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.. and suddenly I find myself back in the #90s where we saw the future of home computing unfold before our eyes. The #PC - a bulky expensive machine for boring tunaheads running WordPerfect suddenly got graphics and sound that didn't suck.
Young aspiring programmers (that would be coders for you young people) wrote code in assembler and made the PC do thing it was never meant to. Awesome things. Things that blew your mind. Some wrote trackers for composing sample based music, and suddenly everyone could compose music on their PC.
The level of optimism and creativity was mind blowing, and I feel so incredibly lucky for having been a part of it. Sure, our demos were too horrible to be shown on the big screen, but we did submit at least one for #TheParty back in '92 or '94.
I miss the 90s.
This, by the way, is a sweet #Pentium 200MMX system with #PicoGUS, #SoundBlaster Vibra16 and an #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics card (that's GPU for you young'uns).
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.. and suddenly I find myself back in the #90s where we saw the future of home computing unfold before our eyes. The #PC - a bulky expensive machine for boring tunaheads running WordPerfect suddenly got graphics and sound that didn't suck.
Young aspiring programmers (that would be coders for you young people) wrote code in assembler and made the PC do thing it was never meant to. Awesome things. Things that blew your mind. Some wrote trackers for composing sample based music, and suddenly everyone could compose music on their PC.
The level of optimism and creativity was mind blowing, and I feel so incredibly lucky for having been a part of it. Sure, our demos were too horrible to be shown on the big screen, but we did submit at least one for #TheParty back in '92 or '94.
I miss the 90s.
This, by the way, is a sweet #Pentium 200MMX system with #PicoGUS, #SoundBlaster Vibra16 and an #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics card (that's GPU for you young'uns).
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Took a moment and fixed the issue with my crashing #Pentium 200MMX system. Now the #PicoGUS with #WP32 #McCake wavetable if running #MonkeyIsland they way it's supposed to run :-) There's also a #Vibra16 card in there, which is unused for this game.
The issue? #IRQ, obviously. The introduction of a SATA controller meant that IRQ 5 previously used by the PicoGUS was grabbed by the controller and the system died with playing audio.
Nice to know the tech skills of the #90s are still there.
And sorry about the video quality - I got all excited and didn't care.
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Took a moment and fixed the issue with my crashing #Pentium 200MMX system. Now the #PicoGUS with #WP32 #McCake wavetable if running #MonkeyIsland they way it's supposed to run :-) There's also a #Vibra16 card in there, which is unused for this game.
The issue? #IRQ, obviously. The introduction of a SATA controller meant that IRQ 5 previously used by the PicoGUS was grabbed by the controller and the system died with playing audio.
Nice to know the tech skills of the #90s are still there.
And sorry about the video quality - I got all excited and didn't care.
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Managed to buy a couple of delicious #Trust Soundwave speakers for around €20. Case and contacts cleaned. Tested with #SecondReality by #FutureCrew on my #Pentium 200 sleeper with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics and #PicoGUS sound.
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Managed to buy a couple of delicious #Trust Soundwave speakers for around €20. Case and contacts cleaned. Tested with #SecondReality by #FutureCrew on my #Pentium 200 sleeper with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics and #PicoGUS sound.
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@polpo Nice. I have, and daily listen to my beloved GUS "Classic" in my 5x86 160, but the CPU doesn't have the stuff to do 30 channel tracks in software as would be needed for SB16 output, really.
What's the CPU you're working with?
I still want to pick up a PicoGUS, perhaps for other card emulation, though.
#GUS #PicoGUS #SB16 #SoundBlaster #GravisUltrasound #video #chiptune
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@polpo Nice. I have, and daily listen to my beloved GUS "Classic" in my 5x86 160, but the CPU doesn't have the stuff to do 30 channel tracks in software as would be needed for SB16 output, really.
What's the CPU you're working with?
I still want to pick up a PicoGUS, perhaps for other card emulation, though.
#GUS #PicoGUS #SB16 #SoundBlaster #GravisUltrasound #video #chiptune
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@polpo Nice. I have, and daily listen to my beloved GUS "Classic" in my 5x86 160, but the CPU doesn't have the stuff to do 30 channel tracks in software as would be needed for SB16 output, really.
What's the CPU you're working with?
