improve a graphic SIS 6205?
Posted on 2019-07-01, 09:41
Most S3’s seem to have the wrong black level set so look bad, but it can be fixed with either a bios update or utility.
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2019-06-07, 16:18
Here is my Commodore 64 setup.
Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card
Posted on 2019-05-27, 17:28
Is this still available? How much for an assembled unit and delivery to the UK? Great project BTW!
Re: AWE64 Gold change
Posted on 2019-05-24, 15:26
DSP 4.0x to 4.13 are affected.
Re: AWE64 Gold change
Posted on 2019-05-24, 14:53
PARUS wrote: If you mean hanging notes bug it's MPU part and isn't relevant to 8-bit SB Pro mode issues. What do you really mean "less buggy" if not MPU part? Nothing to do with MPU or hanging notes, buggy DSP with single cycle DMA
Re: AWE64 Gold change
Posted on 2019-05-24, 09:08
I’m not sure what that proves, probably nothing. In any case the digital part of the AWE64 isn’t the same as an SB16.It has a less buggy DSP
Re: AWE64 Gold change
Posted on 2019-05-23, 21:35
I find it strange that POP is such a popular game and the sound issues are quite well documented, but I’ve not read anything to backup Parus claims. I’d run the test myself but my stuff is in storage while I relocate, but since FM is disabled in my AWE 64 it would be a simple test.
Re: AWE64 Gold change
Posted on 2019-05-12, 10:28
the AWE plays 8 bit sounds perfectly well, in fact in terms of playing both 8 bit and 16bit sounds in DOS I’d say it’s the best card out there. It’s limitation with fm can easily be rectified by disabling fm on the awe 64 and using another card for fm. You can feed the fm from the other card to the …
Re: Authenticity vs Power
Posted on 2019-03-04, 19:44
Merdian Audio Trifield is excellent for 2ch to surround processing, It’s the only thing I’ve come across that truely works well.
Re: What's the difference between “FM synthesis” and “MIDI synthesis”?
Posted on 2019-02-28, 19:32
Altought the MT32 uses MIDI I wouldn’t call it that because unlike GM, it’s proprietary to Roland. Games of the time tended to call it Roland.
Re: Authenticity vs Power
Posted on 2019-02-27, 16:12
Dosbox is virtualisation, not the same thing at all, I have no interest in it. I like period correct (and realist) but I also like to be able to run games on a time machine type system that will cater for extended eras and provide the best possible gaming experience. My main system has a mixture of …
Re: Sound card recommendations for 386 Machine
Posted on 2019-02-24, 20:26
rasz_pl wrote: lvader wrote: I’d go with the Sound Blaster 2 with the CMS mod. thats more 286 era Both the Sound Blaster 2.0 and Sound Blaster Pro 2 came out in 91 so well into the 386 era
Re: Sound card recommendations for 386 Machine
Posted on 2019-02-21, 21:23
I’d go with the Sound Blaster 2 with the CMS mod.
Re: Best video cards with DOS / Win 3.x / Win 9x support
Posted on 2019-01-19, 10:25
The original post is about 1 video card, 1 PC running DOS, win 3.x and 98. So it will be a comprimse, I agree with Mr Horse that a Voodoo 3 is probbaly the best compromise,
Re: Has Anyone Done Any Quantitative Tests to Determine How Much Better a Third-Party Heatsinks Performs on a Voodoo5 5500?
Posted on 2019-01-15, 16:33
I'm not a fan (pardon the pun) of replacing the cooler on these cards, sure they run a bit hot I've not had any problems with the stock coolers. It would put me off buying one (seeing a replacement cooler)
Re: 386DX40, slow performance ?
Posted on 2019-01-13, 15:56
Your 386 is actually pretty fast, Speedsys gets confused by the presence of a co processor on a 386 and as as result gives a score approximately half what it should be.
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