Re: MIDIto - relocate hardcoded port 330h to somewhere else

Posted on 2021-11-28, 11:00

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I don't have any ESS based card at the moment but I happened to find just recently Terratec 16/96 on ebay. It hasn't arrived yet. I was hoping that ESS would be the one without any issues but I suppose that was too much to hope for. Every chip seems to have some sort of issue. But at least on this …

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Re: MIDIto - relocate hardcoded port 330h to somewhere else

Posted on 2021-11-27, 00:18

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Hi, Can you add ESS cards special AuxB mixer source to locked/preserved mixer sources? The problem is that ESS 1868/1869 etc. accepts Sound Blaster compatible mixer resets and after a reset the AuxB volume is 0. So in games such as Gabriel Knight that first sends a reset and then adjusts SB mixer …

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Re: Dual output for more polyphony?

Posted on 2021-11-26, 21:05

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I am aware the MIDI standard says that 16 Polyphony is max for one cable. I have a SC88 VL with two inputs and one output. All three of them are in the back. This unit can potentially get 32 polyphony from two cables right? Most of the USB to MIDI cables I have seen are one in one out. 2 in 2 out …

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Re: Is it possible add a virtual remap driver from SB/Adlib to MPU-401 in win98?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 14:00

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With the SoundFX source code I think it will be more easier to port it to win9x (mainly API & driver model adaption) than inventing another wheel using FMOPL source. Maybe I would like to try it, I wish I have more spare time and energy and skill to do that.🤣 Since both Win98+ and WinXP can use WDM …

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Re: Is it possible add a virtual remap driver from SB/Adlib to MPU-401 in win98?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 13:11

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What would be much more feasible would be to incorporate an OPL2 emulator such as FMOPL (https://github.com/adplug/adplug/blob/master/src/fmopl.c) into a driver that intercepts writes to 0x388. This is also open source now (Sound FX for Win 2000/XP): http://www.softsystem.co.uk/products/soundfx.htm …

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Re: Is it possible add a virtual remap driver from SB/Adlib to MPU-401 in win98?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 09:40

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What would be much more feasible would be to incorporate an OPL2 emulator such as FMOPL (https://github.com/adplug/adplug/blob/master/src/fmopl.c) into a driver that intercepts writes to 0x388. This is also open source now (Sound FX for Win 2000/XP): http://www.softsystem.co.uk/products/soundfx.htm …

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Re: Is it possible add a virtual remap driver from SB/Adlib to MPU-401 in win98?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 09:20

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OKay, that really hurt my ears🤣. myabe a larger (8m) wavetable will help? No. :) The problem is not the quality of the samples but the completely different methods of synthesis. FM synths are real programmable synthesizers. You cannot translate arbitrary FM generated sounds to fixed samples ( …

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Re: Is it possible add a virtual remap driver from SB/Adlib to MPU-401 in win98?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 08:19

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Shouldn't be that difficult. The base work has already been done: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=83629 It's much more difficult. That Midi port forwarding tool has nothing to do with what OP asked. Skyroads and other games that use OPL/FM synth do not use Midi commands when they use …

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2021-11-06, 14:32

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First of all, thank you Falcosoft for your wonderful program! I've been using it with loopmidi and my SC-55mkii to test and verify games for the MT-32 compatibility list on Wikipedia for some time now. I was just wondering if you would consider adding a counter for maximum voice polyphony/active …

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Re: Windows 11 has been released

Posted on 2021-10-19, 22:16

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It seems quicker than Windows 10 on officially supported hardware. Currently it can be slower even on supported hardware: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-windows-11-update-made-amd-performance-even-worse Yes, I have seen that. I'm talking about the desktop experience, not gaming. You can also …

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Re: Windows 11 has been released

Posted on 2021-10-19, 22:09

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It seems quicker than Windows 10 on officially supported hardware. Currently it can be slower even on supported hardware: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-windows-11 … ance-even-worse

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Re: Do anyone know how UniVBE detects that its already loaded?

Posted on 2021-10-18, 22:34

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@Falcosoft I'll first need to install Borland Pascal to test your code Since I do not have Borland C++ I have tried your code with Turbo C 2.01. With some minor modifications I could compile it and in compact/large/huge memory models it gave me correct results. So it seems in order VESA functions …

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Re: Do anyone know how UniVBE detects that its already loaded?

Posted on 2021-10-18, 15:52

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https://anttipeltola.eu/misc/vbe2 ...VBE services may be called directly from 32-bit protected mode only. it seems that VBE functions can only be called from protected mode - is that correct? No. VBE functions can be used perfectly from DOS real mode. Your problem seems to be that you handle ' …

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Re: K6-2+ Questions

Posted on 2021-10-15, 06:57

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Nope, I mean most games. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=48601 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=37039 Only if by "most games" you mean Win32 3D games. Your references do not contain even a single 16-bit/DOS (or even Win32 2D ) title. BTW Dionb has given a detailed and …

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Re: K6-2+ Questions

Posted on 2021-10-15, 04:21

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Fastest K6-III+ 550 MHz is equivalent of Pentium II 300-350 MHz in most of games. Performance of K6-2+ 450 MHz @75 MHz FSB with good motherboard should be maybe around Pentium II 233 :) Only if by "most games" you mean (Gl)Quake: Nope, I mean most games. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t= …

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Re: Utility to output if DOS system is running in Real mode or Protected mode?

Posted on 2021-10-12, 17:06

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@Falcosoft Very nice small utility :) Question: Is it possible to also show if unreal mode is active? For example, there are games that do not work in v86 mode, only in real mode. For these, I like the Micronics MICEMM memory manager, as it is an EMM386 equivalent that can work in unreal mode (eg …

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Re: Utility to output if DOS system is running in Real mode or Protected mode?

Posted on 2021-10-12, 11:21

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Malik wrote on 2021-10-12, 09:45: Greetings. Does anyone know of a simple command line utility to run in DOS to show if the system is running in Real mode or Protected mode? Just a curiosity. Thanks. I have compiled a simple utility that just shows that: Filename PMODE.zip File size 589 Bytes …

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Re: vintage programming

Posted on 2021-10-03, 14:44

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This can be anything from the earliest PC's to anything 32 bit I guess (arguably only semi-vintage but who cares about terminology). What languages do you use? Do you prefer to run these packages on older hardware (that is when you actually have the option of older or newer hardware)? Lately I'm …

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Re: The Sting! (in my language: ANagyBalhé!) no background music in the game

Posted on 2021-09-30, 21:36

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Aha azthiszem értem mit mondasz, megmondom őszintén én se tudom anno akkor ez hogy működött zenével. Megpróbáltam amit mondtál, a daemon ba betettem az angol verziót és a feltelepített magyart indítottam el. viszont így nem indul el és CD-t kérne. Vagy valamit máshogy kéne próbáljak? Esetleg még …

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Re: The Sting! (in my language: ANagyBalhé!) no background music in the game

Posted on 2021-09-30, 20:55

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Aha azthiszem értem mit mondasz, megmondom őszintén én se tudom anno akkor ez hogy működött zenével. Megpróbáltam amit mondtál, a daemon ba betettem az angol verziót és a feltelepített magyart indítottam el. viszont így nem indul el és CD-t kérne. Vagy valamit máshogy kéne próbáljak? Esetleg még …

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