Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-29, 23:22

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.DMF sound bank cannot tell anything about the rest, but yes DMF is 94B, those are the 2 extensions used and so you can "convert" between them just with renaming the extension of the file name. and yeah, so far the source of 94DINIT that elianda posted in 2009 remains a mystery - I cannot find it …

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Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-29, 17:02

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@Ozzuneoj indeed, very interesting result, according to this: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=208401#p208401 "94DINIT2" is Internet find and the source is unknown. I was not able to find the same file in my archives either. So, I guess real technical explanation could be given only if someone …

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Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-28, 15:10

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Pin and function compatible with SAM9407, with additional features for professional use : — Up to 8 channels audio in .... ... so, Pin and function compatible seems like it should at least do what the 9407 could do. Which is why I felt it was worth tinkering with, and that has actually worked out …

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Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-28, 08:56

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So, apparently a lot changed with this program from 1996 to 1998. what did not change is that all those cards Hoontech, Terratec, Guillemot use SAM9 4 07 and not SAM9 7 07 chip. So, basically, what I am saying is that there is not a single known case of 94DINIT working with SAM9707, which …

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Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-27, 09:48

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Paging @dreamblaster to clone this.. no need to clone anything, here is the CD: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1135020#p1135020 with the schematic and the GERBER files. So, if you're that interested you can order PCB for yourself right away. it's another story if you can source any of the …

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Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-27, 08:29

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@Ozzuneoj: at least "Hoontech SoundTrack 97 ISA" DOS initialization is done in 2 steps: 94DINIT F=HOON4D S=GMSBK040 P=330 MXSET97 DEFAULT.MIX where "HOON4D" in your case is "97PNP2" (the BIN file from your CD, i.e. Dream Firmware file for that specific design) and "GMSBK040" is "GMBK9708" So, I …

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Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-24, 04:08

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@Ozzuneoj : unfortunately, when in that old thread we actually cracked the encryption of all Roland GS ROMs SC-55, SCC-1, up to SC-88, etc. there was no any interest in helping me extracting the same sound from the 94B banks and compare them or even we make 94B bank with the sounds from SC-55 ROM …

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Re: Dream 97PNP2 - Interesting SAM9707 prototype\sample ISA MIDI card from 2001!

Posted on 2023-01-24, 03:47

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Wow, on the CD in "SNDBANK\LETCUST.PDF" is actually recognized by their CEO back then, that they copied the Roland GS sounds without permission, what I pointed out few years ago here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=920784#p920784 basically, as far as we know "GSSBK320.94B" bank is close to …

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Re: Injecting files into a running PCem/86Box machine

Posted on 2023-01-18, 13:45

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maybe, I don't understand the question, because PCem/86Box is using VHD for HDD image format - that is directly mountable as Windows drive: "Windows Computer Management --> Storage --> Disk Management --> Action --> Attach VHD" I wonder how you created PCem/86Box hdd image in the first place, …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2023-01-17, 16:53

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Trelokk wrote on 2023-01-17, 09:22: ...nothing sounds anywhere near the SC-55 right now... I still have my same old question about the RIAA IIR filtering: Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3 and it's not applied just once, but twice. IMHO, it still needs serious investigation than be taken as a …

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Re: Heads Up: Roland Sound Canvas VA VSTi Plugin!

Posted on 2023-01-16, 10:27

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Here is the latest Win x64 build of EmuSC , if you want to try it. here are the results from my very brief test: 1. the "power-button" is not visible to me, at least not on my old CRT - I am not sure if that's brightness issue with my particular CRT or what, but it caused huge confusion, I was …

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Re: Request PC Video BIOS for No9 IMAGINE128 II

Posted on 2023-01-08, 13:53

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another user asked 4 years ago about PC BIOS for the exact same cards as mine here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=63654 and the bad news is that @pancakepuppy PC BIOS from here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1088687#p1088687 is not working - I've tried it very hard with programming …

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2023-01-04, 19:09

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@MMaximus : thanks, your physical Model80 machine has the exact same BIOS version as 86box VM Model80. So, I think DMQS gets disabled most likely due to what @SSTV2 noticed about the overlapping ROM ranges. I hope with help of 86box developers all those findings be put together and soon we have …

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2022-12-29, 21:45

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https://www.ardent-tool.com/video/XGA2.html XGA-2 all of them have slightly different versions but as far as IBM is concerned, is equivalent in specs, officially. There is no such as 45MHz ramdac, this is rated around 75MHz for all of these. thanks, it's all getting together, because in IBM 's "XGA …

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2022-12-29, 20:49

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I don't have access to my machine at the moment but I bought my XGA adapter from WBST on amibay a few years ago. Here is the archived thread - you might be able to get more info about the adapter from the picture same as @SSTV2, i.e. "RAMDAC with Heatsink". according to @SSTV2 those are the 1st …

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2022-12-29, 19:28

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it's the first revision with a heatsinked RAMDAC I don't know which one is the 1st revision and so here I count on your good knowledge about PS/2, but then it means even the 1st XGA-2 is 90MHz RAMDAC, i.e. "Index 53H=0x53", I guess that means there are no "Index 53H=0x50" (45MHz RAMDAC) XGA-2 cards …

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2022-12-29, 14:15

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@MMaximus and @SSTV2 : just out curiosity how the DAC chip looks on your cards from the above 3 options - maybe we can at least in the end of 2022, almost 2023 tell, how at least some of 90MHz DACs are looking, as you both have cards with 90MHz DAC for sure.

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2022-12-29, 14:02

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actually, in my previous post I am talking total nonsense in my reply to @MMaximus, because still there is no connection in my brain to our latest finding about Index 53H and xga2 info tool DMQS output: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1127947#p1127947 So, based on @MMaximus logs : https:// …

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2022-12-28, 16:10

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@MMaximus : currently, most helpful would be "xga2 -s >> xga_full.log" from your Model 80 to investigate the DMQS support issue. Other tests would be mostly redundant, but it depends on what XGA-2 card revision you have - if you look here: https://github.com/86Box/86Box/issues/2983#issuecomment- …

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Re: Help anyone with IBM PS2 and XGA card on MCA bus

Posted on 2022-12-28, 04:35

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good catch and observation - probably another bug, I did not even noticed that, because instead "PS/2 SCSI Adapter" as in your case, I have "ESDI Fixed Disk" in my config and thus no conflict is shown explicitly (to draw my attention on it) like in your case, where C6000 - C7FFF is obviously subset …

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