Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2015-09-21, 21:26

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From the 1st page of this topic it has been pointed out that the CMI8330 has problems with earlier games (up to the 1st generation of SB16s, CT17xx). SB16 is compatible with itself AND SB 2.0. CMI8330 is not. The failed tests need to be redone to get system speed out of the equation. Meaning i need …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2015-09-21, 21:10

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rarely notice the hanging note bug with my CTs to be honest. The story of true horrors of using Creative SB16 family is found :) This comprehensive study by Queststudios members has it all, thanks to the help of WayBack Machine archives. Shudder, and behold... :) from the first dilemma to the …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2015-09-06, 02:00

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I play GM games all the time and rarely notice the hanging note bug with my CTs to be honest. I think it can depend on one's personal disposition towards occasional music malfunctions (OK or it ruins all impression of a game) and one's personal history and luck with Creative sound cards :) It also …

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Re: Trying to revive EXP4349, looking for a bit of help

Posted on 2015-08-10, 13:32

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as for the board condition, this board is a complete copy of my board. Green color not yellow, all inscriptions/part markings. Good thing, the cache 256kB was not removed from your board. It's a good sign.

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Re: Trying to revive EXP4349, looking for a bit of help

Posted on 2015-08-10, 13:24

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by Mithloraite

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Manual jumper hard-wiring on this board may look terrifying :) But the board might be OK. Someone may have got it without the OEM SXL cpu or sold it and tried to use standard Intel. Even a company might try that trick. (that warranty sticker) In the socket 3 it is against the "SXL only" requirement. …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2015-08-07, 16:31

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4. are there examples for erroneous playback on a CT2940 where the CMI8330 sounds glitch-free ? etc. So leaving out the absence of SPDIF on the CT2940 and the hanging note bug from the matrix, you might still find interesting differences. That's interesting indeed. It might be possible really (#4). …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2015-08-07, 16:05

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by Mithloraite

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I hope you can prove me wrong, I also have a few unused CMI8330s :) But on my test rig they failed to get detected and played erroneously in some cases. And this was a 100 Mhz DX4 de-turboed, de-cached :( I should have made notes of the problematic games. The list of such "SB-16 picky" games would …

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Re: Trying to revive EXP4349, looking for a bit of help

Posted on 2015-08-07, 02:41

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by Mithloraite

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used to be Phoenix BIOS IIRC Indeed. :) The board seems OK and gave the following results. System shadow is always ON. No way to disable it. http://s009.radikal.ru/i307/1508/86/863f6f5d832a.jpg The SXL cpu is great with this board :) http://s015.radikal.ru/i332/1508/30/1989ba8bb084.jpg The program …

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Re: AMD x5 133 - the Mystery of Abysmal Performance

Posted on 2015-02-17, 02:16

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by Mithloraite

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> still wondering if the poster of the board with a PS/2 DIN has a working PS/2 mouse on this motherboard. Hello! Sorry I had no access to Vogons notification mailbox for some time. This Chaintech SPM board (indeed) ended up in my possession but it was not my project. The PS/2 mouse connector was …

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Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2014-10-23, 01:31

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by Mithloraite

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feipoa wrote: This post is a note to self […] Show full quote This post is a note to self Next revision should include: ... 3) Use Windows95 OSR2 instead of Win98SE. May I ask why? Is it any faster? (W95 OSR2 vs. 98SE)

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Re: Turtle Beach daughterboard 'Cancun FX' issues

Posted on 2014-10-23, 00:58

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by Mithloraite

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I suspect that yours is damaged or that it is indeed just not working with the Vibra. You should post some high rez photos here. Did it, please see the links above. The photos are clickable. What one should be cautious about, here? It looks pretty nice. The scratches are tiny and don't touch any …

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Re: Turtle Beach daughterboard 'Cancun FX' issues

Posted on 2014-10-23, 00:33

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by Mithloraite

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I have a Cancun FX Mithloraite, and have tested it with four different sound cards - ESS 1868, SB16 MCD CT1750, Vibra SB16 CT2960, and Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (where it's currently installed). It's worked in all four, and as swaaye said does not need any kind of software - just plug it in at it …

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Re: Turtle Beach daughterboard 'Cancun FX' issues

Posted on 2014-10-21, 02:15

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by Mithloraite

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Wavetable DBs don't need any special software. I suspect that yours is damaged or that it is indeed just not working with the Vibra. You should post some high rez photos here. Thank you so much for the tip. I'll try a CT2230 or CT2290 SB-16... Used these for testing wavetables too... (I have no …

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Re: Midi: Dream and Topwave-32 samplesets

Posted on 2014-10-21, 01:21

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by Mithloraite

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The Cancun-FX is good on the natural sound of instruments... I have uploaded Example recordings of both of the above synths, and added some others for comparison: dune2recordings.zip [10MB] Thank you so much for the uploads. Indeed, these Dream sets all have some weaker points before the well …

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Turtle Beach daughterboard 'Cancun FX' issues

Posted on 2014-10-21, 01:08

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by Mithloraite

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Long story short, is it dead? ^_^ Recently I picked a Montego-II PCI card with the digital add-on and the 4mb Cancun FX wavetable. Sample pictures are here (middle of the page) http://www.yjfy.com/Museum/sound/Turtle_Beach.htm To test the wavetable I simply mounted it over an existing Creative Vibra …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2014-04-04, 22:22

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by Mithloraite

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I've found a card based on a Diamond Tech DT-0196H chip that seems to support high dma. present in this famous collection: http://www.yjfy.com/images/oldhard/video/dt-0196h.jpg When one compares the drivers from a MJ-013R00 card with an ALS100 driver package, there are many similarities. They are …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2014-03-18, 19:55

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When one compares the drivers from a MJ-013R00 card with an ALS100 driver package, there are many similarities. They are definitely based on the same code, it is mostly the names that have been changed.... Diamond put a rebranded Avance Logic chip on their card. On dosforum.de they made the same …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2014-03-16, 22:23

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by Mithloraite

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YAC512 is the DAC, in theory it's not required if the CODEC chip has a digital input for YMF262. Thanks! Good question is what's the DT-0196H chip in the first place... And what's its capacity. As far as I have heard Creative did _not_ license their SB-16 to anyone to strangle the competition. Did …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2014-03-16, 21:50

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by Mithloraite

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Thank you for your reply! I suspected as much. Overprinting a clone with a Yamaha logo can happen. I've seen Diamond placing the same label "Model no: MF-009 FC id: J98MF-009" on 4 absolutely different sound cards. Which in no way could be the same model numbers. Their negligence is awful... With …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2014-03-16, 01:08

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Any other SB-16 clones not described yet in this thread?... The already treated here 'C-Media Audio Excel' seems mediocre and ALS100 pitiful due to its noise. I've found a card based on a Diamond Tech DT-0196H chip that seems to support high dma. present in this famous collection: http://www.yjfy. …

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