Re: ET4000AX ISA - swap 80ns DRAM for 70ns?
Posted on Yesterday, 19:12
probably wont see any increase. your constrained by the isa bus speed, not so much memory speed on the card.
Re: Is it possible to use a TSR to rapidly strobe/autofire keypresses in protected mode?
Posted on 2021-11-29, 19:37
the keyboard fires via IRQ and all real mode IRQ's should reflect into protected mode. so should be possible
Re: Logic analizer
Posted on 2021-11-24, 00:12
depends what you mean by debugging faulty motherboards. if you want to sit on the ISA bus, you need more channels if you want to monitor address + data + latches etc. most protocols on the 286/486 are not serial busses which is what these "logic analyzers" are really made for. i'd say, if you dont …
Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V
Posted on 2021-11-16, 15:18
Then how is this "useful" information related to the topic here? Your initial message was very ambiguous. The same out of situation posts of yours people observed at vcfed... umm I have no idea what your talking about. I rarely ever post on vcfed (twice this year... and the last post was a step by …
Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V
Posted on 2021-11-16, 14:04
I found a picture of that CD E-MU Classic Series Vol. 14 ESI-32 General MIDI Collection yes, thats the original source for the 8mbgm.sf2 The "2.5M Drums+SFX X" is actually a GM + GS + MT32 + Effects bank. I dont know why they didnt do that for the 8Mb bank, which would have been nice. The "X" in …
Re: DosBox revenue from commercial games
Posted on 2021-11-16, 13:18
Nothing says they cant use dosbox for free... Im not sure why you think gog, etc have to pay to use dosbox. as long as they follow the gpl access license with the legal notices and access to the dosbox soure etc they do not have to pay. nobody does.
Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V
Posted on 2021-11-16, 13:10
I found a picture of that CD E-MU Classic Series Vol. 14 ESI-32 General MIDI Collection yes, thats the original source for the 8mbgm.sf2 The "2.5M Drums+SFX X" is actually a GM + GS + MT32 + Effects bank. I dont know why they didnt do that for the 8Mb bank, which would have been nice. The "X" in …
Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V
Posted on 2021-11-16, 04:22
well the 8mbgm.sf2 and teh 8mbgm2sfx.sf2 (which includes a sound effects map as well). they were originally designed for the ESI series of samplers, so a lot of the sf2 presets were built for that hardware in mind. the 2mbgmgs.sf2 also contains an MT32 mapping as well as GS maps that the 4mb + 8mb …
Re: What midi modules to cover the most ground? MT32,sc55,sc155, sc55mk2, sc88, alesis nanosynth, others?
Posted on 2021-11-12, 13:41
When I play GM stuff I always play two different modules at the same and mix them together, it give the music a much richer, thicker fatness. So I run a SC88VL and an E-MU SoundEngine. I love messing with my eurorack and my samplers (I've a bunch of e-mu samples and gear). I want to get a System8 …
Re: What midi modules to cover the most ground? MT32,sc55,sc155, sc55mk2, sc88, alesis nanosynth, others?
Posted on 2021-11-12, 04:31
I think an MT32 (any version) and an SC55 or SC88 covers pretty much all the ground you need that more modules doesnt really bring much. ob6 wityh strymon must sound pretty awesome. not a fan of the elektron boxes myself tho 😀
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f
Posted on 2021-11-06, 14:52
I thought you wanted to init a non-pnp sound blaster, to which you just FORCE the dsp reset at the fixed address (eh: 0x220). sbpnxt is for pnp cards…
Re: Do games/software that justify 287/387SX coprocessors exist?
Posted on 2021-11-02, 23:01
kixs wrote on 2021-11-02, 18:01: BloodyCactus wrote on 2021-11-02, 16:23: povray speedup on my 286 with weitek was mind blowing. Do you have more info of Weitek for 286 - it should be WTL 1067? Did it require special socket? it was an IIT one my dad brought home. I dont know why I thought it was …
Re: Do games/software that justify 287/387SX coprocessors exist?
Posted on 2021-11-02, 16:23
povray speedup on my 286 with weitek was mind blowing.
Re: Yamaha MU2000EX
Posted on 2021-11-01, 13:44
the motu is an audio interface, and massive overkill for what op really wants, and is not a mixer, but a nice piece of gear tho. Similar is the focusrite scarlett 18i20 but from memory I think its dual opticals are 16channel ADAT only rather than stereo toslinks.
Re: Yamaha MU2000EX
Posted on 2021-10-31, 19:07
Seems like the sound card route may involve too many ADC/DAC conversion processes. So I might just bite the bullet and get a mixer. Does anyone know of any mixers that can handle; INPUTS: 1) optical digital audio (from PC [in the case of X68K emulation this would be sound effects plus whatever else …
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.76f
Posted on 2021-10-30, 02:10
well non pnp dont really have an init sequence per se, just when you use them you issue some hardware resets to the IO space.
Re: Roland SC-55 help
Posted on 2021-10-28, 11:28
RetroWolf92 wrote on 2021-10-28, 03:25: Another thing that flew over my head to mention is with some MIDIs the SC55 isn't choosing the correct instruments or effects. if its repeatable, whats the midi song/file/game, what instruments?
Re: Roland SC-55 help
Posted on 2021-10-26, 01:57
well you just need to send its lineouts back to the soundcard input or to an amp.
Re: Roland SC-55 help
Posted on 2021-10-26, 00:28
you uh, have the audio line outs on the sc55 hooked up to an amp right?
Re: Project looking for DOS Programmer (I can't do it myself)
Posted on 2021-10-16, 21:17
ok i did quick change, removed any checking for stunts.com and reuploaded it https://bloodycactus.com/files/garage.zip i dont have 1.0 disks, but I have the old INC crack from back in the day.
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