Re: HardBall 4 MIDI Music and HardBall 5 WAV Music :)

Posted on 2017-06-12, 20:49

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

I was thinking the same thing myself, especially considering the available MIDI hardware for the era. But, the MIDI files that have a matching WAV file sound extremely close as far as their composition.

---

HardBall 4 MIDI Music and HardBall 5 WAV Music :)

Posted on 2017-06-11, 06:22

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

After more than two decades, I just FINALLY got around to ripping all of Accolade's "HardBall 5" MOST EXCELLENT in-game music to WAV files, and will be encoding them to MP3 files ASAP... WOOHOO! :) For a *LIMITED TIME ONLY*, snag it while it's hot... the MIDI music from Accolade's "HardBall 4", and …

---

Re: Risk game (by Virgin Mastertronic) Hercules update patch?

Posted on 2017-04-23, 03:52

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

Apologies for bumping my own thread, but... anyone?

---

Risk game (by Virgin Mastertronic) Hercules update patch?

Posted on 2017-04-15, 04:10

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

Virgin Mastertronic had released two official upgrade patches for their old DOS game "Risk" back in the day (circa 1989). The first upgrade patch added joystick and controller support for the game, while the second added Hercules graphics support. I have the first patch, but have never ever found …

---

Re: Norton Commander Anniversary

Posted on 2016-05-17, 11:23

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

Norton Commander v5.0 in all of it's glory, running fullscreen on my old 486 DX4-100 several years back 😀 http://jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com/sno … _486DX4-100.htm

---

Re: Oldest PC you've visited VOGONs with?

Posted on 2016-05-17, 11:20

by

by rfnagel

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I hadn't surfed to VOGONS, but I did surf to a forum called "Cafe Tropico" several years back. This on my ancient 486 DX4-100, running MSDOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11WFWG. Wish I had a screenie of VOGONS though 😀 http://jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com/sno … _486DX4-100.htm

---

Re: Norton Commander Anniversary

Posted on 2016-05-16, 08:18

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

Norton Commander, WOOHOO! Been using NC since it's first incarnation, and here are some screenies of version 5.5 running under Windows XP, that I STILL use even today :) I don't remember how much NC cost, but I purchased NC versions 2-5.5... still have my original floppies and manuals too :) Mum's …

---

Re: Native American Flute and Ocarina Music :)

Posted on 2016-05-06, 07:58

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

and yet another NAF song: "InDIAn Song - Windy Day" ©Copyright 2016, Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel - All Rights Reserved Performed on a "Laughing Crow" western red cedar Native American flute, key of F# Minor. Based on my original "InDIAn Song" composition for "Eternal DOOM", this "redux real" version was …

---

Re: Microsoft replacing past downloads with Windows 10 links.

Posted on 2016-03-20, 04:51

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've been having this exact same problem for several weeks now. Like duralisis posted, this results in a "Windows 10 ISO" page -> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35 , yet this goes directly to the download page -> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx% …

---

Native American Flute and Ocarina Music :)

Posted on 2016-03-17, 02:38

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

Hehe, really off-topic even for "Milliways" , but here goes... some of my more recent dabblings with my Native American Flute, and Ocarina: The classic Celtic hymn "Be Thou My Vision", performed on a "Saint Louis Ocarina" WZ1B black 12-hole Zelda tenor ocarina (key of C Major) -> https://www. …

---

Re: Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)

Posted on 2016-03-17, 02:06

by

by rfnagel

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

pc speaker Hehe, from many moons ago LOL: Readme -> http://jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com/snor/weeds/SoundFonts/PCBeep.txt ZIP -> http://jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com/snor/weeds/SoundFonts/PCBeep.zip Contents of readme: P.C. Speaker ============ SF2 and MID Copyright (C)1998, Rich ¥Weeds¥ …

---

Re: A nice TRUE three-button mouse :)

Posted on 2016-03-16, 21:12

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

gdjacobs wrote: USB to PS/2 compatible, or USB only? I'm assuming USB-only. It didn't come with a USB to PS2 adapter, but I don't know... one of them MIGHT work (but I have a hunch, probably not).

---

A nice TRUE three-button mouse :)

Posted on 2016-03-16, 03:38

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've been looking for something a bit more modern to replace my old serial/PS2 Logitech MouseMan Pro. I've been using the exact same one since the mid to late 90's ... IM(NotSo)HO it's the BEST damned ball mouse EVER created :) I stumbled on this one the other day -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product …

---

Re: BASSMIDI Soundfont MIDI Synthesiser Driver for Windows XP/Vista/7

Posted on 2016-02-16, 00:46

by

by rfnagel

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

I *THINK* that if you try to load the resulting SF2 into Viena ( http://www.synthfont.com/Viena_news.html ) it will display an error message that the soundfont contains ROM samples. BTW, I think you had previously asked about the Terra Nova SBK? IIRC, it doesn't contain any ROM samples.

---

Re: BASSMIDI Soundfont MIDI Synthesiser Driver for Windows XP/Vista/7

Posted on 2016-02-12, 21:47

by

by rfnagel

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Ye old SoundFont 1.0 (SBK) to 2.0 (SF2) conversion utility... NOTE that if the SBK includes AWE32/64 ROM samples, those will NOT convert properly. Also note that if you have an SBLive and Vienna Soundfont Studio installed, Vienna will convert an SBK to SF2, and ADD all of the missing ROM samples …

---

Re: BASSMIDI Soundfont MIDI Synthesiser Driver for Windows XP/Vista/7

Posted on 2016-02-03, 01:14

by

by rfnagel

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

😀

---

Re: GM MIDI Tone Generators/Sound Modules - from best to worst

Posted on 2016-01-30, 13:37

by

by rfnagel

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

In that Wiki article: "Some people[who?] believe that, despite using a smaller 2MB instrument ROM (vs 4MB of the original Waveblaster), the Waveblaster II delivered better renditions in most MIDI-scored games, likely due to what they feel is better sample refinement and balancing between instruments …

---

Re: Warcraft II DOSBox IPX Network 3-Player Multi-Player Game :)

Posted on 2016-01-29, 04:27

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

And another game, this time 2-player, and a bitter DEFEAT ! P.S. re: The "Cheater" rank... I used the "on screen" cheat towards the end of the game so that my buddy could see the whole map.

---

Warcraft II DOSBox IPX Network 3-Player Multi-Player Game :)

Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:16

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

Just a nice Warcraft II 3-player multi-player game running under DOSBox's IPX Network emulation over the Internet 😀 And a VICTORY as well, WOOHOO! 😀 (EDIT) P.S. Gameplay was fluid smooth... I was hosting on a 1.6GHz laptop running WinDoZe XP 😀

---

Re: Looking for some lost and forgotten SimCity 2000 Cities

Posted on 2015-10-14, 01:56

by

by rfnagel

in Milliways

in Milliways

Thanks for the info and correction, Pat! 😀 I don't suppose you would have that city archived somewhere, or some of the other lost ones? BTW, I've been a follower of your ClubOpolis site for 20 years 😀

---