529 Reply by yogi

(226 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

And from NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/fea … ounds.html
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds/
http://archive.org/details/nasaaudiocollection
http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/videos.htm

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530 Reply by yogi

(226 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Some modem and radio sounds
Dial up Modems:
http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll

Digital modes for radio modems:
http://www.qsl.net/g/g4hbt//
http://www.qsl.net/g4hbt/sounds/

Historic, Ham, Astro; lots of stuff wink
http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/qsl-audiofiles.htm
http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/audio … nautic.htm

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531 Reply by yogi

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Great Thread!!
Here is a more direct link to the Conet Project CDs
http://irdial.hyperreal.org/
Half way down to page is the index to the 4 cd set of counting stationss

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532 Reply by yogi

(7 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

jmratkos wrote:

... it was my assumption that all I needed to do was split the PR8.nes rom using ucon64 and then burn the .prg portion to the eprom
we are using M27C2001 eproms (which I believe are 256mb), so do I need to double up the .prg binary first using the "copy /b" method?

The 27c2001 is a 128Kx8, http://www.sycelectronica.com.ar/semico … 7C2001.pdf
So you will need to locate a 27c020  a 256Kx8 eeprom, as per
http://hackitup.tumblr.com/post/1920173 … rom-to-run
Go thru the 'Hack It UP' site';  ne7 has pioneered the method, but there are others that have done a few conversions also and maybe they will pop in here.
TSC had a great deal of issues with the NES carts, and gained some in-sight  with the MMCs. There seems to be an issue with the mappers on the NES carts that can complicate things. So hearing success stories would help some.
I haven't moved forward with my own cart; the ease of the PowerPak and the ability to use 'saves' on a SD card makes allot of sense for a tracker. I've been reluctant to spend more money and time, (trying to get the cash together for a PPak), before I order more parts for the conversion. Don't want to be a buzz kill, but getting PR8 to run on a NES cart seems like a crap shoot  :-|
Keep us updated on how it goes, would really like to hear a 'success' :-) Can you list some of the stats of the chip set on your cart, I.E. the MMC  labling, so we can have a record of what works and not?

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533 Reply by yogi

(1,383 replies, posted in Sega)

little-scale wrote:

oh of course, pin 5 from the port is the way to go.

the issue is that the first batch PCBs did not have a connection on the interface going to pin 5, because they are exclusively bus powered from USB...

Blue wire and V Reg kluge wink
EDIT AGAIN- after a CLOSER look at PJRC, the Teensy has a on board reg, soo no need to even worry 'bout a Reg. YEA

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534 Reply by yogi

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herr_prof wrote:

I imagine you can just connect pin 4 of the midi jack:
http://www.interfacebus.com/PC_MIDI_Pinout.html

I would be hesitant to use Midi pin 4, it's part of the current loop and I would think you may see problems. Pulling Vcc off the game port into a 3.3V reg for the Teensy would be the best bet. The Teensy has to draw <500mA to be USB powered, best guess would be in the <100mA range. Gameport Vcc @ pin 5 will prob source more then enough.
EDIT= DOH! Just looked at the PJRC pg in the above link, worst case 60mA + Reg losses+ Midi current loop= 90-100 tops??  Could even use a LV 3.3V Reg,

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535 Reply by yogi

(46 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

You da MAN, totally rock!! (I so need to get a PowerPak)

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536 Reply by yogi

(161 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)

Just recently found zTracker that works well with Win98, it's a IT like tracker. Very midi-centric from the looks of it. Useful for ext synths  or a VSTi in saviHost  8)
http://ztracker.sourceforge.net/
http://ztracker.sourceforge.net/ext_docs/kwikfaq.html

EDIT- Just found this http://forum.renoise.com/index.php?/top … iguration/ Seemed on topic

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537 Reply by yogi

(161 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)

O2star wrote:

A direct boot to DOS 7.1 only.

DOSbox is SACRILEGE.

LOL! What I thought.

