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<ValleyBell>
Lord_Nightmare: Well... do you know someone in the UK we could ask?
<Lord_Nightmare>
there's philpem, though he's likely busy with his own stuff
<Lord_Nightmare>
but worth asking
<ValleyBell>
Can you ask him? It might be weird if some random guy asks him for getting a random MIDI synth.
<ValleyBell>
andlabs: Yeah, I've seen RCP stuff in Timidity's source. I did search for some sort of reference when writing rcp2mid so I don't have to reverse-engineer everything.
<cr1901_modern>
He will ship it to you or whoever you can get to dump it. Needs an address tho.
<ValleyBell>
Great! Thanks a lot!
* ValleyBell
pokes SceneCAT
<cr1901_modern>
It'll take 3-4 days to arrive. Do you have a hellsite acct?
<cr1901_modern>
Might be easier to get you in contact w/ him (although I'll be an intermediate if necessary)
<superctr>
you should send it to someone with equipment for dumping the roms
<cr1901_modern>
Concerned re: reimbursement
<cr1901_modern>
Anyways, we can discuss this later where the module should actually go. The important part is that someone who is willing to help us bought it :).
<superctr>
so on the top left side, positions F3,F4,F5 are mask roms for samples i think. maybe the part numbers can be compared to see if they have already been dumped
<superctr>
then there's the EPROM(?) at IC9 with the sticker, that is probably the undumped rom
<superctr>
it's for the microcontroller
<KitsuWhooa>
doesn't look like an EPROM
<KitsuWhooa>
possibly flash
<superctr>
hence the question mark
<KitsuWhooa>
since it can be updated too
<KitsuWhooa>
Although it's a 28 pin DIP
<KitsuWhooa>
maybe it's a 27C256
<KitsuWhooa>
well, not that one specifically
* KitsuWhooa
shrugs
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<SceneCAT>
ValleyBell: hmeow! dat CM-32p auction? solved by anotherf ine bypass?
<cr1901_modern>
another fine bypass?
<SceneCAT>
'gotta build Bypasses [TM] ' ?
<cr1901_modern>
I don't understand what you mean by bypass
<SceneCAT>
VB cuoldn't buy the CM32-p so ...a by0pass happed?
<cr1901_modern>
ahhh okay
<SceneCAT>
*grinnn*
<cr1901_modern>
yea, the person who bought it is willing to ship it to whoever can dump it
<SceneCAT>
!Coffee CR1901_Modern
<cr1901_modern>
I don't drink coffee. Also, there is no bot in here.
<SceneCAT>
yeah, i read that just earlier and it made me smile. good going folks! \0/
<SceneCAT>
!Tea then
<SceneCAT>
oh, bot or not, i type that stuff everywhere on IRC
<cr1901_modern>
Tea is better :)
<SceneCAT>
hehehe
<ZirconiumX>
Coffee sounds nice right now
<SceneCAT>
Coffee.mid it iz then
<SceneCAT>
oh, i just spotted a TG300 on auction, seller lives in the same city as me....hmmm...oh well, mu128 way better i guess huh?
<SceneCAT>
fixed price tho. so no bidding option
<cr1901_modern>
ValleyBell: So, what's special (for want of a better term) about this ROM again?
<cr1901_modern>
besides being undumped*
* cr1901_modern
gave up on sleeping and will just take a nap later
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<ValleyBell>
(back from work)
<ValleyBell>
cr1901_modern: Well, if you combine the CM-32L / MT-32 and the CM-32P, you get the CM-64.
<ValleyBell>
And there is a bunch of PC-98 and X68000 games that use the additional PCM channels you get from the 32P.
<ValleyBell>
especially Wolf Team games like to use them