Re: E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card

Posted on 2021-05-27, 08:07

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by Pierre32

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I have an ess with onboard Wavetable (and like it very much) so won't be needing this, but congratulations on another stellar product. I remain on the hunt for such a card (Compaq Business Wavetable specifically) but have the E-Wave earmarked for an ESS I already have. +1 on the congrats, and PM …

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Re: SC-55ST GS/GM behavior

Posted on 2021-05-26, 21:32

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by Pierre32

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Wonder if this thread from the other day will be useful: SC-55 mkII "No Instrument" Message With canyon.mid and passport.mid

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

Posted on 2021-05-25, 22:52

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by Pierre32

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Lazer42 wrote on 2021-05-25, 17:58: dreamblaster wrote on 2021-05-25, 17:19: Lazer42 wrote on 2021-05-25, 17:02: Looking at the patch list, is this essentially a wavetable of the SC-88? Officially i cannot call it like that Let me ask differently then: am I correct that these are the same waveforms …

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Re: IBM Aptiva 2170 drivers?

Posted on 2021-05-25, 10:24

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by Pierre32

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You should be able to find it all here: http://w3.sis.com/download/ The onboard graphics driver will be easy to find. For audio, network etc you may have to experiment with different downloads. The SiS530 has SiS6306 graphics. The closest to that detailed on wikipedia is the 6326; perhaps it is …

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Re: ATI Rage XL 8MB vs S3 Virge 4MB

Posted on 2021-05-25, 10:07

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by Pierre32

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Science awaits, then! I've just completed my tests this evening. I can't offer any wisdom on your driver choices; I'll just run through my adventure with the card this week. My system is an Aptiva 2196, which is a low profile SS7 system with K6-2/533 and SiS540 chipset (packing SiS300 onboard …

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Re: ATI Rage XL 8MB vs S3 Virge 4MB

Posted on 2021-05-25, 04:44

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by Pierre32

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If the Rage XLs you're looking at are those new generic ones, be warned they're very picky about the systems they work in, and when they do work the driver install is tricky. Not a recommended buy unless you're happy to throw a few bucks at an experiment. If you're looking at the originals, …

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Re: ESS ES1868F giveaway

Posted on 2021-05-24, 13:19

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by Pierre32

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No worries. Shipping down under doesn't make it convenient or economical for either of us anyway! Props on the giveaway none the less 😀

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Re: ESS ES1868F giveaway

Posted on 2021-05-24, 12:18

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by Pierre32

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What part of the world are you in?

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Re: Sound Blaster 2.0 Ct1350b - Issue with Indiana Jones and the Last crusade

Posted on 2021-05-24, 05:59

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by Pierre32

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Deadly_Miho wrote on 2021-05-23, 17:38: what was supposed to be a short nostalgia trip 😁 Welcome to the party 😁 For what it's worth, I've been testing a CT1350B in my Pentium 166 system in the last couple of weeks. With cache disabled it has behaved fine. But it's not the permanent card for this …

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Re: Zida Tomato 4DPS bios has a serial midi option

Posted on 2021-05-24, 04:37

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by Pierre32

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There's some of that actual knowledge. Nice.

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Re: Zida Tomato 4DPS bios has a serial midi option

Posted on 2021-05-24, 01:03

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by Pierre32

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Interesting, I've never seen a mobo with that option. I'm sure someone will come along with actual knowledge, but a few thoughts: Music creation software back in the day often used serial for MIDI, but generally packaged their own drivers. Not sure where native MIDI support on the mobo would factor …

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Re: Help configuring (and dumping) wavetable ROM - Cardinal DSP16 / MPC700plus

Posted on 2021-05-23, 04:56

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by Pierre32

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Sounds good. I've retrieved mine this weekend and I'll get the chance to reinstall again some time this week - to do some of the above tests, but more importantly test my driver package and make sure it's correct on Vogons Drivers.

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Re: Weames PA-9050-B (AD Echo) ROM (?) sockets

Posted on 2021-05-22, 22:27

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by Pierre32

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Interesting stuff 😀 If I ever see one pop up I'll drop you a message.

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Re: Weames PA-9050-B (AD Echo) ROM (?) sockets

Posted on 2021-05-22, 22:03

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by Pierre32

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Digging up an old thread here, Is anyone interested in selling one of their Wearnes Beethoven ADSP-16 cards? I've got a project I'm working on involving some SDR ISA cards and they require one of these sound cards in order to function on a hardware level. Thanks! Can't help you with one, but I'm …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-22, 08:20

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by Pierre32

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Pickup up this 6 channel mixer to mix a number of soundcard sources. Was £28 delivered off Amazon, and for the money I'm mighty impressed. https://i.imgur.com/LCa3LMFl.jpg Good find. So many of these compact line mixers look great until you realise they're all mono inputs. This one appears to have …

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Re: Bad gear features the Roland MT-32

Posted on 2021-05-21, 21:20

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by Pierre32

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Yep. I love how he pays tribute to the nostalgia factor, but also strips that away to put things through their modern-usage paces for an objective review. And does it well. Enjoyed his FB-01 video too.

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Re: Help configuring (and dumping) wavetable ROM - Cardinal DSP16 / MPC700plus

Posted on 2021-05-20, 10:17

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by Pierre32

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I have acquired two 512KB ROM chips in order for me to try out the Invision ROM images. Hmm this has my interest. Just went digging for some sound samples. Orchid standard: http://kawai.spb.ru/files/sound/cards/orchid_sw32_std.html Orchid w/ Invision: http://kawai.spb.ru/files/sound/cards/orchid_ …

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

Posted on 2021-05-19, 08:06

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by Pierre32

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And nice case! Here's my 386 build from last year in the same one. Filename IMG_20200701_164809.jpg File size 214.47 KiB Views 1630 views

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Re: Help configuring (and dumping) wavetable ROM - Cardinal DSP16 / MPC700plus

Posted on 2021-05-19, 08:01

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by Pierre32

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Stuck away at work and missing all the fun 😁 Look forward to doing all these tests too.

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Re: Help configuring (and dumping) wavetable ROM - Cardinal DSP16 / MPC700plus

Posted on 2021-05-19, 00:11

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by Pierre32

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Thanks for the heads up. They would have worked for me in the past of course. I'll test them on the impending install and see if I've done anything wrong when repackaging for upload.

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