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538 Reply by yogi

(161 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)

O2star wrote:

yes the 2 things you need for At2 to load up is most obvious an OPL3 sound card, and a mouse. Also I have found that it does not like it when you use an AGP graphics card.. It freaks out after 5-10 mins of use, with display issues. Any PCI video card I have tried never had any issues and worked 100 percent. And I have tried 4 different AGP cards, and 4 different motherboards to confirm this as well.. heh

Is this with a native DOS boot, right? Or within a DOSbox?

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539 Reply by yogi

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2PLAYER wrote:

..... Now I just need at2 to grab the incoming midi

I was trying AT2 yesterday, in a native DOS boot,  seems to work but as I don't have a SB board, it stalled on detection. In a DOSbox, my AMD KII @ 400MHZ didn't have enough steam; I gave up after 20min of waiting for the loading to finish. So kind of bummed out.

There are 3 distro packages I found "AT2@dosbox', "AT2 classic "and "AT2 SDL", so I'll try the SDL in a DOSbox next. AT2 also supports a mouse, so you may want to find some DOS mouse drivers.I think there is a Logitech DOS one that is 'generic'.

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540 Reply by yogi

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2PLAYER wrote:
O2star wrote:

NICE and what are running for an OS again?

Win98. Man the Internet is pitifully slow with this PCMCIA card. Certainly the one thing I don't miss about older tech. Those were indeed simpler times.

Not only that, but page content and new HTM really doesn't play well with older browsers. I've loaded older Firefox and MS IE, both are choking on most pages.
There is a project I ran across, http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/about/ an updated kernal for 98. haven't tried it but if it's legit....

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541 Reply by yogi

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O2star wrote:

I am going to get one of my windows 98 machines up and running tonight with the sb16 or awe32... and I was gonna try out both the PC/S and PC/P and maybe the MPU-401 setup, I shall report my results.

Hells Ya! I've been dusting off the Win98 CDs in the last few days for this goofy little all in one PC. I had forgot '98's quirks, seems likes ages ago I switched to XP! (Still holding off the switch to 7 wink Very much like to hear what you find, I don't have a midi interface with the on board AC'97 sound chip.

Whatever I come up with, will have to be external. I was thinking USB, like a midisport 1x1, the drivers are advertised to work with W98, but I'm concerned about lat. issues w/USB and native DOS is out of the question. Sooo, serial or parallel??

I'll post my lists of GOs and NO GOs if anyone wants, but it's specific to the hardware with this I-Opener and the softwarez I have found so far..

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542 Reply by yogi

(36 replies, posted in Atari)

uXe wrote:
yogi wrote:

Imagine a generic SoC platform that can be re-configured to a host of classic systems, at the gate level.

...somebody already imagined it three years ago:

http://www.mcc-home.com/

Very cool. I had seen it awhile ago but forgot all about it.

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543 Reply by yogi

(36 replies, posted in Atari)

Theta_Frost wrote:

I've always had reliability issues with my 2600's.  Too many capacitors to change!  I'd like to see some of the new fabbed PCB designs come to fruition.  There was a pic of one posted on atariage that was never posted of again, and thelonghorn engineer was working on one called project unity.  Maybe the flashback (which uses a recreated TIA as part of a larger SMT chip, AFAIK) is now the best option?

Yea I'll have to say there can be age issues. the switches get damaged., 7805s blown, but I've never run across cap fails. Just got my feet wet with a GameGear, now that was a mess. I have a couple 'Sears'  heavy sixers with trashed mylar ribbon cables. On the good side, the 4 switchers seem pretty rugged.
Thelonghorn eng's project was a cool idea but you needed to swap chips, so it wouldn't help if you had a blown chip.
I think the future is with FPGAs, there are allot of open IP cores out there for classic systems, especially in the MAME world. One big problem is reverse engineering the custom chips, not allot of info on the old silicone. Some times it boils down to de-capping a chip and tracing gate by gate.
Imagine a generic SoC platform that can be re-configured to a host of classic systems, at the gate level.

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544 Reply by yogi

(59 replies, posted in Atari)

On another tangent, Little Scale, it occurs to me that using the ADCs, one could add expression pedals, pitch and mod wheels?!?!?

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