AdLib Sound Card Over Parallel! The OPL2LPT
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Date: 2022-04-14
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osgeld
I apparently grabbed one of the last OPL2LPT's on the website for now (cause I am a cheap ass and did not want to spring for the opl3 model) for my 486 laptop, and yea it works pretty well when software play's ball. Airmail freebee shipping was not overly long, about the time I started to wonder about it, it popped up a couple days later. My only complaint about it is when I touch the volume knob it kind of buzzes, but its not like the pot really changed the level THAT much. So I might go back and find a middle ground and put a couple resistors on it instead. which would make it a tiny bit more compact and I wouldnt mind trying to -embed- it inside the laptop's case (its got a optional modem bay that's about the right footprint)
I might add the opl2lpt available now is about the same PCB as the OPL3 model (just with though hole chips) so its already quite a bit smaller than shown in this 2017 video
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I apparently grabbed one of the last OPL2LPT's on the website for now (cause I am a cheap ass and did not want to spring for the opl3 model) for my 486 laptop, and yea it works pretty well when software play's ball. Airmail freebee shipping was not overly long, about the time I started to wonder about it, it popped up a couple days later. My only complaint about it is when I touch the volume knob it kind of buzzes, but its not like the pot really changed the level THAT much. So I might go back and find a middle ground and put a couple resistors on it instead. which would make it a tiny bit more compact and I wouldnt mind trying to -embed- it inside the laptop's case (its got a optional modem bay that's about the right footprint)
I might add the opl2lpt available now is about the same PCB as the OPL3 model (just with though hole chips) so its already quite a bit smaller than shown in this 2017 video
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64H
I would like to make everybody aware that the driver, since the filming of this has been much improved. Especially on slower machines (386es) the driver has gotten a very drastic performance boost since version 0. 4 (what Clint used, now we're at version 0. 6)
Development continues quickly and it gets faster and more polished with every week. What was a slideshow before on 20Mhz systems like Keen4's sounds PLUS music through the TSR instead of patching is now almost impeccable without almost any slowdowns. Go try out the new version of the driver, especially on slower systems it makes a big difference. A good example is Wolf3d/Keen4 with a 386 20Mhz. The difference between TSR of v0. 4 and 0. 6 is out of this world.
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I would like to make everybody aware that the driver, since the filming of this has been much improved. Especially on slower machines (386es) the driver has gotten a very drastic performance boost since version 0. 4 (what Clint used, now we're at version 0. 6)
Development continues quickly and it gets faster and more polished with every week. What was a slideshow before on 20Mhz systems like Keen4's sounds PLUS music through the TSR instead of patching is now almost impeccable without almost any slowdowns. Go try out the new version of the driver, especially on slower systems it makes a big difference. A good example is Wolf3d/Keen4 with a 386 20Mhz. The difference between TSR of v0. 4 and 0. 6 is out of this world.
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Lazy
i can never wrap my mind around the fact that these sound cards don't support sound effects. it amazed me in 1993 and still blows my mind now. at one point my SB16 died and a friend gave me his old, very old soundcard, went home, installed it and tried ALONE IN THE DARK 2, it only gave me music, i thought there was something wrong (i had no box and also no internet back then to know), later on in life i learned about that and it blew me away, who would ever play a game with no sound effects or with pc speakers sound effects? ended up buying an AWE 32 and lived happily ever after.
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i can never wrap my mind around the fact that these sound cards don't support sound effects. it amazed me in 1993 and still blows my mind now. at one point my SB16 died and a friend gave me his old, very old soundcard, went home, installed it and tried ALONE IN THE DARK 2, it only gave me music, i thought there was something wrong (i had no box and also no internet back then to know), later on in life i learned about that and it blew me away, who would ever play a game with no sound effects or with pc speakers sound effects? ended up buying an AWE 32 and lived happily ever after.
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eightbit
I found myself one of those nifty Media Vision AudioPort devices (new in box no less. at Goodwill obviously) and I set it up this weekend on an IBM P70 -luggable- machine. It works fine, has Soundblaster and Adlib compatibility but is limited to Windows 3. 1 only. No sound in DOS mode, although if the game is run from within Windows 3. 1 you get sound. I wonder if one of those DOS tools used to enable this device would enable the AudioPort. hmm.
