Monthly Archives: March 2017

Trackers vs MIDI

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Scali

With all the recent tinkering with audio devices and sound routines, I stumbled across various resources, old and new. One such resource was this article on OS/2 Museum, about the Gravis UltraSound. (And small world, this site is by Michal … Continue reading →

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DMA activation

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Scali

No, not the pseudoscience stuff, I am talking about Direct Memory Access. More specifically in the context of IBM PC and compatibles, which use the Intel 8237A DMA controller. For some reason, I had never used the 8237A before. I … Continue reading →

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A picture says more than a thousand words

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Scali

When I work out ideas, I sometimes draw things out on paper, or I use some test-images made in Paint.NET or whatnot. So I was thinking… my blog is mostly text-oriented, aside from some example images and videos. Perhaps I … Continue reading →

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