Thank you for the speedy reply!
gerwin wrote:
>Does an ES1868F based card provide a real MPU-401?
Yes, UART mode, good enough for gaming.
Apologies for being so uninformed on this topic, but I never before owned a daughterboard.
If I get my chineese Nec-yamaha clone and I stick it to my ES1868F in DOS, use the DOS mixer to make sure there is a volume assciated with it, it will play when I select GM or Roland? Even in protected mode? No TSR?
I had a SB32 and a SB AWE64 Gold, and got them to play Midi in some games, but I newer used any "real" stuff.
Does my favorite ESS Solo1 have a hardware UART interface too? It has the connector. The ESS 688 has a connector too, but from what I read, it has no function (needs ESS 1688 for that).
My 1 buck CT-3980 (SB AWE32 full length) just arrived. 😀
Is there anything I should know to avoid wasting hours?
5u3 wrote:DBs on AWE32 cards work exactly like on SB16: No extra drivers required.
The infamous AWEUTIL TSR is only needed if you want to route MIDI to the EMU8K chip.
Sounds good, just that V413 will still have stuck notes and SBpro will be garbled Mono. The ES1868F has no stuck notes bug?
Edit: Two short questios regarding my SB AWE32
Is that Spdif connector in or out?
What is the difference between my AWE32 (CT-3980) and the CT-3990 shown on Wikipedia? The layout differs somewhat.