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Reply 360 of 567, by Bondi

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yyzkevin wrote on 2021-05-10, 00:50:

I am still looking for a compatible connector but I have pretty much run out of ideas.

SCP-55 seems to use a bespoke connector. At least I've never seen one like this on any card.
I would monitor Yahoo auctions to get another MCB-3 (pops up once in a while) and modify as needed.

Edit: Actually it reminds me of the connector of TDK MC/DMC cards but with more pins. The frame of both TDK and Roland cards is from Hirose. The connector must be also some custom\rare Hirose production.

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Reply 361 of 567, by Bondi

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By the way, I'm looking for the CD that came with TDK DMC9000. Could someone image it and upload somewhere please?

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Reply 362 of 567, by cyclone3d

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Bondi wrote on 2021-05-13, 07:45:

By the way, I'm looking for the CD that came with TDK DMC9000. Could someone image it and upload somewhere please?
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Do you need the floppy images as well? I have a CIB TDK DMC9000.

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Reply 363 of 567, by Bondi

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-05-13, 09:10:
Bondi wrote on 2021-05-13, 07:45:

By the way, I'm looking for the CD that came with TDK DMC9000. Could someone image it and upload somewhere please?
DMC9000cD.png

Do you need the floppy images as well? I have a CIB TDK DMC9000.

Oh, cool. Thank you! No, just the CD please, I have the floppies.

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Reply 364 of 567, by cyclone3d

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Bondi wrote on 2021-05-13, 09:19:
cyclone3d wrote on 2021-05-13, 09:10:
Bondi wrote on 2021-05-13, 07:45:

By the way, I'm looking for the CD that came with TDK DMC9000. Could someone image it and upload somewhere please?
DMC9000cD.png

Do you need the floppy images as well? I have a CIB TDK DMC9000.

Oh, cool. Thank you! No, just the CD please, I have the floppies.

Took me a while as I got carried away with getting the updates and translating the README files and update information for the archived TDK web page. This is everything including the floppies and updates:
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?file … &menustate=38,0

Here are some more archived pages that should be of use. I may convert them to translated documents at some point:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010110201500/htt … 01/bda01010.htm - updates info
http://web.archive.org/web/19991013185349/htt … 01/cab14000.htm - FAQs
http://web.archive.org/web/19981201211244/htt … c01/index_2.htm - DMC9000 page ( formatting all messed up. This was the store advertisement page I think ??? )
http://web.archive.org/web/19981206194819/htt … 01/bda80000.htm - DMC9000 information page
http://web.archive.org/web/19981203031028/htt … sho02/index.htm - price list page
http://web.archive.org/web/19990224110047/htt … 01/dmc00200.htm - COMDEX announcement
http://web.archive.org/web/19990224122406/htt … 01/dmc00300.htm - feedback from users

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Reply 365 of 567, by Bondi

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-05-14, 07:05:
Took me a while as I got carried away with getting the updates and translating the README files and update information for the a […]
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Bondi wrote on 2021-05-13, 09:19:
cyclone3d wrote on 2021-05-13, 09:10:

Do you need the floppy images as well? I have a CIB TDK DMC9000.

Oh, cool. Thank you! No, just the CD please, I have the floppies.

Took me a while as I got carried away with getting the updates and translating the README files and update information for the archived TDK web page. This is everything including the floppies and updates:
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?file … &menustate=38,0

Here are some more archived pages that should be of use. I may convert them to translated documents at some point:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010110201500/htt … 01/bda01010.htm - updates info
http://web.archive.org/web/19991013185349/htt … 01/cab14000.htm - FAQs
http://web.archive.org/web/19981201211244/htt … c01/index_2.htm - DMC9000 page ( formatting all messed up. This was the store advertisement page I think ??? )
http://web.archive.org/web/19981206194819/htt … 01/bda80000.htm - DMC9000 information page
http://web.archive.org/web/19981203031028/htt … sho02/index.htm - price list page
http://web.archive.org/web/19990224110047/htt … 01/dmc00200.htm - COMDEX announcement
http://web.archive.org/web/19990224122406/htt … 01/dmc00300.htm - feedback from users

Thanks a lot for the images, cyclone3d! It's very helpful to have all the links too.

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Reply 366 of 567, by cyclone3d

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Here is a page from PC Mag on the google books archive:
https://books.google.com/books?id=HvXDMJoM4HQ … epage&q&f=false

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Reply 367 of 567, by Bondi

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A couple of pictures of DSP Solutions PCMCIA sound card. Not sure it was ever released. The web page says:
OEM Basis Only! Contact us NOW!!
So it was supposed to be produced by third parties. Which they never did, I guess. Unless anyone have any evidences that this card was actually sold.

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Reply 368 of 567, by Bondi

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-06-04, 04:49:

Here is a page from PC Mag on the google books archive:
https://books.google.com/books?id=HvXDMJoM4HQ … epage&q&f=false

I know you have almost everything 😀 Wondering if you own either Media Magic or Magic Tempo card too.
Never seen one for sale, not even any traces. Just mentioned by someone in this thread several years ago.

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Reply 369 of 567, by vorob

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Guys, I've got question regarding something new, PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook. I'm using this card to have EAX in my old laptops. Good thing, works perfect. But for my surprise i've missed Creative Feature Utility that allows user to utilize laptop's internal speakers. Previously i was limited to use headphones only.

The problem is that i'm getting growing sound delay when I use this “path-through mode”. At first it is absent, but as long as I play a lag between my action and sound response becomes more and more obvious.

I've tried drivers from 2006, tried one from 2009. No luck.

