My old Privateer game always asks for an io address and an irq when I set it up for general midi sound. It works seemingly no matter what irq I give it, but I just wondered if it matters, and what is the recommended setting?
I use:
io=0x330
irq=9
Should I set it to the same IRQ as the emulated SB16 or should I just pick one that is different, like the IRQ 9 which I am using above?
You should use IRQ 2
But not many games really use IRQ for midi.
wrote:You should use IRQ 2
But not many games really use IRQ for midi.
Maybe it would be good to put a comment in the dosbox config file which mentions this in the Midi section? Something like:
[midi]# Note: DOSBox General Midi uses base=330 irq=2# mpu401 -- Enable MPU-401 Emulation.# intelligent -- Operate in Intelligent mode.# device -- Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.# This can be default,alsa,oss,win32,coreaudio,none.# config -- Special configuration options for the device.
I set Privateer's General Midi as above and it seems to be working just fine. I did a quick search on IRQ's and in DOS, IRQ 9 was software redirected to IRQ 2, where IRQ 2 is the I/O Channel. Cut out the middle-man I suppose.
I gotta say, you guys have made my day. I can play that game better than I ever could now, and it looks great on my 20" monitor! I used to play it on my Compaq Contura 4/25c Laptop with no sound and a trackball! Privateer and Righteous Fire are by far my favorite Wing Commander games, and my favorite DOSBox apps also, followed closely by X-COM UFO Defense. You DOSBox guys are really helping make Linux a great gaming platform.
Playing Privateer in Linux, thats just awesome. Hell, it barely worked in real DOS! You had to have just the right hardware, a dedicated boot disk, it was a huge pain to run. Now its a peice of cake!
