Re: Thinkpad Dock I with a 5.25" floppy drive
Posted on 2022-02-03, 11:26
Nice one!
Re: *START HERE* SoftMPU 1.91 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator
Posted on 2021-11-30, 16:14
maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-11-30, 15:45: bjt wrote on 2021-11-30, 08:03: Versions earlier than 7.03 don't work because they lack support for the port trapping API. Are you sure? The QPI documentation seems to contradict this I believe that's the case, yes. Elianda may be able to provide more detail …
Re: *START HERE* SoftMPU 1.91 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator
Posted on 2021-11-30, 08:03
maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-11-30, 03:37: Is softmpu specifically known not to work with QEMM 6, or has it simply not been tested on this version? Versions earlier than 7.03 don't work because they lack support for the port trapping API.
Re: 486 Thinkpad with genuine Sound Blaster Pro 2
Posted on 2021-11-17, 11:35
Hi there! I got my hands on a Docking station like this and the speakers also do not work. Can you please give more details which connectors did you reseat? I reseated all of the connectors available from the bottom, but did no disassemble it more. And it did not help. Thanks! I also had problems …
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2021-11-17, 11:28
I haven't been on Vogons for a while now, keep up the good work all. I originally wrote SoftMPU to provide intelligent MPU emulation but it's interesting to see how it's been repurposed to support various MIDI redirection schemes. Obviously support for protected-mode games is more relevant in that …
Re: Tandy TL/2
Posted on 2021-11-17, 11:24
I am so glad to see someone tried this. My Tandys are SO LOUD, and it's all down to the PSU fans! EDIT: Did you run into any snags replacing the fan? Any modifications needed to anything? This was a while ago now, but I don't recall any snags... I probably cut off the fan connector from the old fan …
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2021-03-10, 17:57
Those later games use a DOS extender (e.g. DOS4GW), SoftMPU doesn't work with those protected mode games.
Re: DOSBox 15 kHz/240p tips
Posted on 2020-09-25, 10:36
maxtherabbit wrote on 2020-08-06, 21:39: Bat top sticks make me irrationally angry That's how we do it in Europe 😄
Re: DOSBox 15 kHz/240p tips
Posted on 2020-09-25, 10:34
Anapan wrote on 2020-08-16, 04:27: I made some TSR bios fonts for displaying text mode 80x25 correctly in 640x240 and 320x240 resolution: Re: Force 320x200(ish) VGA text mode I use these in my cocktail cabinet with a 36" CRT. Thank you for this!
DOSBox 15 kHz/240p tips
Posted on 2020-08-06, 15:16
(Crossposted from the Arcade Controls forum) Spent a while playing around with various versions of DOSBox. DOSBox 0.74-3 (latest stable) seemed to work the best, the forked versions with VSync & Direct3D exhibited various issues. My objective was to get pixel-perfect, unfiltered output with as …
SoftMPU on FPGA-based 486 & USB midi
Posted on 2019-12-10, 14:41
In the last few years people have been playing with SoftMPU in all kinds of weird and wonderful ways. Though this was interesting Game : GODS (Bitmap Brothers) - Roland MT-32 Sound - MiSTer FPGA - ao486 DOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpbSQcNVe9I
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2019-12-10, 13:04
Yes. I haven't forgotten robertmo 😀 I might have time over Xmas to try Corporation and Mechwarrior! I actually only have my 486 laptop with SB16 left now but that should be good enough.
Re: Frederik Pohl's Gateway and SOFTMPU = MT32 screen messages only
Posted on 2019-12-10, 13:03
Gateway is really finicky. I would try a slowdown program and also the CT2940 to see if there's any change.
Re: SOFTMPU hung?
Posted on 2019-12-10, 12:51
I haven't had any reports of success with the AZT2320, however the faster machines are often problematic. If a slowdown utility doesn't help I would try something from the compatibility list e.g. SB16.
Re: *START HERE* SoftMPU 1.91 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator
Posted on 2019-12-10, 12:36
appiah4 wrote: Is there any particular reason why it won't work with MS-DOS 5.0 and its EMM386? 😐 Yes, the earlier versions of EMM386 don't have the port-trapping interface that SoftMPU relies on.
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2019-12-10, 12:15
And some more years go by 😀 Thanks all for compatibility info, I have updated the supported cards list.
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2019-02-05, 10:56
bjwil1991 wrote: And when I'm done using the game and software, I type in the TSR removal command to close out the SoftMPU software. While this may free the memory used by the TSR, it won't return the RTC, PIC and GDT to their original state and will probably result in a crash later on.
Re: Best laptop for DOS/Win9x gaming?
Posted on 2019-01-08, 16:48
Presumably it's a 755C with a somewhat rare PCMCIA Roland SC-55 card http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:755C Very, very nice, especially the speakers, but isn't it a bit uncomfortable to rest your hands on the keyboard when the laptop is so damn tall ? Yeah you wouldn't want to write a book on …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2018-12-31, 17:32
It's a 370C with a Dock I. DX4/75 with 20MB, Colour TFT, CF hard disk, SB16 in the dock with a SCSI CDROM.
Re: Best laptop for DOS/Win9x gaming?
Posted on 2018-12-31, 08:08
I'll just leave this here (AC only though)
Page 1 of 70