Re: AWE32: Stop soundfont from auto-loading at Win98 boot?
Posted on 2020-06-03, 19:30
What about renaming the file of the large sound font with a line in autoexec.bat and rename it back with a script after the loading of Windows?
Re: What's wrong with all these sound cards???
Posted on 2020-05-29, 04:55
The Solo-1 requires DOS drivers to be installed for it to fully work in DOS. Then, you get Soundblaster Pro 2.0 and Adlib support. Just use the search, we should have many threads here about the Solo-1 in DOS. It's a great card. It's a great sound card for DOS if you use a VIA chipset. Doesn't run …
Re: Soundblaster on DOS to run DOOM
Posted on 2020-05-23, 16:49
I'm happy you remember that I have a Dell V400. I use that for windows 98, but this is a different computer that is only dos. technically it's an HP Vextra XM2 but I've swapped many parts in and out of it. If it's still got a 486 installed I wouldn't even bother getting it to work in that machine …
Re: Soundblaster on DOS to run DOOM
Posted on 2020-05-23, 07:16
If you're still using the Dell Dimension V400 then the onboard YMF724 will be a much better option for DOS gaming. For the Live! you will need two IRQs, one PCI IRQ and one for Sound Blaster emulation. Reserve the IRQ for the emulation in the BIOS so no other device steals it.
Re: MIDI Tx Level on Soundblaster PCI Gameport
Posted on 2020-05-13, 18:04
One other problem is that the sound card probably has it own resistor between the sound IC and DB15 connector, perhaps as much as 10kΩ, so even on a short circuit you will only manage 0,3mA output current. You can see from this datasheet that the minimum high voltage is 2V for a typical part so it …
Re: MIDI Tx Level on Soundblaster PCI Gameport
Posted on 2020-05-13, 14:42
The TTL MIDI signals of your sound cards game port should be buffered to ensure that you get enough current to power the LED in the optoisolator on your MIDI device. Here's an example of a proper adapter using a buffer chip.
Re: PCI-E soundcards with FM chip?
Posted on 2020-05-07, 06:32
Hi, I looked on your YT channel and couldn't find this... I am VERY curious to know if I can get a CMI8738 PCIE card to work with Win98. Parts are on their way for other projects but would be great if I could run Win98 on them also. If you want to use the FM synth of the CMI8738 over PCIe you have …
Re: Possible bug/limitation in rloew's TRIM.EXE (TRIM utility for DOS) or issue related to IDE to SATA adapter (JMD330)
Posted on 2020-05-05, 08:58
I ordered a Startech PCI1PEX1 too . Maybe I can run a PCI Express AHCI SATA controller in a Pentium 3 under Windows 98 SE . Did some testing with an ASM1061 based controller in AHCI mode on an PLX based bridge some days ago. The systems (Pentium II 333 on an Abit LX6 and Penium III-S @1050MHz on an …
Re: Via 686B and YMF744 Dos Mixer Settings
Posted on 2020-04-23, 05:17
OP already said they were running the modified SETUPDS. In my sig links I have all of the modified SETUPDS versions saved on my Google Drive plus a whole bunch of other stuff. No need to even try to search for these anymore... took me quite a while to wrangle them all up. Oh, missed that. Shouldn't …
Re: Via 686B and YMF744 Dos Mixer Settings
Posted on 2020-04-23, 02:00
Why on earth are you using DSDMA? that is only for chipsets that don't support DDMA.. and your chipset does, so no need to use it at all. All you will accomplish is less compatibility if you run it in DSDMA mode. The stock version of SETUPDS doesn't detect the 686B southbridge, you have to use a …
Re: Is there any way to add reverb & chorus to the OPL synth of a SB Pro / SB16 soundcard?
Posted on 2020-04-02, 22:17
Der Kuenringer wrote on 2020-04-02, 18:47: Ha, i recently aquired one! Turtle Beach cards never disappoint 🙂 Would this work in pure DOS as well? No, pretty sure it doesn't so you need to run it on a second computer or run your games or programs from within Windows.
Re: Is there any way to add reverb & chorus to the OPL synth of a SB Pro / SB16 soundcard?
Posted on 2020-04-01, 21:25
Some sound cards like the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz can add chorus and reverb in real time on any input. Did it myself on this recording.
Re: Control exclusive access to audio hardware under Windows 98?
Posted on 2020-02-04, 04:28
leileilol wrote on 2020-02-02, 02:17: I think my workaround for this in the AWE days was when I used WinAMP to play music, i'd do it with the DirectSound output, in which another game that may use DirectSound will also get the audio. You can also use the AWEamp plugin for Winamp to route the audio …
Re: Is it possible to run MUNT (or other MT-32 emulation) in DOS/Windows 98? If so, how?
Posted on 2020-02-03, 20:00
Well, he has two sound cards and his CPU is also fast enough. :) True, he can also connect the MIDI out of Yamaha (MPU-401 compatible) to the MIDI in of the Audigy, so no need for VDMSound and MIDI Yoke. ;) Edit: Unfortunately this leaves out games that needs an intelligent mode capable MPU-401 …
Re: Is it possible to run MUNT (or other MT-32 emulation) in DOS/Windows 98? If so, how?
Posted on 2020-02-03, 19:48
In this video Phil uses that Falco tool, but he uses an external tablet to go with that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSk9S1bkRS8 Why does he uses the tablet? Do you need the tablet? (Or am I wrong and am I mistaken it for another Falco tool?) Munt requires a "powerful" CPU, I'll guess Pentium …
Re: Is it possible to run MUNT (or other MT-32 emulation) in DOS/Windows 98? If so, how?
Posted on 2020-02-03, 17:26
Tiemen wrote on 2020-02-03, 14:53: Is it possible to run MUNT (or other MT-32 emulation) in DOS/Windows 98? If so, how? Falcosoft's Midi Player with the Munt VSTi works under Windows 98SE. Use MIDI Yoke as a bridge so you can access it from the Windows MIDI mapper.
Re: Can't get YMF71x to work in DOS mode
Posted on 2020-02-02, 07:30
You can try using Tiido's SETYMF utility for setting up the card in DOS.
Re: USB Midi Win 98
Posted on 2020-02-01, 05:27
So does vdmsound 9x include universal serial bus devices? The only output I have from this is pcmcia usb so i have to use this interface. I know vdm from using it with XP, but never tried a 9x version for midi. Will look it up more. Thanks. Should work with any output device listed in the Windows …
Re: Roland Sound Canvas only half working
Posted on 2020-01-30, 06:20
Do i have to set the Sound Canvas in a different mode or something ? Or maby change a setting on the pc ? You might be able to use the gameport for MIDI if you use the WDM drivers instead of the VxD ones. Windows will then emulate MPU-401 and Sound Blaster Pro by itself. One other option are using …
Re: USB Midi Win 98
Posted on 2020-01-23, 04:50
VDMSound for Windows 9X supports emulation of MPU-401. The SC-88 should support serial MIDI so no need for an MIDI interface just an appropriate passive cable. SoftMPU supports MIDI on serial under MS-DOS and in Windows you can use the Roland driver (still need VDMSound).
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