Re: Some questions about the Dreamblaster X2

Posted on 2020-03-07, 15:17

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derSammler wrote on 2020-03-07, 15:13: That shouldn't happen. I guess while there is a diode on the USB's 5V line, they forgot one on the wavetable connector..? Maybe, I'm not sure. Don't think they were supposed to, as noone expected current to come from a daughter board back then. The sound card …

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Re: Some questions about the Dreamblaster X2

Posted on 2020-03-07, 15:05

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If the system is powered off, yes. Funny stuff. I use the X2 on my IBM Thinkpad Dock I. So when I pluged in the USB cable into my computer, the fan of the dock started spinning. :) The dock was not connected to any power source. I decided not to use it like that. Nothing was damaged actually. …

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Re: Some questions about the Dreamblaster X2

Posted on 2020-03-07, 11:04

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Great! Thanks!

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Re: Some questions about the Dreamblaster X2

Posted on 2020-03-07, 10:03

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May I ask a stupid question just to be on the safe side. Is it safe to connect X2 to USB and upload soundbanks while it is connected to a sound card as wavetable header in system that is powered OFF?

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2020-02-29, 08:48

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Hey, how's the project going?

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-27, 11:18

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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-02-27, 05:57: Guess I have been lucky with Yahoo Auctions then. I've only bought a handful of parts off of Yahoo Japan and nobody has ever bid over me or after me for that matter and I don't do high bids either. Just try to buy Roland SCP-55 or something like this, and …

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-26, 16:30

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I guess I kinda worded it wrong. It has a 3.5" and 5.25" front bay like a regular computer case has in addition to a 3.5" internal ide bay. So it can support floppy and ide drive drives. Not sure if it can support more than 1 floppy in the docking station or not. I haven't looked at the manual that …

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Re: Which one of you was it?

Posted on 2020-02-25, 07:53

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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-02-21, 05:42: 5.25"..... external drive bays ..... Really? I'm curious how that works. Is there a proprietary 5.25" drive for this laptop? Or it can use standard drives? And yes, it wasn't me 😀

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Re: Where to download old emulators for DOS?

Posted on 2020-02-25, 07:37

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https://www.emu-land.net/ It's in russian, but you can find literally everythyng here.

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Re: CD Drive Won't Spin Up Disc - How to Repair?

Posted on 2020-02-24, 14:06

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Well, sure one has to be careful and adjust the distance of applying the compressed air. The thing is that depending on the construction there can be aslo a lot of dust under the lens.

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Re: CD Drive Won't Spin Up Disc - How to Repair?

Posted on 2020-02-24, 12:30

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I'd also try to clean not only the lens but also the area under it with compressed air.

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Re: Pinout of IBM 3D PCMCIA Sound card audio cable

Posted on 2020-02-19, 21:43

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Sure, I will. I expect the connectos in a couple of weeks (sent from US by an intermediary).

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Re: Pinout of IBM 3D PCMCIA Sound card audio cable

Posted on 2020-02-19, 21:31

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Thanks a million!!!

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Re: Pinout of IBM 3D PCMCIA Sound card audio cable

Posted on 2020-02-19, 19:56

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Oh, great! I believe all you need is a simple tester. This set up should work just fine to find the right pins. And I believe it's non-destructive. I've ordered parts on www.digikey.com, they are on the way.

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2020-02-19, 17:50

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Tried my Panasonic KXL-D745. In DOS it plays Adlib fine, but crashes when attempting to play digital sound (Wolf3D). But in Windows 95's DOS session it actually plays digital sound in Wolf3D. One can hear door opening sound and soldiers saying "mein Leben" :) Yet FX souund does not work in Doom, for …

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Re: PCMCIA Storage

Posted on 2020-02-19, 16:12

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Guess it belongs to this topic. Got this EZ-GIG card today. https://i.ibb.co/JHYcsh4/IMG-2014.jpg It's a very handy way to connect HDDs to old laptops. It has a standard 44 pin IDE connector and can be used to connect any 2.5 IDE drive via PCMCIA port. Tested it in Windows 95 and pure DOS (with …

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Pinout of IBM 3D PCMCIA Sound card audio cable

Posted on 2020-02-19, 15:58

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So I finally got my IBM 3D Sound card. But it has no dongle. I'm 99% sure that it uses the standard Hirose (HRS) 25 pin connector. Model ## NX30TA-25PAA + NX-25T-CV https://i.ibb.co/vkcPDHW/connector.jpg All measurements match at least. Here is original pdf with full details. NX.pdf I'm about to …

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2020-02-10, 13:37

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The Ratoc and some of the Panasonic cards are based on the ES1688P chip and aren't SB compatible. The Eiger Labs/Fujitsu 16-bit Stereo Sound use the ES1688 chip and offer SB digital audio only under Win9x. One thing I'd consider pretty important is the audio output from the card to the onboard …

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2020-02-10, 09:14

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In the meanwhile here are some pics of internals of Panasonic card Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards I think we can ask lolo799 to make more clear pics, if he still has the card.

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2020-02-10, 07:08

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Just came to my mind. There are cards based on es1688 chip. These are Ratoc cards, some of the Panasonics and others. This chip actually has almost everything is needed - SB, OPL3 and MPU-401/Joystic compatible. Isn't it just matter of divers/TSR for proper SB emulation in DOS? IBM had patented the …

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