Re: Washed out colors in Windows 3.

Posted on 2019-10-31, 13:50

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Thanks for the confirmation keenmaster486. And thanks for the info leileilol. I switched to the S3 driver and the colors now match what I remember. This is odd to me because my first computer only had a VGA display and ran Windows 3.0, but I remember the colors being more-saturated. However, I …

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Re: Washed out colors in Windows 3.

Posted on 2019-10-30, 17:06

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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Thanks for the post keenmaster486. I don't remember ever seeing this either, I didn't even think it was possible to re-define the color palette in Windows 3! Do you know which version of Windows you're using? Is it Windows 3.11 For Workgroups?

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Washed out colors in Windows 3.

Posted on 2019-10-30, 14:11

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I'm emulating Windows 3 in DOSBox and I've noticed that the color palette is washed out. Here is a side-by-side comparison of a screenshot I found online (left), and the colors I'm getting now (right). Notice the green background of Solitaire on the left is less-saturated. This is true for several …

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Re: Tandy audio accuracy?

Posted on 2017-11-10, 15:16

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Chilly Willy: Thank you very much for helping me. I've been trying to get a more detailed explanation of the audio capabilities of BASIC on the PCjr and Tandy 1000 for the Video Game Music Preservation. Here is my current attempt: http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Tandy_BASIC_MML ripsaw8080: …

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Re: Tandy audio accuracy?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 21:30

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For some reason, the designers labeled the commands weirdly. SOUND ON/OFF toggles audio going to the RCA jack (external speaker), while BEEP ON/OFF toggles audio being played on the internal speaker. According to the manual, NOISE is set to only work on the external speaker, it purposely throws an …

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Re: Tandy audio accuracy?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 14:50

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Could you do one more test for me, just to be clear. Please open GW-BASIC, and run the following program: 10 BEEP OFF: SOUND ON 20 BEEP 30 SOUND 500, 30, 15, 0 40 NOISE 0, 15, 30 50 PLAY "C D E F" When you run this without an external speaker attached, do any of the statements play audio, or do you …

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Tandy audio accuracy?

Posted on 2017-11-02, 01:25

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Can anyone with a real Tandy 1000 verify something for me to check the accuracy of DOSBox? In the Tandy BASICA manual, it says that using the command BEEP OFF : SOUND OFF turns off both the internal and external speakers. However, if I run the following program in DOSBox with machine=tandy, I hear a …

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Re: Installing from floppies that check disk label.

Posted on 2016-07-12, 18:38

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ripsaw8080: Thank you, this worked! It installed correctly found the Autoexec.bat on the mounted C drive and updated it without error. It doesn't look like the installer tried to modify Config.sys, as the file remained empty. Jorpho: My goal is to get the original SB Pro 1 software running so that I …

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Re: Installing from floppies that check disk label.

Posted on 2016-07-12, 01:37

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lightmaster: Thanks for the idea. I tried doing that, but it looks like the installer just wants to write to the Z drive before the C no matter what, and it turns out there is no way (short of rebuilding) to change the system drive letter. :-( Dominus: I tried following the DOSBox Wiki for creating …

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Re: Installing from floppies that check disk label.

Posted on 2016-07-11, 20:45

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Thanks to your help, I was able to install the Sound Blaster Pro drivers, all the files copy correctly, but there is a hiccup in the configuration. The installer crashes trying to update the Autoexec.bat file giving the error "Can't close file Z:\Autoexec.bat!" I'm not sure why the installer is …

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Re: Installing from floppies that check disk label.

Posted on 2016-06-29, 19:18

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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Thank you so much, that worked perfectly! For anyone else with this problem, links to the latest SVN builds can be found here: https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds.

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Installing from floppies that check disk label.

Posted on 2016-06-29, 17:46

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Ordinarily when I want to install a program from multiple floppies, I mount a folder on my hard drive as my A drive, copy the first disk's files into the folder, run the installer, and then each time it asks to enter the next disk, I replace the files in the folder with those from the next disk, hit …

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Re: Tandy Sound Question

Posted on 2011-05-24, 20:11

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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Thanks for the input wd!

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Re: Tandy Sound Question

Posted on 2011-05-24, 19:50

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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Thanks for the info. Is there any way to tell which one is outputting data at any given time? I know I can tell the difference between MIDI or OPL by logging them, can I do that with the 3 voice and the DAC?

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Tandy Sound Question

Posted on 2011-05-24, 15:33

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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There are two Tandy sound devices, the 3-voice speaker and the DAC, but as far as I know there is only one Tandy sound setting. How can I know when specific Tandy sound devices are enabled? Is there a way to turn on just the 3-voice chip, or just the DAC?

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Re: Non-standard resolution in windowed mode.

Posted on 2010-10-25, 19:43

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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The MODE command came up in my searches, but I was unable to get it to work. Is it an external program that I have to download separately?

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Re: Non-standard resolution in windowed mode.

Posted on 2010-10-25, 13:28

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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windowresolution=original just keeps the default resolution of the program. I need to stretch it to an non-standard res. I know this wouldn't work in fullscreen mode, but I figured the aspect ratio wouldn't matter in windowed mode.

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Re: Non-standard resolution in windowed mode.

Posted on 2010-10-23, 15:46

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Well, that's the whole point of this topic; I don't know how to configure it properly! 😀 I've tried setting windowresolution=720x800 and output=overlay, but the resolution won't change.

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Re: Non-standard resolution in windowed mode.

Posted on 2010-10-22, 21:02

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Not exactly. What I have is a DOS program that runs in 80x50 textmode at 720x400, however, it's difficult to read some of the text since it's all squashed, and it looks even worse in fullscreen on a widescreen monitor! I would like to run it at 720x800 windowed. All of the text is double high and …

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Non-standard resolution in windowed mode.

Posted on 2010-10-22, 20:02

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by TheAlmightyGuru

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Is it possible to set the DOSBox windowed mode resolution to a non-standard resolution like 500x500?

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