I still want to pick up a PicoGUS, perhaps for other card emulation, though.
#GUS #PicoGUS #SB16 #SoundBlaster #GravisUltrasound #video #chiptune
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@polpo Nice. I have, and daily listen to my beloved GUS "Classic" in my 5x86 160, but the CPU doesn't have the stuff to do 30 channel tracks in software as would be needed for SB16 output, really.
What's the CPU you're working with?
I still want to pick up a PicoGUS, perhaps for other card emulation, though.
#GUS #PicoGUS #SB16 #SoundBlaster #GravisUltrasound #video #chiptune
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@polpo Nice. I have, and daily listen to my beloved GUS "Classic" in my 5x86 160, but the CPU doesn't have the stuff to do 30 channel tracks in software as would be needed for SB16 output, really.
What's the CPU you're working with?
I still want to pick up a PicoGUS, perhaps for other card emulation, though.
#GUS #PicoGUS #SB16 #SoundBlaster #GravisUltrasound #video #chiptune
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#vintagecomputing #MSDOS build progressing. #Pentium 200 with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics, CF for storage, #Gotek for floppies and a #PicoGUS with the #McCake #WP32 #MT32Pi wave table add on. Output looped into a #SoundBlaster Vibra 16C for full Gravis Ultrasound, Sound Blaster, Roland and General Midi support. Excellent for all things DOS. Aiming for early to mid 90s games and demos, including point and click adventures from #Sierra and Lucas as well as some of the excellent demos from that time. I'm talking #MonkeyIsland, #LeisureSuitLarry and #FutureCrew and their #SecondReality demo. Tested the latter and got something in my eye. Oh the feels.
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#vintagecomputing #MSDOS build progressing. #Pentium 200 with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics, CF for storage, #Gotek for floppies and a #PicoGUS with the #McCake #WP32 #MT32Pi wave table add on. Output looped into a #SoundBlaster Vibra 16C for full Gravis Ultrasound, Sound Blaster, Roland and General Midi support. Excellent for all things DOS. Aiming for early to mid 90s games and demos, including point and click adventures from #Sierra and Lucas as well as some of the excellent demos from that time. I'm talking #MonkeyIsland, #LeisureSuitLarry and #FutureCrew and their #SecondReality demo. Tested the latter and got something in my eye. Oh the feels.
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#vintagecomputing #MSDOS build progressing. #Pentium 200 with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics, CF for storage, #Gotek for floppies and a #PicoGUS with the #McCake #WP32 #MT32Pi wave table add on. Output looped into a #SoundBlaster Vibra 16C for full Gravis Ultrasound, Sound Blaster, Roland and General Midi support. Excellent for all things DOS. Aiming for early to mid 90s games and demos, including point and click adventures from #Sierra and Lucas as well as some of the excellent demos from that time. I'm talking #MonkeyIsland, #LeisureSuitLarry and #FutureCrew and their #SecondReality demo. Tested the latter and got something in my eye. Oh the feels.
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#vintagecomputing #MSDOS build progressing. #Pentium 200 with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics, CF for storage, #Gotek for floppies and a #PicoGUS with the #McCake #WP32 #MT32Pi wave table add on. Output looped into a #SoundBlaster Vibra 16C for full Gravis Ultrasound, Sound Blaster, Roland and General Midi support. Excellent for all things DOS. Aiming for early to mid 90s games and demos, including point and click adventures from #Sierra and Lucas as well as some of the excellent demos from that time. I'm talking #MonkeyIsland, #LeisureSuitLarry and #FutureCrew and their #SecondReality demo. Tested the latter and got something in my eye. Oh the feels.
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#vintagecomputing #MSDOS build progressing. #Pentium 200 with #TsengLabs #ET6000 graphics, CF for storage, #Gotek for floppies and a #PicoGUS with the #McCake #WP32 #MT32Pi wave table add on. Output looped into a #SoundBlaster Vibra 16C for full Gravis Ultrasound, Sound Blaster, Roland and General Midi support. Excellent for all things DOS. Aiming for early to mid 90s games and demos, including point and click adventures from #Sierra and Lucas as well as some of the excellent demos from that time. I'm talking #MonkeyIsland, #LeisureSuitLarry and #FutureCrew and their #SecondReality demo. Tested the latter and got something in my eye. Oh the feels.
