Orpheus II ISA sound card - is a project of independent people created Gravis Ultrasound and Sound Blaster Pro/Adlib/WSS sound card all in one.Here as card specs:
- AMD InterWave chip for native compatibility with Gravis UltraSound PnP software (included are the standard 1MB InterWave ROM bank and a SIMM socket for up to 16MB of RAM). - 16MB SIMM memory module included as on the photos
- Crystal CS4237B controller which offers SB/SB-PRO/WSS compatibility
- discrete YMF289B OPL3 chip
- 44.100hz 16bit S/PDIF output of all internal and external audio sources
- 4-layer PCB design
- 2 MPU-401 options: internal CS-4237 UART interface or PCMIDI intelligent mode MPU
- Gameport, Line IN, Line OUT, MIC and Coax S/PDIF ports
- Wavetable daughterboard and AC'97 headers
- dedicated midi-OUT port that can be used at the same time with a common gameport->midi or DB15MIDI adapter for an extra OUT and IN ports
- the obvious addition of the AMD INTERWAVE chip giving the OrpheusII the extra capabilities of the Gravis UltraSound PnP soundcard
- revamped PCB design and analog output section which result in just a bit better sound quality than the original Orpheus I
- new way for OPL3 interfacing which allows the YAMAHA OPL3 to be accessible under Windows 9x (no more CystalFM-only limitation under win9x)
- classic" YMF262 OPL3 chip is now used instead of the YMF289 previous boards had
- - OPL output filtering stage is now based on improved AdLib Gold design
- - extra IRQ options added for PCMIDI , you can now use IRQs 10,11 and 12
- - Hole-thru "golden" audio capacitors from Nichicon replaced with their SMD equvalents from the UUQ audio capacitor series
- Includes Wavetable port - can be use for external Wavetable external card/module like WaveBlaster to use extra MIDI music
All instructions how to initialise card and download required drivers:
http ://pcmidi.eu /orpheus2. html
Original card price was 340 euro.
Reduced price to 290 euro because it was used few months.
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