Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating
Posted on Yesterday, 07:04
Little update here; it was either the PSU or the motherboard that caused the overheating. Switched to another PC and it works just fine.
Re: MPU-401 and MIF-IPC-B question
Posted on 2022-02-13, 19:05
Thank you! didn't find these reference but found another straight cable and a gender changer, hopefully i'll be good! Hey, any conclusion with the cable and the setup in general since? Got myself an MPU 401 box, and already have an MT-32, but nothing else, yet, so I am kinda in the same boat where …
Re: MPU-401 and MIF-IPC-B question
Posted on 2022-02-12, 15:39
Thank you! didn't find these reference but found another straight cable and a gender changer, hopefully i'll be good! Hey, any conclusion with the cable and the setup in general since? Got myself an MPU 401 box, and already have an MT-32, but nothing else, yet, so I am kinda in the same boat where …
Re: MPU-401 and MIF-IPC-B question
Posted on 2022-02-11, 22:43
Thank you! didn't find these reference but found another straight cable and a gender changer, hopefully i'll be good! Hey, any conclusion with the cable and the setup in general since? Got myself an MPU 401 box, and already have an MT-32, but nothing else, yet, so I am kinda in the same boat where …
Re: Can I connect an MPU-401 to a Sound Card?
Posted on 2022-02-11, 22:01
That I know, I was just wondering if a sound card's UART port would suffice to bring it to life No you'll need that LoTech mif ipc clone card or a roland original and one of these unless you want to fry it. https://www.amazon.com/Your-Cable-Store-DB25-Serial/dp/B07JPDWNKY This is the way. Thanks
Re: Can I connect an MPU-401 to a Sound Card?
Posted on 2022-02-11, 21:17
That I know, I was just wondering if a sound card's UART port would suffice to bring it to life
Re: Can I connect an MPU-401 to a Sound Card?
Posted on 2022-02-11, 20:20
This one. https://i.imgur.com/Y65Jypy.jpg]
Can I connect an MPU-401 to a Sound Card?
Posted on 2022-02-11, 19:56
Pretty much as the title suggests, I bought an MPU-401 breakout box but I don't have an interface card for it. Will it work if I hook it up to the MIDI UART port of a sound card? I also have a MT-32 module. I know I can connect this directly to a sound card, but want to test the MPU-401.
Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating
Posted on 2022-02-02, 14:10
I have one of these cards. Can you explain a short procedure to see if this is reproducible? I don't have a CD-ROM compatible with this card. Does any a part of it still get hot without this device connected? I've just tried the card in another motherboard and PSU, and *drumroll* the overheating …
Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating
Posted on 2022-01-30, 17:07
All of the three buffer/driver chips seem to be connected to the 8 ISA data bits. If they get hot, it looks like they fight each other driving data to the ISA bus. The left one is used to drive data from the ISA bus to the CD cable and vice versa. It must not get hot at all if the CD drive is not …
Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating
Posted on 2022-01-28, 22:19
I will try in another board/PSU to eliminate one possible issue; over voltage on the ISA bus (however I have a VGA and a I/O controller running on the same board which don't seem to have any issues)
Re: Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating
Posted on 2022-01-28, 19:46
Im guessing they are some kind of memory/cache IC's, its possible they are simply getting old and need to be replaced. I would slap some heatsinks on them and see if that helps but I would also start looking for a replacement. Quick google tells me these are some octal buffers/line drivers , but it …
Sound Blaster CT1600 overheating
Posted on 2022-01-28, 18:54
...as the title suggests, some parts of the card become excessively hot (marked with red below), it works for a while, until it doesn't. After a bit of a cool down it start working again. Any idea whether it can be fixed? Should I put a cooler on it? :D https://i.imgur.com/jEfpRU5.jpeg] https://i. …
Re: Hassle-free network card for DOS/WfW311?
Posted on 2020-08-25, 10:44
@stalk3r, good choice! You have all the connections, you could wish for, also present. Yes, configuration is done through utility in EtherLink III diskettes. (Full set was 2 floppies, i think) Those things are widely available around the net. :) Thanks. I am planning to put it into my Compaq …
Re: Hassle-free network card for DOS/WfW311?
Posted on 2020-08-24, 12:22
Thank you guys for all your inputs. I have just ordered a 3Com Etherlink III. Nice, that's one of the highest end ISA ethernet cards, I think. If you're using WfW 3.11, be aware there that MS released a patched EtherLink III driver at some point that you can find on a mirror site. I'm not exactly …
Re: Hassle-free network card for DOS/WfW311?
Posted on 2020-08-22, 20:44
Thank you guys for all your inputs. I have just ordered a 3Com Etherlink III.
Re: Hassle-free network card for DOS/WfW311?
Posted on 2020-08-21, 13:47
HandOfFate wrote on 2020-08-21, 12:46: I've had good experiences with both the 3com Etherlink III and Realtek RTL8019AS in MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11 WfW. Realtek still hosts all the drivers for their old cards themselves. Cool, thanks!
Hassle-free network card for DOS/WfW311?
Posted on 2020-08-21, 11:38
Could someone recommend a type or model (must be ISA) that is the most "hassle free" in terms of compatibility, and ease of installation in DOS / WfW311? Thanks!
Re: Post your 386 Speedsys results here
Posted on 2020-08-19, 14:04
Second run but this time with a 386DX instead of DLC. 21 MB/s is so close, but cannot jump it, no matter how I play around with the settings.
Re: Please help identify this 386 motherboard
Posted on 2020-08-10, 14:38
Deksor wrote on 2020-08-10, 14:29: Correct, what video card did you use ? Actually both of these had the same result: Cirrus Logic 5422 ISA and Trident 8900 CL-B. +tightest memory settings with AT CLK2/5
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