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Re: MIF-IPC-B/MPU-401 woes

Posted on 2022-03-24, 05:45

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sounds like there could be some other fault with the unit then - not sure how best to proceed given that information... It might not get much visibility in this thread, but I'm going to attach the service notes for both versions of the MPU-401 here as I wasn't able to find them anywhere else online …

Re: MIF-IPC-B/MPU-401 woes

Posted on 2022-03-24, 05:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sounds like there could be some other fault with the unit then - not sure how best to proceed given that information... It might not get much visibility in this thread, but I'm going to attach the service notes for both versions of the MPU-401 here as I wasn't able to find them anywhere else online …

Re: CMSLPT : Creative music system (game blaster) on parallel port

Posted on 2022-03-23, 03:31

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Also one other question , for the power it uses a usb cable , could I plug it into my pentium 1's usb 1.1 port or would I need some kind of usb power adapter?

Re: MIF-IPC-B/MPU-401 woes

Posted on 2022-03-22, 13:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/loo … ing-card.45735/ According to this thread version 1.5A is the highest? So might be worth upgrading.

Re: MIF-IPC-B/MPU-401 woes

Posted on 2022-03-22, 13:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oh wow is that one of the older 401 revisions with a eprom chip separate from the mcu?

Re: MIF-IPC-B/MPU-401 woes

Posted on 2022-03-22, 07:53

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Could it possibly be the db25 cable? I think its supposed to be straight through minus one or two wires being flipped but I think straight through works anyways.

Re: CMSLPT : Creative music system (game blaster) on parallel port

Posted on 2022-03-22, 01:12

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Hey , I've got a question since I've been thinking of getting one of these , from what I've read the original gameblaster had a chip labeled CT1302A. That chip did some sort of detection routine for games , does the TSR for this device circumvent/replace that chip? And does the CMSLPT work with …

Re: Voodoo-series cards overvalued compared to nVidia TNT/TNT2/GeForce cards?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 17:57

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I always was thinking the high price tag cames from the part that 3dfx ads some Extras to the games like better visuals. And Glide Wrapper tend to be complicated for some compared to the original cards. So they sold not as much and were not very loved back in the early 2000s so many were dumbed and …

Re: Suggestions on audio focused DOS/Win 9x builds?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 17:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I’d advise to use at least two builds. Pentium MMX or 486 with turbo for AdLib/GUS/MT-32 stuff and something fast for A3D and late MIDI titles. Thanks, this was my gut feeling as well. I'll probably go with a 486-era build for the DOS stuff , and then figure out the Win 9X part later. Actually …

Re: Voodoo-series cards overvalued compared to nVidia TNT/TNT2/GeForce cards?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 05:42

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Other reason being that they tend to be more niche compatibility wise thanks to glide That's hardly an issue, because Glide can be successfully wrapped/emulated for a very long time now. Sure but some people like to play with original hardware , if that wasn't the case people would just stick to …

Re: Voodoo-series cards overvalued compared to nVidia TNT/TNT2/GeForce cards?

Posted on 2022-03-15, 05:29

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Boy am I glad I got my voodoo 1 and sli voodoo 2 12mb cards back when they were somewhat cheaper cause right now the prices are a tad ridiculous. The reason I see voodoos being so pricey is probably due to the cult following people have mentioned, I'd imagine alot of people felt 3dfx were hard done …

Re: Amazing original prices of hardware

Posted on 2022-02-18, 22:30

in Milliways

in Milliways

What's even more amazing is that people can now actually consider buying things like an mt32 , sure they're still fairly expensive , but back then man , its no wonder not many people had them. This article has the original price. http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/roland-mt-32/2510 For a bit of …

Re: Legend Games freeze up when communication starts to MT32.

Posted on 2022-02-15, 01:52

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

All of my Legend games have this problem with my P133 setup. Using a Roland MPU401 with an MT32 and an SBPro 2.0. When the game tries to start sending data to the MT32 it freezes the computer up. It sends the initial message so I can read the text then freezes. I've tried slowing the machine down …

Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2022-02-12, 12:56

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

A001 wrote on 2022-02-12, 12:50: Does anyone know what these headers are used for? 64M DDR card. 594.jpg Maybe for a different fan from a different supplier depending on what they had?

Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2022-02-12, 12:55

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Cause I think to remember the SDR version on those early mainboards were already quite "heavy" on the bus, that's in an interesting PCB layout. I wonder if other manufacturer built the card without it cause there was still space for the power requirement or close to some limit. About the above test …

Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2022-02-12, 12:43

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

That's a very cool card :) I thought i'd have a look at 3D Mark 2000 again, with the Geforce256 DD6 64MB that in my PIII 933. I get 5171 for the default 16bit benchmark. If I use a DDR board in my Athlon 64 X2 3.2ghz agp machine i get 6464 3D Marks, so it's interesting to see how GeForce256 …

Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2022-02-12, 12:32

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Interesting that power connector I didn't remember some having that already. Does it still stress the AGP bus for the power or it take most from the connector? Anyway I don't have any DDR version of this card, only the original Creative SDR version. And unfortunately those early fans nowdays make …

Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2022-02-12, 12:28

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Also speaking of TwoFiftySixes , I've got a feeling they're about to get a fair bit more popular since this video came out. Filename 256.PNG File size 113.41 KiB Views 956 views https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEAoKlFvrc

Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2022-02-12, 12:21

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Filename 20211122_180845 (2).jpg File size 1.06 MiB Views 966 views This is the only Geforce 256 I own. It's not much but hey its a canopus at least.

Re: MPU-401 and MIF-IPC-B question

Posted on 2022-02-12, 05:27

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Thank you! didn't find these reference but found another straight cable and a gender changer, hopefully i'll be good! Hey, any conclusion with the cable and the setup in general since? Got myself an MPU 401 box, and already have an MT-32, but nothing else, yet, so I am kinda in the same boat where …

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