Re: ARGUS Project thread - now accepting pre-orders (for north/south American and Europe)

Posted on 2022-04-10, 22:15

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

At 78€ for just PCB and Chip i`m out. Last time i build the Whole Card for this. Let's put it this way. This is an expensive DIY barebone kit. The reason is lack of supply for Interwave chip; and guess why Interwave chips are short in supply? Because people are stacking them up in hoping to make …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-07, 01:07

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

2- Is M29F800FB55M3F2 good replacement for IW78C21M1? You can use a 29F800 if you set the option when building the card, but keep in mind that you first need to write the Wavetable ROM code into the chip, which is not publicly available. On the other hand, the IW78C21M1 is a mask ROM that was used …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-07, 00:55

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Check https://www.micronick.com/argus/#!/ARGUS-BARE-PCB-INTERWAVE-PRE-ORDER-20-Total-23-more-to-come/p/457749451/category=0, 14 sold , 6 left I think it will happen Is this batch definitely being made? I don’t want to start stockpiling parts if we don’t end up meeting some needed threshold of orders …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-06, 21:08

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I went through the BOM and I have few questions, I appreciate answers from people who already assembled card or used the BOM . 1- When I search Digikey for 311-20ARCT-ND and 311-2.2ARCT-ND part numbers, it finds parts with 20ohm and 2.2ohm instead of 20Kohm and 2.2Kohm resistor shown in BOM, are the …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-04-05, 21:58

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Synoptic, will you consider to prioritize people who showed in this forum first? Imagine you have your website on, first few lucky people can notify their friends or even sign up with different identities to get hold of most of card before they run out.

---

Re: DIY Bios Modding guide Jan Steunebrink k6-2+/3+ 128gb

Posted on 2022-04-03, 01:14

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks Jan, please take your time; meanwhile we will enjoy your future stories 😀

---

Re: DIY Bios Modding guide Jan Steunebrink k6-2+/3+ 120gb

Posted on 2022-04-01, 19:45

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Chkcpu, here is bios image for DFI 586ITBD.

---

Re: Diy modding support for k6+And 120gb hard drives into bios roms

Posted on 2022-04-01, 02:07

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I found this comprehensive guide for hacking Award Modular Bios V4.51PG: https://sites.google.com/site/pinczakko/advanced-award-bios-v4-51-pg-hacking I have modified a bios once; I needed a pnp soundcard be initialized in bios so I can have xt-ide boot from the soundcard ide. Based on what I read it …

---

Re: Diy modding support for k6+And 120gb hard drives into bios roms

Posted on 2022-04-01, 01:43

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Chkcpu, thanks for posting the patching guides. I have a DFI 586ITBD motherboard with 2A59ID4T bios. The bios detects a k6-2 fine, however I recently put k6-2+ in it shows empty string and wrong clock speed, still with bios caching is disabled, the CPU starts fine (I hadn't read your post then and …

---

386 motherboard detects only 768KB of 1 MB ram, is it normal?

Posted on 2022-03-29, 17:31

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I recently bought this kind of common unbranded 368Sx33 ALI M1217 motherboard. It came with 4 256kb 30 pin RAM modules. As you expect from motherboards of era, the leaky battery was removed. When I fired it up, it counted memory to 1024 but the last few hundred KBs it skipped through with the fast …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 18:14

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Can anyone please clarify if 1MB Classic GUS can play any module especially XM, S3M with 16 or 32 tracks with large samples? If there is a limit how much is it?

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 01:09

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

It is unfortunate, because it locks a lot of people out who want to experience the DOS demo scene legacy on original hardware. On the topic of MOD players; I use Open Cubic Player both with a AWE equipped machine and a GUSpnp equipped machine, and I find the AWE sounding a bit off in hardware mode, …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-25, 18:18

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

just saw this on LGR Blerbs. if this project ever goes anywhere, or anyone makes more of these, i would really like to buy one. Indubitably! I love this! If your main goal is to play mod trackers on an older machine, why not going for an AWE32 for less than 80 USD? I've seen some AWE32 patches for …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-22, 12:49

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

There is also that one part that is out of stock and just be ordered in quantities of 2000. For mass production we don't need to rely on Mouser or Digikey, other suppliers usually give better quotes and have better availability for these old parts. Some of them should reputable enough to provide …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-21, 19:32

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I understand community effort and contribution but it doesn't justify the attitude of "you can't suggest a price or ask for some alternatives for DIYers". I know that I can do the retracing, thanks for suggesting the obvious. I professionally work with PCB layout engineers but I don't need to spend …

---

Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2022-03-17, 20:32

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Thermalwrong, we haven't heard any updates of your design for some time. Even with latest developments in Argus, we are still far from seeing it released to public; so your project is a good alternative for DIYers. Another day spent on GUSt :D GUSt Progress 2nd January 2022.png To-Do list: PNP …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-16, 21:58

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I really hope some of folks here pull up their sleeves and do the non-commercial release/production. The target of 200 USD final cost is reasonable IMO You might think that's reasonable, but if you use thoughtfully-selected, quality components, add in the cost of board production, assembly/testing …

---

Re: ARGUS Project thread (aka GUSsel Crowe) - it's not dead (yet)

Posted on 2022-03-16, 16:59

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The companies selling commercial products charge in range hundred dollars for a simpler/cheaper to manufacture boards (e.g. wavetable daughterboards), so they probably like to sell this product for couple of hundred dollars, 300 and up. I really hope some of folks here pull up their sleeves and do …

---

Re: Crazy Idea - MT32 WaveBlaster Card

Posted on 2022-03-15, 21:43

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Serda Co is one of few stores creating these cool gadgets and I hope they stay around for a long time. For sure there is taxes, insurance, support, etc costs, and the volume of production might not be high enough for a low margins. I just shared my opinion on this specific product and how it can be …

---

Re: Crazy Idea - MT32 WaveBlaster Card

Posted on 2022-03-15, 03:42

by

by terryfi

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

So... this is an old thread but it appears an MT32 on a Waveblaster compatible card is now available! Serdashop do the WP32 McCake which is SF2/MT32 emulator on a waveblaster card. It uses a compute module 4, and runs MT32-PI software. Using CM4 for MT32 pi is an overkill; a RPi Zero 2W is cheaper …

---