Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32
Posted on 2018-11-23, 23:30
Bit of progress. Older 1.0 version works with MT-32 and it doesn't even have general midi option in setup. Any idea how to make newer 1.4 work with MT-32 too?
Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32
Posted on 2018-11-23, 22:56
keropi wrote: maybe it needs an intelligent mode mpu? try loading softmpu and see if it helps Already tried it and after that I did read in the softmpu thread in the forums that someone had test it and no softmpu needed with that game.
UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32
Posted on 2018-11-23, 22:41
UFO: Enemy unknown freezes when I run it and I have chosen MT-32 in the setup program. General midi works fine with SC-55, but I can't get it to work with MT-32. Any idea what could be wrong?
Re: PC for MT-32
Posted on 2018-11-23, 18:05
Basically I am looking for what type of pc would be the best to leave MT-32 connected to and having separate pc for SC-55. Currently I have it in 486 33Mhz with VLB Tseng ET4000/w32p, SB16 CT2290 and 8mb of ram that can be slowed down to 286 and 386 levels with turbo and disabling L1/L2. It is …
PC for MT-32
Posted on 2018-11-23, 15:18
I am trying to find out what kind of pc would be best for using Roland MT-32 with. What would be highest system requirements in a dos game that support MT-32 but do not support general midi or MT-32 sound sounds much better compared to general midi so it is better to use MT-32 with the game. So far …
Re: PCie-to PCI, PCI to ISA, # of slots multipliers - bridges, risers, backplanes, research, especially for DOS, WIP.
Posted on 2018-11-23, 14:17
It would be nice if we had an adapter that would allow isa cards in pci slots. Adapter that would emulate something like this https://patents.google.com/patent/US6138183.
Re: PCie-to PCI, PCI to ISA, # of slots multipliers - bridges, back plates, research, especially for DOS.
Posted on 2018-11-23, 11:53
Putting isa riser card to an isa slot to multiply isa slots is simple enough because they are parallel if you have a case where it works. Putting and isa card to a pci slot would probably be the hardest.
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2018-11-23, 01:54
I am sure someone has tested this card but it wasn't on compatibility list in the wiki. I used Sound Blaster 16 CT2290 and it seems to work. It also allows you to set IRQ 2 in diagnose program. SoftMpu initializes fine and I tested leisure suit larry 3 and wing commander 1. Both Freeze at start …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2018-11-23, 01:02
Looks like an MPEG2 encoder card for watching DVDs and MPEG2 videos since the older PCI video cards didn't support hardware encoding for MPEG2 until later on. Yeah and because I don't have the cable to connect video card to this card, it is probably useless like I said. I was hoping I found …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2018-11-23, 00:12
I saw a creative pci card in the bin today. It was CT7260. I didn't know what it was so I took it. Did some checking at home and realized that it isn't very useful card without any cables. It will probably have to go back in the bin. Filename junk.jpg File size 1.65 MiB Views 1842 views
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-22, 18:50
Funny thing though, the 486 pci motherboard I am using is from end of 1996 which is pretty much exactly when voodoo 1 was launched. The cpu and the pci video card I am using are also from 1996. I think a lot of people still used 486 when voodoo 1 was launched, but that doesn't mean performance is …
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-22, 18:06
I believe Voodoo1 is a very good fit for 486 systems. 1995-1996 was the time during which original Voodoo was introduced and most popular. And during the same years, a Pentium was still an expensive proposition and high end 486 (DX4 100, 5x86,etc. ) was the mainstream PC for most of the common …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-11-22, 12:39
I see triple. Filename 3cpu.jpg File size 1.66 MiB Views 1528 views Picture taken after cleaning thermal paste from them today. 3 cpus bought as untested for 10 euros. I hope at least one of them works.
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-22, 11:26
I have one of those amd 486 dx4 100Mhz cpus that say heatsink&fan required on the chip. I currently only have arctic silver paste and this heatsink that was originally in a 90Mhz pentium system there temporarily but I don't have any fan I can attach to it. cooler1.jpg Yesterday I overclocked the …
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-22, 02:43
I checked the athlon cooler and I think it is too big and would block the hard drive cage. Anyone has any ideas related to my original questions? What kind of cooler/fan I would actually need for running 486 at the speeds I mentioned?
Re: 486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-22, 02:13
Tiido wrote: I use an Athlon cooler on my PCI 486, works nicely. I did have to mod the retention clip a little to make it attach to the socket (it has Pentium style mounting tabs). What kind of mod you had to do? I actually might have a athlon cooler if cooler for athlon xp is ok.
486 OC and cooling.
Posted on 2018-11-22, 00:35
I have one of those amd 486 dx4 100Mhz cpus that say heatsink&fan required on the chip. I currently only have arctic silver paste and this heatsink that was originally in a 90Mhz pentium system there temporarily but I don't have any fan I can attach to it. cooler1.jpg Yesterday I overclocked the cpu …
Re: IWILL P54TS Turbo switch
Posted on 2018-11-21, 23:48
My 430FX motherboard doesn't have header for turbo switch and if I set the boot up system speed to low in bios it just disables all the cache, so if I have caches already disabled in bios settings setting boot up system speed to low does absolutely nothing. So I don't think 430FX motherboards can do …
Re: Mixer for sound cards and midi modules.
Posted on 2018-11-21, 23:07
Yeah, Behringer gear is at the lower-end for sure. But at the same time, so are a lot of the sound modules and sound cards we're using too. An MT-32 is not considered a professional piece of gear; it's actually criticized by professionals for being 'noisy' and low end compared to something like a …
Re: Mixer for sound cards and midi modules.
Posted on 2018-11-21, 22:30
Meh, Behringer is pretty much the low-end of "pro" audio stuff - which is why it's so affordable. It doesn't look great, but apart from that burst cap it should all work. You see much worse horror-stories inside most consumer-grade stuff. Also, we work with old computer crap. Bad caps are a fact of …
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