Re: Need link to DOS utility to reset OPL3/FM

Posted on 2021-10-02, 13:42

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The port 388h is the Adlib port, not OPL3. The card with OPL3 will also respond on that port for compatibility reasons, but that's not the primary port to access all the registers of OPL3. That's not quite accurate. The standard, since before Creative Labs knew what an OPL3 was, was to have YM3812 …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f

Posted on 2021-10-02, 12:50

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I wonder why unisound allows to configure both high/low DMA for YMF71x chips? 16bit high DMA doesn't seem to work on them (probably not supported). Setupsa doesn't support configuring high DMA at all. As with some other chipsets, it isn't really for "high DMA", but rather separate capture and …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2021-10-01, 03:01

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Gmlb256 wrote on 2021-09-30, 19:18: The Orpheus sound card is only compatible with SB Pro 2 in this case due to the presence of the YMF-262 OPL3 chip. That is mostly correct, except that Orpheus uses the YMF289.

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Re: Swaping DAC on SB16

Posted on 2021-09-30, 02:12

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Destroying a no longer produced vintage card is stupid. Allow me to offer fair warning: the moderators tend not to take too kindly to people referring to others or their actions as "stupid". I would suggest that you word your posts a little more appropriately if you intend to continue participating …

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Re: Swaping DAC on SB16

Posted on 2021-09-29, 19:07

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That's definitely a worthwhile swap to do ~ What is known about these DACs? For instance, are these Creative-marked ICs variants of other industry-standard parts, or do they have common pin assignments, so that one can just choose an off-the-shelf part for the replacement? One of these years, I may …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f

Posted on 2021-09-28, 18:20

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The situation with Orpheus is likely due to there being different hardware revisions. The original one didn't offer a way to use the Crystal MPU-401; you could enable it, but it wasn't connected anywhere, as far as I remember. Later hardware revisions introduced the ability to use both, and direct …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2021-09-24, 04:03

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Can any owners confirm this sounds the same as an original Roland SCD-15? The actual sound hardware is officially the SCB-55; SCD-15 is an SCB-55 + software package. With that out of the way, the simple answer is no. The more detailed answer is that they are not based on the same sound bank, and …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2021-09-02, 17:47

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The easiest solution for me would just be to solder in brand new connectors but I can't find a source for new ISA edge connectors. If anyone knows where I can buy some, let me know! These should be close enough for most purposes. It should be relatively easy to find the local country-specific …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2021-09-01, 01:41

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If I had to guess about the problem with this Gateway machine, and the suspicion is that it isn't a configuration or init problem, it could certainly be a problem of worn or loose contacts within the slot. This is supported by the fact that moving/re-seating the card gave different behaviour. The …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2021-08-31, 02:51

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I just put together a simple test that should help in diagnosing the problems that some of you have been reporting lately. For the moment, it is very simple and inflexible, so please pay attention to the details below: The WSS base address must be 534H. This test uses simple programmed I/O to play …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2021-08-29, 04:25

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I received the error..."unidentified chip found; quitting" error. I ran the program with the defaults. I did not edit the .ini and I have not used any other versions or different drivers. This could happen for a number of reasons, but we'll start by assuming that it will be one of the simpler …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2021-08-13, 18:18

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I see, if I plan on leaving everything on the soundcard on its default settings and just use the Yamaha OPL3, no crystal FM can I get away with not using orphinit? When would I want to use the crystal FM over the OPL3? Because of the design of the Orpheus card, you generally have to use some sort …

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Re: WP32 McCake : MT32 compatible waveblaster board

Posted on 2021-08-09, 02:16

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can you think of other, low height, low cost, cables that could be used ? or is the added height for IDC connectors acceptable? Why not a right-angle IDC connector? In surface-mount form, they shouldn't add more than a few millimetres to the overall thickness of the whole assembly. Using the …

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Re: ORPHINIT: New Init Software For The Orpheus Sound Card

Posted on 2021-07-27, 17:12

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Got everything up an running, but I have one issue: in SB mode at least, PCM is way louder than everything else, even with PCMVol at 1, FMVol at 7 and LineVol at 7. Am I doing something wrong, or is this just how sound blaster mixers work? In all likelihood, you are not doing anything wrong. This …

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Re: BLASTERBOARD : A new SB 2.0-compatible ISA sound card

Posted on 2021-07-21, 20:25

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There is already an Orpheus available and AWE64 Legacy on its way (?), so I don't think there will be enough interest. There is no currently-available card that offers all of those features, though, and certainly not one built exclusively from new, readily-available parts. Orpheus offers better …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2021-07-19, 18:17

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I still plan on throwing the orpheus into one of my other socket7 systems but really wish I could have used it in the dell as it has become my primary DOS machine. I think I can pre-announce that the upcoming version of ORPHINIT will include support for another initialisation method, which should …

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Re: DOOM 1.1 GUS hardware mixing

Posted on 2021-07-15, 20:16

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I may be remembering incorrectly, but I was under the impression that Doom used an integrated version of UltraMID. In most versions, this reserves 8 voices for digital audio/effects, and uses the remaining 24 for MIDI-based music. I don't remember if that could be changed. Other than the instrument …

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2021-07-07, 17:26

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That helped a little. I assume it also means that just the wavetable (and not FM) cannot be muted completely? Otherwise it would have been possible to use the 3,5mm output from X2 and connect it to CD-in. There could be a way to support that, but I haven't yet found an elegant way to do it yet. I …

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Re: Tiny Vortex86-based DOS gaming PC - weeCee

Posted on 2021-07-07, 17:20

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I went on and calculated my total costs in the past months for the project. I set out to build 2 units (highlighted below in the chart) to save on costs. Keep in mind these purchases: It is an interesting project, but is it correct to say that it cost upwards of $600 (CAD) to build the first unit? …

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Re: Tiny Vortex86-based DOS gaming PC - weeCee

Posted on 2021-06-30, 19:00

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After I rewrote it with this thread's good CS4237.BIN, all works, without invoking the /o (override) switch of cwdinit.exe. Are you sure you used the right file? Unless I'm mistaken, the BIN files I uploaded were only for hostload init; they lack the necessary header for EEPROM use. You may want to …

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