ChanServ changed the topic of ##yamahasynths to: Channel dedicated to questions and discussion of Yamaha FM Synthesizer internals and corresponding REing. Discussion of synthesis methods similar to the Yamaha line of chips, Sound Blasters + clones, PCM chips like RF5C68, and CD theory of operation are also on-topic. Channel logs: https://freenode.irclog.whitequark.org/~h~yamahasynths
_whitelogger has joined ##yamahasynths
<andlabs>
argh I want ot test the flux engine but I don't have a scratch disc, and if I entered the cable the wrong way it will erase the sector underneath the head :S
<andlabs>
scratch 5.25" disks, I mean; I have scratch 3.5"
<andlabs>
is there no way to tell if I plugged in the connector backwards without a disk in the drive?
<andlabs>
or maybe I am because it has no light
<andlabs>
was gonna talk about my cable not having a red stripe but my 3.5 cable having one
<andlabs>
yeah, no change flipping it around on the fluxengine side
<andlabs>
I guess I'll try the 3.5" cable?
<andlabs>
okay I'll just buy some 5.25" disks and in the meantime test the 3.5" drive I have instead
<andlabs>
ah cool cool I bent the pins on the connector on the fluxengine side :| now this is gonna have to wait
<andlabs>
Computers,
<Lord_Nightmare>
what are you trying to do here?
<Lord_Nightmare>
what sort of drive?
<andlabs>
just test the flux engine with the drives I have before doing any preservation work
Xyz39808 has joined ##yamahasynths
Xyz_39808 has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds]
Xyz_39808 has joined ##yamahasynths
Xyz39808 has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds]
<Lord_Nightmare>
what drives
<Lord_Nightmare>
and what sort of data are you trying to recover
Xyz_39808 has quit [Ping timeout: 244 seconds]
<whitequark>
"i bent the pins [...] computers"
l_oliveira has quit [Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.92-rdmsoft [XULRunner 35.0.1/20150122214805]]
Xyz_39808 has joined ##yamahasynths
<cr1901_modern>
andlabs: I don't see how bending the pins == broken fluxengine
<andlabs>
I can't put the cable in =P
<andlabs>
gotta bend them back
<andlabs>
I didn't say the device itself was broken
<andlabs>
just that I was exasperated by this point
<andlabs>
will bend the pins back into shape later
<andlabs>
Lord_Nightmare: TEAC FD-55GFR and NEC FD1231T
<andlabs>
any data; I was going to test with one Commodore 64 disk (and I'll be providing both ZoomFloppy and FluxEngine dumps of all my Commodore 8-bit software rips) and either an Amiga disk or a PC disk, as well as writing an Amiga disk (because my Workbench 3.1 is damaged)
<andlabs>
in addition to Commodore and IBM PC I also have some sealed MSX and PC-8801 games to preserve
<andlabs>
and maybe eventually TI 99/4A as well, depending on how the wind blows
<andlabs>
I actually don't know if the two pieces of 99 software I have now are disks or not lol
<andlabs>
but we can ignore that for now
<andlabs>
if I ever get the Performa 600 system disks I'll be dumping those too, because I need them for mine :V
<andlabs>
I should probably look into getting the system disks for that PowrBook I got and then immediately broke by opening it the wrong way
<andlabs>
the 5300c
<andlabs>
I was unaware when buying that the 5300 series has a reputation for being the worst PowerBook lol
<andlabs>
even though I did do the research to get the C over the other two models because active matrix
<andlabs>
yeah I know the more I talk the more of an amateur I look like, I'm sorry I should stop asking questisons / liveblogging on the internet and start doing
Patater has quit [Quit: Explodes into a thousand pieces]
Patater has joined ##yamahasynths
_whitelogger has joined ##yamahasynths
SceneCAT has quit [Quit: *Mreow*]
SceneCAT has joined ##yamahasynths
Xyz39808 has joined ##yamahasynths
Xyz_39808 has quit [Ping timeout: 244 seconds]
Xyz39808 has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds]
andlabs has quit [Quit: My MacBook has gone to sleep. ZZZzzz…]
andlabs has joined ##yamahasynths
Xyz_39808 has joined ##yamahasynths
andlabs has quit [Quit: My MacBook has gone to sleep. ZZZzzz…]
andlabs has joined ##yamahasynths
andlabs has quit [Client Quit]
andlabs has joined ##yamahasynths
andlabs has quit [Client Quit]
andlabs has joined ##yamahasynths
Sarayan has quit [Quit: reboot, brb]
mrspicy22889 has joined ##yamahasynths
<mrspicy22889>
Does anyone know what this chip does?
<mrspicy22889>
It's a UPD65891GA-0129EUA
<mrspicy22889>
I suspect it's the wave ROM on the casio LK-94
<mrspicy22889>
And what aboout SWP00?
mrspicy22889 has quit [Remote host closed the connection]
<andlabs>
gate array
<andlabs>
Could Be Anything
<andlabs>
the chip name itself stops at UPD65891; the rest identifies a specific chip part
<ZirconiumX>
They already left, andlabs
<andlabs>
they'll be back
<andlabs>
(that person is a regular)
<andlabs>
also technically the part number is really µPD65891 but lol ascii
<balrog>
it's identified as a SmartMedia driver chip on the Casio AP-80R