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Nebula
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 13 |
Connecting a SID to an iMac
Hi,
is there a way to use a SID on a iMac? As it has no PCI/ISA port I can't use Hardsid or Catweasel directly. Are there projects to make these cards accessible via USB odr Firewire? Or are there USB versions planned from these cards? Or is there a way to connect a real C64? |
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Call me a purist but this isn't scene related.
Try it at www.iwannafuckupmymacwithsoldering.com or something... |
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Nebula
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 13 |
Oh, what's that? No more friendliness in the scene? I'm really disappointed.
Why isn't it scene related? Here are many GoatTracker topics, so I thought I can ask such a question here in this forum.
And why is an iMac shit? It does everything I want instead of being able to use my old ISA-Hardsid. As my old PC crashed I'm looking for a way to use my SID by not filling my room again with an additional PC. And Mac Pros are to power consummating and expensive for me. |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1078 |
No, there are no SID dongles for USB or FW. It shouldn't be too hard to create, but latency might be an issue.
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null
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Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 645 |
Quote: Oh, what's that? No more friendliness in the scene? I'm really disappointed.
Why isn't it scene related? Here are many GoatTracker topics, so I thought I can ask such a question here in this forum.
And why is an iMac shit? It does everything I want instead of being able to use my old ISA-Hardsid. As my old PC crashed I'm looking for a way to use my SID by not filling my room again with an additional PC. And Mac Pros are to power consummating and expensive for me.
iMac is shit, because it is *barely* upgradable... no PCI cards or so... and a proper mac isn't expensive... if you just need it for composing a 400MHz G4 is enough, and those are 30 euros (if not less, I got mine for free...)
also, why was scout's post not deleted, and mine was? both where off topic and sorta insulting... >.>
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Quote: iMac is shit, because it is *barely* upgradable... no PCI cards or so... and a proper mac isn't expensive... if you just need it for composing a 400MHz G4 is enough, and those are 30 euros (if not less, I got mine for free...)
also, why was scout's post not deleted, and mine was? both where off topic and sorta insulting... >.>
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My post wasn't deleted because I'm right (and the mods seem to agree) and it was not insulting at all =)
Yours was a OS/platform rant which belongs to usenet or irc :P
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null
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Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 645 |
more like a model rant... oh well, it doesn't matter, I'm still right ;)
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Nebula
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 13 |
Thanks for the answers.
There are also Firewire and USB soundcards available. Do they also have latency-problems?
Using an old Mac is a good idea, but will there work Goattracker with acceptable performance? Then I could better use an old PC or get a real C64. The problem is that I have no more space for a second screen.
Because the shitty iMac. In decades of using Computers I never came to the point to upgrade my hardware. I always sold my old one to buy new one. For you most notebooks are also crappy shit. |
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Monte Carlos
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 361 |
Why dont you use an emulator?
Power64 comes into my mind.
Send me a private message, cause i want to know
how your doing. Long time no hear ;)
Greetz Monte Carlos
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null
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Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 645 |
Quote: Thanks for the answers.
There are also Firewire and USB soundcards available. Do they also have latency-problems?
Using an old Mac is a good idea, but will there work Goattracker with acceptable performance? Then I could better use an old PC or get a real C64. The problem is that I have no more space for a second screen.
Because the shitty iMac. In decades of using Computers I never came to the point to upgrade my hardware. I always sold my old one to buy new one. For you most notebooks are also crappy shit.
when I used GoatTracker on my 400MHz G4, it ran fine ;) so that isn't really a problem =)
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Registered: Jun 2006
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Quote: Why dont you use an emulator?
Power64 comes into my mind.
Send me a private message, cause i want to know
how your doing. Long time no hear ;)
Greetz Monte Carlos
Power64 is shareware, and less good then Vice... o.O
AquaVice would be a nice alternative... also, with emulation on mac, check out www.thinkcommodore.com =)
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1409 |
Ooh, looking forward to AquaVICE. Didn't know that was on the way. VICE has better emulation than Power64. but is much less useable.
Back on topic, I've been working on using RR-Net to receive SID instructions over ethernet from my iBook. Currently I send a short executable that plays a single note or short phrase before going back to listening for the next .prg, but it's all triggered from a Makefile that builds an .a65 from a Python script, assembles it with a65, then sends it with codenet. (wirelessly to my Airport Express, but "that's not important right now" :)
A long way from direct playback using Logic or a tracker, but a step in the right direction :) |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1078 |
Hmm. Grab udpslave source, send over packets with SID write commands (register, value) and a frame counter. Enable a raster IRQ and once per frame you grab write commands from the buffer. Walla. Simple and fast. Any chance GoatTracker could be made to send UDP packets?
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1409 |
Yes, I was thinking about moving to UDPSlave. Thanks for a great tool :)
(oh, and some minor corrections: walla is spelled voila, and my assembler is xa) |
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Klegg
Registered: Feb 2006
Posts: 16 |
Quote: Hmm. Grab udpslave source, send over packets with SID write commands (register, value) and a frame counter. Enable a raster IRQ and once per frame you grab write commands from the buffer. Walla. Simple and fast. Any chance GoatTracker could be made to send UDP packets?
That would be an awesome feature! Right now I have an old 300mhz PC with Goat Tracker and hardsid, just for composing.. Would be nice to get rid of it, if playback in Goat Tracker could be made through rr-net. |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1078 |
Quote:Yes, I was thinking about moving to UDPSlave. Thanks for a great tool :)
You're welcome :)
Quote:(oh, and some minor corrections: walla is spelled voila
That'd be an intentional misspelling, along the lines of "mercy bewcup". And it's "voilà" :)
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1409 |
Well, if you will go back to the original French... :) |
