Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-04-21, 14:03

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by NJRoadfan

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Disable the COM ports you aren't using in the BIOS. The PC MIDI section should work fine on IRQ 3. Just make sure the IRQ is reserved for Legacy/ISA in the BIOS so another device doesn't grab it.

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2024-04-16, 21:19

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by NJRoadfan

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The FPGA is likely just bog standard logic condensed into a smaller package. Pretty common on boards with limited space.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-04-07, 19:47

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by NJRoadfan

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Is there a good source for the WSS drivers for Win 3.1? I looked both in the VOGONS driver library and on archive.org and it looks like the only available drivers are in German. I suppose I could try them, but I'm wondering if there is an English language version available (or if it even matters). …

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Re: 250GB (!) SSD (using SATA-to-IDE) on SS7 motheboard - What BIOS settings?

Posted on 2024-04-07, 02:06

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by NJRoadfan

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Yes, you can ignore the rest of the drive. The machine can't "see" it.

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Re: 250GB (!) SSD (using SATA-to-IDE) on SS7 motheboard - What BIOS settings?

Posted on 2024-04-06, 21:23

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by NJRoadfan

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Typo on my part. Yes, 28bit. I'm actually surprised BIOS gives the other options on any drive above 8.4GB. The old CHS system and BIOS translation was no longer relevant on larger drives.

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Re: 250GB (!) SSD (using SATA-to-IDE) on SS7 motheboard - What BIOS settings?

Posted on 2024-04-06, 19:31

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by NJRoadfan

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Use the default suggestion of LBA if you expect to read the drive in another machine. The BIOS is likely limited to the 28bit LBA limit of 128GB.

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-04-06, 14:34

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by NJRoadfan

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Has anyone tried the official Microsoft Windows Sound System drivers in Windows 3.1x? They should at least get digital audio working. FM and MPU-401 can be handled by a separate driver if needed. I don't know how through the hardware checks are on these drivers. There is no ROM on the WSS ISA card, …

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Re: What is the deal with S3's Chrome cards?

Posted on 2024-03-31, 14:09

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by NJRoadfan

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I was working in a computer store at the time these were new and don't recall seeing them. We never had any for sale either. At this point, onboard graphics (including S3/Via) were "good enough" for the low end and would have priced these out. These products also had no future due to the whole Vista …

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Re: Motherboard +5VSB "leaking" issue, Full Yes INTEL 82440BX-S

Posted on 2024-03-29, 17:57

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by NJRoadfan

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I've had multiple PSUs develop +5VSB standby issues over the years. The problem they develop is that they can't "switch on" certain motherboards anymore. I haven't checked the PS_ON voltage on them, but I suspect that might be an issue. Many of these power supplies are 20+ years old and are …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-03-23, 15:36

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by NJRoadfan

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I'm guessing this is a later DeskPro with a Pentium and/or PCI slots? The EISA BIOS shouldn't be able to "see" installed ISA cards, only installed EISA cards. EISA is similar to PCI in that it has a configuration space where all installed cards report their IDs to the BIOS. Some ISA cards can be …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-03-23, 04:14

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by NJRoadfan

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You don't need to mess with the EISA configuration at all to use an ISA soundcard. I haven't put the Orpheus in the EISA VLB system yet, but I have an AWE32 CT2760 (the pre-PnP soft config one) in there now and it works fine. The main reason to create dummy .CFG files is to prevent the EISA …

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Re: Anyone remember BALLAD2.MID, JAZZ3.MID, MINUET1.MID, and REGGAE2.MID?

Posted on 2024-03-13, 02:03

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by NJRoadfan

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Somehow I suspected that. I have a few other MIDI files that were composed for the MT-32 that I managed to sound "decent" on OPL3 by changing the instrument mappings. The MIDI Mapper in Windows 3.1 allows you to set custom patch maps as well. The built-in MT-32 and EMU Proteus "drivers" do this for …

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Re: Anyone remember BALLAD2.MID, JAZZ3.MID, MINUET1.MID, and REGGAE2.MID?

Posted on 2024-03-10, 15:41

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by NJRoadfan

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The recordings on that site sound close to the default Windows OPL driver, aka the Yamaha reference driver that uses The Fat Man patch set. This is the same OPL2/3 driver that comes with Windows 9x. OK, not quite, the drums are definitely the Voyetra patch set. I'm going with an early Voyetra …

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Re: Anyone remember BALLAD2.MID, JAZZ3.MID, MINUET1.MID, and REGGAE2.MID?

Posted on 2024-03-10, 15:25

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by NJRoadfan

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Based on what I've...heard...that's about right. WIndows FM MIDI drivers almost always map to GM instruments by default. Given the samples were recorded under Windows on that site, one can assume the MIDI files are GM, or close to it. The SuperSAPI! driver is exclusively an OPL3 driver since it …

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Re: Anyone remember BALLAD2.MID, JAZZ3.MID, MINUET1.MID, and REGGAE2.MID?

Posted on 2024-03-10, 14:45

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by NJRoadfan

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The following file might work (came with the driver). If you have the SuperSAPI! Windows drivers installed, load it via the palette selection screen. Tested it and it seems to work, canyon.mid is noticeably less rich sounding. You will get confirmation of "128 Patches Read" by the driver after …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-02-04, 02:18

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by NJRoadfan

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I got that DSP issue a few times. In my case it was the PnP BIOS assigning resources to the "other" part of the card. IE: IRQ 5 was being assigned to the IW and IRQ 7 went to the Crystal. IRQ 2 isn't available on AT machines, it is cascaded with IRQ 9. Anything set to IRQ2 will appear on IRQ9 as a …

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Re: Showing some love for Adaptec's ugly ducklings: Adding big drive support to EISA and VL controllers

Posted on 2024-01-14, 20:17

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by NJRoadfan

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On the other hand, that looks like a different issue. With the 284x controllers, we found that there are different hardware revisions that require different kind of BIOSes. The cards requiring a 1.x BIOS are called 284xVL, whereas the cards requiring a 2.x BIOS are called 284xA. It's possible that …

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Re: Old network cards compatibility on modern networks

Posted on 2023-12-23, 01:52

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by NJRoadfan

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A Realtek 10/100 card isn't "ancient" by any means. Could be a bad cable. Really old 10BaseT cards are the ones that have problems connecting to modern equipment. The auto negotiation used on new switches trips them up.

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2023-12-14, 22:34

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by NJRoadfan

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The "switching resolutions" problem is an issue with high end frame grabbers too. The DVI2PCIe includes most of the common VESA modes as presets to deal with this. Besides 70Hz in DOS, it would be interesting to see how it handles 1024x768 interlaced (aka 8514/A mode). The OSSC fell flat on that …

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Re: Sound Blaster X-FI questions

Posted on 2023-12-14, 01:28

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by NJRoadfan

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One nice thing about Creative cards in general is one click stereo surround expansion via CMSS. If you have surround speakers, this mirrors stereo sources to the rear channels. The X-Fis also sound pretty good and have decent I/O if you have the expansion bay (MIDI). Not that it matters to most …

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