Creative/Tandy Multimedia Audio Adapter, 849-3030

Posted on 2015-03-25, 17:10

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by Cloudschatze

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Behold, the obscure product of a mid-1991 tryst between Creative Technology and Tandy Corporation: http://www.symphoniae.com/soundcard/Creative/8493030/JPG/sbptd_s.jpg Mostly based on the Sound Blaster Pro chipset and design, the Creative-produced "Tandy Multimedia Audio Adapter" was factory- …

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Re: ISA Cards & Devices Requiring -5V

Posted on 2015-03-24, 17:58

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QBiN wrote: So does the CDPC card need the -5V as well? That wasn't clear to me in the posts. I don't have one with which to verify, but HighTreason mentioned that the bus finger doesn't go anywhere on the card, so it doesn't sound like it.

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Re: ISA Cards & Devices Requiring -5V

Posted on 2015-03-23, 21:30

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But Cloudschatze once said that only the latest (650-0097) doesn't require -5V rail to operate properly. If he's right, then all others are guilty. Here's what I'd written about the affected PAS16 cards: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=27549&start=20#p255043 Note the speed-related …

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Re: HELP MT-32 OLD + AWE64 Gold + 4D Sports Boxing = PROBLEM

Posted on 2015-03-21, 04:48

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As perc mentioned, "4D Sports Boxing" attempts to set a bender range value for several parts using RPN #0, which isn't a method supported by the older MT-32 units. This is a function of the game's (older) MT15.DRV driver. "4D Boxing," on the other hand, has a newer MT15.DRV driver that uses the …

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Re: Ensoniq SoundScape, am I doing something wrong?

Posted on 2015-03-18, 19:30

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The SPEA V7 Media FX board referenced in the first post is identical to Reveal's SoundFX Wave 32. These are third-party cards based off of Ensoniq's chipset and original reference design, but should be compatible with the Ensoniq-provided drivers, given some tweaking... Artex recently had some …

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

Posted on 2015-03-17, 22:36

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Once again, unfortunately, InterWave does not have a working MPU-401 interface...Any attempts to use external MIDI-compatible equipment...have not led to any success. If I'm mistaken, I would be happy to see any confirmed success stories I'm not sure if this will help, but I haven't had any trouble …

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Re: AWEstruck...

Posted on 2015-03-02, 03:28

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I tried ASUS and Gigabyte brackets with AWE64, and it's a no go. They only work with AWE32, and you get only optical output, the coaxial one won't work. At least, that was my case. There's a chance that my brackets were somewhat defective. Bah, I should have remembered that you'd mentioned them not …

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Re: The Tandy 1000 ISA sound card brainstorm thread.

Posted on 2015-02-27, 21:18

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About John Neary i actually already tried to contact him for something else but got no response. You won't ever receive a response, I'm afraid. John Neary had been battling cancer for several years, and passed away just a few weeks ago. Really nice guy. I'd corresponded with him briefly in 2009, …

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Re: AWEstruck...

Posted on 2015-02-24, 04:17

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It can't be that hard to convert a 5V TTL S/PDIF signal to the level necessary for one of those TOSLINK motherboard brackets. Does anyone have any of the specifications for either? This idea definitely has merit. The ASUS brackets have been mentioned in past for this purpose, and it looks like they …

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Re: AWEstruck...

Posted on 2015-02-23, 18:49

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The simplest approach is to use 2-pin CD-SPDIF cable to connect AWE64 digital out to i.e. Live! CD-SPDIF connector or to other sound card with SPDIF input. This is also a good approach if there is any concern about the digital output of the AWE 32 cards being 5V TTL, given that many digital CD …

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Re: AWEstruck...

Posted on 2015-02-20, 21:59

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The AWE64 Gold installation CD includes a number of SoundFont demonstration tunes (MIDI + SF2) composed by various artists. Most of these stay within a 512K RAM limit, making them playable on the majority of AWE cards. I thought the following were some of the less-cheesy examples. :) "Only Choice" - …

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

Posted on 2015-02-20, 17:14

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Deletion of off-topic discussion...

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

Posted on 2015-02-20, 16:07

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Deletion of off-topic discussion...

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

Posted on 2015-02-20, 03:23

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Deletion of off-topic discussion...

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

Posted on 2015-02-19, 22:04

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Deletion of off-topic discussion...

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Re: Covox Sound Master Reverse Engineering / Replica

Posted on 2015-02-11, 18:35

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by Cloudschatze

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Has anyone thought to ask Chuck(G), over at the Vintage-Computer forum, if he might be willing to try decoding the GAL? He may need to borrow the entire Sound Master card, but if that's a concern, I should mention that I loaned him the card that was used to clone the SB2.0 C/MS PAL, and can confirm …

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2015-02-06, 20:12

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bristlehog wrote: I don't quite get it, how is DMA emulated? Is it by a driver? TSR Here's IBM's patent: http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=5784595

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Re: Reveal Sound FX 32 / SC-600 / Ensoniq SoundScape Win 3.11 Woes

Posted on 2015-02-06, 04:57

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A couple of references specific to the SC-600 state that the following may need to be added to the [sndscape.drv] section of the SYSTEM.INI file: ISDVB=1 If it's already there, you might try removing it to see if that makes any difference.

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Re: Innovation SSI 2001 re-engineering and/or conclusions

Posted on 2015-02-02, 15:58

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Then does the Tandy 1000 RSX have a limited compatibility with older Tandy 1000's? Unfortunately, yes. Today anyhow, Tandy sound support with the 1000 RSX or 2500-series systems requires native use of the 1E0-range addresses. I don't know that anyone has ever compiled a list of such supporting …

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

Posted on 2015-02-02, 04:50

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What software will you be using to control all this hardware? For now, just the same (ancient) software I had when I put the original (Gateway) build together back in 2007 - Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.0, Yamaha XG Works 3.0, Mark of the Unicorn's MIDI Timepiece AV Console, and one or two synth editors. …

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