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First post, by kirikl

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Hello everybody! I know it might sounds crazy, but I remember that was emulation in Gravis or SB Live... I don't exactly remember where it was, but point is... Is it possible to emulate music in DOS somehow through MPU-401 (Roland SC-55). The question is 486 laptop which doesn't have any sound card. I ordered Covox from SPAIN! Waiting....
And it is difficult to find any PCMCIA card available this time for 16-bit sound.
Any chance to play FM over MPU-401?
Thanks

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Reply 1 of 3, by bjt

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If the game has MT-32 or GM support, you can connect your SC-55ST via the serial port and using SoftMPU. However, this will only work with older real-mode games.
Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3qCIe0TmtQ

For games that only support FM, it would be possible to write something to output MIDI commands via serial. Not sure how well a Sound Canvas can emulate FM. A Yamaha FB-01 would be ideal as it's based on a FM chip.

Your best bet is a PCMCIA card, but as you say they are rare and not all have hardware FM support in DOS.
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Reply 2 of 3, by kirikl

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bjt wrote:

If the game has MT-32 or GM support, you can connect your SC-55ST via the serial port and using SoftMPU. However, this will only work with older real-mode games.

Exactly! I have it already, but just wondering if something can redirect or emulate somehow 388h port

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HP TC4200 / NC6400
Sony Vaio PCG-SRX99 / PCG-505TR / C1 Picturebook
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Tandy 1400 LT / 1000HX
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