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First post, by Vick Twenty

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Hi, folks -- new to the forum, because I finally have a nut I can't seem to crack.

I recently bought this 8-bit sound card that looks like some kind of Blaster 2.0 clone, but I can't for the life of me find any settings to make it work. Nor do I have any clue what drivers I might need to get it working (if it needs any, it is only an 8-bit card after all). And I only have a good guess as to what the jumper settings for the thing ought to be.

I've put the card into an XT-class clone machine, which right away caused some IRQ conflict annoyances, but I think that's resolved. Now I just can't get any sound. Any help would be much appreciated.

Reply 1 of 7, by Stiletto

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The Guide -> DOS is for the discussion of how to get DOS games running on newer systems, not for the hardware itself.
Moved to Marvin, the correct subforum (no worries)

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Reply 2 of 7, by konc

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Pictures don't help at all, but I think I remember that those cards where known as "master boomer".
Since there are no better answers, have a look at
http://museum.ttrk.ee/th99/i/P-R/51311.htm
to see if the layout matches that of your card, I can't really judge by the blurry and small pictures of ebay.

In any case no drivers are probable to be required since it's SB1 compatible, a classic SET statement in autoexec.bat with the configuration (eg. A220 I7 D1 T3) should be enough as long as the configuration is correct.

Reply 3 of 7, by Stiletto

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Geez, how many Sound Blaster clones were named AV202*?
Re: Vital MF002BR 8-bit sound card

From eBay's pictures:
JP2 = Enable_DMA
JP5: 1/8 = IRQ2
JP5: 2/7 = IRQ3
JP5: 3/6 = IRQ5
JP5: 4/5 = IRQ7

uses a Yamaha YM3812 clone chip (KS8001)
and uses a dedicated CPU Processor (8051) to emulate the usual Creative sound processor

FCCID = J4UAV202P3
lookup: Protac International Corp 6F, No 9 , Lane 235 Pao-Chiao Road Hsin-Tien, Taipei Taiwan
J4UAV202P3
Original Equipment
03/10/1993
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Yes, alternate names include Master Boomer and Media Concept 2.0.

Here's a better photo of the card in question:
1106.jpg

J1 = M.B. SP
J2 = CD-ROM
J3 = PC SP (PC Speaker?)
J4 = Line In/Mic In
J5 = Volume Control
J6 = Phone Out
J7 = Game Port
JP1 = LOUD (ON)
JP2 = Enable_DMA
JP3 = Game Enable (ON)
JP4 = 0: 220x, S: 240x (ON)
JP5: 1/8 = IRQ2
JP5: 2/7 = IRQ3
JP5: 3/6 = IRQ5
JP5: 4/5 = IRQ7

This time with a clone chip marked 74LS631 (and 74LS74)
Re: Cannot identify a sound card!!
SB 1.0 clone...

Media Concept 2.0 Drivers:
http://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=13754
http://files.mpoli.fi/hardware/SOUND/OTHER/LD_MEDC2.ZIP

But as konc says, SB drivers should work.

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Reply 4 of 7, by vetz

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That is exactly the card I own Stiletto (with the 1106 tag)! 🤣

I've never tested it, so appreciate this thread 😀

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Reply 6 of 7, by Stiletto

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For Vick Twenty's card, KS8001 is YM3812 OPL2 clone, KS8002 is OPL2 DAC clone.

For vetz's card, 74LS631 is (in this case) YM3812 OPL2 clone, 74LS74 is OPL2 DAC clone.
(74LS631 being an actual part number to another, different, TTL chip.)

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Reply 7 of 7, by Vick Twenty

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And looking at that picture, I'm noticing one of my problems with this thing. JP4 sets the port address, which says on the card "O 22x, S 24x" which I'm guessing means open for 220, strapped for 240. I've had my blaster variable set at a220, but I'm pretty sure this jumper is closed on my card.

Also, what do you think the T setting should be (it looks like a 2.0 clone, which would be T3, but I'm guessing you guys know more about setting this stuff up than I do)?

EDIT: Yep, it was a T3, and yep, it was the wrong port address setting that was keeping my PC from seeing the card. Glad that's all sorted. Now my XT, AT, 386, 486, P2 and P4 machines all at long last have working sound cards. Let the DOS gaming from all eras commence! Mwahahaha!