TNDLPT: Tandy sound on parallel port

Parallel port "Tandy" sound card, and related DOS drivers

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Description

TNDLPT : a soundcard for the parallel port, featuring :
features :
- SN76489AN soundchip
- USB powered high quality black color PCB
- mono headphone amplifier
- edge wheel control of amplifier volume
- button to mute the sound
- microprocessor controlled demuting logic. (developed together with Matze)

Details

TNDLPT is a parallel port sound card that uses the SN76489 soundchip. It took a long time to achieve sufficient software support. I think now the project is ready to be published. Thanks to DOS software drivers, it can be used to play many DOS games that support Tandy sound.

TNDLPT dos TSR drivers : https://github.com/pdewacht/tndlpt/releases
TNDY tracker : https://github.com/JKnipperts/TNDY-Tracker

it is available now as solder kit or presoldered board at https://www.serdashop.com/TNDLPT

Demo of using TNDLPT with the dos game Zeliard : shows TNDLPT TSR config, game config and then game playing

See a soldering video demo here :

Files

TNDLPTBUILDGUIDE.pdf soldering information for the TNDLPT kit Adobe Portable Document Format - 516.54 kB - 05/24/2021 at 14:59		Preview

Components

1 × LM386 Audio ICs / Audio Amplifiers
1 × DB25 connector
1 × Crystal
1 × 100uF cap
2 × 10uF cap

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Maniac Mansion and Zac McKraken, chip trick by Cowclops
serdef • 05/24/2021 at 16:33 • 0 comments

Cowclops swapped out the 76489A for a NCR8496 chip in his TNDLPT

to achieve perfect compatibility on Maniac Mansion and zac McKraken
TNDLPT : AGI import and playback of Space Quest II sound effects in TNDY tracker
serdef • 05/24/2021 at 15:20 • 0 comments

See this demo, using TNDY tracker by Jan Knipperts : https://github.com/JKnipperts/TNDY-Tracker
TNDY tracker now supports TNDLPT
serdef • 05/24/2021 at 15:10 • 0 comments

See demo of latest version of TNDY tracker, importing a space quest AGI resource to play back on TNDLPT :
Also for leisure suit larry theme :
TLPTTEST utility
serdef • 05/24/2021 at 15:07 • 0 comments

the TNDLPT tools (https://github.com/pdewacht/tndlpt/releases) include a test program TLPTTEST.
this is acually a vgz player. It plays a demo file tlpttest.vgz by default :
see demo below :