MAZter wrote on 2026-01-13, 21:08:

https://ebay.us/m/WMg17u

Panasonic KXL-D20 showed up again for sale, I pass 😀

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Card was probably perfectly fine. I've got a few different dented cards and they have no issues.

cyclone3d wrote on 2026-01-14, 03:54:

Card was probably perfectly fine. I've got a few different dented cards and they have no issues.

Could be fine, just not worse $170.

Anyone tried reproducing dongle for MediaVision card?

Did you manage to open it? I couldn’t withouut risking to damage it.

not to facilitate but if zsoltse84 returns & reads this at any point i'm interested in the TDK DMC-9000. especially since it's e-mu tech... wanna hear some duke 3d midi on it

lepid wrote on 2026-03-29, 08:36:

not to facilitate but if zsoltse84 returns & reads this at any point i'm interested in the TDK DMC-9000. especially since it's e-mu tech... wanna hear some duke 3d midi on it

I have an old recording.
It should sound the same on an AWE32.

By the way, i also have a TDK DMC-9000 but i do not use it much and i am considering to sell it on Yahoo auctions anytime soon.

It is not 100% sure because i am hesitant as it is a not so common card but i just want some space/money for other cards or parts as i have too many MIDI stuff. Anyway if somebody is in need of one please add it to your yahoo notifications in case i decide to sell in the next weeks.

lolo799 wrote on 2026-04-05, 08:31:

It should sound the same on an AWE32.

Do you think they use the same samples set? Doesn't AWE32 have only 1mb ROM by default(apart form the 28mb ram)? TDK has 4mb.

Bondi wrote on 2026-04-06, 10:43:

lolo799 wrote on 2026-04-05, 08:31:

It should sound the same on an AWE32.

Do you think they use the same samples set? Doesn't AWE32 have only 1mb ROM by default(apart form the 28mb ram)? TDK has 4mb.

I forgot that part, you're right, it has a largest sample rom.
And I don't think anyone dumped it.

lolo799 wrote on 2021-11-08, 13:53:

And now for something a bit different, FM and/or PCM cards only for the japanese PC-98 standard, a short review: http://j02.nobo […]
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And now for something a bit different, FM and/or PCM cards only for the japanese PC-98 standard, a short review:
http://j02.nobody.jp/jto98/n_note_sound/pcmciafm.htm
Most of them use the Yamaha YMF288 chipset.

Computer Technica FMC-98 and PFC-98

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Website: https://web.archive.org/web/19990505111757/ht … it12/unit12.htm
Driver: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.com- … river/fmc98.exe
Inside pictures:
https://twitter.com/Flyingharuka/status/90422 … 6139707392?s=20

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Driver: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.com- … river/pfc98.exe

Q-Vision WM Card, Card86/Card86-R

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This is the pcmcia version of the Qvision WaveStar with SCSI https://web.archive.org/web/20010217231042/ht … oduct/wsmt.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20010217230340/ht … product/ws.html
Possible driver at: http://navitoku.jp/archive/98station/maker/qv … ware/SOUND.html

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The Card86 is similar to the WM Card but without SCSI, the R variant adds full duplex.
Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20000412032226/ht … duct/pc86r.html
Driver and enabler:
http://navitoku.jp/archive/98station/maker/qv … re/card86r.html
https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dos/art/se253889.html

Nec PC-9801N-J04

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This card is PCM only.
Specs: https://support.nec-lavie.jp/support/product/ … bod/a282-1.html
Driver: https://web.archive.org/web/19990202120715/ht … les/98_350.html

Panasonic CF-VEW213:
Picture and driver: Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Its rebranded version by Logitec as the LPM-SU98:
https://twitter.com/team486buntan/status/1255 … 4095524866?s=20
https://www.logitec.co.jp/down/soft/pcmcia/lpmsu98.html

Ratoc 9871 and 9872 cards, same as the Dos/V 5071/5072 models, based on the ESS1688 chipset.
https://www.ratocsystems.com/products/subpage/9871.html
https://www.ratocsystems.com/products/subpage/9872.html

Drivers: https://www.ratocsystems.com/products/ostaiou/audio.html
Manuals for the xx71 series at the bottom: https://www.ratocaudiolab.com/download/manual.html

To add to this list of PC-98 cards - Computer Technica GMC-98 FM/Joystick card

Fascinating. I wonder if those PC-98 PCMCIA cards could somehow be made to work on an IBM PC compatible laptop. Wouldn't is merely be a matter of writing drivers for them?

I'm obviously not talking about Sound Blaster compatibility or anything. Just getting them to work with a Windows driver, or perhaps a game-specific driver such as Miles, MIDPAK, etc.

Bondi wrote on 2026-04-08, 14:04:

To add to this list of PC-98 cards - Computer Technica GMC-98 FM/Joystick card

Another model, nice.

digger wrote on 2026-04-08, 20:38:

Fascinating. I wonder if those PC-98 PCMCIA cards could somehow be made to work on an IBM PC compatible laptop. Wouldn't is merely be a matter of writing drivers for them?

I'm obviously not talking about Sound Blaster compatibility or anything. Just getting them to work with a Windows driver, or perhaps a game-specific driver such as Miles, MIDPAK, etc.

