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First post, by _astriid_

Posted on 2023-02-23, 02:36

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New to the forum and relatively new to DOS (been getting into it only this past year)

I recently grabbed a Compaq 1130T laptop on the cheap and decided to make it my DOS machine. There's no sound card so I figured I'd use my SC55MKii to run midi out of the serial port when playing games like Doom. Only problem is, I can't seem to get the two to work together 😅

I'm running DB9 from the laptop to DIN8 in the SC. I can get midi to communicate between the two with Voyetra SPG but anytime I try running Doom, I can't get them to communicate.

I'm running MSDOS 6.22. I've tried running softmpu to no avail.

CONFIG:

AUTOEXEC:

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Reply 1 of 3, by Cloudschatze

Posted on 2023-02-23, 04:53

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I've patched a handful of protected-mode drivers and executables for RS-232 MIDI output that can be used with your serially-connected SC-55mkII. Here is the relevant post concerning DMX-based titles, such as Doom:

Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Reply 2 of 3, by Cloudschatze

Posted on 2023-02-28, 03:13

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Reply 3 of 3, by _astriid_

Posted on 2023-04-13, 21:48

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Cloudschatze wrote on 2023-02-23, 04:53:

I've patched a handful of protected-mode drivers and executables for RS-232 MIDI output that can be used with your serially-connected SC-55mkII. Here is the relevant post concerning DMX-based titles, such as Doom:

Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

totally forgot to check this out sorry! been a busy couple of months 😅

This worked beautifully!! Thanks so much for this, it's just what I needed

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