Re: MK1869 : new soundcard based on ESS 1869 and ES690 chips

Posted on 2024-09-04, 20:17

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Forgot to ask: You mention this is a “replacement” for the mk8330. Can you explain to the layman (me) what the major differences will be? I don’t have a mk8330 but I’m constantly watching ebay for one to pop up. "replacement" in the context of good card with a good price , ie not an Orpheus but it …

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

Posted on 2024-09-01, 03:29

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Retromafioso wrote on 2024-09-01, 01:43: Will we see an orpheus 3 sometime in the future? Nothing I have heard or seen says that any such thing is in the works. I think they finally want to give the little old CS4237 a rest. Of course, I could be completely wrong; they don't report to me. 😉

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-09-01, 03:21

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This time I even went as far as to pull my Orpheus out even though it's game port was disabled via jumper. It is worth pointing out that no revision of any Orpheus card that was ever sold has a jumper to disable the game port. Control of all devices and their resources must be done through one of …

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

Posted on 2024-08-12, 04:03

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Why are you worried you wont get your card? Can we please stick to productive discussions about these cards? This isn't the first time this person has shown up to stir the pot. Once, it was to complain about the price of the original board, then to discredit the design (referring to the effort as " …

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

Posted on 2024-08-12, 03:45

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Duffman wrote on 2024-08-12, 01:37: What's the length of the Orpheus II? My case has a maximum length of 339mm - will it fit? From front to back of the card (excluding metal bracket), it measures approximately 286mm.

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2024-04-10, 20:18

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Is the same bug present in the Orpheus II or does it use an alternate crystal chip without the bug? Just curious. No, the Orpheus II line incorporates fairly extensive hardware-level changes, as well as specific software support, to get around the problem. The design is still based on the same …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2024-04-09, 20:44

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The problem with PCM volume is well-known. Please see my old response with details here . Also, it is important to keep in mind that, in Sound Blaster mode, most volume levels range from 0 (mute) to 7 (maximum volume); 8 is not a valid value. All entries are in a separate SB mixer section, and all …

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

Posted on 2024-04-05, 13:57

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There are a few important points to consider related to the recent discussion. Most importantly, a setting of WTHeaderVol=0 will not mute that source; a value of 0 means maximum amplification. Only in WSS mode , the appropriate setting would be WTHeaderVol=mute . If mode=sb (which is the detault), …

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Re: OPN music on an ISA sound card?

Posted on 2024-03-22, 16:10

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I think the main issue with OPL4 with computers is that Creative had no interest in it. Let's not give Creative more credit than they deserve. Had the OPL 4 arrived earlier, I suspect it would have dominated; I think Yamaha was just too complacent in raking in the profits from the YMF262 and …

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Re: Trouble getting Gravis PNP soundcard to work on my 386

Posted on 2024-03-22, 15:06

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Ordinarily, IWSBOS is a separate executable, and is installed as part of the standard UltraSound PnP installation. This was the InterWave replacement for the older SBOS, and the tools were usually installed under C:\GRAVIS\ULTRASND by default.

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Re: Trouble getting Gravis PNP soundcard to work on my 386

Posted on 2024-03-22, 06:58

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If an InterWave-based card is appropriately configured via IWINIT, the included IWSBOS will usually enable the features that you seek. Some things that use the original Ad Lib instrument definitions don't sound altogether terrible; for most things, the result is either laughably bad or unapologetic …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a

Posted on 2024-03-03, 23:29

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This is certainly strange. Just so we know what we're dealing with, is the system generally stable otherwise? What is the speed of the 80286? Do you have another machine in which you can try the sound card, and does it work there? Since nothing else has worked, maybe you can try the latest release …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a

Posted on 2024-03-02, 22:39

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When rebooting, I get to here, after which my computer hangs (and will not reboot even on ctrl-alt-del): Please help me, dear people of Vogons! Welcome to the forum! Hopefully you'll find that it's a useful, welcoming place, as many of us do. Only JazeFox could tell you for sure (and he seems …

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Re: The LlamaBlaster

Posted on 2024-01-15, 18:17

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Yeah I was thinking I'd need to isolate the CS/MCU from the rest of the bus while doing the initialization, and then attach them when done. A challenge with this is that the Crystal chip exposes so many address lines, in addition to the 8 data lines. This kinda smells like a pin-heavy cpld, if one …

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Re: The LlamaBlaster

Posted on 2024-01-15, 01:39

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Besides running the initialization routine, what other possibilities (if any) did you have in mind? One thing that is fairly popular with some people here is full jumper-based configuration. An MCU would let you read the desired configuration and apply it at boot, while (potentially) still allowing …

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Re: The LlamaBlaster

Posted on 2024-01-14, 22:52

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I'm not quite sure what you're planning for this yet, but it sounds like it can offer some interesting and unique possibilities. Having an MCU of some description that can insert itself in the CS4237's bus cycles could potentially allow one to get rid of some of its lingering annoyances. I have been …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a

Posted on 2024-01-02, 17:03

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Feliksas wrote on 2024-01-02, 13:35: Greetings! Is there a source code available for this software? JazeFox has said, on more than one occasion, that he has not released, and does not intend to release, the UNISOUND source code.

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2023-12-16, 20:57

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Thanks for the fast reply. It's listed and not muted. Windows used to have a SB Live inside of it but everything else works fine? EDIT: ok, weird, Line-in works but NOT if I play a DOS game in Windows. I was testing with DOOM and get no music at all. If I play a MIDI in Windows, it DOES go through …

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

Posted on 2023-11-20, 06:18

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I had a quick look through all of this, and there is definitely something strange going on. The DUMP report shows what we already knew: the PnP BIOS didn't find or report any cards. So, the fact remains that even the BIOS designed for those boards cannot consistently find any PnP ISA devices. When …

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2023-10-31, 01:36

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I thought I'd give an update on PicoGUS 2.0: boards are now in production at JLCPCB. I hope to get them by next week! Also, I have quotes out with some sheet metal bracket fabricators for a metal bracket for PicoGUS 2.0. That will raise the selling cost of PicoGUS 2.0 from $40 to $45, but I think a …

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