Re: What is the process to prepare a game as a floppy image for GOTEK?

Posted on 2019-01-16, 17:21

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by CrossBow777

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Now I'm not using my GoTEK as a PC floppy drive, but I believe it is very similar. I had to hunt and track down software to work with it that would allow me to format the USB flash drive into the needed multiple floppy partitions. You can have the GoTEK do this on its own by pressing down on the …

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Re: Weird gradients with some graphics cards. Time to replace capacitors?

Posted on 2019-01-16, 03:13

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by CrossBow777

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I use an Open Source Scan Converter to convert my old VGA boxen to HDMI, and then to an LCD TV. So far: Dell 386SX25 with onboard WDC graphics: No lines. Orchid Fahrenheit 1280: No lines. Nameless Tseng ET4000w32i VLB: Lines just like your screenshot. Matrox Mystiqe: No lines. Voodoo 5 AGP: No …

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Re: It's now illegal in Japan to mod your console :o(

Posted on 2019-01-15, 15:59

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by CrossBow777

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My understanding is that Nintendo was largely behind this because some guy in Japan was advertising and selling openly his modded fami classics with added games. So yeah...someone being obvious is why this has happened. It is irony though at just last year or year before, courts ruled that having …

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Re: Acronis Alternatives?

Posted on 2019-01-14, 23:44

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by CrossBow777

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Well..It was Macrium that finally let me take the data off an actual 1tb drive in my laptop and move it to a slightly smaller 960gb SSD. The data itself I knew would fit but acronis would have none of it. Macrium did it by imaging the partitions off the original as separate images and then restoring …

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Re: Hardware Giveaway (10zig 56xx Thin Clients)

Posted on 2019-01-14, 23:42

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by CrossBow777

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I'd be quite interested as I've loads of DosBox stuff loaded up on my primary PC to switch over and test with it as well. My Linux skills are very sadly lacking but this would be as good a reason to brush up as any right?

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Re: Real Magic MPEG VGA Cards

Posted on 2019-01-14, 15:36

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by CrossBow777

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I thought there was a version of Wing Commander III that made use of these cards? I know there was a DVD release of WC3...but I still remember a requirement being an MPEG decoder installed in your computer?

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Re: Acronis Alternatives?

Posted on 2019-01-14, 06:02

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by CrossBow777

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I've been quite pleased with Macrium lately for my backup and drive cloning purposes.

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Re: Blown cap on my Roland SC-88 (pictures inside)

Posted on 2019-01-10, 19:12

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by CrossBow777

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Woolie Wool wrote: Memphis, TN. When you do get this fixed, I'd replace all of those surface mounts with either brand new surface mounts or if space allows, radial electrolytics like what is used on the analog board.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2019-01-10, 18:59

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by CrossBow777

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I just added an original SQ6 and Lode Runner from Sierra to my PC collection yesterday. I need to take a more recent pic of my PC collection shelf to post here sometime. Problem is it isn't all of my boxed PC games and I honestly just don't have the room. So I only put on display what I consider the …

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Re: Remapping sounds on Roland Sound Canvas?

Posted on 2019-01-04, 00:47

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by CrossBow777

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He is using Midiplayer for windows. I use the same one myself for the reasons he already gave hehe. But I can also change instruments on the fly pretty easily through the banks off the module with this player.

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Re: The Pandora Directive: Porting GOG version to DOS PC?

Posted on 2019-01-03, 15:49

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by CrossBow777

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I know this original post is well over a year old now and nearly 2 years. But I wondered if anyone has gotten the MT-32 mode to work with this game? I've both both my MT-200 (SC-55 basically), and an MT-32 and was curious to hear the difference between the soundtracks. However, when I go into the …

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Re: Remapping sounds on Roland Sound Canvas?

Posted on 2019-01-03, 15:43

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by CrossBow777

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Thank you Falconsoft for the detailed explanations! Again, I had no idea that the MT-200 and it would seem my SCB-55 add-on card for my SB-16 had an MT-32 emulation mode hidden in them. I just assumed some trickery was being done to essentially completely replace out GM instruments with mt-32 …

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Re: Remapping sounds on Roland Sound Canvas?

Posted on 2019-01-02, 21:15

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by CrossBow777

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As I said I'm not expert on the specifics of what the OP was asking. But then that does seem to mean that the MT-200 does apparently have an MT-32 mode hidden on it then if I'm reading this correctly? It isn't an option listed through any normal buttons or combination of buttons that I've ever seen …

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Re: Remapping sounds on Roland Sound Canvas?

Posted on 2019-01-02, 15:15

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by CrossBow777

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I am not expert either, but it should in theory be possible what the OP is wanting to do.. I state this because I do have a roland provided .mid file that will essentially remap an SC-55 or other sound canvas into an MT-32 like emulated mode. I've used it with my MT-200 a few times before I finally …

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Re: How to configure sound in Monkey Island 1&2?

Posted on 2018-12-28, 00:05

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by CrossBow777

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The original floppy games basically defaulted to adlib sound or PC speaker if adlib couldn't be found. To force to something else like roland, required a patch file for the original monkey Island 1 but once in place, you would initiate roland sound by using the -r switch after the executable. So.. …

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Re: Turtle Beach ISA sound cards - some questions please

Posted on 2018-12-20, 14:17

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by CrossBow777

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I owned a Maui as my first wavetable card back in the early 90s when they first released. I actually remembering using it on my old 286 back then. It was cool card but was GM only as I recall and I hated how long it took to load up the soundbank on it from the driver set each time I booted up the PC …

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Re: GTX980 Issue that makes no sense!

Posted on 2018-12-19, 05:45

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by CrossBow777

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What PSU are you using in the computer? Usually when you have a complete computer shutdown like that, it is due to a lack of required current on the main power rails. Could be the games you were playing simply weren't requiring all the GPU had to give, but then other games kick in something that …

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Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread

Posted on 2018-12-14, 16:08

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by CrossBow777

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I don't just focus on DOS games though I have a few quick play old streamed videos..and such. But I do have a playllist area dedicated mostly to the Midi stuff I've done: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLypzYHeVZt9k5QZnHIZofp2RjRRGSJLKM My channel is mostly video game focused with a larger …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2018-12-11, 20:04

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by CrossBow777

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0.9.5 seems to be working just fine! Listened to the entire Codename: Iceman soundtrack when I got home for full testing. Thanks again for the quick fix on this!

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2018-12-10, 14:05

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by CrossBow777

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mateusz.viste wrote: ...and now I released v0.9.5. […] Show full quote ...and now I released v0.9.5. DOSMid v0.9.5 [10 Dec 2018] - Fixed file-reading module (buff corruption on first cache boundary read). Thanks to CrossBow777 for reporting this bug! Wow thank you for such a speedy look into this. …

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