The Monkey Island "Ultimate Talkie" tool (http://www.gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/) can be used to give the MI1 soundtrack a General MIDI option. Here's the results on my AWE32 in GM mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfZOiM2pvg4 It sounds pretty good to me, both on AWE32 and SC-55 - I don't …

It'd be cool if we could get a preliminary bill of materials so we can look at component purchasing options. I might be able to help with bulk buying and redistributing for UK/EU - I live close to an RS Components branch so it shouldn't be any major trouble for me to pick up batches of components …

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I'm using a USB MIDI interface, so I'm not hitting the GPIO, and the speed issues are there when outputting with internal audio and USB audio (I have a few different kinds of USB audio device). I totally agree with disregarding the internal audio - it is dreadful. There's a nasty aliasing hiss even …

I have quite a bit of experience with assembling custom Linux installations for both embedded and non-embedded deployments, so I'm pretty confident in my own ability, however I've not ever used Buildroot (I only have one Raspberry Pi that I've played with so far). I'm curious to try it now to see …

I can probably help give you a head-start on this on the software side. I've put together a MUNT/Raspberry Pi 2 system with Buildroot, which is a tool that lets you easily create embedded Linux distributions stripped down to the bare minimum and customised however you like it. With it, you can …

If one follows the jumper recommendations I layed out for the CPU voltages, everything should go fine though. Definitely - they certainly helped me when I was trying to get the Am5x86 recognised properly, and it was thanks to your post that I got Writeback working :) Hercules runs with Transparent …

I read that the 2.0 GX4 board performs auto-switching of voltage based on the VOLDET pin of the CPU, Really? Which revisions? I don't know how I missed this in the manual. What jumper settings are needed for this? And has this been verified with a volt meter connected to the Vss and Vcc pins on the …

Great post, and welcome. I have a late-model Socket 3 mobo with VLB & PCI that may be my favorite board. Paired with a Cyrix 5x86, it's perfect as a test bench for most cards through '97 or so. I have that same Hercules card, and the CT2760 is my favorite Sound Blaster. I use a 4GB CF too, and the …

Hello all, This is my first post here at VOGONS - I've been active in the Amiga circles in the past but taken a break from retro computers while studying for my computer science degree (which is still ongoing...). I recently had an urge to build a 486 DOS machine, especially after watching some of …