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Bamu®
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Registered: May 2005
Posts: 1332 |
HardSID & USB 2.0
Hi,
I'm looking for something like HardSID, but can be connected with USB 2.0 etc.
In this way I real SID-power could be used even on Laptops.
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
lol. guys, send an email to hardsid, they collect amount of requests. I requested Windows XP 64 bit drivers, and I am the only one requesting them :(
It would be neat if I was not the only one :) |
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Raf
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 343 |
I use pc64 cable and "fake hardsid" driver to get real sid sound... it costed me few E instead of 100E :)
(un)fortunately it doesn't work on XP but does on 95,98 and 2000 for sure. I even soldered PC64 directly to userport for Phobos/Samar so he can compose on real thing w/o much effort using goattracker. Too bad it requires to load a driver from tape/disk, when I'll finally finish my EEPROM programmer I'm going to make a cart with that driver or sth like exchanging rom inside commie.
also using vice with real sid is nice as it frees CPU power and there is no latency (which in vice is a minimum of 100ms due to buffers size)
PS. don't use 128 for this as it noises a bit too much.
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Quote: I use pc64 cable and "fake hardsid" driver to get real sid sound... it costed me few E instead of 100E :)
(un)fortunately it doesn't work on XP but does on 95,98 and 2000 for sure. I even soldered PC64 directly to userport for Phobos/Samar so he can compose on real thing w/o much effort using goattracker. Too bad it requires to load a driver from tape/disk, when I'll finally finish my EEPROM programmer I'm going to make a cart with that driver or sth like exchanging rom inside commie.
also using vice with real sid is nice as it frees CPU power and there is no latency (which in vice is a minimum of 100ms due to buffers size)
PS. don't use 128 for this as it noises a bit too much.
I doubt it will play NTSC tunes correctly and in my eyes, a lot of good tunes are NTSC tunes |
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Raf
Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 343 |
Quote: I doubt it will play NTSC tunes correctly and in my eyes, a lot of good tunes are NTSC tunes
true. it would need to modify clock circuit (hmm.. maybe switchable) to set it to NTSC value. that's not difficult to do it anyway ;-) . to sum up : there is no need to care about 50/60 hz difference in this case as PC is polling commie with proper frequency, but SID itself must be driven at 1.02MHz for NTSC
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PS... my 64th post on CSDB phorum ;P |
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e5frog
Registered: Nov 2010
Posts: 6 |
I'm digging this thread up since I got a hit here searching for a project I tried a few weeks ago.
This archive allows to use a real C64 connected over USB to your PC. Use a simple 5V serial to USB adapter with FT232* or PL2303 circuit, can be found cheap on eBay and other places. Hook only TxD, RxD and GND according to instructions.
http://dawork.synchronus.de/filez/serclone.zip
I tried it with WinVICE and got some delays now and then, might be my slow computer. SIDplay1 worked better, Acid64 and Goattracker is mentioned as well.
As a bonus the same cable can also be used as a terminal cable, with a few more jumpers you can get 9600bps with Striketerm or Novaterm9.6c. Jim Brain's tcpser will get you out through the network connection of your PC. You can also setup your own BBS.
Perhaps all this is old new but at least it's in the thread now. |
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booker
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Registered: Jul 2003
Posts: 334 |
And meanwhile there's hardsid for usb :) |
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Scarzix
Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 143 |
How fast CPU's have you tested with (if thats an issue at all) - to me an external SID solution, especially dual SID would be interesting at some point.
I know that HardSID developers didnt want to waste money on certifying the drivers for newer Windows editions and 64-bit.
Not sure what more there is to do with HardSID in the future or am I wrong? |
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Stone
Registered: Oct 2006
Posts: 176 |
There is also SIDBlaster, which is HardSID API compatible (sort of) and works with VICE, SidPlay2, GoatTracker etc.
http://wiki.forskningsavd.se/index.php/SIDblaster
I wrote a drop-in replacement of hardsid.dll for it a couple of years ago and I can make the source code and windows binaries publicly available if anyone's interested. |
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Isildur
Registered: Sep 2006
Posts: 276 |
I own Sidblaster . Works great on Win8.1 X64, but can't run Acid64 player on it. Maybe someone know how to do it? |
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Stone
Registered: Oct 2006
Posts: 176 |
@Isildur: I am talking to Wilfred about it and hopefully we'll be able to fix it. |
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