Re: ASUS CUSL2 1.02 and Tualatin. My Journey (so far).

Posted on 2024-08-11, 14:45

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by Aladim

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Well, I'm having a bad vintage PC week. I recently discovered that my working-totally-fine gateway PC that I upgraded with a modded Tualatin 1.4GHz drew way too much power from the Gateway's rather anemic VRM. So, I ordered an ASUS CUSL2 hoping that all my cares would fade away. I can't even …

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Re: ASUS CUSL2 1.02 and Tualatin. My Journey (so far).

Posted on 2024-08-11, 14:37

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by Aladim

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Hi. I recently got a CUSL2 1.02 from Ebay, through an auction (as used/in working condition) for US$ 26. Seller (account created 2012) had 100% reputation. The only catch was the shipping cost, a bit expensive, and I think he does this to prevent people snatching things for a few bucks leaving him …

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

Posted on 2024-02-28, 10:41

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by Aladim

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Thanks! That’s what I thought, just wanted to be sure. I really liked the black board. I know green is the retro way, but the black ones are really cool and slick! Tonight I will play with it a little bit more. Yesterday was just a quick run to chec. Really glad I got this o e. Very happy owner of …

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

Posted on 2024-02-27, 22:10

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by Aladim

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My MK8330 was shipped mid Dec 2023 to me. It took 2 weeks from Greece to Brazil... and 2 months within the efficient public mail service. After 2.5 months my MK8330 it finally arrived, and most important, intact! I just plugged on my Slot 1 test bench (where the Orpheus 2LT was), modified autoexec. …

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

Posted on 2023-12-08, 15:11

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by Aladim

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Very late to the party (I normally miss these things) but I was able to get last one. Looking forward for getting it in a couple of weeks. Thanks a lot OP. I got the Orpheus LT in June and this one will complement my collec. Most likely it will go in my dual DOS - OS/2 machine (currently with a …

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Re: NVIDIA QUADRO FX4000 (6800 Ultra) missing SMD components / please help identify

Posted on 2023-08-13, 16:19

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by Aladim

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Thanks. First I found it on a russian website that required some sort of reputation points to download. After more digging, I found it here: https://elektrotanya.com/nvidia_40p201_nv40_board_sch.pdf/download.html I have zero knowledge on sites where I could find diagrams. I see some youtubers fixing …

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Re: NVIDIA QUADRO FX4000 (6800 Ultra) missing SMD components / please help identify

Posted on 2023-08-13, 15:26

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by Aladim

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I finally found something I could use. I got a reference drawing for a NV40 high end board, which seems to be a reference design for the 6800Ultra/FX4000 (pdf file attached). I found also high resolution pictures of the board on a russian website, which helped confirm if the components missing were …

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NVIDIA QUADRO FX4000 (6800 Ultra) missing SMD components / please help identify

Posted on 2023-07-31, 20:50

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by Aladim

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Hello folks, I got a Quadro FX4000 some months ago. I tested it, got recognized in Windows, drivers installed and could benchmark it (3D Mark etc). It was a bit slower than expected, I sometimes got a warning during Windows startup saying there was a power issue with the card, I didn't have the time …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-07-19, 16:49

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by Aladim

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It is working now. Playing X2GS on WT 300h, SC-55 via midi out cable 330h. It is easy when one knows what to do. Thanks folks

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-07-18, 23:26

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by Aladim

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640K!enough wrote on 2023-07-18, 23:02: Aladim wrote on 2023-07-18, 21:43: You mean this section? That is the right section, but MPUBase should be set to the desired I/O port; probably 300, as keropi said. Got it. I have to make sense of the parameters, I was not sure what the string was expecting. …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-07-18, 21:43

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by Aladim

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You just enable crystal mpu on resources not used (port 300 most likely) by editing orpheus.ini and orphinit will enable it You mean this section? ; This controls the on-chip Crystal MPU-401-compatible UART. ; This tool has NO control over the PCMIDI device, which is configured ; with on-board …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-07-18, 21:22

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by Aladim

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Hi folks, I was testing the gameport on the Orpheus II LT today and noticed the Orpheus.ini uses I/O address 200h for gameport. I recall in the past using 201h, having some games not working on 200h (not sure but I think X-Wing was one of them). 1) Any issues expected if I change the .ini to 201? …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-07-17, 22:53

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by Aladim

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Hi folks, I was testing the gameport on the Orpheus II LT today and noticed the Orpheus.ini uses I/O address 200h for gameport. I recall in the past using 201h, having some games not working on 200h (not sure but I think X-Wing was one of them). 1) Any issues expected if I change the .ini to 201? Is …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-07-15, 22:46

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by Aladim

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thanks for the update Aladim! X-WING/Atlantis issues and freezes could also be related to speed of the system, garbled FM is also one of the indicators of this - this is why back in the day Lucas released "speed patches" for these games. I found that ICACHE.EXE works great to disable L1 cache …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2023-07-14, 23:57

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by Aladim

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I got my Orpheus 2 LT (green 008) today, it arrived in one piece :). Thanks Leo, everthing worked out I had a pure DOS system on the bench ready to go , a FIC VA-502 mobo with Pentium MMX 233 (everything at stock settings) with a Matrox G400 (was there for a test, not the card I normally use - a GF4 …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2023-06-19, 13:46

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by Aladim

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Thanks for the help! I don't know if my setup will be able to pull off dos games honestly, I just bought an Asus A8V-X board (VIA K8T800PRO chipset) which theoretically could run win 98 (according to my research), so I'm thinking to get a PCI card and try to build a strong win98 machine that could …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2023-06-06, 20:26

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by Aladim

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Thanks, I just checked that as well. As you mentioned, it's kind of trial and error. Combining the 2 strategies got it working for me. I'm using the same "setup" on 2 distinct machines (Slot 1 Intel LX and S.754 Via), glad it worked on the 2nd machine without putting so much effort (just copied and …

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Re: Apparently not all GS-only sc-55s are the same, some are GM

Posted on 2023-06-06, 20:20

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by Aladim

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I have a mini-pc doing emulation (Um-One MK2 cable, Plugins Sound Canvas, Yamaha MU80, MT32, etc) so I can satisfy my curiosity and try a SC-88 or even SC-8820. As far as I understood from reading various discussions here, talking specifically about DOS gaming, there isn't much difference and SC-55 …

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Re: Apparently not all GS-only sc-55s are the same, some are GM

Posted on 2023-06-05, 21:01

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by Aladim

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I've never had the chance to play with midi during the "Dos Days", I was lucky enough to get a Sound Blaster. Never saw these midi modules where I live - and during those days there was no Internet or webpages to browse, so I didn't even know they existed. I've put together some retro PCs in the …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2023-06-05, 20:41

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by Aladim

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Forgot to mention, using the same boot setup, I've managed to install the card Solo1 on a A64 Socket 754 board (Abit KV80) as TDMA and could run all the games mentioned above, combined with CPUSPD M04 T08 or CPUSPD CD - including the wave header with a X2GS or a Sound Canvas SC-55 through the midi/ …

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