Re: Help identifying an old action-RPG game (early 2000s, Windows)
Posted on Today, 15:40
Nox possibly, or one of the Gothic games. Do you remember if it was "true 3d" or isometric?
Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)
Posted on 2025-04-03, 18:05
Is there a known issue with PicoGUS and Doom in GUS mode? Situation I have a DOS 6.22 system with a YMF7xx card doing Soundblaster things and a GUS Max 1.8 doing Gravis music. They play together nicely and behave. (Super Socket 7 VIA MVP3 Chipset - AMD K6-2+ @600MHz) SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D0 T4 P320 …
Re: Which SB from the list do you prefere ?
Posted on 2025-03-15, 19:32
I am owner of these ISA sound cards. Just trying to make decision, which to use in retro 486 setup described below. I would like to ask local experts for their experience. It seems AWE64 is too enough for used CPU. There happens P166 as a minimum supported CPU limitation during software …
Re: DPROMPT and DSHORT for MS-DOS/Windows 9x
Posted on 2025-03-11, 17:05
interesting, I'll definitely take a look at dprompt...
Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?
Posted on 2025-03-10, 13:45
According from a message in 2023 on DOSBOX-X discord server, midi input is theoretically possible but current implementation is midi-out only.
Some useful ways to print from old machines and applications
Posted on 2025-03-05, 16:41
I've recently been spending more time playing with printing in my vintage environment and have learned a few things that others might find useful, even though I'm still a BIG fan of the retroprinter device from retroprinter.com. I will be honest though, retroprinter's "plug it in and it just works" …
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2025-03-04, 00:55
https://archive.org/details/03032025-logical-connection I scanned and uploaded the manual for a fancy printer/serial sharing interface called "The Logical Connection." It's 200 pages for basically a parallel port switch.
Re: How long have you been flying Falcon 3.0?
Posted on 2025-02-08, 04:44
rfnagel wrote on 2025-02-08, 03:43: keenerb wrote on 2025-02-08, 03:23: I bought my first coprocessor specifically to accelerate Scorched Earth... I never realized that Scorched Earth required a math coprocessor, cool! 😊 It didn't, but it dramatically sped it up.
Re: How long have you been flying Falcon 3.0?
Posted on 2025-02-08, 03:23
rfnagel wrote on 2025-02-07, 22:03: Did some more MAJOR DIGGING... Yep, that was it! 😊 Filename 2.jpg File size 1.24 MiB Views 201 views File license GPL-2.0-or-later Filename 1.jpg File size 1.37 MiB Views 201 views File license GPL-2.0-or-later I bought my first coprocessor specifically to …
Re: 3.5" Floppy drive with 7-in-1 card reader...
Posted on 2025-01-26, 00:11
Has anybody ever heard of this thing? https://www.redferret.net/floppy-disk-drive-with-7-in-1-card-reader-retro-fit-that-combo-memory-tech-boy/ floppydiskdrivewithcardreader.jpg Sounds great for small builds that only have one 3.5" drive bay. Would be even better if the flash cards could be …
What operating systems are available for SUN Ultra 5 system?
Posted on 2025-01-24, 05:43
I've managed to grab a Sun Ultra 5 in decent working condition but no hard drive. Assuming I can find a hardd drive that works, what operating systems would be compatible with this? Ultrasparc III 400mhz cpu, 256mb ram. Did it originally come with Solaris? Are there modern Linux distros that would …
Re: What do I need to use a modern Windows system as a MIDI synth for vintage hardware?
Posted on 2025-01-15, 17:42
The cable I purchased works fine for midi output from my computer, and the mini IN light flashes when my DOS machine is sending midi data, but nothing is reaching the vst synth. I have configured the "default midi device" to be "USB MIDI Interface" in Coolsoft MIDIMapper. *edit* Scratch that, …
Re: What do I need to use a modern Windows system as a MIDI synth for vintage hardware?
Posted on 2025-01-15, 00:00
Got everything working more or less, but it's a damn shame that I missed Roland's virtual soundcanvas that they stopped selling last year 🙁
Re: What do I need to use a modern Windows system as a MIDI synth for vintage hardware?
Posted on 2025-01-14, 20:15
You'd be using VSTs/softsynths. There is an XG VST for XG and GS MIDI, some Roland VSTs for GS MIDI, and MUNT for the MT-32 and associated hardware. The first thing you must install, is the VST Host Driver, developed and maintained by the forum member behind Falcosoft. https://github.com/Falcosoft/ …
What do I need to use a modern Windows system as a MIDI synth for vintage hardware?
Posted on 2025-01-14, 19:39
I have a USB midi cable that theoretically supports midi input on the Windows pc, and various soundcards with MPU401-compatible midi outputs. I've read about "VSTI plugins" and whatnot, but I have to admit I'm WHOLLY ignorant about how this works. My goal would be to have my windows system emulate …
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2025-01-08, 21:45
Does SBEMU support line-in/microphone input?
Re: Connecting DOS to modern LAN via Samba network bridge
Posted on 2024-12-24, 06:37
I'd love to have an etherdfs/ethflop/MSNC dos server sitting on my network for my vintage machines!
Re: Connecting DOS to modern LAN via Samba network bridge
Posted on 2024-12-20, 16:14
That's neat, I looked at ETHERDFS too and I still have it on my list to try at some point since I imagine it's more memory efficient than Network Client. I also took a similar approach and had the same drive letter/share set up on all my machines which is really neat, though in the end I decided …
Re: Connecting DOS to modern LAN via Samba network bridge
Posted on 2024-12-19, 14:54
I have spent a lot of time and effort on a similar topic. This is how everything ended up. I have a file server I use solely for this process that has SMBV1 enabled and a standalone Onedrive folder shared. I have a man-in-the-middle linux box that has mounted the windows shares and exported them via …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-12-15, 16:20
devius wrote on 2024-12-15, 16:09: A Socket 370 board with 6 ISA slots?? That's exactly what I said. So much room for activities!!!
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