Reply 370 of 567, by Bondi

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Found another card (or two). Not sure if it's something new or some kind of a clone. Almost no information about this card.
It's a Noteworthy Audio PC Card NWAUD01
Looks like it was used in Toshiba Satellite 105CS notebooks.

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Another one is NOTEWORTHY SCSI/AUDIO PC CARD PCMCIA NWCOMBO2, manufacturer is Toshiba. It's mentioned on cnet.com
https://www.cnet.com/products/noteworthy-scsi … pc-card-pcmcia/
Bot there is no information about it at all.

Unfortunately сould not find the old site of the Noteworthy company.

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Reply 371 of 567, by cyclone3d

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Bondi wrote on 2021-06-04, 10:48:
cyclone3d wrote on 2021-06-04, 04:49:

Here is a page from PC Mag on the google books archive:
https://books.google.com/books?id=HvXDMJoM4HQ … epage&q&f=false

I know you have almost everything 😀 Wondering if you own either Media Magic or Magic Tempo card too.
Never seen one for sale, not even any traces. Just mentioned by someone in this thread several years ago.

Nope, I don't have either card.

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Reply 372 of 567, by cyclone3d

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vorob wrote on 2021-07-08, 21:07:

Guys, I've got question regarding something new, PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook. I'm using this card to have EAX in my old laptops. Good thing, works perfect. But for my surprise i've missed Creative Feature Utility that allows user to utilize laptop's internal speakers. Previously i was limited to use headphones only.

The problem is that i'm getting growing sound delay when I use this “path-through mode”. At first it is absent, but as long as I play a lag between my action and sound response becomes more and more obvious.

I've tried drivers from 2006, tried one from 2009. No luck.

Do you have the original install CD?

If it isn't on vogonsdrivers.com, I'll image and upload one or both that I have. I have both the boxed and plastic packaged versions of this card.

What laptop are you using the card on? Have you tried the same thing on a different laptop and getting the same results?

Edit: vogonsdrivers has a 2004 install CD. I'll double check versions when I am home and see if I have a different one
http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=8 … menustate=45,38

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Reply 373 of 567, by vorob

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I do have cd but never used it. My logic is simple, manufacturer driver cd is just an old stuff and it’s always better to download latest from official site. I just missed this utility in the first place but now I’ve got it.

Strange, why they didn’t provide this feature in driver itself?

I’ll give a try on another laptop soon.

Reply 374 of 567, by cyclone3d

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A lot of the time, Creative didn't release updates for some stuff that came on the CD and they also don't provide a download for it.

Sometimes they provide updates that require stuff to already installed from the CD.

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Reply 375 of 567, by Bondi

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vorob wrote on 2021-07-13, 21:44:

I do have cd but never used it. My logic is simple, manufacturer driver cd is just an old stuff and it’s always better to download latest from official site. I just missed this utility in the first place but now I’ve got it.

Strange, why they didn’t provide this feature in driver itself?

I’ll give a try on another laptop soon.

Just in case, here is the disk that came with my card. It works perfectly for me and and can also output to built in speakers.
https://archive.org/details/sb-install_202107

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Reply 376 of 567, by vbug

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Hi, I acquired a PCMCIA Digital 16bits audio adapter, but I'm unable to get it working on DOS games. In theory that card is a clone of an IBM PCMCIA sound card (IBM 3D Sound Card, but I'm not absolutely sure). I'm working on a Toshiba T1950CS laptop, on MS-DOS 6.22 and windows 3.1. I installed the DOS pc card service and the DOS driver of the sound card.

Here are my Autoexec.bat :
PATH c:\DOS622\;c:\DOS622\CARDWARE
SET BLASTER=A220 I10 D1 T5

and Config.sys :
DEVICE=c:\DOS622\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=c:\DOS622\EMM386.EXE RAM HIGHSCAN X=CF00-CFFF (according to the Readme file, we have to reserve that address space for the sound card driver)
DEVICE=c:\DOS622\CARDWARE\PCSS.EXE
DEVICE=c:\DOS622\CARDWARE\PCCS.EXE
DEVICE=c:\DOS622\CARDWARE\PCENALE.EXE
DEVICE=c:\DOS622\AUDIO\PCAUDDD.SYS /IRQ=10

The sound card works perfectly on Windows. There is a PCDIAG and a PCDEMO dos utils on the driver floppy, the PCDIAG says all is good and the sound test works properly. On the PCDEMO, the test sound file starts but only for some milisec. I added the BLASTER environment variable and tried with several configurations. I tried to use the sound card with DOS games : Warcraft (the first one), JAZZ Jackrabbit, and Sid Meyer's Civilization (the first one). On Warcraft setup, there is a sound card autodetection, but it is unable to detect the sound card (tried as a sound blaster, sound blaster II, sound blaster 16, sound blaster pro, compatible sound blaster). None of those games are able to use the sound card. Any help is welcome 😀 Thanks.

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Reply 377 of 567, by Bondi

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This card is not a clone of IBM 3D sound card. It’s a clone of IBM 16 bit Audio Adapter. It does not work in DOS games at all, unfortunately. It comes with a wav/midi player for DOS. No other dos software is supported.
I would try to rem the emm386 in cofnfig.sys. It may prevent the card from working in pcdemo.

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Reply 379 of 567, by MAZter

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vbug wrote on 2021-07-18, 19:16:

So sad :'( Thanks for the information ! If someone has one to sell... 😁

Did you checked this drivers?

http://nwserveur.no-ip.org/win3xorg/devices/P … dapter/drivers/

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