Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-05-01, 04:00

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by ubertrout

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MadMac_5 wrote on 2024-05-01, 03:33: Ahh, I haven't bothered to ever try Jedi Knight on this PC with my Vortex 2 installed. I should toss it in and give it a test on 2048! You should! I'm replaying it with a3d and it's a fun spin on a game I know well.

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Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-05-01, 02:07

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I'm using 2048 with DirectX 8.1 on my PIII-500/Fury MAXX rig. I'm also using a generic AU8830 card, so that may be a small difference since mine isn't technically Aureal branded? I don't know! A3D in Jedi Knight wasn't working with the later drivers, but it works in 2015 with DX8.1. I was given …

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Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-04-30, 00:46

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That is very odd indeed! Which drivers are you using? I'm using version 2048 from Phil's Computer Lab (https://www.philscomputerlab.com/aureal-vortex-2.html), but it should also work with 2041 if I remember correctly. I'm using the 2015 driver because it works with DirectX 7.1 and higher. Could …

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Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-04-29, 00:58

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So, I looked for that before, and just checked again. MPU-401 doesn't appear in the list of options for Step 3. Thank you for the extremely patient response BTW.

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Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-04-25, 21:46

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So, in Windows 98 it doesn't let me do that - it's just Wavetable Balance, and in the MIDI section of multimedia I can select MPU-401 or the software synth. The software synth sounds fine, the MPU-401 gives silence. Of course, that's not an option in DOS mode.

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Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-04-25, 14:37

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So, the wavetable header is silent for two different wavetable daughterboards, in both DOS and Windows. Is there a setting to activate that I'm missing? Or is the header on this board just busted?

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Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-04-20, 17:21

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Fascinating, thanks! That's a pretty obscure piece of info, and it really should be in the manual.

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Re: Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-04-20, 04:28

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Where are those? I'm trying to use it in Win98 and when I select Aureal mpu as midi device there's just silence. I know there's a dos mixer app.

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Headers on Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500

Posted on 2024-04-19, 02:26

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I received a SQ2500 from a friend and I'm not sure what all these headers are for. I attached a wavetable daughterboard as shown but it doesn't seem to be doing much, at least in windows - sound output is silent. Is this right and what do the others do? The manual bizarrely doesn't seem to discuss …

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Re: Video from 486 Sometimes in Black/White

Posted on 2024-04-17, 05:14

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I booted the system up again today and this time Loom displayed properly in color when I loaded it first. Might just be something loose but the system hasn't been moved at all. I'll need to play with the BIOS more though, and look into getting a coupler.

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Re: Video from 486 Sometimes in Black/White

Posted on 2024-04-15, 17:20

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There used to be a pin to detect monochrome monitors (pin 12). It was repurposed in later monitors for DDC, turning it into an I2C data pin. Unfortunately not all monitors have internal pull-ups (required for I2C to work properly) and since the (old) card doesn't have any either, the line ends up …

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Re: Video from 486 Sometimes in Black/White

Posted on 2024-04-15, 13:49

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That sounds like it could definitely be the culprit. Would something like what's described here be the fix? Video BIOS loader for DOS

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Video from 486 Sometimes in Black/White

Posted on 2024-04-15, 02:08

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by ubertrout

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Pretty much what it sounds like. I put my retro systems on a Belkin OmniView F1D066 and it - mostly - works fine. The ability to use a serial mouse for the 486 and PS/2 for all the others without swapping cables is really nice. And all the other systems work without a hassle. On the oldest system …

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Re: Guide for Orpheus ISA Card with optional PCMIDI, X2GS and MT32-Pi simultaneously on DOS and WIN98SE.

Posted on 2024-04-03, 23:37

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Using the extension works perfectly. Even weirder, Monkey Island EGA freaks out and messes with the Orpheus if I run it as "monkey.exe" normally, but "monkey.exe r" loads perfectly and properly uses the MT-100. No need to use a speed limiter program (turbo is engaged to lower the clock speed to 25 …

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Re: Guide for Orpheus ISA Card with optional PCMIDI, X2GS and MT32-Pi simultaneously on DOS and WIN98SE.

Posted on 2024-04-01, 17:49

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Thanks! I'll report.

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Re: Guide for Orpheus ISA Card with optional PCMIDI, X2GS and MT32-Pi simultaneously on DOS and WIN98SE.

Posted on 2024-04-01, 16:04

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by ubertrout

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Yeah, but shipping for Serdashop is expensive to the USA (which is fair), and I still want to use the game port for a joystick. Conceptually, would something like this work? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DCBJ51I/

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Re: Guide for Orpheus ISA Card with optional PCMIDI, X2GS and MT32-Pi simultaneously on DOS and WIN98SE.

Posted on 2024-04-01, 15:45

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Yeah, I think the problem is that the jack for the MIDI port is really low on the card and the lip of the case is contacting it. Bummer. I guess I'll have to order an adapter for the game/MIDI port with a passthru for the game port. Alternately, would a right-angle minijack extension cable work? I …

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Re: Guide for Orpheus ISA Card with optional PCMIDI, X2GS and MT32-Pi simultaneously on DOS and WIN98SE.

Posted on 2024-04-01, 00:53

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Looking at this thread because I want to do something somewhat similar - PC is a 486 DX2/50 on a non-PnP board. I randomly scored a working MT-100 at an estate sale for almost nothing, so I have a proper MT-32. And I have a Orpheus II LT and a X2GS on the wavetable header. This all looks pretty …

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Re: Is there an Advantage to using the Intel DBX-B (I7-980X Cooler)?

Posted on 2024-03-16, 14:45

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I guess you're right. I was downloading over 100 GB from Steam and I was a little alarmed at how hot it was getting but in gaming it was mostly in the 60s. But this is all on an open bench and part of my concern is how it will be in a case. I guess it comes down to airflow in the case...

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Is there an Advantage to using the Intel DBX-B (I7-980X Cooler)?

Posted on 2024-03-16, 02:58

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I'm building a I7-980X machine (actually a Xeon W3680 but same thing essentially) and I have a Noctua NH-U9S cooler on it. At least on the test bench the Noctua does a fantastic job keeping the CPU cool at the typical modest overclock to 4 ghz. The northbridge is another story - on the bench it …

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