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Thank you for the technical explanation on the disadvantage of using small resistors on the output!

The schematic is now a part of the Dungeon Master Encyclopaedia at http://dmweb.free.fr/?q=node/1514 !

Ok so thanks to Paul Stevens I was able to exactly recreate the schematics for the FTL Adapter! Here is the updated redrawn schematic with exact components : :!: http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6043/sche2.png :!: So the resistor ladder is different than I have built, I have used 1K/2K resistors, bu...

Ok so I built it according to the scheme above and....SUCCESS!!!
Go on, try it yourself!!!

Ok I sat on the pictures once again and I think I have it: http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6353/scheb.png I will try to build it (only the audio part) and see if it works. (BTW pin 25 should be GND so connect audio jack accordingly, I don't know which of the pins on the schematical representation...

Hi again! Took me a while (been too busy) but I have made me an adapter according to your photos. But I have trouble detecting it by the game. During the startup where you have to choose the audio hardware, the option [*]FTL ADAPTER is not available for selection. There must be some pin(s) in the pa...

Wow! Those are amazing photos! Thank you very much for taking your adapter apart!
I will try to build it and post my results here. Thanks again, I knew somebody on this awesome forum will be able to help me!

If I understood this right, I need to build a "digital-to-analog converter" (DAC) on parallel port. I have found one schematic which looks interesting, but I am totally unsure if this is the thing I was searching for: http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/8755/2parallelportdactospeak.gif I gu...

Yeah oldschool power! ;D http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6959/261020122238.jpg Thanks for the answer, I really have no idea if there are any components inisde of that adapter or the audio output is simply connected directly to one of the pins of the parallel port. So it needs to be opened to find...

Hello DM fans! I was wondering if anyone here can help me figure out how to make a homebrew connector for the parallel port of my old computer to reproduce the original FTL interface/"sound adapter": http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2061/beznzvuqi.png I was searching on the web for some co...