Re: Possibly buying some of these ISA sound cards

Posted on 2019-10-10, 10:54

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by Thomas_GER

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As a matter of fact, I (and others) already tested this: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=45840 There is no audible pitch difference between DOSBox (49716Hz), OPL3 and OPL3-SAx, nor is there a measurable difference in the waveform duty cycle. According to it's Datasheet, YMF289B does …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-04-21, 14:45

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That's indeed funny. I did not know that by now. But here is a pic of mine: Filename IMG_20190323_201805-1040x780.jpg File size 235.63 KiB Views 3888 views What I forgot: I don't think the card is damaged, more that it's chip or BIOS specific because I have a second one by another manufacturer wich …

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Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)

Posted on 2019-04-05, 09:26

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by Thomas_GER

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Hey guys. Any news on the pitchbend issues in combinations with Dreamblaster S2?

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-04-04, 13:57

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I own a MA5ASOUND now and I am pretty pleased with that card. It's ALS100 (Non+) based, has high dma support, wb header and a working IDE interface. But something is quite weird: after post it get's the usual i5 d1 and h5 by the pnp bios and sometimes also I9 for the mpu device. Mostly wenn an IDE …

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Re: Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0

Posted on 2019-04-03, 23:00

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by Thomas_GER

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I finally did it with AWDFLASH version 8.23E. i also have mentioned V733. It is called 1MFLASH.EXE. I obtained it from a german online BIOS repair store. A guy who flashed faulty chips and can also provide new Ines etc. It states "...for 128kBit BIOSes. Maybe that was the problem. AWDFLASH 882 maybe …

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Re: Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0

Posted on 2019-04-03, 11:30

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by Thomas_GER

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Good thought. I'm not sure but as far as i know, 2.0 was the last one

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Re: Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0

Posted on 2019-04-03, 08:30

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by Thomas_GER

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I see. Thank you very, very much. The above linked ALA0624B works fine. I Just asumed that B ist beta but i confess that the "Beta" was explicitely written in the BIOS string of the modified 1105 one I had. But two misteries still remain: why is my AWDFL882.exe not working? It states biosfile …

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Re: Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0

Posted on 2019-04-02, 13:47

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by Thomas_GER

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Deksor wrote: What hard drive did you plug to that board to try to boot with the original bios you've found ? Some Samsung 8 GB. But that does not matter since I tried to boot from floppy and as soon as the speaker beebs and the floppy light is lit, the PC hangs

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Re: Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0

Posted on 2019-04-02, 13:45

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by Thomas_GER

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Don't know if it's the original, but it's the oldest I could find with a basic search (seems to be the one immediately preceding 1105b) ALA0624B.BIN (24.06.1999) & ALA1105B.BIN (05.11.1999) - https://web.archive.org/web/20010217115949/http://www.biostar-europe.com/bios/m5ala.htm Thanks alot. But …

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Biostar M5ALA Rev.2.0

Posted on 2019-03-31, 10:57

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by Thomas_GER

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Hello everybody. I'm searching desperately for the original BIOS file for the above mentioned mainboard. I only have the modded 1105b and some 1122. I don't want the modded one for authenticity reasons and The 1122 does not boot. Setup and Post are fine though. Links to the board on biostar FTP are …

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Re: Is SB Vibra16s good enough ?

Posted on 2019-02-16, 08:39

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by Thomas_GER

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The Vibras do suffer from the hanging note bug, both types, but yeah as mentioned if you’re not using the MPU401 then who cares? I think they’re a great option, super simple setup and sound nice. Wrong. There are at least three types of Vibra Chips: C,S and XV and as far as I know all XV's are DSP …

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Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)

Posted on 2019-02-02, 13:20

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Still some flaws with the pitchbends in some games but work continues.

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Re: Waverider32+ WAVETIDE Program Aborted!

Posted on 2019-02-02, 10:24

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by Thomas_GER

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Hi guys. I recently aquired exactly the same card and I'm very happy about it because I'm quite an Aztech fanboy and collect those goodies. Now to my "problems": 1. After struggeling some time to get digi sound working, I realized that FM sound is aprox. as half as loud as digi and wavetable. 2. …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-01-31, 22:08

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by Thomas_GER

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Yeah, awesome. By the way, you can just call me Thomas. The GER suffix is just because Thomas is allready in use.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-01-31, 08:06

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by Thomas_GER

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Hi appiah4. I have a datasheet of the ALS100+ / 200 but it's not very detailed. Just three gif files but it contains the pinout of the chip and a reference design.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-01-31, 05:41

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by Thomas_GER

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Thanks alot, Stiletto. You just saved my day. I have been looking for those files all over the web without success. Maybe now I can repair my damaged ALS card. Thomas.

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Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)

Posted on 2019-01-29, 21:51

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Yes! Tested version shortly. Works perfectly, thanks for the help! 😀

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-01-28, 00:27

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by Thomas_GER

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Thanks alot, Gerwin. But ALS100s Datasheet is missing also. There is just a spec sheet. With the original datasheet with the pinout and pindescreption i probably could fix my damaged ALS100 card. But thanks anyway.

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-01-27, 20:27

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by Thomas_GER

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Hi there. I'm planning in purchasing another Avance Logic soundcard (my third) to use it as an "every day card" because my Aztech's are too valuable to me. First two ALS's were just great in regards of audio quality. More important (to me) they played digitized sound in "Lost Files Of Sherlock …

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Re: Getting wavetable support for certain games

Posted on 2019-01-26, 09:54

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by Thomas_GER

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Really no help? 🙁

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