Re: Multi-Soundcard Industrial Computer Project

Posted on 2020-11-01, 15:23

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by carlostex

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Although you have a good number of sound cards, i see a lot of redundancy. It's better to lose the SB16 and keep the AWE64, because you'll have EMU8000 synth and SB16 digital part. An SB Pro and a Maxi Sound 64 is also redundant, unless the reason is the OPL3 difference, but you already have a PAS16 …

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Re: Multi-Soundcard Industrial Computer Project

Posted on 2020-11-01, 15:09

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by carlostex

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Pretty cool, love these projects. I have a similar one, but without the usefulness of a complete industrial backplane setup: https://youtu.be/kk6nyrX4DK8 Everything mounted on a Corsair Obsidian case with 9 expansion slots. I did of course had to extend the ISA bus with a small backplane. Sound …

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Re: In summary: the top 10 DOS games 1981-1991

Posted on 2020-10-28, 20:02

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by carlostex

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Starflight is the finest game for DOS in 1986.

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Re: Tandy Sound Patches Thread / Howto Patch for 0E0 Port Support

Posted on 2020-10-23, 20:23

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by carlostex

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Any point in continuing to pursue port 0E0h? Port 090h seems a much better candidate to work in systems from 286 up to Pentium when port 0C0h does not work. At least on my Intel 430TX system port 090h worked well vs port 0E0h or others i tried. Only systems that port 090h won't work is on IBM PS/2's …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-10-19, 19:18

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by carlostex

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Received my Orpheus card in the mail today. Such a pretty looking card! Looking forward to putting it through its paces soon :D I'm especially curious to find out how it compares to some of my other cards, like the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus. Btw, what is the purpose of the header/jumper labelled " …

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Re: Tandy 3 Voice Sound - SN76489 ISA Soundcard Project

Posted on 2020-10-18, 17:15

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by carlostex

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Driver issues almost ruled out, thanks to Dragonsphere compatibility now increased a lot! Tested so far: - Ultima 6 - Stunts Playing without any issues now! Testing Release ( Only Tandy Card @ 2C0, note this is Testing VERSION only!) command: tndy C0-C7 2C0 nosb tandy Just tried, works for the card …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2020-10-10, 22:53

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by carlostex

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This is a non-issue IMO, this ADPCM stuff, as for Duke Nukem 2 the compressed samples have been brought back to 8bit, so this game can be played just fine with any clone card. If it was 100 games, sure that would be annoying, but maybe a handful of games is nothing to worry about. https://www.vogons …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-10-06, 18:56

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by carlostex

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Congrats shock__ you deserve it! Too bad for me i couldn't back the project back in the day, i would really like an ARGUS!! In any case, its nice to see this project reach the end stage. Great work!

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-05, 12:11

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by carlostex

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Everything uploaded to the Tandy repo at ftp.oldskool.org. Readme was updated too.

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-04, 20:18

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by carlostex

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I'm curious about how you patches work. Are they custom tailored to the TNDLPT or do they use the int 0c0h + TSR trick or something like that? I'm asking because the software interrupt plus TSR variant would imply that support for further sound cards could be added without further patching. Patches …

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-04, 17:02

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by carlostex

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Besides Arkanoid i patched a couple more games, AAARGH and Rockford.

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-04, 00:13

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by carlostex

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I've done it!!! It was indeed what i thought it was, but i somehow missed the code. Using a debugger really helped, while i was tracing into instructions music started to play. Isolating that code and checking that subroutine on IDA. As soon as i saw the subroutine it was an eureka moment for me. …

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-03, 22:01

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by carlostex

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Thanks a lot for all those patches! You're welcome! Everyone is welcome to join in. How about Skate or Die? Scali made a video showing a patched version of the game on an IBM 5160 with CGA and Tandy sound. However, to my knowledge the patch was never released. Yeah i think i remember that one, i …

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-03, 19:01

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by carlostex

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Nice work, and thank you for doing ! Did you manage to get Alleycat running with Tandy/PCjr Sound ? No, i thought that one had already had a patch. With Arkanoid, i'm just at my limit, i don't think i can finish it. I might be missing something, i really need help figuring it out. Someone with both …

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-03, 11:45

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by carlostex

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I've been trying to patch the first Arkanoid game, the Taito version. It supports Tandy but it is tied to the graphics code. However it seems possible to actually patch it for Tandy sound + EGA, i managed to force the code to follow the Tandy sound routines instead of the PC Speaker ones. However …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-10-02, 18:23

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by carlostex

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Yes, It's planned for a future release, no ETA though. If you have those cards and want to help with testing process, I'll contact you by PM in a few days/weeks. Ironically i sold my EWS64XL a day after i made my post. Still i think there are enough EWS64XL users around to test. Only Terratec card …

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Re: TNDLPT : Tandy Sound on parallel port

Posted on 2020-10-02, 18:11

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by carlostex

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I've uploaded the most recent patch i did for Tandy sound on non-Tandy machines to ftp.oldskool.org, the same repo that holds mine and others Tandy patches. The EGA 16 color version of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, unlike following Lucasfilm/Lucasarts releases, did not have a commandline …

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro 1.0 CT1330 dual OPL2 pieces

Posted on 2020-09-30, 07:30

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by carlostex

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Some Microprose titles: Return of the Phantom Dragonsphere Fleet Defender Rex Nebular Formula One Grand Prix (World Circuit) These are good just for starters

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on 2020-09-27, 18:42

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by carlostex

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Any plans to support the Terratec EWS 64 cards? The S uses a AD1816 and the L and XL use a Crystal 4236. All of them have the Dream SAM9407. I think Unisound should already activate the card, but minus the 9407 synth.

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Re: 8-bit guy gets ultra-rare NOS IBM (prototype?) from Computer Reset then proceeds to obliterate it

Posted on 2020-09-26, 23:21

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by carlostex

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Yeah, the paper clip was a major fuck up, but in any case i think a lot of the hate is not justified. I've seen worse: https://youtu.be/QOG6DAVFrkc And the clueless people in the comment section: "ooooh he just broke the monitor", like you could use a modern display to replace that one.

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