Stojke wrote:

Is there any practical use for an AD-AJ1 with out the MD-8X music tower?

The service manual says this, so it should appear as a wavetable in Windows 9x Multimedia control panel, if you have the drivers...

MIDI recordings can be played back with high fidelity sound due to the use of a Wavetable sound source. […]
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MIDI recordings can be played back with
high fidelity sound due to the use of a
Wavetable sound source.
The “Wavetable sound source” used to play
back sounds is based on the data from samples
of actual instrument.
You can play MIDI files easily just by inserting
the card without needing to connect any
external sound source.

MIDI file and WAVE file playback are possible
on systems using Windows.
You can play music with MIDI files using other
applications. You can also play the WAVE files,
which are Windows standard music format.

Do you have the card? A picture would be great, and a dump of the floppies too...

The AD-AJ3 service manual says this instead:

You can play MIDI data easily by connecting this PC card to an audio system that has an optical digital input terminal, using […]
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You can play MIDI data easily by connecting this
PC card to an audio system that has an optical
digital input terminal, using an optical digital
cable. No external sound source is needed.

That makes the AD-AJ1 actually better, adding a wavetable board in your laptop that probably only has a FM synthesis option for MIDI music by default, and not needing an audio system with a toslink input to hear the music.

nest_and_art wrote:

hi! i have a manual + original FloppyDisk from Sharp AD-AJ3 […]
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hi!
i have a manual + original FloppyDisk from Sharp AD-AJ3

>>>Sharp_AD-AJ3.rar<<< 68 Mb

/FDD_WinImage/Sharp_AD-AJ43_winimage.imz --- Winimage of Original Flopy-Disk
/FDD_Disk --- files from Flopy Disk
/Manual_Sharp_AD-AJ3 --- Manual English only

Very cool! Thanks!

The AD-AJ3 card uses the EMU 8000 chip, like the TDK cards.
I suppose the AD-AJ1 does too.

I saw an AD-AJ1 for sale but it only has that proprietary output from what I can see (?) is it possible to try out its MIDI capabilities some other way?

The output is used to transfer midi music to the minidisc md-8x sound system.
I think you can use the card as a wavetable directly, outputting the sound through the laptop speakers.
Buy it and give it a try!

Bought two of them, since the guy had two, and we will see what can they do soon enough.

As expected the card can not pass sound onto the internal sound card or laptop speakers.

In other views, took one for the team (Although when assembled it´s barely noticeable it was disassembled):

Id say from what I can see that the only difference between models would be the presence of the Crystal sound codec onboard, which means this card in its full edition is fully capable of generating an line level output.
The card it self contains an 512kB static RAM chip, which is confirmed to be used by the presence of an 241kB sound font on the first disk.
Would be nice if this were an at least 4MB capable sound card with actual outputs and not just for the Mini Disc player (As it says on the box - For MD-X8 exclusive).

Thanks for the pictures and the drivers.
Could you take some screenshots of the control panel?

Hi, I got a quick question. I own a laptop, Dell D800, which I'm using for old games, including dos games. One problem: I can't get sound from the AC97 chip in pure dos. So I'm looking for some cheap pure-dos-friendly sound card for PCMCIA. Can you name it? I'll be looking for it on eBay.

1Dell Latitude D800
2Screen: 15,9 - 1680x1050
3CPU: Intel Pentium M Processor 1.60 GHz
4GPU: NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go (Forceware 67.42)
5-- OpenGL version maximum version 1.5
6-- DirectX version maximum version 8.1
7RAM: 1Gb DDR-SDRAM (PC2700)
8Chipset: Intel i855PM + 82801DB (ICH4-M)
9Audio: SigmaTel AC97 (AC9750/51)
10HDD: Hitachi HTS541680J9AT00
11DVD: HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N
12PCMCIA: Texas Instrument PCI7510 CardBus Controller
13OS: Windows XP SP3 \ Windows 98 SE

NilsWorld wrote:

- Digital Audio Adapter 16 bit Audio, rebranded IBM PCMCIA Sound Card.

I have that same card. I got it working just fine in Windows, but not in DOS. I'll have to try those IBM drivers and see if I have any luck.

I have that same card. I got it working just fine in Windows, but not in DOS. I'll have to try those IBM drivers and see if I have any luck.[/quote]

vorob wrote:

Hi, I got a quick question. I own a laptop, Dell D800, which I'm using for old games, including dos games. One problem: I can't get sound from the AC97 chip in pure dos. So I'm looking for some cheap pure-dos-friendly sound card for PCMCIA. Can you name it? I'll be looking for it on eBay.

It depends what use you want from it under DOS, Adlib FM only, relatively rare, Adlib and SB digital audio, near impossible to find, GM or Roland GS, easiest to find, and all are expensive.
Your best bet right now would be an OPL2LPT device for your parallel port.

Asaki wrote:

NilsWorld wrote:

- Digital Audio Adapter 16 bit Audio, rebranded IBM PCMCIA Sound Card.

I have that same card. I got it working just fine in Windows, but not in DOS. I'll have to try those IBM drivers and see if I have any luck.

That card only works in DOS for supported software, like the included on the drivers disk PCDEMO.EXE wav and midi player, there's no Adlib FM compatibility.

