ZEKTOR is selling the last run of Zektor Vector Generators (ZVG)

[dezbaz]

Soundblaster CT4810 here, old style one with the red/green/black jacks rather than the newer blue/pink/green or whatever the standard is now.

I've found that soundblaster sometimes changed chipsets without changing the model no so be careful of that.

The CT4810 is also available with an onboard amp and jumpers to enable amplified output which can be handy. If you trawl Ebay for a few and look at the pictures you should be able to spot the differences easily enough between those with the amp section populated and those with it unpopulated.

WOW

I am happy to hear that, I just bought this one

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/330598776415?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Same number you quoted Chad, so I guess this is what people should look for

 

[ChadsArcade]

Same number you quoted Chad, so I guess this is what people should look for

That's not the same one I meant - I see a CT4830 with pink/green/blue etc jacks on that link...?

 

[dezbaz]

That's not the same one I meant - I see a CT4830 with pink/green/blue etc jacks on that link...?

I see, I had better keep looking

Cheers

 

[ChadsArcade]

For reference, here's a pic of the one I have in my cab:

http://www.yjfy.com/images/oldhard/sound/ct4810.jpg

The amp is the chip up in the top left - this isn't always populated on these boards.

 

[Malice95]

Well I got my sound blaster live value (CT4830) today in the mail..
installed the drivers and the card. I have reviewed the config 8 ways
to sunday and still nothing. The dam thing wont work. Everytime I start
dvmame and choose sound blaster sound it crashes just like the sbpci 128 card I had before.

I tried running dvmame with logging and that didnt show crap.. Sigh.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I got the drivers for the sblive card from.
http://easymamecab.mameworld.info/html/snddosdr.htm

Here is the relavent parts of my config.

Card says it is running on IRQ 11 port CCE0 when the sbinit driver is
loaded.

autoexec.bat
------------
set blaster=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
set ctsyn=c:\dosdrv
c:\dosdrv\sbeinit
c:\dosdrv\sbeload

config.sys
----------
device=c:\dos71\himem.sys
device=c:\dos71\emm386.exe noems novcpi
dos=high,umb,auto

sbeset -c shows
----------------
sbport: 0220
irq: 05
lodma: 01
hidma: 05
mpuport: 0330
joyport: 0200
oplport: 0388
sb emulation: true
joyenable: false

CTSYN.ini
----------

[ctsyn.drv]
oplport=388
mpuport=330
sbport=220
sbirq=5
sbdmalo=1
sbdmahi=5
sbenable=true
joyenable=false
waveset=c:\dosdrv\default.ecw
pciport=cce0
pciirq=11
joyport=200

[sbeinit]
config=sbeset.cfg

[sbeset.cfg]
sbport=220
mpuport=330
sbirq=5
sbdmalo=1
sbdmahi=5
oplport=388
sbenable=true
joyport=200
joyenable=false
waveset=c:\dosdrv\default.ecw
pciport=cce0
pciirq=11


The error I am getting when dvmame runs
with "dvmame asteroid -soundcard 1"
------------------------------------------

Exiting due to Signal SIGSEGV
Page fault at eip=001ad37a, error 0004
and then the stack trace prints out.

Any ideas?

 

[bheineck]

Any ideas?

Does Zektor offer any kind of technical help? I sure hope mine don't give me such trouble when it comes time. That would really suck!

 

[Robran68]

Make sure to disable any integrated sound cards in the CMOS.

 

[Malice95]

Make sure to disable any integrated sound cards in the CMOS.

Yep that was done a long time ago.. jusat doublew checked.

Anyone know who i can talk to about the stack trace? maybe it can tell me what wrong.

 

[sconfu]

Does Zektor offer any kind of technical help? I sure hope mine don't give me such trouble when it comes time. That would really suck!

Zektor customer support is little to no help, most of the time they dont respond and when they do its "i have to ask zonn will get back to you" and then never a follow up.

My problem that took a month to figure out on my own and was a DMA issue. I couldnt get any menus to run for longer than 2 seconds, but games would run fine

ended up disabling DMA (D3,0) and that enabled me to use the front ends

so on the bright side i have been able to get Chad Gray's VMMenu to load and run games, now just looking for an audio card that will work

 

[shilmover]

I will pull my cabinet out and figure out which SB board is in it and get the config.

 

[taylormadelv]

Having run the ZVG on a few different computers with different specs, I do notice a substantial difference in game frame rates with better graphics cards. My graphics card is not really anything special, I wonder if vmame32 was running to a really juiced up graphics card, it would smooth out framerates? Anyone running a really nice graphics card or is everyone trying to make this work with older graphics?

 

[Malice95]

So no success with a SB PCI 128 and a SB Live card so far.

Chadsarcade you mentioned you are running a CT4810 sucessfully so I went out and picked one up. Only problem...

The website that has the drivers...

http://easymamecab.mameworld.info/html/snddosdr.htm

Is dead.

Anyone have the EAPCI.zip dos drivers for the CT4810?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[ChadsArcade]

Hi Mike,

Anyone have the EAPCI.zip dos drivers for the CT4810?

I think I got mine from Lewis D'Aubin's ZVG archive which is posted here:
http://www.consortiumofgenius.com/arcade/vectormame.zip

Failing that I'll dig out the setting from my own machine and post them somewhere, but I won't be able to do this til early next week.

Chad

 

[Malice95]

Hi Mike,

I think I got mine from Lewis D'Aubin's ZVG archive which is posted here:
http://www.consortiumofgenius.com/arcade/vectormame.zip

Failing that I'll dig out the setting from my own machine and post them somewhere, but I won't be able to do this til early next week.

Chad

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately that didnt have them. Good news is
that the easymame site is back up!

http://easymamecab.mameworld.info/html/snddosdr.htm

Hopefully I'll be able to get something working tonight. Cross your fingers.

 

[Robotron Jon]

I realize I am late to the party but I have a ZVG kit and I am starting on the process of building a multi-vector machine.

Right now, all I have is the kit, the cables for monitor and the control panel for multivector that was recently produced by Takeman.

Is there a listing of parts required for this project? Any helpful websites for putting it togther?

Sorry for my ignorance, I am just starting this and by looking at the postings here I have a lot to figure out!

Thanks.

 

[awarner]

Video Series...

I'm doing a video series on this. The first part is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HADIfQgzT9Q

Al Warner

 

[alejandromad]

I'm doing a video series on this. The first part is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HADIfQgzT9Q

Al Warner

Watched it last night. Ahhh... emm386, oakcdrom.sys, himem.sys ... what a blast from the past!!

I remember trying to get Doom to run on a 486SX with 4Mb ram. Lots of autoexec and config.sys massaging.

Great video. Please keep going!!!

 

[shilmover]

I'm doing a video series on this. The first part is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HADIfQgzT9Q

Al Warner

What version of DosMAME are you using?

I have a few... the vector specific one i have does not support all the games so I have a newer DOSMAME version, but it supports all the games, so it take a bunch longer to load.

 

[awarner]

I have .96, it's the one that is up for download at http://www.zektor.com/zvg/vectormame.htm

I'm using Chad Gray's Menu software from the same page. And if you do more CPOs, I want one!

Part 2 of the video is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFcPEZDdNOs

 

[Malice95]

For those of you who have gotten Vector mame working..

What Brand/Model Computer with what processor and memory?
How about video card?

I'm still not having any luck getting the software running right.
I'm thinking its hardware incompitability issues with dos/VM.