Re: Good Soundfonts to use with Rise of the Triad?

Posted on 2022-01-31, 05:32

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by TelamonLivesOn

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For those of who are just finding this post: I'm currently using Arachno, since it seems to be the best overall soundfont for stuff like this. Unlike Timbres of Heaven, this soundfont is much more balanced and won't blast your ears out.

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Re: Why was the Kenwood TrueX so unreliable

Posted on 2021-08-31, 03:16

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I really liked how quiet and fast those drives were but they do tend to fail in fairly short order. I took one apart years ago and I was surprised at how much control circuitry is in there. Considering optical drives were racing towards the bottom to become $25 disc exploders, there probably wasn't …

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Re: Why was the Kenwood TrueX so unreliable

Posted on 2021-08-29, 03:00

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Read this: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/what-ever-happened-to-kenwood-truex-drives.1118529/ On a side note Kenwood made great Vintage receivers and amps in the 70's. They were on par with Pioneer of that time and better than many Marantz of the time spec wise. When Superscope Inc owned …

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Why was the Kenwood TrueX so unreliable

Posted on 2021-08-28, 23:06

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As the title states, I am quite curious as to why the Kenwood TrueX CD-ROM drives were notoriously unreliable. The technology behind it seems perfect, but its implementation is quite poor. Since different units behave differently, could it possibly be bad manufacturing/calibration of the units?

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Re: Fortex: Vortex2+YMF744

Posted on 2021-08-26, 14:45

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Any updates?

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Re: New sound card(s) project(s): Vortex2+YMF744 Tribute

Posted on 2021-07-05, 22:30

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Another thing. Any ideas on the card name? I'm thinking about Fortex - F makes some reference to FM and to F in the YMF. Forte (It.) - strong, cool. X makes some reference to XG. And overall, Fortex is like Vortex, but Fortex. Also, Forte is a notation in music, and it can be written like f . So, …

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Re: Fortex: Vortex2+YMF744

Posted on 2021-07-05, 21:00

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hard1k wrote on 2021-07-04, 14:58: Wow! Great to hear that there are other Vortex projects out there! Would you give some more details on it? It's not a Vortex project, but rather a personal project that would make use of the chip's 3D audio capabilities in a workstation-like system.

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Re: Reverse-Engineering the 3DFX VSA-100 Chipset

Posted on 2021-07-02, 20:31

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I thought this thread was dead, 🤣. Apparently not. I've taken a new direction as I think I've been able to source some Voodoo 5 6000 revision VSA-100 chips for dirt cheap, and build myself a 32x SLI video subsystem. Edit: And use FPGAs for hardware T&L.

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Re: Fortex: Vortex2+YMF744

Posted on 2021-06-27, 17:09

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hard1k wrote on 2021-06-26, 11:08: Pinout - yes, we've already figured that out, once we have a working prototype, I'll release that info. Registers - no, we don't plan to code anything new, so we're not messing with those. Cool, the only reason I ask is because I have a personal project that may …

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Re: Fortex: Vortex2+YMF744

Posted on 2021-06-25, 21:12

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Once you figure out the pinout/registers of the AU8330 chip, will you release the details to the public?

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Re: Pentium III Xeon Slot 2 Pinout?

Posted on 2021-06-16, 19:52

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PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2021-06-16, 19:28: Try this... http://ps-2.kev009.com/eprmhtml/eprma/f710.htm Thank you very much!

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Re: Pentium III Xeon Slot 2 Pinout?

Posted on 2021-06-16, 19:26

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by TelamonLivesOn

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I assume it's the pin designations and all, you need? I have found this, regarding connector design, if it does anything for you; https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://peertje.daanberg.net/drivers/intel/download.intel.com/design/PentiumII/xeon/designgd/24442801.pdf&ved= …

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Pentium III Xeon Slot 2 Pinout?

Posted on 2021-06-16, 18:54

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by TelamonLivesOn

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I've been trying to find to CPU pinout for Slot 2 CPUs for some time, but have only been able to find the pinout for Slot 1 CPUs. Does anyone happen to have a reference diagram of this, or know of where to find one? Thanks!

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Re: Speedy3D DOS SDK

Posted on 2021-06-08, 16:14

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TelamonLivesOn: Looking forward to see the end result of your project, I hope you'll keep us updated :) I won't be finishing anytime soon. It will likely take me years. But for reference, this is a cross-platform game engine designed to be able to run on any vintage or modern system. I've already …

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Re: Speedy3D DOS SDK

Posted on 2021-06-08, 15:08

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I just found out that http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/component/k2/item/340-rendition-verite-v2100 has a datasheet for the card, which includes register names and functions, along with other programming information. I will probably just write custom code for this and not use any driver for DOS. …

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Re: Speedy3D DOS SDK

Posted on 2021-06-07, 00:52

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If I could at least find low-level details about the hardware, I would be fine with writing my own custom driver, since my current project is very "Not Invented Here" themed. Edit: That's why I was inquiring about the SDK in the first place: since I have a project that would utilize it.

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Re: Speedy3D DOS SDK

Posted on 2021-06-07, 00:50

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I have a feeling vquake is a special case, and instead of Speedy3D they went down to writing custom firmware just for that one game, or at least modifying it. Quake was super important for them. That would make a lot of sense, considering Carmack expressed having been really frustrated with …

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Re: Speedy3D DOS SDK

Posted on 2021-06-07, 00:44

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by TelamonLivesOn

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For those interested, here are the web page archives for the various files. I don't see any mention of Speedy3D http://web.archive.org/web/19981202065910/http://www.rendition.com:80/ToTheRRedline.html http://web.archive.org/web/19970605062153/http://www.rendition.com:80/prodtech.html http://web. …

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Re: Speedy3D DOS SDK

Posted on 2021-05-14, 21:15

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That actually brings up an idea: has anyone contacted the original Rendition Verite team to ask if they have any source code? Edit: From what I've read, Rendition was bought out by Micron in 1998. I doubt Micron still has the files though. However, it may also be possible to reach out and get the …

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Re: Speedy3D DOS SDK

Posted on 2021-05-14, 21:08

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I'm looking for this too, and I've been looking a lot longer than you... probably nine years, off and on. My only thought at this juncture is to contact known users of Speedy3D, from companies and their former employees to hobbyists, and prevail upon their generosity should they have it in their …

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