Re: GUS PnP support in Epic Silverball and Pinball?

Posted on Today, 12:41

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digistorm wrote on Today, 12:38: You can also use UNISOUND now with the GUSpnp instead of IWINIT. Maybe then you don’t need emu386… It seems faster also. Oh, that is good news. Do I supply unisound with the resource configuration then? Or does it take that from the GUS ini?

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

Posted on Today, 12:30

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Yes, a hot air station is DEFINITELY on my wishlist. They are not that expensive anyway. At least the chinese ones... A Hakko is currently out of the question.

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Re: 80286 BIOS image collection

Posted on Today, 11:54

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#: 51 Ha, that’s an almost perfect fit for the ruby 4 51 card … going to get my aluminium hat 😉 Manufacturer/Identifier: unknown - ASI 100B0, identified as “HAM 12 TI 286 Motherboard ZERO WAIT” Chipset: Texas Instruments TACT82301PB Texas Instruments TACT82302PB Texas Instruments TACT82303PB I have …

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

Posted on Today, 11:36

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The Lite was available assembled: https://chipkin.ru/product/sobrannaya-plata-gusar-lite/ Not anymore though. But maybe someone here on the forums can assemble it for you, for a fee? I would, if I got a bit better... but my chinese SMD training kits are already ordered. Might take some weeks to …

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Re: ICL 286 battery mod

Posted on Today, 11:26

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Yup, glad this was cleared up. You could even get a new lithium battery, e.g. by SAFT with 3.6V and simply attach that.

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

Posted on Today, 11:24

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This also peeked my interest. Do I understand correctly that https://chipkin.ru/product/konstruktor-gusar-m/ (once available) would contain everything to solder a complete board together? Are there any restrictions in shipping things to Europe currently? I have the GUSar lite from that same site …

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Re: ICL 286 battery mod

Posted on Today, 10:42

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The question is what current will be flowing? It could be +5V at 1mA or even 10uA... The +5V itself doesn't tell if there is a charge current flowing. All diodes have leakage. Do you know the type of battery that was connected before?

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Re: GUS PnP support in Epic Silverball and Pinball?

Posted on Today, 09:21

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Rawit wrote on Today, 09:19: Alle Epic games need "prepgame" when using a GUS PnP. Ok, I will try that! Thanks! EDIT: Any specific version of the tool?

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Re: GUS PnP support in Epic Silverball and Pinball?

Posted on Today, 08:33

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I did try the sound setup, yes. I also ran prepgame once. I have to investigate more, it seems. I only tried Silverball so far, because currently I only have the 286 installed in my machine. Will swap it for the 486 board in the next days though. Funny enough to get a GUS PnP running on a 286 you …

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GUS PnP support in Epic Silverball and Pinball?

Posted on Today, 08:10

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The GUS PnP Readme states that I should choose SoundBlaster and run the emulator for Epic Pinball and Silverball. Those games (as well as Zone66, Jazz Jackrabbit and OMF) have GUS support, but they won't work with the PnP? Are there any patches available to still get GUS PnP support?

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Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on Today, 08:08

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Great progress! I think we are getting close! 😀

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Re: What does the IW78C21M1 ROM on the GUS PnP do?

Posted on Yesterday, 21:25

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I think I found the answer. It seems to be indeed a small wavetable ROM. And the ultrasound's own PLAY.EXE seems to be able to use it. Playing canyon.mid sort of works -- if it weren't for my 286 which needs EMU386 for this to work. I HAVE to install the 486 board soon. 😀

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What does the IW78C21M1 ROM on the GUS PnP do?

Posted on Yesterday, 12:32

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The GUS PnP has a ROM -- what does it contain? Is there a basic wavetable in there? If so: How do I use that?

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Re: Demo for GUS on 286?

Posted on Yesterday, 07:13

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Yeah, that's what I thought. Although the GUS would have been perfect for the 286, taking a bunch of CPU load off programs.

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Re: Demo for GUS on 286?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 21:22

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Thanks, but which support the GUS as well?

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Re: Demo for GUS on 286?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 20:48

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Thank you! I forgot about Legend! Perfect!

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Re: Demo for GUS on 286?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 19:46

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With SoundBlaster you can run Crystal Dream by Triton. That works quite well on a 286. Actually the PC demo scene was not that great until 1993/94. That's when the really good productions took off, IMHO. The Amiga scene was way ahead thanks to the powerful custom chips. However with the demise of …

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Re: Demo for GUS on 286?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 19:15

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Another production that works on a 286: The Search for the Holy Halibut https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=4071

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Re: Demo for GUS on 286?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 18:50

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Answering my own question: It seems "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" fits the criteria: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=1355 EDIT: Almost! It is supposed to run, but on my machine there is only garbage on screen. The music works, though! :) EDIT 2: By swapping the TVGA 9000 for an ET4000 I got it …

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Demo for GUS on 286?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 18:48

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Are there any demos (like Panic, 2nd Reality) that support a 286 AND the Gravis Ultrasound? Crystal Dreams runs on a 286, but supports only Sound Blaster... Seems the overlap of the 286 and GUS era was too small. Which is a shame, because the GUS is a great accelerator, taking a big load of the CPU …

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