From what I remember, the Panasonic CF-VEW213 worked on a regular x86 laptop under Win9x for digital audio.

digger wrote on 2026-04-08, 20:38:

Fascinating. I wonder if those PC-98 PCMCIA cards could somehow be made to work on an IBM PC compatible laptop. Wouldn't is merely be a matter of writing drivers for them?

I'm obviously not talking about Sound Blaster compatibility or anything. Just getting them to work with a Windows driver, or perhaps a game-specific driver such as Miles, MIDPAK, etc.

I think yes, it's mostly about writing drivers to make them work. Some cards, like Ratoc REX-5572(ES1688) come with both IBM and NEC drivers. Yet some PC-98 cards like Qvision Card86 are based on YMF288 chip. It's standard for PC-98 but unusual for IBMs. Which is unforunate as it's far superior to OPL3. Writing drivers for them is an additional challenge, let alone that DOS games don't support it. Not sure what chip these Computer Technica cards use though.

Bondi wrote on 2026-04-09, 07:52:

I think yes, it's mostly about writing drivers to make them work. Some cards, like Ratoc REX-5572(ES1688) come with both IBM and NEC drivers. Yet some PC-98 cards like Qvision Card86 are based on YMF288 chip. It's standard for PC-98 but unusual for IBMs. Which is unforunate as it's far superior to OPL3. Writing drivers for them is an additional challenge, let alone that DOS games don't support it. Not sure what chip these Computer Technica cards use though.

The IBM Music Feature Card was also based on an FM synthesizer that was considered superior to the OPL3. The capabilities of this card were exposed through MIDI.

So similarly, I reckon the YMF288 could be made to perform quite well with DOS and Windows games that have MIDI support. The sound quality would come down to the driver or game having proper MIDI timbre mappings.

Here's the product webpage for the GMC-98:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990502000605/ht … it18/unit18.htm

lolo799 wrote on 2026-04-09, 09:37:

Here's the product webpage for the GMC-98:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990502000605/ht … it18/unit18.htm

Cool. Lots of useful info there. The chip is YAMAHA YM2608B compatible(YMF288 is on the same line). The breakout box has a built-in speaker.
Shame it has no IBM PC compatible drivers.

PC-98 had also this "sound unit for the 110-pin expansion bus of PC98 notebooks, incorporating a C98 standard 26K compatible FM sound source and CD-quality PCM recording and playback capabilities."

https://web.archive.org/web/19981203083826/ht … it11/unit11.htm

PC-98 notebooks had much more 110-pin / 198-pin sound modules:

MMP-98N, MMP-98N2 (Multimedia pack 98n)
WIN-note 98
FM Station II (FM2-N)

And additional list here (from eblabo.griffonworks.net page:

■ MELCO
・ NMB-G
・ NMB-S
■ Q VISION
・ Winnote 98
■ Computer Technica
・ FMU-98N2
・ PCM-98N2
・ MMP-98N2
■ Hachinohe Firmware
・ FM Station II (FM2-N)
・ FM Station Pro
■ MELCO
・ NMB-G
・ NMB-S
■ Q VISION
・ WIN-note 98
■ Computer Technica
・ MMP-98N2
■ Hachinohe Firmware
・ CRT Adaptor EX
・ ParaKIT (PK-N)
・ FM Station II (FM2-N)

This is very cool.
I wonder why nobody made something like this for thinkpads, for example. The docking connectir has all the pins of a whole ISA bus available.

Bondi wrote on 2026-04-13, 16:33:

This is very cool.
I wonder why nobody made something like this for thinkpads, for example. The docking connectir has all the pins of a whole ISA bus available.

Same for the Toshiba T4xxx series, I think you could connect an ISA soundcard up with a suitable adapter without the Toshiba Desk Station IV potentially.

Here's an infodump on the NewMedia GAMEjammer card I just got. First of all, pictures of the card and its insides:

So it's using an ESS1488 for audio codec duties while the Xilinx FPGA does PCMCIA interfacing and I think a few other logic chips like half of the Joystick port.

NewMedia drivers aren't available on the current internet, at all anymore as far as I can tell (eh, except [url=https://archive.org/details/gj100]here). They had a really good website though which the Internet Archive did a superb job of backing up back then.
Full specs: https://web.archive.org/web/19970118220337/ht … orp.com/gj.html
Driver page 1996: https://web.archive.org/web/19970118222132/ht … bsfiles/gj.html
Driver page 1998 - GJ201 is the latest driver: https://web.archive.org/web/19980203212156/ht … bsfiles/gj.html

Knowledge base with config.sys examples and things: https://web.archive.org/web/19980203203211/ht … m/kbank/kb.html - The .wavJammer information there is great too with example configs for common laptops it'd be used with.
Check out this gem of information:

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Symptom:

Buttons #3 and #4 on a four button joystick (such as the Microsoft Sidewinder 3d Pro) are not recognized correctly.

Problem:

The GAMEJammer is designed to function with a maximum of two buttons.

Solution:

No solution.

The card works well in Windows 95 on conveniently close test laptop with no built-in sound. It doesn't work with anything that uses DOS/4GW though, so its utility is rather limited. Apparently it can do adlib in DOS at least.
Hopefully I can figure out how to hook up external audio/midi/gameport with the pics of the internals.