I purchased a used Panasonic KXL-D721 which I hoped to use with a Toshiba T4900CT I was restoring ..
The Laptop is now working but since I have no experience of external CD devices I am struggling to get the 2 units working together.
I did pop in the pcmcia card (scsi I assume) and windows 95 ..which is running on the T4900CT asked for the floppy driver disk..
Which I gave it ..and 95 doesn't complain any longer.
What is my Panasonic KXL capable of ..and is it compatible with Win95.
Should I be able to treat the CD as a drive D: in windows ?
Basically the pcmcia card is recognised ..but that is it ..
beyond that ..nothing.
perhaps I can only use the Pnany from DOS ?
help and advice welcomed.
rgds
VS
I've attched a zip of the floppy contents ..which is not labeled D721 ...but actually KXL-D740 ..which I find curious..but that is what came with the Panny

Try the driver from this post:
PCMCIA Sound Cards

Some time ago I bought this KXL-D745 card which is defective, not recognized by any computer I tried it in, a problem with the tuple data perhaps, so I opened it to take pictures (scans actually) of the inside:

Which of the cards mentioned in this thread are Type II cards and which ones are Type III?

None are Type III, a few are Type I like the EXP Soundnote and the NewMedia Wavjammer.

Thank you.

Some fantastic info in this thread!

I have a fairly contemporary laptop with both expresscard and pc card slots, both of which are currently vacant. I'm looking for a high quality sound card BUT I would really like one that is flush with the edge of the socket or basically doesn't stick out and if possible it'd be even better if it didn't need a dongle. The Panasonic cards listed on page 1 have this feature and I feel like this is such an obvious benefit, I'm surprised more cards aren't like that. Anyway I couldn't find that card for sale so no dice.

Are there any recommendations for a good flush mounted card that works with the internal speakers/ports or at the very least, one that is flush and doens't need a dongle because the jacks are on the edge? I have XP32 and 7 on my machine so as long as the card works on XP, I don't care about 7 so much.

Thanks!

Gahhhrrrlic wrote:

Some fantastic info in this thread! […]
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Some fantastic info in this thread!

I have a fairly contemporary laptop with both expresscard and pc card slots, both of which are currently vacant. I'm looking for a high quality sound card BUT I would really like one that is flush with the edge of the socket or basically doesn't stick out and if possible it'd be even better if it didn't need a dongle. The Panasonic cards listed on page 1 have this feature and I feel like this is such an obvious benefit, I'm surprised more cards aren't like that. Anyway I couldn't find that card for sale so no dice.

Are there any recommendations for a good flush mounted card that works with the internal speakers/ports or at the very least, one that is flush and doens't need a dongle because the jacks are on the edge? I have XP32 and 7 on my machine so as long as the card works on XP, I don't care about 7 so much.

Thanks!

None of the PCMCIA 16bit cards work under XP, except for the Wami BOx on page 1 but it comes with a large breakout box.
The Audigy 2 ZS Notebook might be acceptable to you, it sticks out a bit but it has analog/optical in/out on the edge, and it's very common on ebay.

lolo799 wrote:

None of the PCMCIA 16bit cards work under XP, except for the Wami BOx on page 1 but it comes with a large breakout box.
The Audigy 2 ZS Notebook might be acceptable to you, it sticks out a bit but it has analog/optical in/out on the edge, and it's very common on ebay.

That card would seem to excel where overall performance is concerned. I may ultimately end up going with it as you suggest.

Dear Forum Members!

I have an old Digital HiNote CT450 (486 DX2 66, 8 MB RAM etc.) laptop, but it hasn't got any integrated sound card. For a few weeks ago I bought a WaMi Box PCMCIA card with all of accessories, but it has only sound (via DirectSound) in the installed Win95. Winamp, system sounds working, but the card doesn't appear as a "normal" sound card (as a generic wave device) - maybe it's a professional audio device. Has anybody use it with success for old DOS games and if yes, which was the right configuration (ie. SET BLASTER settings...)?

Thanks for any reply!

(p.s. for some posts ago, somebody wrote that it works in Windows XP with Doom, Duke Nukem, Descent...)

szivan_ wrote:

Dear Forum Members! […]
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Dear Forum Members!

I have an old Digital HiNote CT450 (486 DX2 66, 8 MB RAM etc.) laptop, but it hasn't got any integrated sound card. For a few weeks ago I bought a WaMi Box PCMCIA card with all of accessories, but it has only sound (via DirectSound) in the installed Win95. Winamp, system sounds working, but the card doesn't appear as a "normal" sound card (as a generic wave device) - maybe it's a professional audio device. Has anybody use it with success for old DOS games and if yes, which was the right configuration (ie. SET BLASTER settings...)?

Thanks for any reply!

(p.s. for some posts ago, somebody wrote that it works in Windows XP with Doom, Duke Nukem, Descent...)

The manual says that the minimum required CPU is a Pentium 166MMX, but who knows if that is correct. It is more of a professional audio device, but it does have built in wavetable and it is also a sampler. According to the manual, you can also use it as a sound module.

I don't think you are going to get DOS sound through it unless you use vdmsound.