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Reply 80 of 419, by bjwil1991

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Hey I was wondering if there's going to be a version that would support JEMM386 (FreeDOS version of MS-DOS's EMM386, but uses less memory than EMM386). Great job overall on the SoftMPU software. I have no problems with it at all; works flawlessly on my computer.

EMM386 memory usage: 4KB conventional memory
JEMM386 memory usage: 128 bytes conventional memory

Latest JEMM386 version is 5.78

Thanks.
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Reply 81 of 419, by elianda

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Well, I couldn't find an API documentation for JEMM. I had a brief look at JEMMs source, but couldn't find support for the required functions. But source is usually not self-explanatory.
So without documentation chances are very low to add support.

You may try QEMM that uses only 768 bytes low memory including xms.

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Reply 82 of 419, by jwt27

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JEMM source does include an example of using the port trapping API. That's what this emulator uses right?

JEMM is a bit different in that it requires the driver to be a DLL, as Jemm Loadable Module:

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1. About

IOTRAP is a JLM sample which demonstrates how to trap IO port access.

2. How to install and uninstall IOTRAP

IOTRAP can be installed either as a device driver in CONFIG.SYS:

DEVICE=JLOAD.EXE IOTRAP.DLL

or as a TSR from the command line:

JLOAD IOTRAP.DLL

To uninstall, use JLOAD's -u option:

JLOAD -u IOTRAP.DLL

3. How to test IOTRAP

- install IOTRAP: C:\>JLOAD iotrap.dll
- install TESTIOT: C:\>testiot
- start DEBUG: C:\>debug
- read port 100: -i 100

now a colored string '*#!+' should appear on line 25.

4. License

IOTRAP is Public Domain.

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Reply 83 of 419, by bjwil1991

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elianda wrote:

Well, I couldn't find an API documentation for JEMM. I had a brief look at JEMMs source, but couldn't find support for the required functions. But source is usually not self-explanatory.
So without documentation chances are very low to add support.

You may try QEMM that uses only 768 bytes low memory including xms.

QEMM crashes my DOS machine and causes errors left and right every time, and doesn't work most of the time. However, on the older DOS machine setup I had (Shuttle 433 v3.0/HSing Tech M912 v1.7 board <== this was an awesome board AMD AM486 DX4-S/5x85-P75 120MHz-133MHz, 24MB RAM, 80GB HDD, DVD RW, S3 Trio64 VESA/NVidia GeForce MX 4000 PCI, SB 16 (ISA PnP)/Maestro-2 ES1968S PCI, IBM monitor, stereo speakers and iHome) it worked flawlessly. My current setup is this:
Abit AB-TX5 Super Socket 7 motherboard with ATX/AT PSU connections, SIMM, and SD-RAM slots AMD K6-2/300 w/ MMX
1x 256MB PC-133 SD-RAM (Max supported: 256MB SD-RAM or 72-pin EDO SIMM)
CF-IDE Adapter w/ a 4GB CF card (MS-DOS 7.10 w/ memory tweaks and accelerators)
200GB Maxtor 6Y200P0 Hard Drive (4GB for MS-DOS backups, rest for Windows XP Pro w/ SP2)
Diamond Multimedia Sonic Impact S70 (ESS Maestro-2 ES1968S - SB Pro) PCI Sound Card
NVidia GeForce MX 4000 PCI Video 128MB RAM
Lite-On DVDRW LH-18A1P DVD Burner IDE/ATA
Inland 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive (not connected since the floppy cable that is installed has only 1 floppy drive connector)
Unknown 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive (pulled from my non-working Dell PowerEdge 6300 Server since the CD drive broke [SCSI])
Corsair HX520W 520W ATX PSU
IBM 2115-001 15" CRT Monitor
TrendNet TE100-PCIWN Fast Ethernet PCI Card (RealTek RTL8139)
Roland MT-32 Synthesizer (used in MS-DOS with the SoftMPU v1.6 for the games that have Roland MT-32 support)
iHome as primary speakers (PC Sound card hooked up; MT-32 hooked up)
Yamaha A-1000 Natural Sound Stereo Amplifier (hooked up iHome to it for 4-speaker sound)
Microsoft IntelliPoint PS/2 Wheel Mouse
GE Keyboard hooked up via PS/2 6-pin DIN to 5-pin DIN (AT Keyboard)
2 COM Serial RS232 DB-9 ports (COM1 will be used to hook up my 12-port 3Com 3C16670 switch to configure it and upgrade the firmware; COM2 for the Xbox Original Hard Drive Key from the EEPROM)
1 LPT Printer Port (not used)
Some AT-style case with a flip switch in front of the case (for the AT-style PSU only)

