Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-01-21, 08:08

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by Boohyaka

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This card would be attractive for combining a known good digital FX chip for Sound Blaster Pro, a genuine Yamah OPL chip, and working MPU401 (wave table or external). I think I read that some of the features are available on optical as well. My impression on this is that it's very similar to the …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-01-06, 16:51

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by Boohyaka

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Rebooted to pure DOS 6.22, bypassing startup files, 578kb of conventional memory. CheckIt Pro: no problem NSSI: no problem HWINFO: I did run it again with the -d switch and get a crash to DOS prompt after pressing "OK". Debug file is attached. It shows more than yesterday. What's maybe strange to me …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-01-06, 08:20

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by Boohyaka

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Yes system is stable and quite heavily used with no issue. I will try NSSI when I'm back from work later today and report back!

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-01-05, 21:42

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by Boohyaka

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

well I'm afraid it's weirder than that 😀 Yes that is the full DBG content. Running plain DOS, pure conventional mem, even skipped whole startup files. Ended up with 578kb free and it still doesn't like the "Mainboard info" menu entry. Everything else is fine, though.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-01-05, 18:57

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by Boohyaka

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Hey Mumak, I have an Intel 486 DX33 that doesn't play ball with HWINFO (first tried 6.2, then the latest 6.2.2, same result). When going into the "Motherboard info" tab it crashes with a "Fatal Error" - Cannot Continue red error box, with the only option to quit. I did run it again with the -d …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-12-31, 19:05

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by Boohyaka

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Wasn't this supposed to be the jack-of-most-trades, Full 100%-Everything DOS card though? Only a Sith deals in absolutes :D Seriously though, as most things in life, a perfect jack-of-all-trades doesn't exist. There's always compromises. IMO, the MK8330 is mostly an awesome SB16/WSS alternative, …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a

Posted on 2022-12-21, 20:36

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by Boohyaka

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Thanks mate, few tools reached such a legendary status and global (deserved) recognition, it's just SO useful. You changed the game and should feel proud of it, congrats and thanks again 😀

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-12-21, 15:07

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by Boohyaka

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Haha, yeah now realize the implication of what I said. Sorry! Thanks for what you do tho 😁

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-12-21, 14:25

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by Boohyaka

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I didn't want to be an impatient ass and ask for news, but now that it's done, thanks for the update and still looking forward to it 😀

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Re: Creative AWE 32 CT2760 ISA apparently dead ?

Posted on 2022-12-14, 15:42

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by Boohyaka

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Good job, it's arguably one of the best AWE32 model. It is not Plug and Play, so it's normal you don't see it in the PnP devices when booting, or that it is not automatically detected by Win98. Being non-PnP, it is actually configured by jumpers. You will find an explanation for them there . In …

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Re: Winter Games / World Games (EPYX) - runs on Dosbox but won't run on a real 8088 system

Posted on 2022-12-13, 19:05

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by Boohyaka

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Ah it's cool to know a conversion exists, should give it a try, I loved those Epyx games as a kid 😁

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Re: Winter Games / World Games (EPYX) - runs on Dosbox but won't run on a real 8088 system

Posted on 2022-12-13, 13:00

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by Boohyaka

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From what I recall from playing Winter Games in the late 80's, those are booter games. They're not meant to be called from DOS. You'll probably have to find an image to write on a floppy. EDIT: Yup, confirmed on Moby, both are in category PC booter. Don't think a standard DOS version was ever …

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Re: Creative ES1371 or ES1373 sound card.

Posted on 2022-12-12, 20:16

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by Boohyaka

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This is about what someone can expect when playing FM via SoundScape/AudioPCI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzoloT5eRtY Damn, that SCUMM bar theme immediately rose to 1st place of the most sad & pathetic thing I've heard in 2022, only to be relegated to 2nd place by that poor Doom E1M1 on the …

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Re: Discord

Posted on 2022-12-11, 21:15

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by Boohyaka

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I like my retro but not enough to try and use Discord on a retro machine ...surprisingly many retro enthusiasts do actually own relatively modern hardware for such purposes, shit I wont even try to use the internet on a retro rig ..too many security issues to bother with that. Indeed. To each their …

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Re: Discord

Posted on 2022-12-11, 21:04

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by Boohyaka

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They're not mutually exclusive, I'm interested in both modern and retro computing, actually it's me that would be really surprised if we weren't a majority. I've spent a decent chunk of my life on IRC, but no denying Discord's where it's at today, even if I'm sure some IRC channels are still going …

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Re: STILL RIVER SHELL!!!!

Posted on 2022-12-10, 13:16

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by Boohyaka

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Version 2.44 found there: link Translated: Google trad Click the obvious blue button to download 😀

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-12-04, 09:12

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by Boohyaka

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in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks 640K!enough! Yeah I figured changing the GOLD env variable was not bulletproof, but would hopefully still decoy some games. I didn't face many problems with my setup so far, but I may try your suggestion as it would be cleaner anyways 😀

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-11-29, 10:03

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by Boohyaka

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After some initial issues making Goldlib and Orpheus coexist in a build while using UNISOUND, I've been able to make it work after some pointers/ideas from Keropi. I switched from UNISOUND to ORPHINIT, first of all. Then created two .INI files for ORPHINIT: GOLD.INI: OPLBase=398 FMMode=off ORPHEUS. …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-11-25, 06:47

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by Boohyaka

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in Marvin \ Sound

Does the LT have Gravis Ultrasound support? Or is that what the Interwave chip does? Indeed that's what the Interwave chip does. See the LT as an update of the Orpheus I where they implemented improvements planned for Orpheus II on the existing. I just can't get enough of Keropi and Marmes stuff …

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Re: What games did you become really good at?

Posted on 2022-11-09, 19:34

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by Boohyaka

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FPS have always been my thing, and played pretty competitive counter-strike in europe in the 1.3/1.6 era, 2000-2008 roughly. Was in semi-professional sponsored teams and participated in some "high" level LANs. On the side, loved me some mutiplayer Quake/original TF, Quake 2, Action Quake 2, Q2 Chaos …

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