Re: Sarien 0.7.0 - no sound?

Posted on 2021-06-02, 18:06

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Wasn't Sarien absorbed into the ScummVM project a long time ago? I distinctly remember FreeSCI being the sole holdout as the remaining major standalone adventure game engine reimplementation, until that too merged with ScummVM, long after Sarien had done so. So the Sarien code that you're playing …

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Re: MS-DOS Mode reboots when running Tyrian or Jazz Jackrabbit with SB Live SB16 Emulation (SB0100)

Posted on 2021-06-02, 17:57

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Aren't these both protected mode (DOS extender) games? That always complicates things when it comes to ISA Sound Blaster emulation. There is still no good solution for that, as far as I know, at least not in pure (non-virtualized) DOS mode.

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2021-06-01, 20:31

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This is mighty impressive! Sorry about asking a question that you've probably answered more than once already, but how exactly is the DMA emulation performed? Don't you somehow have to intercept access to the really low I/O ports of the Intel 8237 DMA controller? So I/O port 02h, 03h and 83h in the …

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Re: Repairing small BGA components / video RAM (mobile Radeon 9000 repair log)

Posted on 2021-05-29, 21:35

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Yeah, I've been reminding myself to buy a decent soldering station for a while now, as well as one of those heat-resistant silicon soldering mats, and a fan to get rid of the fumes. That way, I can finally get to some weekend retro tinkering. Up until now, I haven't done much soldering, and used a …

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Re: Repairing small BGA components / video RAM (mobile Radeon 9000 repair log)

Posted on 2021-05-29, 20:47

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Impressive repair work, man. I'm not a very experienced solderer to begin with, so (de)soldering SMD components still seems a bit scary to me. 😅 I guess having the right tools makes it a lot more doable.

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Re: Boxedwine (Wine on multiple platforms)

Posted on 2021-05-27, 15:04

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If OpenGL performance does become an issue, perhaps you could try using MoltenVK on top of Apple's Metal API, and Zink on top of that. 🙂

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Re: Volo's Gamepad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (official thread) (PCBs finalized! 12.05.2021)

Posted on 2021-05-26, 13:17

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Awesome work, man! 😀 Just remember: Perfect is the enemy of Good. 😉 If you can't get passthrough working in this version, you can always implement that in a future revision.

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Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread

Posted on 2021-05-25, 22:01

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They periodically weed out spam accounts, so I guess they remove views from such accounts from the stats too. I got an email notification about a response to a video I recently posted. In the email, the message looked suspiciously like spam. And when I went to the video and checked the comments, it …

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Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Posted on 2021-05-25, 21:37

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Great work, Serge and Cloudschatze! @Cloudschatze Can you give an update on which drivers (and perhaps also which individual games) you've managed to patch for RS-232 MIDI support? And which ones you're working on, or intend to tackle? I've been doing some sound-related DOS assembly language …

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Re: SoftMPU 0.5 - Software MPU-401 Emulator

Posted on 2021-05-22, 17:07

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MS EMM386 4.46 (MS-DOS 6.0) or later is required. AFAIK no third party EMMs support the MS port trapping API. JEMM and QEMM do have their own (incompatible) port trapping APIs. I asked Japeth about possibly implementing the QEMM API (called QPI) in Jemm, but he said it would be complicated and not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-21, 17:16

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Some goodies from Serdashop to play with. 😁 (Okay, technically I didn't buy it today. But I opened the box today. 😉) Compliments on the tidy and proper packaging, by the way! Filename goodies_from_serdashop.jpg File size 93.4 KiB Views 1839 views

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-05-20, 22:57

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vad4r wrote on 2021-05-19, 16:46: Thx, I like it too. I have the same license plate on my last 5 cars 😀 Nice. In the Netherlands, we can't pick vanity plates, because license plates are linked to the vehicles as opposed to the owners. 😕

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Re: DOSBox SVN - Qemu on M1 benchmark comparison discussion

Posted on 2021-05-16, 21:06

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Sure, of course emulation (even TCG) doesn't hold a candle to hardware-assisted virtualization, but my bigger point was that x86 won't reign supreme forever, so it's good to have reasonably performant emulation solutions on different architectures as well. As a matter of fact, that is exactly what …

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Re: DOSBox SVN - Qemu on M1 benchmark comparison discussion

Posted on 2021-05-16, 14:30

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That's pretty impressive performance! Those M1 chips really are amazing, even when passively cooled (!). Think of Apple what you will, but they seem to be single-handedly breaking the decades-long stranglehold that the x86 architecture has had on the desktop/laptop market. (Yes, I know, it's their …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-16, 14:09

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Hey, I was joking with you about calling Abit, but I feel you, man. It sucks to have a computer component fail on you, especially one that is becoming increasingly rare. I hope you can find someone skilled, friendly and enthusiastic enough who's willing to repair the board for you for a reasonable …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 18:40

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retrogamerguy1997 wrote on 2021-05-15, 18:26: I don't have a soldering iron and have no skills in that area. Call Abit. Ask them to send over one of those technicians. 😄

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Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Posted on 2021-05-15, 18:36

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Don't hold your breath, many other projects queued Hmmm, in that case, is it still in an early enough stage of development that the design is open for suggestions? I have some ideas about such a device that I'd be happy to run by you. If feasible, of course. I totally understand if you prefer to …

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Re: ABIT BH6, is it dead?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 18:16

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As several others here have already mentioned, this particular model suffered from bad caps. It was released during the "capacitor plague" around the turn of the Millennium. I remember it well, since I worked as a sales rep at a computer store when this board was released. Right up until the release …

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Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Posted on 2021-05-15, 17:25

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dreamblaster wrote on 2021-05-15, 11:33: yes, DSS is also in the pipeline Ooh, goodie! 🥳 I'm going to refrain from asking you for a timeline and await your next announcements patiently. 😁

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Re: Best tracker MODS ever [1988-2020]

Posted on 2021-05-13, 15:50

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Some of my favorites: Stardust Memories (surprised no one had mentioned this one here yet, quite frankly :heart_eyes:) "Trial" https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=175932 Cebit '90 (from the demo by Red Sector) Epic Pinball intro music Silverball intro music Pinball …

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