Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2016-09-20, 13:47

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Are we talking about those two mica ceramic capacitors (yellow)? I thought those were considered through hole caps, not SMD caps. You've soldered them to the surface since there are no vias there, so yes, they are mounted to the surface. But they are intended to be through hole caps, right?

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

Posted on 2016-09-20, 00:22

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Upgraded the mouse on my 486 to a Logitech MouseMan 3-button. mouseman.jpg Way better than the BSR BX400 it replaced! bsr-bx400.jpg The trick being, the BSR is the only serial mouse I have, but the MouseMan is the only PS/2 mouse I have that is compatible with a serial adapter. The biggest issue …

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2016-09-19, 20:15

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Does the SNR correspond with the amount of hiss heard at high volume? I ask because it sounds like the YMF71x has a similar SNR to the SB16, yet I hear way more hiss at volume on my CT2800 than on the YMF71x. Yeah, that's right, the base level hiss under OPL or DAC output. I'm half joking, but …

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2016-09-19, 16:00

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Does the SNR correspond with the amount of hiss heard at high volume? I ask because it sounds like the YMF71x has a similar SNR to the SB16, yet I hear way more hiss at volume on my CT2800 than on the YMF71x.

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2016-09-19, 14:23

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Testing is a difficult, thankless job. 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-19, 13:49

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From eBay Australia. It was boxed and has the 2 MB memory upgrade. Not cheap, but I really wanted a PCI Tseng card :) So far it doesn't really perform any faster than a Trio 64 V+ :dead: From what I've read the ET6000 was a bit of a letdown. They probably sold a lot of units based on the reputation …

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2016-09-19, 13:41

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James-F wrote: Does changing the treble and bass in the opl3sa.ini file in DOS with the 718 actually change the tonality in games? Can anyone confirm? I'm pretty sure it does not. I remember trying awhile back and not noticing a difference. But I'm not 100% certain, maybe my ear didn't pick it up.

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2016-09-19, 12:21

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elianda wrote: The data in the chart is corrupted at certain cells: Like in the first row for my IBM machine someone removed the FPU and changed the Graphics Chipset to SIS... I have downloads of the database going back to May and at least since May it's said No FPU and SIS for the graphics chipset …

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Re: Yamaha YMF71x SB Pro Mixer Bug Issue Fix

Posted on 2016-09-19, 11:10

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I can't see a 3D tab at the bottom in SETUPSA. There are a couple of screenshots I posted of my SETUPSA, can you point it out to me? Or post your own?

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-19, 10:50

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EDIT: OPL3SAX.zip from James have odd settings in the INI file. Preset=0 Ymersion=7 Bass=7 Treble=7 YMode=0 It was a fresh install so everything is at default. Yet it doesn't matter, all can be changed from inside setupsa.exe. How do you change Bass, Treble, Ymersion and YMode from inside setupsa. …

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-19, 00:01

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What I'm trying to say is the CD version has the pure DOS installer, yes. But the version of SETUPSA is newer on the 31v2329.exe file, but cannot be installed on a pure DOS system without first unpacking it on a Win31 system. So if you unpacked the drivers to an installed state from 31v2329.exe, …

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-18, 21:27

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So I have two DOS systems: one with an Audician and the other with a SB16 Vibra CT2800. They share the same speakers and I use an audio switcher to go back and forth between them. I like both systems to be at close to identical mix levels, so if I play the same game on both systems and switch …

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Re: Looking for a old MS-DOS arcade shooter.

Posted on 2016-09-18, 18:36

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There are only 6 DOS games with the word Cosmic in the title, and none of them look like what you're describing: http://www.mobygames.com/search/quick?q=cosmi … sFilter=1&sG=on Maybe you can try different words in the search if you can think of any that are like "cosmic".

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Re: Looking for a old MS-DOS arcade shooter.

Posted on 2016-09-18, 18:26

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by clueless1

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Can you guestimate what year it was released?

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-18, 17:40

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Interesting. Try changing SB to other settings. It seems to work fine when set to 1, 2, 3, then at 4, it seems that the digital volume seems to max out at around 60%. I'm guessing the higher you set SB, the lower the volume slider in Duke maxes out volume. Yes, this is exactly what I written …

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-18, 17:31

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Does it have to be duke 3d? I thought all game volume controls are affected? Only games that use the SBPro mixer to change the volume or panning, similar to what you do in DOS command line with the sbp-set.exe. Duke3D and Wolf3D are known to use the SBPro mixer for volume (duke) and panning for …

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-18, 17:21

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James-F wrote: Can anyone confirm the SB 7 bug in Duke3D with the audician 32? You will also not get stereo sound in Wolfenstein 3D with SB set […] Show full quote Can anyone confirm the SB 7 bug in Duke3D with the audician 32? You will also not get stereo sound in Wolfenstein 3D with SB set to 7. …

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-18, 17:19

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I thought the Win31 version required Win31 to unpack/install. I just tried on my DOS PC and it told me something about requiring Win31. PS-I'm talking about 31v2329.exe, which has the driver version that James-F is using. Yea I never used that. The cd has a pure dos installer. Doesn't need windows. …

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-18, 17:02

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I thought the Win31 version required Win31 to unpack/install. I just tried on my DOS PC and it told me something about requiring Win31. PS-I'm talking about 31v2329.exe, which has the driver version that James-F is using.

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Re: FM and PCM Volume Balance of SB Cards

Posted on 2016-09-18, 16:56

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Phil, would you be able to post these drivers to your site so that someone without Win31 could extract them for their DOS system? I'm grabbing James-F's copy, but it might be useful for other interneters who don't know about this thread. James, here is mine:

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