Re: ESS1868F IRQ DOS/WIN98 problems

Posted on 2022-04-14, 22:26

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dos isn't initialising any other hardware than what is needed, so unisound is setting the irq at 5 for the sound card. this setting isn't permanent, it's just the TSR in dos making it up as it starts. which is absolutely normal. the motherboard's resources show you irq 9 because win95 and win98 are …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-04-14, 21:44

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Awesome! I really appreciate your work. Do you plan to produce and distribute the card for us, like you do with the Oprheus? I can confirm CMI FM sounds the same as the Yamaha OPL3, made a comparison video once: https://youtu.be/cZpzgJGZmnc (OPL2) and here (OPL3) https://youtu.be/pjz9or5VqDQ

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Re: Need help with a strange soundcard (SB16+ICS wavetable)

Posted on 2022-04-14, 21:35

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Thanks for all the help ans comments! Here is the video to the card, demonstrating its ICS WaveFront wavetable. https://youtu.be/Xl2JLZ4CQrw

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Re: ESS1868F IRQ DOS/WIN98 problems

Posted on 2022-04-10, 17:30

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Try windows 95 .vxd drivers, they should work fine with music in DOS prompt. In Windows 98 you sometimes get built-in wdm drivers that do not deliver legacy audio support.

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Re: Need help with a strange soundcard (SB16+ICS wavetable)

Posted on 2022-04-10, 15:32

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Found a driver by searching around typing "Mediaforte Soundforte 32 Wave Table Synthesizer", thanks to Shreddoc mentioning that "VSoundforte" was a typo. It has three folders which were supposed to be floppy disks. There is a DOS executable called SF32WAV.EXE located on DISK1 folder which is for …

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Re: Need help with a strange soundcard (SB16+ICS wavetable)

Posted on 2022-04-10, 15:17

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^was looking at that too. (The 'V' at the beginning of the quoted 'VSoundforte ....' is just a typo I assume, since the term 'VSoundforte' doesn't seem to exist anywhere else on the internet) Another small bit of evidence, which may or may not help with the card's function, is the visible jumper …

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Re: Need help with a strange soundcard (SB16+ICS wavetable)

Posted on 2022-04-09, 20:04

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This sounds like an interesting card, I hope you get it running and we get a nice video :) If so, there Wille be a video for sure :-) But it seems to be a challenge. I attached a Dreamblaster X2 on the J1 connector above the vibra chip. Now I have wavetable sound on port 330, but it's the …

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Re: Need help with a strange soundcard (SB16+ICS wavetable)

Posted on 2022-04-09, 19:56

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The Brand was "mediaforte" they are rare but not totally unknown: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51793 The Vibra chip was used on quite a few 3rd party cards. The Wavefront wasn't that rare either, also used on a turtle beach card: http://www.amoretro.de/wp-content/uploads/turtle_beach_ …

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Need help with a strange soundcard (SB16+ICS wavetable)

Posted on 2022-04-09, 17:51

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Hello friends, The card is detected as SB16 in Descent setup and the FX as well as FM plays just fine. But this card also features an ICS WaveFront wavetable, and this won't work. I can select general Midi at port 330 without error message but there is no sound at all. Sadly I did not find any …

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Re: Any ISA card with PLCC socket compatible with CS9236 ?

Posted on 2022-04-04, 18:57

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Dear Vogons, does anybody can advice if there is existing ISA soundcard which has PLCC socket and can accomodate CS9236 ? I found out that those card should be based on Crystal chip also , but i cannot find any though.. Anybody can advice ? Than you I have seen a lot of ISA soundcards, also crystal …

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Re: OPTI AT931

Posted on 2022-04-04, 18:25

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Opti PnP cards won't work without initialization. You can pick an Opti 931 driver from vogonsdrivers.com and install it, or just use unisoud that should work fine with this card. The Opti 931 is a SB Pro 2.0 / WSS clone with OPL3-compatible FM-synth for music. So you should be able to run 99% of DOS …

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Re: SB PCI128

Posted on 2022-02-21, 17:32

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Would you say the Audigy 2 is better for Sound? Ensonic/Soundblaster PCI has the worst FM emulation I've ever heard. https://youtu.be/1dOSDhPP3fM The software wavetable is great btw. so if you like to run newer DOS games with General Midi support, it's fine. Sound (FX) is fine, too. Soundblaster …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:00

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This is my temporary IBM computing area :) Temporary as in I will have to empty the room in a week so that decorators can come and paint walls (not the brick wall). Aptiva is original aside from P 100MHz -> 166 MHz MMX and 2x32 MB RAM, Netvista is sort of a hot-rod: consists of MSI s1150 mATX …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2022-02-20, 19:54

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pinesal wrote on 2022-02-19, 03:22: My 90s Computer area... today!20220218_191545-picsay.jpg This looks like a nice place to rest and play some Dos-games👍

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Re: New sold Hardware Solution that support capture of the BIOS/ Boot process from VGA output

Posted on 2022-02-17, 18:19

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Don't know how well it would work, but I was thinking of trying to use a VGA to HDMI and a HDMI USB capture device to try and record VGA - not sure it would like the BIOS mode though, I think that can be a funny resolution I think that will be hit or miss. Most of them do not work with the low …

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Re: New sold Hardware Solution that support capture of the BIOS/ Boot process from VGA output

Posted on 2022-02-17, 18:13

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I can recommend 2nd hand pro video equipment from a company called Kramer. You can buy their scalers for low money on ebay or local platforms. As an example Kramer VP719 ; VP721; VP724 etc. (starting at 20€ in my area) I think this is a great solution to capture old VGA stuff. You can input VGA (and …

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Re: XGI Volari V3 anyone?

Posted on 2022-02-09, 17:26

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Hello friends, I recently got a Volari V3 and out of curiosity It'd played around with it. Does someone have such card and can provide the latest drivers for win9x and 2k? I found very rare information about this card and only one driver with poor performance. The way back machine has the xgi site …

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XGI Volari V3 anyone?

Posted on 2022-02-08, 23:49

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Hello friends, I recently got a Volari V3 and out of curiosity It'd played around with it. Does someone have such card and can provide the latest drivers for win9x and 2k? I found very rare information about this card and only one driver with poor performance. The way back machine has the xgi site …

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Re: Leadtek Winfast Geforce2 MX64 PCI Bios Needed.

Posted on 2022-02-07, 22:05

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Hello vogoners i need video bios for: Winfast Geforce2 MX64 PCI card. Cards photo is attached this post.Or any compatible pci geforce2 mx64 bios file? You can download a Bios Image at the bottom of this page (VGA Museum) http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/242-nvidia-geforce2-mx I hope …

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Re: Code 9 PnP problem with ISA soundcards on KT133A + Win9x

Posted on 2021-12-28, 14:39

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Is the soundcard being recognized by the PNP bios? (See boot screen, you can use it by pressing pause during startup - should show the assigned IRQ as well) Which other PCI cards do you have installed? (I remember me having issues when a USB 2.0 controller card was present on a via chipset which was …

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