Re: Midi playback, how to ?

Posted on 2016-10-19, 03:37

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What sound card do you have? Note what I said above: But another thing: OPL3 never comes on its own; it's always tacked on to some other sound card. So your card is not an OPL3 but something else. Probably some kind of SB16 clone or variant. Knowing what sound card you have will help us because we …

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Re: Midi playback, how to ?

Posted on 2016-10-19, 03:01

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Well, trying to play MIDI files out of an OPL3 is, more often than not, akin to trying to play a Beethoven symphony with a harmonica. It does, of course, depend on the player; some are much better than others. But since the OPL3 is not an actual MIDI device, but, instead an FM synthesis chip, you're …

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Re: Stuck on Scandisk Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2016-10-19, 02:50

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Run Scandisk from DOS and see what happens. You might also see if CHKDSK chokes. Next see if booting into Safe Mode bypasses ScanDisk.

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Re: can you make dosbox to look for DOSBox.conf in its own directory too?

Posted on 2016-10-19, 01:51

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I don't understand. There are so many easier ways to do what you're trying to do there. Such as using the autoexec section in the config file. But if you want to point DOSBox to the current directory for dosbox.conf, try: DOSBox.exe -conf ".\dosbox.conf"

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Re: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT

Posted on 2016-10-18, 20:23

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Is it a SelectBay drive? In which case you need an actual Toshiba model or clone.

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Re: Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?

Posted on 2016-10-18, 20:22

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I admit I am quite biased. I think American women in particular are dangerous (Christian or not). I guess I don't understand - do you mean "dangerous" as in "turns you in for sexual assault when you ask her for a paperclip" kind of dangerous? This is just an invitation for having coffee together, …

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Re: Found a ZX Spectrum X 128K in the dump! *WORKS*

Posted on 2016-10-18, 04:49

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Interesting. What country do you live in? Let me guess, it doesn't rank too highly on the Index of Economic Freedom.

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Re: How do I rescue these vintage cards from my school's grasp?

Posted on 2016-10-18, 04:46

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On-topic: If it were me, I'd be considering two options (numbered from base 0, of course): 0. Talk to the school administrators and try to convince them that giving the cards to you is just as good as recycling since there's 0% chance, once they get in the realm of collectors, that they'll ever …

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Re: Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?

Posted on 2016-10-18, 02:16

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Do you live in North America? If yes, then the answer is no. Also, never mix work and play. Yes, I live in the States. But this isn't work, it's college. Sorry, I must have been ambiguous about that. Me: *shows her my most innocent face* "Why, yes. In fact, you're the very first woman ever got this …

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Re: Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?

Posted on 2016-10-17, 17:28

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Wow, I'm getting a pretty consistent message here. @snorg et al, Yes, it's a college class. @beastlike: I can clearly imagine her reaction to that: Her: "What is this?" Me: "It's a retro DOS gaming machine! Look how cool it is! It even has a 5.25" floppy drive!!" Her: *looks at me with "wut" glare* …

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Re: Greeting Vogons!, I'm sean and I make music with old computers.

Posted on 2016-10-16, 16:38

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But we're talking about Voyetra Sequencer Plus here, where you cannot program the FM waveform itself, and you have to settle with default FM "sound bank", which is not that good. Yes, I completely agree. What's more, I believe that Voyetra only uses OPL2 - is that correct? In that case it would …

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Re: Trouble with music in DOOM and other games

Posted on 2016-10-16, 16:11

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mattlacey wrote: Weirdly it shows the available memory has a little over half of what 'mem' reports. Keen always does this. I don't know why. As long at it shows 400+ KB of total memory, you'll be good. You'll usually get away with ~350 KB as well.

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Re: Greeting Vogons!, I'm sean and I make music with old computers.

Posted on 2016-10-16, 16:07

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tracker sounds better than FM. Ah ah ahh! Not so fast. Stuff made with Adlib Tracker II can kick sampled music's butt big time. Examples: https://youtu.be/DEhbdVYSVMQ https://youtu.be/EtYOZRarQDs https://youtu.be/2lEPH6Y3Luo https://youtu.be/xFpf00BVXPk https://youtu.be/oNhazT5HG0E The list goes on …

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Re: Cliff Bleszinski's 24 years old PC game aka Dare 2 Dream on Windows 10 64-bit DosBox problem

Posted on 2016-10-16, 15:57

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If it needs Windows 3.1 to run, then install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox and run it from there. There are guides somewhere for doing that; it's pretty easy. Like others have said, it is illegal to download Windows 98. There is no such thing as an "unofficial Windows 98 iso".

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Re: Heatsink stuck to CPU

Posted on 2016-10-15, 21:10

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You smeared thermal paste on the CPU pins? I'm just trying to wrap my mind around this right now 😕

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-10-15, 19:34

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ISA Ethernet? I have a 3Com 3C509 and it works great.

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Re: Pentium II mobo may be dead.

Posted on 2016-10-15, 19:28

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Even if the capacitors test well, if they're bulging, they're dead. Replace them. The reason for this is that your multimeter tests the caps at much lower voltages than they actually get in the circuit. Even if they're not bulging, they may still be bad. I usually just replace all of the caps, even …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-10-15, 08:17

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Kithylin: 🤣 that's exactly what I thought of too, even before I clicked on your link!

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Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?

Posted on 2016-10-15, 06:45

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Re: I got some CDs. But how is the quality?

Posted on 2016-10-15, 00:44

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OK, here's a good comparison for Sussudio. The "remastered" version is on the top, and the original CD on the bottom. Sussudio Comparison.png You can definitely see the difference here. Some compression has definitely been applied to the remastered one. BUT, keep in mind that the top one was " …

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