Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Orpheus II ISA Soundcard End of Production

The team behind the legendary ISA soundcard known as the Orpheus II (O2) recently announced that they will begin the last production run of the Orpheus II.  Keropi who is one of the team members made the announcement on the VOGONs forums.  Where he stated that they will cease production soon as both he and […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Launch of the New ISA Soundcard Orpheus II

It is now possible to order the long awaited Orpheus II ISA soundcard.  This is a newly produced soundcard meant to be the ultimate soundcard for vintage and retro based IBM/PC compatible computers.  It is a product which couples the amazing aspects of the original Orpheus soundcard.  Having great Yamaha OPL3 Frequency Modulation (FM) capabilities […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Orpheus II + GUS ISA Soundcard

A new project from the retro soundcard makers Keropi and Marmes has been unveiled.  Named the Orpheus II, this retro based soundcard is a massive upgrade over the original Orpheus.  Sporting the same base options as the original model, with its genuine Yamaha YMF 289 ‘OPL3’ and PCMIDI capabilities.  The new Orpheus II however adds […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

New Amstrad Mega PC Video Output / Sound Card

VOGONs tinkerers Keropi & Tiido have been working on a new project called “The Mega Card”.  Which is a replacement multimedia card designed to give better video output compatibility and more sound options for the Amstrad Mega PC.  The Amstrad Mega PC was a combo computer that joined an 386 IBM compatible personal computer (PC) […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

Reverse Engineered 3DFX Voodoo 5 6000

A user by the handle zx-c64 on MODLABS.net (anthony on the vogons) has recently announced an update to their currently “untitled project” which aims to produce a new 3DFX compatible 3D graphic accelerator (video card).  3DFX Interactive was the company behind the immensely popular Voodoo line of video cards in the mid to late 90’s […]

Vanessa (Vanessaira)

UNISOUND: Universal PnP Sound Card Enabler

VOGONS User JazeFox has been hard at work with a project called Unisound.  This allows old Plug & Play (PnP) sound cards to easily setup and initialize in DOS based computers without having to go through the hassle of tracking down specific drivers for those devices that may or may not still exist.  Phil’s Computer […]