Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-06, 14:26

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Synoptic wrote on 2022-04-06, 13:58: Shock__ is the one making this decision. I am totally open to ship to other continents, but I want to make the North America work first and then we'll see what's happening with Europe. Okay, I'll patiently wait.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-06, 13:32

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Sunoo wrote on 2022-04-06, 12:57: I guess I’ll get to find out if my SMT soldering skills have gotten any better since my last project. Same problem here 😅 My current level is: puts everything on fire when not dealing with through-hole component.

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-06, 13:30

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I am in Canada, the boards will be assembled in Canada and will be red to keep the original feel of it. Preorders are up at www.micronick.com/argus Given that there seems to be less enthusiasm for someone to start shipping those from Europe, is there a chance that you could ship across the ocean? …

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Re: Fortex: Vortex2+YMF744

Posted on 2022-03-29, 19:56

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hard1k wrote on 2022-03-29, 14:30: We've plugged it in, no smoke, all chips are warm as they should be, system boots up Congratulation for managing to keep the magic smoke in! 😁

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 18:44

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Classic GUS can play any module especially {..} with 16 or 32 tracks The main limit from what I've heard is that old GUS isn't as fast as a chip and the more voice playing at the same time, the lower the max mixing frequency: CD-quality 44.1KHz sampling rate can only be achieved when mixing up to …

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Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 17:08

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Makes me remember that I never updates my own module code to play over AWE hardware back in the days, when I finally had money to buy one. I still reused my software mixing code from my previous SB16. (And I can't for my life remember which AWE-enabled module player I was using)

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2022-03-22, 08:37

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T0que_Nuk3M wrote on 2022-03-21, 22:16: Let's hope that everyone makes it out of this okay. Yes, let's hope.

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Re: T-04YBSC-A, new YMF71x based sound card + SETYMF utility

Posted on 2022-03-16, 14:47

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Tiido wrote on 2021-04-14, 05:45: The card cannot be bought yet, there are some unrelated things still in the way of things. Cost will be something near 100€ Sounds an interesting piece of hardware for some retro builds. Hope that you'll manage to release it!

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 13:52

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Would be interested in getting a card, too. So I would be happy if somebody (e.g. serdashop) takes over production/logistics and helps selling them. (Hopefully, at least partially assembled: my soldering skill are poor, I'd be limited to through-hole component, I'd need to find help if surface …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2021-12-09, 15:36

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Saddly, given my crappy soldering skills, I myself can't do much but buy already surface-mounted boards (and perhaps only do the last few through-hole component myself). I can only support such projects mostly with my wallet, but would gladly buy a couple a unit or two if new boards are produced.

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Re: Fortex: Vortex2+YMF744

Posted on 2021-10-25, 16:01

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This looks like an interesting card. Using this post so I can get updates. I've been using YMF7x4-based cards, as a way to get real hardware OPL FM on modern PCIe/PCI -only motherboards. Your point is to use it bracketless in a shared slot you said (I remember doing crazy stuff like that back in my …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2021-10-09, 17:10

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Please subscribe to the updates of this thread and be sure to check manually once in a while, as sometimes the forum engine can stop sending notifications. Hi! I'm just replying to this thread to make sure that the forum engine informs me of future replies. I hope that the upcoming batch is still …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2021-04-05, 20:41

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Sorry, I wasn't very clear in my question. I meant, are you going to announce possible future batches in this thread?

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2021-03-31, 22:00

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shock__ wrote on 2015-02-18, 21:09: Current status: {...} More batches/orders will follow within the next weeks/months. Keep watching the thread for updates Is it enough to follow this thread to get informed about possible future batches?

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Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port

Posted on 2018-04-21, 16:58

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noop wrote: ..made some mistakes designing this one, but it works. Sort of. Like!

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Re: How does Lemmings (for DOS) do in-frame palette switching?

Posted on 2018-02-08, 18:44

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I wondered about that too. Even just rewriting the palette map in the attribute controller I would have thought would be simpler. Random guessing: Because the game is a port of an Amiga game, were the coper chip is routinely used to re-program the palette on the flight ? So it seemed the most …

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Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port

Posted on 2018-02-02, 16:00

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It's only an 8088 cpu. I guess I'm stuck with the opl2lpt. A yeah. So you're stuck with music-only on the parallel port using OPL2LPT or future OPL3LPT and patched software/drivers. You should definitely try to find some PLUS-to -ISA adapter so you could plug in an ISA Soundblaster if you want …

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Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port

Posted on 2018-01-29, 16:37

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But OPL3 doesn't mean SoundBlaster compatibility. This is purely FM synthesis. Fanatik should have said "soundblaster music compatibility", it would have been more correct. Sierra adventure games could use the Sound Blaser driver for music, id software's Keen Commander 4-6 uses FM also, ... It …

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Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port

Posted on 2018-01-26, 16:34

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i have no idea what this is but it looks cool :) It's the cool OPL3 sound chip (Yamaha YMF262) that was featured on / emulated by nearly all sound cards in the DOS era, but dreamblaster has found a cool way to successfully cram it into a printer port. So now you can have the authentic old school …

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Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port

Posted on 2018-01-25, 14:38

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Hi OPL3 synth on parallel port The first version prototype is ready and looks like this : So, for the OPL3, you're not going for socketed chips like on the OPL2 ? (SMD IC Socket Adapter ? What's the correct terminology for these ?) Do you think I would be possible to leave contact point on the PCB …

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