Re: Triple density floppy, anyone?

Posted on 2025-03-23, 01:37

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by dysamoria

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Never seen any of those. But, I am a fan of LS-120. I wish LS-120 had caught on. I still use an LS-120 drive to this day, but mostly just to sock-net data on 720K or 144MB diskettes from the Internet/my iMac to my classic computers on the other side of the room.

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Re: TNDY Tracker - Tracker Music with SN76489 - Tandy 1000 / Tandy 3 Voice ISA Cards / Tandy / TNDLPT Parallelport Devic

Posted on 2025-03-19, 03:33

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by dysamoria

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I’ve just installed this onto my three Tandy computers: 1000 TL/2, 2500 XL/2, and 2500 RSX. I’m listening to “Popcorn”. All 3 channels of the PSSJ, plus noise, plus PC beeper… I SO WISH THIS PROGRAM HAD BEEN AVAILABLE WHEN THESE COMPUTERS ORIGINALLY CAME OUT!! ❤️ I might’ve gotten into trackers …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-18, 00:36

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by dysamoria

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Patches to develop for it: https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues/756 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=17476 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=31881&p=680216#p680216 Interesting. I appreciate the link to that discussion, though I am not a programmer. It's good to see …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-18, 00:28

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jmarsh wrote on 2025-03-13, 06:44: You have to remember DOSBox is only intended for games, and there certainly aren't many (if any) that make use of midi in. I know. That's why I was trying out DOSbox-x, since they've stated their goal is to support more than games. It also does not have MIDI In, …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-13, 05:07

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by dysamoria

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Serial (com port) communication works bidirectionally in DOSBox . Using a COM port in this way for MIDI in or MIDI out (or both) has nothing to do with DOSBox's lack of MIDI in support on the MIDI ports it emulates. If the application you intend to use under DOSBox supports MIDI over a COM port and …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-13, 04:58

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by dysamoria

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Off the top of my head: You could run MIDI over a serial interface under DosBox. OR You could run a VM with a passed through PCI sound card equipped with a MIDI port. MIDI IN is not supported in DOSBox, as stated above. I assume it’s the case for serial as for regular MIDI din connections (the MT- …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-12, 06:54

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Side note, if anyone here is part of the development teams for DOSBox varieties… not only would MIDI IN be really nice to have, there are bugs in the coremidi support for existing MIDI output: DOSBox will reject certain MIDI ports depending on their naming in Audio MIDI Setup in Mac OS. A new MIDI …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-12, 06:46

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According from a message in 2023 on DOSBOX-X discord server, midi input is theoretically possible but current implementation is midi-out only. Thank you for the "as official an answer" as I am going to get. Sigh. So an actual piece of hardware running a Windows 16-bit capable OS with hardware MIDI …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-12, 02:12

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by dysamoria

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According from a message in 2023 on DOSBOX-X discord server, midi input is theoretically possible but current implementation is midi-out only. Thank you for the "as official an answer" as I am going to get. Sigh. So an actual piece of hardware running a Windows 16-bit capable OS with hardware MIDI …

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Re: Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-12, 02:09

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by dysamoria

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Spikey wrote on 2025-03-10, 06:08: You can record MIDI in DOSBox and variants. What are you actually trying to do, send SysEx to the device? Something else? In order to program a number of synths, you need to be able to RECEIVE sysex from them.

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Is it not possible to edit an MT-32 through DOSBox?

Posted on 2025-03-10, 04:00

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by dysamoria

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I've tried using three different versions of DOSBox: Boxer's, DOSBox Staging, and DOSBox-X. I can send MIDI notes to my MT-32 through software in DOS and Windows 3.11 in DOSBox, but no apps seem to receive sysex from the MT-32. So... Is there no MIDI IN in DOSBox? Is it only MIDI Out? If that's not …

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Re: Success!! Finally Got Sound Blaster Working with Tandy DAC on Tandy 1000 TL/2

Posted on 2023-12-07, 23:26

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by dysamoria

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Any idea if an ESS Audio Magician Plus has DMA sharing? The only unknown jumper is JP5, and it's either with or without a jumper (only two pins). This card allows the user to select a DMA (I've never seen DACK and DRQ labels before, but some internet searching says this is DMA settings and they both …

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2023-12-07, 18:15

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by dysamoria

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Thanks for this! This is fantastic! I just put it on my Tandy 1000 TL/2 and I'm blown away by hearing some of my favorite MODs on this machine, through the Tandy DAC. I was used to only ever hearing Tandy 3-voice music in games, or the super low quality Deskmate Music program on this computer. I …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-07-15, 20:49

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by dysamoria

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I'm not sure what the actual problem was, but I am suspecting it was the DOS version not liking both devices. When I booted from a DOS 5.0 upgrade diskette, I could see both drives (HD and CF), so I was able to copy stuff from the HD to the CF. I then unplugged the HD and all seems to work fine. …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-07-02, 07:29

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by dysamoria

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Here is the XT-IDE CF card I am using that I got on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/124118342613?hash=item1ce6079bd5:g:vLQAAOSwAkZebZdB I have also used this one by Lo-Tech from TexElec: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284233499409?hash=item422da30311:g:6-0AAOSwk-1aBSf- https://www.ebay.com/itm/ …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-25, 00:12

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by dysamoria

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Any chance the hard drive is a conner or very early IDE hard drive that uses cirrus logic IDE controller on the hard drive's? This cirrus logic chipset on the hard drives is not compatible when trying to make 2 drive to work on one cable. Otherwise, what is the hard drive you have in this tandy? …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-24, 23:28

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by dysamoria

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Do you know the model/part number? https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Compact-SDCFH-002G-A11-Retail-Package/dp/B0001CNMFM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Good luck! Yay, I was able to partition the CF card, install DOS 5, and boot from the CF card when my hard drive is disconnected. :-) I'm still …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-19, 14:40

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by dysamoria

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jasa1063 wrote on 2021-06-19, 02:28: dysamoria wrote on 2021-06-17, 19:34: jasa1063 wrote on 2021-06-16, 00:28: I am using a 2GB CF SanDisk Ultra in my Tandy 1000 TL/2. Do you know the model/part number? https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Compact-SDCFH- … uct_top?ie=UTF8 Thanks so much 😀 I ordered one. …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-17, 19:34

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by dysamoria

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This problem happens when you have the XT-IDE BIOS set to full operating mode. It steals 1K from the top of memory. This does not play nice with the Tandy 1000 using system memory for video memory. Adding the 128K video memory upgrade as you did will fix the this issue with video corruption. I have …

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Re: Tandy 1000 TL/2 with Monotech XT-IDE CF: Weird Boot Graphic Glitch

Posted on 2021-06-12, 15:20

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by dysamoria

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This problem happens when you have the XT-IDE BIOS set to full operating mode. It steals 1K from the top of memory. This does not play nice with the Tandy 1000 using system memory for video memory. Adding the 128K video memory upgrade as you did will fix the this issue with video corruption. I have …

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