Re: The Turtle Beach MultiSound Classic Thread

Posted on 2020-01-21, 09:44

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by bristlehog

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This Space Quest IV fan site mentions a patch that fixes a problem with the MultiSound: https://www.spacequest.net/sq4/patches/ This patch will prevent a lock up problem when the "zombie" screams if you have a Turtle Beach Multisound card or another sound card that doesn't support variable sound …

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Re: The Turtle Beach MultiSound Classic Thread

Posted on 2020-01-21, 05:11

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by bristlehog

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I also saw an old Sierra manual that looked quite generic but that I think came from Space Quest IV. It mentions support for the MultiSound. I have checked Space Quest IV, but all three versions I have - 1.060, 1.111 and 1.996, have no signs of Multisound support. Version 1.060 only allows music …

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Re: The Turtle Beach MultiSound Classic Thread

Posted on 2020-01-21, 03:16

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by bristlehog

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I bet that came to a screeching halt when Creative and E-mu moved in together. Right you are. Hence the appearing of Turtle Beach Monterey sound cards, when Turtle Beach was cut from Proteus supply. I'll begin with some photos of the original box of the MultiSound Classic, which was known as just …

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Re: Help Excluding Memory Range Using EMM386

Posted on 2020-01-20, 06:22

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by bristlehog

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I haven't used this card with DOS at all. I was under the impression that it cannot be used with DOS games, save a small handful that support the card natively. When you mention using the card in DOS, do you mean for playing back .mid files or playing games? The card can be used in DOS to play .mid …

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Re: Help Excluding Memory Range Using EMM386

Posted on 2020-01-19, 18:36

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by bristlehog

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Region of 32K ends at D7FF. D800 is the first byte of next 32K region. On some systems the Multisound drivers won't work if you don't turn on 8-bit memory transferring mode. In Windows 3.1 it is turned on in Multisound's driver properties. In DOS, you have to run this: MSNDDIAG.EXE /m /8 AFAIK, DOS …

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Re: Pentium 60/66 retrogaming use

Posted on 2020-01-19, 17:31

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by bristlehog

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I had a Socket 4 Pentium 60 system (without the FDIV bug), and it satisfied me. The CPU had a passive heatsink, so the PC (Compaq Presario CDS 762 with a CF card instead of an HDD) was very quiet overall.

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2020-01-19, 16:53

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by bristlehog

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What about this one? IBM M-ACPA Adapter (made by Tecmar). According to this , it seems to have outstanding audio quality. Though I have the ISA variant, but the chips on it are the same. It's already on the spreadsheet under the name of 'Tecmar M-ACPA (for IBM) rev. B (assy rev. D)'. I added you to …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-01-18, 13:22

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by bristlehog

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Count me in.

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Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2020-01-18, 12:00

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by bristlehog

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wiretap wrote on 2019-07-27, 03:43: https://i.imgur.com/QZwmLhIh.jpg […] Show full quote What the?.. PC Chassis with an integrated display?!

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2020-01-16, 17:24

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by bristlehog

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Added 19 different OKSORI soundcards with pictures from this blog post seemingly by a Korean collector.

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2020-01-16, 14:58

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by bristlehog

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I have compiled a large list of sound cards from Microsoft's knowledge base archive . Might be of use, has some technical info. SUMMARY ======= The following is a list of some of the major sound card manufacturers. Phone numbers and specifications are included. Acer America ------------ Model: Acer …

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Re: List of rarest PC soundcards

Posted on 2020-01-15, 19:11

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by bristlehog

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Hi, still searching for photo of the JDF-SOUNDMEDIA001. Card with Yamaha YMZ263B chipset like Adlib Gold. A found only old discussion from 1997 or 1998 and dead link to ebay. Have someone real card or saved photos of the card? No, but I narrowed it down to some Western Digital Paradise sound card …

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Re: Options by IBM ISA soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-15, 16:01

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by bristlehog

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MKT_Gundam wrote on 2020-01-15, 15:49: Thoses soundcards are good? Features OPL4. I don't know. Ask GabrielKnight123, derSammler, they have or had similar cards. Also, I don't think there's an OPL4, seems like plain OPL3.

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Re: ISA MIDI-only wavetable cards?

Posted on 2020-01-15, 15:46

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by bristlehog

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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-01-15, 15:34: Do you actually have that card? I tried to buy one a year or so ago and the seller never shipped it. Not mine. A person from phantom.sannata.org forums recently bought one: topic (all in Russian)

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Re: Options by IBM ISA soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-15, 15:41

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by bristlehog

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Early version of Media Magic ISP-16, OEM without "Media Magic" PCB silkscreen There were different versions: K33IFISP16 << first revision K33IFISP16R10 << this one K33IFISP16R20 << later revisions K33IFISP16R30 K33IFISP16R31

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Re: ISA MIDI-only wavetable cards?

Posted on 2020-01-15, 15:21

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by bristlehog

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Here's CrystaLake Series 2000 with 8-pin connector. It is a 8-bit ISA card by itself.

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Re: Weames PA-9050-B (AD Echo) ROM (?) sockets

Posted on 2020-01-15, 11:28

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by bristlehog

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I think it's not your card that is faulty per se. You have an exemplar with an early revision of ECHO ESC614 chip, which had a bug, expressing itself as clicking while using DMA. It was fixed in later ESC614A revision.

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Re: Identification of MediaVision? Jazz MVD1208 ISA sound card

Posted on 2020-01-14, 19:22

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by bristlehog

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This is not AudioWave 16 AISP, it looks different and has no Jazz chipset. Alternatively, it may be a much later version, as it states "ver. 1.11" vs "ver 1.3" on the card that is verified to be AudioWave 16 AISP. There was an eBay auction with the same Jazz-based card claimed to be 16 AISP, only a …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 & AWE32: From best to worst

Posted on 2020-01-12, 14:00

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by bristlehog

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There are CT1780 and CT1790 versions of SB16, with Philips and Sony CD interfaces. Here's more detailed info: https://ilovepa.ws/2017/06/13/the-legendary-sound-blaster/ CT1780 is (or was) owned by Artex , Kahenraz , easyjohn . I know where to get one for ~$100 if need be. Fagear has a CT1790 in his …

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Re: 16 Bit Sound Cards in XT (8086/8088)

Posted on 2020-01-12, 06:43

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by bristlehog

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Windows Sound system does not support Adlib, so This is indeed quite useless on XT. There is a mess with terms 'WSS', one being a standard, the other being the self-titled sound card. WSS as a standard only supports PCM audio. It has nothing to do with Adlib. However, the original Microsoft Windows …

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