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I found myself one of those nifty Media Vision AudioPort devices (new in box no less. at Goodwill obviously) and I set it up this weekend on an IBM P70 -luggable- machine. It works fine, has Soundblaster and Adlib compatibility but is limited to Windows 3. 1 only. No sound in DOS mode, although if the game is run from within Windows 3. 1 you get sound. I wonder if one of those DOS tools used to enable this device would enable the AudioPort. hmm.
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demonsorrows
I remember back in the day when we had a CD with maybe 50 games on it or games and demos.
The main one I used had Blake Stone (I think it was called. It was somewhat like Doom), Hugo jungle of doom, Duke Nukem, Commandeer Keen, Thor God of Thunder, Monster Bash.
So much time playing those games. If I didn't have the disc, I'd play the cannon game where you had to judge velocity and such to hit the enemy cannon. =) Good memories.
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I remember back in the day when we had a CD with maybe 50 games on it or games and demos.
The main one I used had Blake Stone (I think it was called. It was somewhat like Doom), Hugo jungle of doom, Duke Nukem, Commandeer Keen, Thor God of Thunder, Monster Bash.
So much time playing those games. If I didn't have the disc, I'd play the cannon game where you had to judge velocity and such to hit the enemy cannon. =) Good memories.
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Josh
Isn't the source for Duke3D available? It might be a pain to do, but you could edit the source code for the correct address for the AdLib on parallel (378. isn't that what 8 Bit guy showed in his video, compile it then just run the new executable? Certainly not as easy as patching, but for games where the source is available many people could do the changes for a variety of games to increase the support.
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Isn't the source for Duke3D available? It might be a pain to do, but you could edit the source code for the correct address for the AdLib on parallel (378. isn't that what 8 Bit guy showed in his video, compile it then just run the new executable? Certainly not as easy as patching, but for games where the source is available many people could do the changes for a variety of games to increase the support.
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Chris
Funny thing is, so few of us actually OWNED a legit Adlib card (most people had Soundblaster, hell, my Dad even has a Pro-Audio Spectrum 16 with Win3. 1 tools/drivers) that most people wouldn't even notice the difference, or, really feel like an upgrade with the -proper one'. Their nostalgia would be tied to whatever they grew up with, even if that was an imperfect clone!
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Funny thing is, so few of us actually OWNED a legit Adlib card (most people had Soundblaster, hell, my Dad even has a Pro-Audio Spectrum 16 with Win3. 1 tools/drivers) that most people wouldn't even notice the difference, or, really feel like an upgrade with the -proper one'. Their nostalgia would be tied to whatever they grew up with, even if that was an imperfect clone!
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Charles
There are PS/2 splitter cables. Would it be possible to use one of those in conjunction with a PS/2 to USB adapter in order to power one of these while still using the mouse or keyboard you have plugged into the port? Or would the OPL2LPT plus a keyboard or mouse take more power than a single PS/2 port can provide?
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There are PS/2 splitter cables. Would it be possible to use one of those in conjunction with a PS/2 to USB adapter in order to power one of these while still using the mouse or keyboard you have plugged into the port? Or would the OPL2LPT plus a keyboard or mouse take more power than a single PS/2 port can provide?
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Pierre
Awesome video once again! What piece of hardware would you really like to have? Something that would help you and rest of the retro gaming community? Maybe a parallel port Sound Blaster. I am thinking of starting a project so would want to design something that will be useful to others too.
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Awesome video once again! What piece of hardware would you really like to have? Something that would help you and rest of the retro gaming community? Maybe a parallel port Sound Blaster. I am thinking of starting a project so would want to design something that will be useful to others too.
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NiGHTSaturn
I just got an OPL3LPT and the thing that bothers me a little bit is that it doesn't seem to be possible play Win9x games just yet with this. Most games I played in the past were directly through Windows and rarely DOS. I really hope a quick driver is in the works, or that i'm wrong.
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I just got an OPL3LPT and the thing that bothers me a little bit is that it doesn't seem to be possible play Win9x games just yet with this. Most games I played in the past were directly through Windows and rarely DOS. I really hope a quick driver is in the works, or that i'm wrong.
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