Do you need help splitting BIOS files (Even/Odd or High/Low)? Do you need to combine two files into one? Or do you need to double the size of a BIOS image to fill the entire space of your EPROM chip? Then you can try one of the following tools! The tools are written in JavaScript and run in your browser.
Binary File Tools (Even/Odd Splitter, Merger, & Doubler)
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I am not here to insult your Socket 3 motherboard – if you are the owner of this specific model and love it: The PCChips M915i. I recently had this board in for “repair”, even though it is supposed to be “new old stock” (NOS). Luckily, nothing was at fault! All it needed was FPM memory instead of EDO. My suspicion is that the owner tried to run the board with EDO…
Now, there are four memory boards for the AWE64 – all available to the community! Schematics, Gerber files, PAL/GAL equations and the Bill of Material for each board will make it easy for anyone possessing the proper skills to make one of these memory boards for the Sound Blaster AWE64. OK, the MIDI FORGE Symphony (YouTube) is not yet available due to licensing issues with Creative…
Hey everyone, this AWEsome journey of AWE64 memory expansion boards isn’t over with the introduction of the MIDI FORGE Symphony – it was simply STARTING! And I can tell you, the MIDI FORGE Rhapsody won’t be the last chapter of this book! I’m really excited to share the latest addition to the AWE64 memory upgrade – the MIDI FORGE Rhapsody, a sleek, modernized 28MB memory…
Do you own an AWE64 sound card, but don’t have enough memory for loading larger sound fonts? This is especially true for the Value edition that came with a measly 512KB of onboard memory. It is almost as if Creative wanted to make sure that sound fonts was a feature reserved for their premium product: The AWE64 Gold.
AWE64 Value: 512KB of onboard memory
With 512KB onboard memory, you…
If you’re anything like me, you probably didn’t think much about the Wave Table header on those old-school sound cards. But I always wondered about that “General MIDI” option in games. Every time I picked it, the MIDI music just wouldn’t play. It wasn’t until recently that I finally cracked the code on what General MIDI is and how to make it work. Spoiler alert: you need a Wave…
The Hanging Note Bug on the Sound Blaster 16 is a frustrating issue that disrupts MIDI playback in games like Hexen and Doom, causing notes to stick and loop endlessly. Specific to DSP chip versions 4.11, 4.12, and 4.13 [1], the bug stems from faulty firmware that mishandles certain MIDI commands, resulting in persistent audio glitches. While the Sound Blaster 16 has other issues, this particular…
Click on a chip to drag it to the correct position. Press the ‘r’ key on your keyboard to rotate the chip. Press “Check” to evaluate your chips placement. Make sure that the chips are not overlapping! Overlapping chips, or chips that are too close to each other will be counted as misaligned.You can also see which chips are active when the corresponding RAS and CAS lines are…
Camera for Chip Markings
Click “Start Camera” to scan chip markings. Adjust sliders and invert image to improve text detection. Click and drag on the OCR video to draw a rectangle for OCR focus; click outside to clear, double-click inside to clear, or click and drag inside to move. This tool is limited to supported chips only, but will be gradually extended.
The camera I tested…
A list of memory chips with their characteristics and properties. This list may help you find the required chips for your projects. Use the filter option to narrow down the memory chips you are looking for. The memory chip repository is maintained over at github.
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