Re: VSBHDASF: Fork of VSBHDA with Soundfont support

Posted on 2025-02-01, 16:42

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by DarthSun

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I have a good 4GHz processor clock. Roland 26MB and GM 16MB SF2 patterns - ok. Probably it's configuration dependant, with the older version it was working fine. Do you use the ac97 codec? TUF B450PRO/RyZen 3800X/7900GS/ ALC S1200A /SB0060. The SB0060 is settings now come on. It works well, but I …

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

Posted on 2025-02-01, 16:31

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I decided to dive into the deep end and replace the thermal paste on a Slot A 600Mhz CPU. I really want to replace the factory TIM on my 950Mhz Thunderbird, so I used this 600 to "learn" the opening process.. I gotta say it doesn't feel great, those pins are tough and you really have apply a lot of …

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

Posted on 2025-02-01, 16:29

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BetaC wrote on 2025-01-31, 21:22: After finally finding an 8088 at the local recycler, I have managed to collect a majority of the processors I want to collect. At least for now. I ended up labeling all of them in an image I took for one of my friends, who was curious about what they all were. …

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Re: VSBHDASF: Fork of VSBHDA with Soundfont support

Posted on 2025-02-01, 16:21

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by DarthSun

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Disable the soundfont did the trick. For further testing I don't know how to disable the mpu-401 emulation, do I need to use a specific switch? You need not test any further. This looks like a speed issue. Confirmed, I reduced the clock from 3.06 to 2.30 (fsb from 133 to 100) and it works. What …

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Re: VSBHDASF: Fork of VSBHDA with Soundfont support

Posted on 2025-01-30, 23:40

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by DarthSun

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https://github.com/Cacodemon345/VSBHDASF/releases/tag/v1.5.1 New release featuring GM/GS Reset and Master Volume control support. Thanks! It works great. TUF B450PRO/RyZen 3800X/7900GS/ALC S1200A/SB0060. To ALC S1200A the output: VSBHDASFout.jpg I packed an external driver, and I started this way …

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Re: Which CPU is the Fastest in the World for Real Mode Operations in MS-DOS?

Posted on 2025-01-28, 22:15

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Not to argue with the above, or what others said in the thread - I am curious, with BIOSes long offering sophisticated features like USB support and legacy device emulation and EFI looking like a miniature OS in itself... is there even guarantee that on a PC which is anywhere modern the CPU is …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2025-01-27, 15:56

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by DarthSun

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FYI for everyone following SBEMU: Vogons user Cacodemon345 forked VSBHDA into another project called VSBHDASF , and added a software-based wavetable synthesizer with Soundfont support to it. Pretty cool. And having a single emulation TSR that emulates Sound Blaster DAC, FM synthesis and General …

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Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2025-01-27, 14:41

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by DarthSun

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FYI for everyone following SBEMU: Vogons user Cacodemon345 forked VSBHDA into another project called VSBHDASF , and added a software-based wavetable synthesizer with Soundfont support to it. Pretty cool. And having a single emulation TSR that emulates Sound Blaster DAC, FM synthesis and General …

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

Posted on 2025-01-17, 04:52

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I've been tinkering with some random video cards today and I am being reminded of yet another reason that I don't spend much time with ATi hardware before the R300\RV350 era. I have two 8MB ATi Rage Pro cards that look nearly identical, except one is a "Rage Pro Turbo PCI" with 8MB onboard and the …

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

Posted on 2025-01-17, 01:35

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I've been tinkering with some random video cards today and I am being reminded of yet another reason that I don't spend much time with ATi hardware before the R300\RV350 era. I have two 8MB ATi Rage Pro cards that look nearly identical, except one is a "Rage Pro Turbo PCI" with 8MB onboard and the …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2025-01-17, 01:07

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by DarthSun

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Here's an update on WinXP CPU: PIII-S (sl6by) @ 1750MHz (166,6 MHz FSB, AGP @ 66.7 MHz!!!) MoBo: ECSP6S5AT- SiS 635T chipset RAM: 1GB DDR @ 310MHz (2,5-2-2-6 timings) GPU: GeForce 6800GT @ (different clocks ) - 81.98 driver System: Windows XP Default clocks: https://u.cubeupload.com/Kamil/87e20012. …

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Re: Voodoo2SLI/3DMark2000 new world record

Posted on 2025-01-16, 00:59

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by DarthSun

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Thanks ! Yes, FV2 3.5 brought the most. The PCI clock size is decisive, +@1.15GHz tuning 53MHz is the maximum, the absolute processor clock and the Voodoo @104MHz count, but to a lesser extent. The processor and the AGP main card had to be selected to keep the configuration stable.

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2025-01-10, 08:08

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by DarthSun

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NV82.69 https://theretroweb.com/drivers/96 Thanks a lot king! I might upload this to archive.org with added text about it being compatible for these cards. It was hard to find... GeForce 8000 és 9000 it doesn't run with the driver, GEF7900 yes, but there you also need the Loew mod for the 512MB …

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2025-01-10, 07:41

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by DarthSun

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Sorry to raise this thread from the dead like this but it doesn't seem worth it to make a new thread just for this question. @OP, can you tell me which Nvidia drivers you used? I want to make a build with a 7800GTX for windows 98 and was wondering whether I'd need any modded drivers. Read this …

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2025-01-09, 14:21

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by DarthSun

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Oh, this isn't that (driver I used already has Rloew patch applied). Also, it wasn't issue with 7900 GTX since pulling GTX 780 Ti solved it. Sorry to raise this thread from the dead like this but it doesn't seem worth it to make a new thread just for this question. @OP, can you tell me which Nvidia …

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

Posted on 2025-01-08, 05:57

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by DarthSun

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I have been testing my Geforce 2 GTS 32Mb build with Pentium III 933Mhz: Return to Castle Wolfwnstein Runs great American McGee Alice Runs great Halflife 1 Runs great Unreal 1 Runs great Serious Sam Runs great Deus Ex rums poorly. Well under 20FPS Black and White 1 Runs poorly. Aboout 20fps Black …

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

Posted on 2024-12-29, 00:09

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So I start working on the super socket 7, and I encountered a couple of issues. One, the BIOS detect the hard drive as UDMA-82, which is got fixed by downgrading the BIOS. But no matter which version I put into ROM, installing the VIA chipset driver and enabling the DMA for HDD will cause the …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2024-11-10, 05:34

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by DarthSun

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feipoa wrote on 2024-11-10, 00:07: DarthSun wrote on 2024-11-09, 16:08: feipoa wrote on 2024-11-09, 04:37: Nice! These belong in the 686 Benchmark thread. I also ended my testing at about 600 MHz. Thanks! The full test here. I mean, you should post them in the 686 benchmark thread where the topic …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2024-11-09, 16:08

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by DarthSun

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You need a good setup and you're near Intel or better ... 225621_f7pmpngptgjtqdil_quadrogrup.jpg 225621_lbwvpzq8fwpv2eef_g1_nature.jpg 225621_vlecayuuhih4p34l_g1_q2strefresh.jpg Nice! These belong in the 686 Benchmark thread. I also ended my testing at about 600 MHz. Thanks! The full test here.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-11-08, 13:47

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by DarthSun

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Marc Brucker wrote on 2024-11-07, 20:17: My Pentium III desktop. Filename IMG_0036.jpeg File size 1 MiB Views 1838 views File license Fair use/fair dealing exception A special shape house, but it looks good!

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