Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-11-17, 20:10

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sounds great on my YMF754 Toshiba Tecra 8200. Only a couple observations i had while playing. 1. There seems to be half a 0 following the last valid digit on the completion stats. 2. Im getting some kind of render tear or glitch at random times. It happens fast might be a gray triangle. I didnt try …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f

Posted on 2021-10-01, 16:38

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you likely have a resource conflict, what are your jumpers on the SB16 set to?

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Re: General midi mapping of instruments

Posted on 2021-09-30, 02:18

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another strange thing I was going to use Cloudschatze's hacked doom exe's for the serial output and those are working on the EXP card correctly.

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Re: General midi mapping of instruments

Posted on 2021-09-24, 03:59

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to add to the oddity of this i took your doom midi file and played it with windows media player on the win98 machine and it played correct.

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2021-09-18, 18:21

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i dont think ive seen it in this thread but EXP computers made a pcmcia game / midi card. Called Midi traveler. I had the the joystick only version for a long time and also wanted to try the midi capabilities. So i was able to snag one recently, but the result wasnt quite what i was expecting. Some …

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Re: General midi mapping of instruments

Posted on 2021-09-16, 19:16

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yeah i saw that its odd i didnt see any program changes. I don think it has to do anything with the roland um-one since Ive used that from an MPU 401 to the midiplayer on Windows XP. And i used it on the mt32-rpi test setup. Everything was sounding fine there. So i really suspect it has to be the …

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Re: General midi mapping of instruments

Posted on 2021-09-16, 13:58

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Ok i turned on the record and then started doom, so this is part of the opening music.

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Re: General midi mapping of instruments

Posted on 2021-09-16, 12:27

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Im primarily intending to use this to run msdos games with midi support from within windows 98se. I was just playing the midi music files as a another test point and I found it interesting that they seem to sound as expected. My end goal will be to use a mt32-pi as the midi synth, but im working on …

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General midi mapping of instruments

Posted on 2021-09-16, 01:36

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HI im hoping someone can clear some of the details of what is happening with a new setup i have been trying out. Im using a PCMCIA EXP Traveller Game / Midi card. This allows for a Midi device in windows. I have it selected as my single instrument midi device in windows 98. Fortunately the device …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f

Posted on 2021-08-27, 00:39

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Jazefox thanks for the feedback! Ive been trying to pin down the card disappearing on a timed sequence but i cant really nail down a pattern that causes it. It has occurred in freedos and msdos 6.22. The system im running on is a 486 SX 50 Mhz / 256 kb cach2 / 32 mb . It has the Opti 895 chipset. …

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f

Posted on 2021-08-24, 22:25

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I wanted to report an "behavior" Im seeing with an opti 82C931. Im running this card along side an Avance Logic board. Setting up both cards works fine. I can run midi on the opti card and sound blaster on the Avance. The only issue at this point was conflicting OPL outputs and ive been trying to …

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Re: Help with trying to fix Opti 82C931 with QDsp QS1000

Posted on 2021-08-24, 20:52

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so short answer is that it was the eeprom. The card is working again and unisound detects it. Now it took me a bit of a process to get there. Today i unsoldered the eeprom chip and checked it in the reader i have and it had bogus data. BB's and FF's. But i could write anything to the chip so I knew …

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Re: What should I upgrade in my new Windows 98 gaming build?

Posted on 2021-08-24, 13:51

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if you wanted a little better sound you could upgrade to the sb audigy 2ZS

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Looking for Magnavox 386 utilities

Posted on 2021-08-24, 02:01

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I have a manual for the line of computers Magnavox (Philips) produced. There are a couple of programs it mentions. I have the Philips 5107-200-35451 386SX 16. There isnt a turbo button header on the motherboard. The only way to switch the turbo is going to in the bios each time. The manual calls out …

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Re: Help with trying to fix Opti 82C931 with QDsp QS1000

Posted on 2021-08-24, 00:15

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its a LM78L and pin 3 is tied directly to the 12 V, so i think its ok. The chip appears to just regulate to 100 ma. I was just measuring voltage and the 5 V looks ok. I checked on the pdip chip which is 93LC46 eeprom chip. I was checking the -12 V line and that isnt giving a good reading. So ive …

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Help with trying to fix Opti 82C931 with QDsp QS1000

Posted on 2021-08-23, 21:55

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by Pickle

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I picked up this card second hand. Cleaned it up with soap and water, dried it out. Tested it on a P200 MMX system and no issue. I also had another card an with an Avance + Yamaha OPL3. I dont care at all for the Opti chip OPL, but i was curious about the Qdsp. Also seeing that both cards worked …

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Re: I was there, I saw the last AWE 64 Gold disappear and become an investment product...

Posted on 2021-06-28, 00:00

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i was in the right place and time at a recycle store and bought it for $50 (plus some other nice things). Ive seen the prices on ebay and cant believe it. But i have seen some of the awe64 value at a reasonable price, anyone know the key differences?

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Re: Intel 8/16 with XT IDE bios

Posted on 2021-03-06, 05:30

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so i ended up getting the TL866II plus programmer. Ive programed my 28C64B with the ide_386.bin. This should match my chip well at a size of 8 kb. Ive padded the end with 0's. Ive tried the chip in 2 different 8/16 cards and in a 386 and 486 machine. I cant get it to boot at all. The only option i …

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Re: Simple Arduino based PS/2 to Serial Mouse Adapter

Posted on 2021-02-21, 02:59

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hi scorp, i tried to build this with a arduino nano every on a breadboard. Im using a prebuilt max232 with the connector attached. It wasnt the exact same configuration so i used wires to connect the connector pins to the max232. Other than that the setup seemed the same as the schematic. The max232 …

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Re: Intel 8/16 with XT IDE bios

Posted on 2021-02-16, 19:21

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thanks, just knowing the pin alignment is a great help. Makes sense now why those are marked NC. I was wondering which had to line up right gnd or vcc. my idea was to try and use a pic processor to program the flash eeprom with a host pc over serial. I already have the pic tools so thought it might …

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