I have approx. 617KB free conventional memory using this simple trick from this website: MDGx MSDOS 6.xx Memory Specs

edit: 200GB Maxtor 6Y200P0 IDE/ATA Hard Drive has bad clusters, but fortunately, I copied all of the important files, wiped the hard drive, and formatted the drive using the appropriate partition size for both MS-DOS and Windows XP for testing purposes since Windows XP wouldn't shut down or restart...

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Reply 85 of 419, by bjt

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If anyone wants to work on JEMM support and submit the code I'm happy to do a release for it.

PARUS wrote:

I've tested AV310 cmi8330 with SoftMPU. It works fine in Intelligent and UART modes and can be listed as full compatible card.

Thanks for the report! I've added it to the list of compatible cards.

Reply 87 of 419, by Jolaes76

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Of course it is 😀
This way a single sound card could cover almost anything up to 1992, no need to put an anachronistic SB16 (next to the SB Pro) into an older machine.
In this game one blaster is better than two 😀
Sound Blasters cannot be set up to provide MPU401 only, so your solution would decrease the resource demands. Single blaster: one port, one IRQ, one DMA. Zen.

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Reply 89 of 419, by carlostex

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bjt wrote:

I'm thinking about adding support for SB-MIDI. This would allow SoftMPU to work with Sound Blaster Pro 2 and earlier cards. Is this worth doing?

This would be awesome!!!

Reply 92 of 419, by carlostex

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bjt wrote:

I've got an early version of this now, would anyone with a Sound Blaster Pro 2 or earlier be able to test it for me?

Why the heck not?

I have a Pro 2. Send the program.

Reply 95 of 419, by bjt

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PM sent, thanks for your help.

I recently moved house and all my retro stuff is still in boxes, so these latest changes were developed using Bochs' SB emulation. Hopefully they will work on real hardware.

Reply 96 of 419, by carlostex

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OK, i have news.

Tested with Sound Blaster Pro2 CT1600.

Red Baron and Wing Commander 2 sounded perfect, but Wing Commander 1 didn't, instruments sounded wrong even after a full reboot. Tried several times.

I found however that it was impossible to run a game with General MIDI. It does not detect MPU-401 on GM games.

Did you go for Intelligent mode support only?

Reply 97 of 419, by bjt

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Interesting. Maybe silly question but did you reset your MT-32 before running WC1? Was this on a fast machine? It might be that I need to put some throttling in.

Were the GM games protected mode (e.g. using DOS extenders)? These won't work unfortunately as the port trap doesn't work in PM.

Both intelligent mode and UART should work for real mode games.

Thanks 😀

Reply 98 of 419, by Mau1wurf1977

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Hi bjt!

Also happy test this if you want.

Can do it on my 486DX-2 machine and a Sound Blaster Pro 2.

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Reply 99 of 419, by carlostex

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bjt wrote:

Interesting. Maybe silly question but did you reset your MT-32 before running WC1? Was this on a fast machine?

Yes i did reset the MT-32. And rebooting usually does the job as well. This was tested in a fast machine, but it was slowed down to a 386 level by disabling caches.

bjt wrote:

Were the GM games protected mode (e.g. using DOS extenders)? These won't work unfortunately as the port trap doesn't work in PM.

The games i tried were:
Tyrian
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Duke Nukem 3D
DOOM

I think all of these use DOS/4GW, but not sure.