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Proof of life of the #Dolch. The screen seems to be working for as long as I'm keeping it on, now. I opened up the power supply and nothing's bulging and I turned down the brightness a bit, so maybe that helped.
#PicoGUS is working great in it, too, (w/ gamepad) except the cable I'm using keeps popping out of the socket because of how it's recessed. Need to find a slimmer one.
Really need to get my notes and pics in order and do a proper writeup, but... I'm sleepy...
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Proof of life of the #Dolch. The screen seems to be working for as long as I'm keeping it on, now. I opened up the power supply and nothing's bulging and I turned down the brightness a bit, so maybe that helped.
#PicoGUS is working great in it, too, (w/ gamepad) except the cable I'm using keeps popping out of the socket because of how it's recessed. Need to find a slimmer one.
Really need to get my notes and pics in order and do a proper writeup, but... I'm sleepy...
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@sternwarte @suprjami @polpo @rasteri #Emulation is nice OFC and the #PicoGUS isn't like mass-produced.
It it however a nifty option that allows substituting.some really old #Gameport-based #Joysticks with like an #Xbox360 #Gamepad...
And those get cloned to this day...
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@sternwarte @suprjami @polpo @rasteri #Emulation is nice OFC and the #PicoGUS isn't like mass-produced.
It it however a nifty option that allows substituting.some really old #Gameport-based #Joysticks with like an #Xbox360 #Gamepad...
And those get cloned to this day...
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@sternwarte @suprjami @polpo @rasteri #Emulation is nice OFC and the #PicoGUS isn't like mass-produced.
It it however a nifty option that allows substituting.some really old #Gameport-based #Joysticks with like an #Xbox360 #Gamepad...
And those get cloned to this day...
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@suprjami thanks to @polpo for developing the #PicoGUS because that solves a big issue I see with the #Wee86 & #WeeCee that @rasteri made:
Finding a still-in-production #ISA #Soundcard, because the #CS4237B is out of production amd whilst it's not looking as if the stocks are going to dry up soon, I think avoiding out-op-production parts as much as possible is the most sustainable way to keep it available.
OFC one could also redesign it for #PC104 too...
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The miracle #Hand386: it lasted all day at my table at #VCFMW yesterday playing demos with a #PicoGUS attached to it. I've always heard it draws more power than the power port can provide so it's always using the battery but it did fine for 14 hours! I kinda wonder if the IPS screen swap I did means it uses less power?
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The miracle #Hand386: it lasted all day at my table at #VCFMW yesterday playing demos with a #PicoGUS attached to it. I've always heard it draws more power than the power port can provide so it's always using the battery but it did fine for 14 hours! I kinda wonder if the IPS screen swap I did means it uses less power?
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My video on the #PicoGUS #Hand386 edition is now complete! I dive in a bit more on the hardware side than in my previous videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUtMPxmKD8 -
My video on the #PicoGUS #Hand386 edition is now complete! I dive in a bit more on the hardware side than in my previous videos.
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I’m going to make a video about the mini #PicoGUS that I made for the #Hand386 but the fact that its LCD went all blue is really messing up my plans. I hope I just need to re-seat the connector that brings the VGA signal towards the front half of it, but the fact that it also changes with viewing angle makes me wonder if it’s a problem with the LCD panel itself…
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I’m going to make a video about the mini #PicoGUS that I made for the #Hand386 but the fact that its LCD went all blue is really messing up my plans. I hope I just need to re-seat the connector that brings the VGA signal towards the front half of it, but the fact that it also changes with viewing angle makes me wonder if it’s a problem with the LCD panel itself…
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Testing out #PicoGUS on the #Hand386… it’s a mixed bag. The ISA reset line is noisy so it constantly resets the Pico unless I put Kapton tape over the pad on the connector, and several productions have DMA issues (surprise!!). Here it is playing the song that epitomized the trend of sine leads in mid-90s tracker music, Infinity by Khyron and Necros:
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Testing out #PicoGUS on the #Hand386… it’s a mixed bag. The ISA reset line is noisy so it constantly resets the Pico unless I put Kapton tape over the pad on the connector, and several productions have DMA issues (surprise!!). Here it is playing the song that epitomized the trend of sine leads in mid-90s tracker music, Infinity by Khyron and Necros: