Re: SB16 diagnose, 8 bit testing fails
Posted on 2009-09-25, 14:06
Configure a different Low 8-bit DMA channel for the soundcard? Low can be either 0, 1, or 3. High can be either 5, 6, or 7.
Re: The Yamaha OPL YMF718-S chipset.
Posted on 2009-09-25, 10:38
I would like to add some observations of mine to this older topic. Starting with some general info on the different variants: From Yamaha YST 1996: Yamaha OPL3SA (YMF701) The OPL3SA was designed as a Plug-and-Play device for PC95 requirements. It is currently found on motherboard solutions by …
Re: LAN card for a Pentium I system?
Posted on 2009-09-25, 09:37
If my past system configuration notes are correct, I used to have a Realtek 8139 Ethernet Adapter working fine in a Pentium 90. That used to be the most abundant and cheap chipset for years.
Re: santa cruz under xp
Posted on 2009-09-14, 21:46
I see. Actually I was under the impression that the front panel was something like the one from the Audigy-2 or EWS-64, but if I understand correctly now the Dell Santa Cruz Panel contains only a few basic outputs. No Midi or S/PDIF stuff. Dell Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Users Guide
Re: santa cruz under xp
Posted on 2009-09-13, 11:15
And I'm also not positive about the difference in front panel outputs... it seems kinda strange that they'd have it disabled on the retail card but still have the components populated on the board. But, I've never seen any reports of success getting the front panel output to actually work on a …
Re: Perfect ISA soundcard, in theory
Posted on 2009-09-07, 20:00
I've had an unavoidable noise floor coming from the CS4231, and CS4232 and CS4248 chipsets. Noise is the big no-no for the crystal semiconductor cards Odd... these chipsets usually come through the quality tests with high ratings: PCAVTech Sound Card Technical Benchmarks Test Summary I suppose the …
Re: CPU fan control problem!
Posted on 2009-08-09, 10:52
I have never heard about a 440BX mainboard with dynamic CPU fan speed... To get these 5x5cm Pentium 3 fans running silently and sufficiently for a long time; set them to 8,5 Volt instead of the default 12 Volt. But you need some small fan voltage control unit, which you can buy or assemble yourself …
Re: Sound Blaster PCI Legacy problems.....
Posted on 2009-07-30, 20:25
Thanks for the feedback, and glad that the utility has some use for you guys! Even though it does not exactly work the way I expected it to, but that keeps things interesting. Will again consider to get a suitable mainboard myself, once I return home. since I am currently abroad for work, yet able …
Re: WTB: Midi boards
Posted on 2009-07-24, 10:11
Sorry for causing you all this trouble Retro Games :happyhappy:, but I figure you don't dislike messing around with soundcards this way? On a related theme, I've just tested a Tropez card, and somewhat unsurprisingly it sounds the same as the Maui. During DOS boot-up, the card's Wavesample ROM …
Re: Yamaha Waveforce XG - DOS compability & the mysterious PC/PCI con.
Posted on 2009-07-23, 17:48
I used the SB-Link connection succesfully with two Waveforce XG clones (same chipset, different soundcard). The cards could also do SB-Pro emulation without the cable attached though. Another PCI chipset that supports the SB-Link connector is the ESS Solo-1, as used on Terratec budget soundcards. I …
Re: WTB: Midi boards
Posted on 2009-07-23, 17:39
I've just tested a Maui card. IMHO, I'd place it alongside an AWE32 in terms of wavetable audio quality, for General Midi music in a DOS game. Bottom line: disappointing. Dissapointing it is then... still I am kinda curious as to how it sounds, as I never heard any 'ICS Wavefront' chipset music. …
Re: Sound cards - from best to worst
Posted on 2009-07-23, 17:33
rosetaylor01 wrote: I have sound card file roundup posted on Usenet back in the day. It covers quite a few cards and gives you the heads up on each I assume you mean the one I attached to this post.
Re: Aureal Vortex 2 / TB Santa Cruz aka Videologic Sonic Fury unter DOS
Posted on 2009-07-22, 23:17
Thanks for the info, gerwin. Will try it soon. What are - from your experience - the limitations of the vortex2 based cards in dos? The Vortex-2 limitations in Dos: It is not 100% SB-Pro compatible. I can not recall many problems, but I do remember it failed at Psycho Pinball. Its OPL-3 emulation …
Re: Aureal Vortex 2 / TB Santa Cruz aka Videologic Sonic Fury unter DOS
Posted on 2009-07-22, 08:30
Is it possible to initialize the above mentioned cards (Aureal Vortex2, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz) under plain dos without having installed win95/98? If so - how? Yes that can be done. at least with the Vortex-2. The driver normally uses the windows folder to look for it's configuration file au30dos. …
Re: P3 Tualatin vs. P4
Posted on 2009-07-21, 12:53
Here is another Northwood Pentium 4, the one at work. I brought a bootdisk today so I could benchmark it. It scores quite a bit more then 2mourty's 1800 MHz Pentium 4. But still less then the AMD-3000+ systems at home (2416,26 points). Edit, While I am at it: I also ran these diagnostics on another …
Re: 1990: What hardware were you using?
Posted on 2009-07-20, 17:30
1990.. no PC. Late in 1991 my dad's company had this project where employees could obtain a new PC for less. That was how we got the first PC: 386DX-25MHz (initially without co-processor) 1MB RAM 5.1/4" and 3.1/2" floppy drives 40MB Harddisk 256KB graphics card 14" VGA screen Seikosha Dot-matrix …
Re: A question about speed
Posted on 2009-07-18, 19:34
found disabling the L1 cache has too much of a slowdown effect for most Dos games. Disabling the L2 cache on the other hand does not slowdown these games much. So neither seems useful, unless I do the same on a much faster system (disable L1), or much slower system (disable L2). Unfortunately my …
Re: Underclocking Pentiums?
Posted on 2009-07-17, 08:54
I don't know what they did, but in most of these results both the FSB speed and the CPU multiplier read zero. How did they do that? Did they load windows first, then pull the FSB to zero? or is it just a fake reading... By accident I stumbled upon this: Story behind the 10.74 MHz CPU-Z score As …
Re: Modern benchmarks vs. 486s
Posted on 2009-07-16, 21:18
23 hours... Sadistic AND patient. Windows XP seems to require a Pentium, see this page, first black and white image: XP Minimal-Requirement-Test
Re: MiroSound PCM Pro1 - General Midi in DOS = silent
Posted on 2009-07-16, 12:11
I remember Marek wrote this in the "Sound cards - from best to worst" topic: source Then I got the Miro (I don't remember the model designation) with the OPL4. The hardware was acceptable. Soundblaster Pro compatibility was good. Biggest flaw was that you can't use the OPL4 wavetable with MPU401, …
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