Re: EtherDFS - a network drive for DOS

Posted on 2022-03-07, 08:40

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Any chance EtherDFS can work in the future mapping USB (samba- or ftp-exposed) drives on a router? If you want samba, use MSCLIENT... EtherDFS is a different protocol and requires its implementation to be on server-side. Why no EtherSVR port to Windows? How hard would it be? Why: because I am not …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-18, 10:10

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I have noticed that even when /preset=NONE command line switch is given DosMid always sends a GM Master Volume to maximum(127) SysEx message (F0 7F 7F 04 01 7F 7F F7) at the beginning and also at the end of each song. That is correct, yes. The /preset switch controls only the reset sysex (GM RESET …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-11, 08:40

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1. i used dosbox-x 3. not yet but i can do that edit: with playmidi the file plays 3:31 with dosmid 3:38:5 when i use sb16 emulation in dosbox the file plays only 3:28:5 with dosmid Sounds to me like some timing glitch related to GUS emulation... I tested the angieshe.mid file now with DOSEmu and …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-10, 23:13

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I checked it with my Midi player that is very precise in this respect (and has no such reported issue with a rather large user base). I have also tested with GNMIDI that is also a trustful program: angie1.png So it seems to me that the really audible slowdown in dosmid1.wav is not because of …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-10, 21:59

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Hm. I could not reproduce the slowdown problem with version 0.9.6 and using MPU output. Dosmid detected the length of Angieshe.mid as 3:31 ( it seems gus1.wav and dosmid1.wav are the recordings of this file). It is very close to the real length of the file that is 3:31.31. Angieshe.mid is indeed …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-10, 21:25

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u can easily hear and see the difference with gus1.wav and dosmid1.wav file with audacity best is to import them and play both at the same time. song 2 and 3 seems to run at the same speed i included them to compare Thanks for the clarifications, I was focusing on the wrong files. Looking carefully …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-10, 19:57

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i made the same experience like vladimiro that some midi files are played a bit to slow with dosmid. here some test files Hello KARR, could you tell me more about this? I played your WAV files but was unable to spot any difference between the "dosmid" and "gus" versions... What should I look at …

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Re: EtherDFS - a network drive for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-10, 15:17

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@mateusz.viste I've been trying (with my extremely limited ability) to port your code to FreeBSD - but there are some references to AF_PACKET and similar Linux-isms I'm not sure how to handle. Would you be inclined to give it a go? :) Raw ethernet packets isn't a problem on FreeBSD, but since it's …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2022-01-03, 20:35

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Hello all, quick message to announce that I published DOSMid v0.9.6 right now. Changelog follows. Enjoy. DOSMid v0.9.6 [03 Jan 2022] - reset the RPN Pitch Bend between songs - added /preset=GM|GS|XG|NONE (preset device into specific mode, default=GM) - new DOSMIDLT.EXE binary ("lite" for low-memory …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2021-09-14, 06:53

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I can't seem to get DOSMID to detect my OPL2 card. I know the card works since it autodetects and plays music in other software, and Mod Master and SBVGM can play opl2 VGM for it. My system is only a 10MHz 286, so it's not as if an autodetection routine is going too fast. What could be wrong? I …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2021-08-04, 18:44

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Ok looks like it was my mistake of using; instead, when telling the program what banks I want to be loaded. But there is one more problem. I am trying to play music from Descent and using melodic and drums banks. But the music sounds totally different. Any advice? Is it possible to make it sound …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2021-08-04, 18:39

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Would it be at all possible to get MT-32 instrument mappings in DOSMid such that when playing back MT-32 MIDI the program will show the correct instruments? I'm not even asking for autodetection of MT-32 MIDI (Which can be troublesome), but just a command-line argument that tells the program "Show …

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Re: ethflop - a network-backed floppy emulator for DOS

Posted on 2021-02-26, 09:30

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mortmann wrote on 2021-02-26, 00:45: ethflop server is not linux only anymore. It was ported to FreeBSD, DragonFly, OpenBSD, NetBSD, musl / Alpine Linux and macOS. See: https://gitlab.com/mortmann/ethflop Excellent work! I have added a link to your gitlab repo on the project's home page.

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Re: Svarog386: an alternative FreeDOS distribution

Posted on 2021-02-11, 14:34

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This quick message to announce that Svarog386 is halted, its successor is SvarDOS: http://svardos.osdn.io SvarDOS is based on the same concepts as Svarog386, but is meant to be more universal, including 8086 systems as well. Existing Svarog386 installations can be easily "migrated".

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2021-01-21, 12:26

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Ok looks like it was my mistake of using; instead, when telling the program what banks I want to be loaded. But there is one more problem. I am trying to play music from Descent and using melodic and drums banks. But the music sounds totally different. Any advice? Is it possible to make it sound …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2021-01-21, 10:16

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I have converted bnk files to ibk using OPL3 Bank Editor but Dosmid gives me an error when I try to use them. Thanks for your report, but it could be more helpful if it included some further details. Could you please: - tell how you execute DOSMID exactly (what command line)? - provide the IBK file …

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Re: EtherDFS - a network drive for DOS

Posted on 2021-01-16, 08:34

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But it doesn't work over wifi. I have a TP Link nano router (TL-WR802N) which I use to get my retro machines on the LAN. It works well for TCP/IP stuff. Ideally I want my Pi in another location, also accessible by wifi. This is the setup: [Pi server]---cat6---[Ubiquiti Amplifi router]---wifi---[TP …

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AMB - the Ancient Machine Book format

Posted on 2020-12-07, 17:33

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These past few days I was working on a new hobby project. It is called AMB, and it is a simple hyperlink format that makes it possible to create "books" that are easy to read even on very limited hardware. The "books" can be viewed with a tool named AMB. It is only a few kilobytes big and requires …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2020-12-01, 06:25

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Hi. I tested with the midi of doom 1 and 2, blood, duke nukem 3d, these last two were extracted. The titles you mention are stored in-game in the MUS format. MUS is 140 bpm, as opposed to MIDI which is (by default) 120 bpm. Perhaps the tool you used to convert MUS files to MIDI forgot to adjust the …

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Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2020-11-08, 15:26

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sorry if I missed it, but is it possible to loop tracks? There is no "replay" feature, if that's what you are asking about. I think the only workaround to play a single file in loop would be to create a single-entry M3U playlist and play it with the /random switch. ECHO FILE.MID > PLAYLIST.M3U …

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