First post, by captain_koloth
Hello all:
Need to the world of MIDI so pardon for the dumb question. I have a rig with a CT4750 for which I have it hooked up in Windows 98 via the joystick port to the SC-55 mk ii via MIDI. When I set the output in Win 98 it works great, and the built-in-test also works. However, I cannot get any DOS games to send the Sc-55 a MIDI signal. I've tried that same machine but booted into DOS (and not Win 98 DOS mode but real DOS on a dual boot). The CT4750 works properly in DOS alone, but the games(test games- SC2000, TIE Fighter, A-Train) do not send the signal to the SC-55 even when I set Roland or General MIDI mode.
I also tried on another PC with real DOS in which I have a YMF744. I have set this to work in DOS using the HIMMEX memory manager and the DSDMA legacy sound utility. Again, works fine on its own, but won't play nice with the SC-55.
Do I need another cable or kind of sound card? Would it make any difference if I got a joystick-to-serial cable? I really don't want to shell out for a hardware MPU-401 or another kind of MIDI cable that hasn't been made in 25 years and for which I'll have to wait two months to be shipped from around the world on eBay, but I fear I may have no choice.
