Re: Recommend me a Creative ISA card

Posted on 2015-12-25, 04:17

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by James-F

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I would suggest a Yamaha YMF718 card which supports Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 and original OPL3. Search Ebay for "Yamaha Audician 32" these are completely new in a box and the seller has plenty of them. The driver is still available on the official Yamaha website. Furthermore, to complete the package …

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2015-12-17, 17:09

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by James-F

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Yeah, found about BASSMIDI driver and Weeds SondFont v3.0 just now, and everything sound much better in dosbox. Still, the DreamBlaster S1 sounds not one bit worse or even better than the 60MB Weeds SoundFont, and that's with only 512Kb of rom size. I think I've got the Dos sound area covered with …

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2015-12-17, 16:00

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by James-F

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My DreamBlaster S1 is here. Damn, it sounds marvelous in Warcraft 1/2 and Heroes II. 😲 Very happy with the purchase. Now I realize that Dosbox General Midi sounds like shit... 😎

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-12-16, 13:24

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by James-F

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It's when you skip school and slay your friends in a game of Doom till 1:00 AM where your parents probably worried shitless, but you keep on playing because there is nothing more fun than a LAN party. 😎

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Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright

Posted on 2015-12-14, 13:05

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by James-F

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I wonder if it is worth buying the 40$ minipro tl866 eeprom programmer from ebay to flash my S3 Virge/DX video bios? This programmer can also save and flash the motherboard bios. Any other uses for that or is it just a wast of 40$?

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Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1

Posted on 2015-12-12, 06:13

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by James-F

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So this is the one to buy if I want MIDI on my Yamaha YMF719E right? I've been searching Ebay for a MIDI Daughterboard and found the originals are very expensive, till I encountered this one (S1) on Google. If I compare the General Midi that comes with Windows 7 played via Dosbox, this S1 sounds …

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Re: How accurate is the OPL emulation in dosbox?

Posted on 2015-12-12, 05:06

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by James-F

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Thanks khokh2001, I mastered and posted your file again to be equal to my recordings. To me it sounds exactly like the YMF719 and Dosbox. The waveform is even closer to dosbox, without the minor DC offset that the YMF719 shows.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-12-11, 19:24

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by James-F

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VooDooMan, Why do you collect so many old voodoo cards? I understand for building a retro rig to play games, but why so much?

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Re: Should I change my Graphics Card?

Posted on 2015-12-11, 19:05

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by James-F

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For me it's S3 Virge/DX or Cirrus Logic 5446, Both work perfectly for DOS 2D games on my Pentium MMX rig. Can't say much about 3D games or Windows.

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Re: My Socket 7 430TX, Pentium MMX rig, PHOTO HEAVY!

Posted on 2015-12-11, 18:52

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by James-F

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Got this machine from my work place which served as a test bench computer wired to some lab equipment using some exotic ISA cards which the work place kept. But I got everything else! This PC came with: Intel 430TX, Pentium MMX 233Mhz, 128mb PC100 (2x64mb) SDRAM, Cirrus Logic 5446 2mb, Network card, …

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Re: My Socket 7 430TX, Pentium MMX rig, PHOTO HEAVY!

Posted on 2015-12-11, 18:51

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by James-F

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Re: My Socket 7 430TX, Pentium MMX rig, PHOTO HEAVY!

Posted on 2015-12-11, 18:46

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by James-F

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More!

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My Socket 7 430TX, Pentium MMX rig, PHOTO HEAVY!

Posted on 2015-12-11, 18:45

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by James-F

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Less talk more photos!

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Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright

Posted on 2015-12-11, 09:09

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by James-F

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Can you fellows point me to a flash program that will work under dos 7.1 to flash my S3 Virge DX 4mb? EDIT: Okay, I can attest that SVBL works perfectly and I can use different video bios without actually flashing the EEPROM on the video card. This works only with Socket 7, 430 boards (Triton). I …

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Re: How accurate is the OPL emulation in dosbox?

Posted on 2015-12-11, 08:54

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by James-F

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To whom that still interested; The Yamaha YMF719 is here and I've already recorded it to have a clear comparison. Guess what?, Dosbox is 100% accurate to the point that I can't distinguish between the real OPL3-SAx and dosbox on professional studio monitors with ribbon tweeters. The waveform of …

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Re: What are some DOS games I might have been playing wrong?

Posted on 2015-12-10, 10:14

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by James-F

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Well, for example, I like the music in the floppy releases of Mortal Kombat (which consists of original MIDI tunes) better than the music in the CD version (which is identical to the Arcade). Definitely! The nostalgic value of the original Dos Floppy version of MK sound is many times greater than …

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Re: Compatibility: 128-512 mb RAM ?

Posted on 2015-12-07, 10:25

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by James-F

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If I am not mistaken, Dos 6.22 will accept only 64mb even if you install more. Dos 7.1 will accept up to 4gb. Check via MEM command. Depending on the era of the motherboard it may accept more than 64mb of ram, but will only cache 64mb and may/will slow the computer if more is used. If it's DOS …

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Re: How accurate is the OPL emulation in dosbox?

Posted on 2015-12-06, 04:12

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by James-F

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Have tested Legend of Kyrandia v1.3 FM emulation with "Pool of Sorrow" song on the screen with a lake (7:30). Yes, there is an issue, not critical though. The song plays differently with next cycles. If in game's options to switch off music and then switch on - the song plays correctly again in the …

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Re: How accurate is the OPL emulation in dosbox?

Posted on 2015-12-05, 15:39

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by James-F

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Yes, the CS4232 sounds better than dosbox (but similar) and definitely better than my CT2950, or at least closer to what I remember it was in the 90s. Okay, waiting for my Yamaha YMF719E. For the sake of it (no wonder it was cheap), here's my CT2950 (what not to buy): * Huge closeup of the CT2950 so …

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Re: How accurate is the OPL emulation in dosbox?

Posted on 2015-12-05, 14:46

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by James-F

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Okay, I professionally recorded DOSBOX vs my real CT2950 for us to compare. The "OPL3 Comparison.7z" file (11MB) contains 6 mp3 files at 320kbps from 3 games: Doom-CT2950.mp3 Doom-DOSBOX.mp3 War2-CT2950.mp3 War2-DOSBOX.mp3 Lemmings-CT2950.mp3 Lemmings-DOSBOX.mp3 http://www.mediafire.com/download/ …

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