Midi out help on Creative Vibra16 ct2980 please \ VOGONS

Midi out help on Creative Vibra16 ct2980 please

Topic actions

First post, by Z-Beeblebrox

Posted on 2016-11-12, 17:15

Z-Beeblebrox Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 9
Joined: 2016-11-12, 16:50

Hi Vogons,

Longtime lurker, first time poster here.
I'm bringing my old dos midi sequencer, - "Voyetra sequencer plus gold" back to life.
Could anyone suggest how to proceed ....

Everything is working except, the midi (MPU-401) part of the sound card.

Diagnose.exe, gets as far as the Mpu-401 midi port setting,
the options are 300h or 330h
both give an error suggesting the port address is already in use.

I've disabled the pc onboard sound in the bios, and the serial ports.

btw
the machine is dos 6.2 (with a separate partition of linux for maintaing dos)
the card is a creative ct2980
and I've installed the vibra16 drivers from the driver library here, thank you.

any suggestions are welcome 😀

Reply 1 of 8, by jesolo

Posted on 2016-11-12, 17:40

jesolo Offline

Rank l33t

Rank: l33t
Posts: 2111
Joined: 2014-06-24, 19:04
Location: South Africa

Load CTCU (Creative Technologies Configuration Utility) and confirm that port 330h has been reserved/allocated.
Also, make sure the game port is disabled in the BIOS (not just the onboard sound).

Reply 2 of 8, by Z-Beeblebrox

Posted on 2016-11-12, 17:52

Z-Beeblebrox Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 9
Joined: 2016-11-12, 16:50

Thanks Jesolo,
the game port in ctcu has i/o range 200-207 reserved with no other option available
also there is no game port option in the bios

Reply 3 of 8, by Z-Beeblebrox

Posted on 2016-11-12, 18:20

Z-Beeblebrox Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 9
Joined: 2016-11-12, 16:50

disabling ide in ctcu frees up port 300, which is then available to diagnose.exe
so thats a start ?

Reply 4 of 8, by Jo22

Posted on 2016-11-12, 20:57

Jo22 Offline

Rank l33t++

Rank: l33t++
Posts: 11337
Joined: 2009-12-13, 07:06
Location: Europe

Do you have a network card at port 300h ?
Is ACPI enabled (both may use IRQ9) ?

"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

//My video channel//

Reply 5 of 8, by Z-Beeblebrox

Posted on 2016-11-12, 22:37

Z-Beeblebrox Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 9
Joined: 2016-11-12, 16:50

Hi Jo22,

just checked the bios and there is no ACPI, its a Dell from 1999/2000 (gL-1)
and I previously removed the network card, with no reference to it in the autoexec.bat or config.sys.

the sound card is working to an extent now.
It passes all the Diagnose tests, Irq , base address , etc But it still not doing the function I need, which is passing midi information through the joysick port.

It's frustrating because I used to be able to make it happen, back in the day.

I'm hoping its not something obvious

Reply 6 of 8, by Z-Beeblebrox

Posted on 2016-11-13, 16:57

Z-Beeblebrox Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 9
Joined: 2016-11-12, 16:50

[attachment=0]IMG_0226.JPGok ive been scouring the forum for any helpful hints ...

and still the card is unable to put out information through the joystick port,

can anyone tell if the autoexec.bat is correct please .. 😀

thanks in advance

Reply 7 of 8, by collector

Posted on 2016-11-13, 17:22

collector Offline

Rank l33t

Rank: l33t
Posts: 4490
Joined: 2003-01-15, 10:39

This belongs in Marvin. Always ask old hardware questions in Marvin. This is for DOS games on *modern* systems.

The Sierra Help Pages -- New Sierra Game Installers -- Sierra Game Patches -- New Non-Sierra Game Installers

Reply 8 of 8, by Z-Beeblebrox

Posted on 2016-11-13, 21:50

Z-Beeblebrox Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 9
Joined: 2016-11-12, 16:50

Ok then, time to take the walk of shame over to Marvin. Thanks collector for the steer in the right direction .

Go to top of page Go to top of page

Back to DOS