Re: MT32 and General MIDI?

Posted on 2016-11-09, 17:40

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gdjacobs: This is Linux, but it's purely controller based so GUI tools for things like that wouldn't be much help, it all needs to be handled by scripts "under the hood". That said, many DOS games need a keyboard/mouse anyway... but I digress. Easy enough to handle. Launch each game instance with a …

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Re: MT32 and General MIDI?

Posted on 2016-11-09, 15:00

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by gdjacobs

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This is where having external software for MT-32 and GM is very useful. I run DosBox on my Linux box, and I can swap between them by redirecting MIDI output from DosBox to one or the other (or the physical output) using standard graphical patch bay tools. I would imagine Windows has similar …

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Re: Ut99, quake3 or cs1.6 what do you play the most?

Posted on 2016-11-09, 14:56

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by gdjacobs

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I would play Mech 4 Mercs.

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2016-11-08, 13:21

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by gdjacobs

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Enermax can be quality.

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Re: AWE64 Gold Performance Windows 95 vs. Windows 98

Posted on 2016-11-08, 08:06

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by gdjacobs

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Double click on the entry in device manager, then go to the resources tab. If you disable auto assignment, you can customize the resources used. Either one of the two configs I mentioned are very standard for SB16 based cards.

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Re: AMD 486 100mhz Voltage/Temperature issues

Posted on 2016-11-07, 23:01

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by gdjacobs

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Potentially an interposer with the requisite VRM would work, if you can find one.

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Re: AWE64 Gold Performance Windows 95 vs. Windows 98

Posted on 2016-11-07, 22:19

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by gdjacobs

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I/O, IRQ, DMA, High DMA should be either 220, 7, 1, 5 or 220, 5, 1, 5.

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Re: AWE64 Gold Performance Windows 95 vs. Windows 98

Posted on 2016-11-07, 20:49

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by gdjacobs

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And the resources assigned?

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Re: How to fix your dead on-board floppy controller

Posted on 2016-11-07, 12:53

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by gdjacobs

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Looks like some nice drag soldering!

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2016-11-07, 12:51

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by gdjacobs

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leileilol wrote: OK It makes me think that we'll Hack the Gibson after playing it.

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Re: AWE64 Gold Performance Windows 95 vs. Windows 98

Posted on 2016-11-07, 05:25

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by gdjacobs

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AWEUTIL is specifically required for redirecting MIDI to the EMU8k and adjusting reverb and chorus. Initialization for OPL, PCM, and MPU401 is handled in DOS via CTCM and DIAGNOSE, just like any other Sound Blaster 16 PnP card. Does audio out work with Windows applications? Does PCM audio out work …

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Re: Adventures with networking. (wall o' text)

Posted on 2016-11-07, 04:24

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Just found this in the Tyan spec data. Not sure what precisely it means, as I understand the CSB5 ATA driver supports UDMA66 at least. What they're mentioning is UDMA mode 0 -- pretty poor! Due to limitations of the ServerWorks chipset, IDE transfer rates are limited to DMA at 16.6MB/sec. Anyway, …

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Re: AWE64 Gold Performance Windows 95 vs. Windows 98

Posted on 2016-11-07, 03:47

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by gdjacobs

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No. The AWE64 works well with Win98, although I don't believe it has WDM drivers available (so you have to use VXD, nbd).

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Re: DS12887 drop-in replacement

Posted on 2016-11-07, 01:04

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by gdjacobs

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That's a really neat solution (but fix that one blobby corner pin)!

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Re: Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC

Posted on 2016-11-07, 01:01

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by gdjacobs

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I'd move Links up on the list. It's extremely handy for working with vintage systems.

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Re: Are these SATA-IDE/IDE-SATA adapters secure ?

Posted on 2016-11-07, 00:31

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by gdjacobs

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Well, eventually mine will be permanently attached to a hot swap bay. Maybe I'll fashion a spacer and tape the adapter in place.

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Re: Rasperberry Pi, LattePanda and UpBoard (creditcard size computers) for retro gaming

Posted on 2016-11-07, 00:28

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by gdjacobs

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Ok, cool! Same situation here. I've been wanting to do some further testing and documentation of my MIDI/message interface, but it's last on a long list of priorities right now.

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Re: Are these SATA-IDE/IDE-SATA adapters secure ?

Posted on 2016-11-06, 20:01

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by gdjacobs

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Mine has perfect soldering, that must be one unlucky guy lol The soldering on mine was perfect (after I fixed it). Well, my doubts on these are the logical concept itself of using an adapter directly connected and supported only by iron soldering. Maybe I was unlucky but usually if I buy something …

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Re: FIC PA-2013 v2.0 and AMD K6-2+ 500Mhz

Posted on 2016-11-06, 19:48

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by gdjacobs

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Your first starting point for K6-2+ / K6-III+ should be Jan Steunebrink's page. http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm Yes, he has the beta BIOS linked.

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Re: Rasperberry Pi, LattePanda and UpBoard (creditcard size computers) for retro gaming

Posted on 2016-11-06, 19:44

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by gdjacobs

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I don't think the raspberry pi is fast enough to emulate what you want to have. It's already struggling with DOSbox Well there are beefier ARM SBCs that are RPi compatible. I've had some experience with the Odroid C2, DOSBOX works fine in a pinch but I haven't done extensive testing with that. I …

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