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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-22, 01:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-10-22, 01:48: Megadragon15 wrote on 2021-10-21, 23:52: These aren't special. They were priced at $4,99 at the thrift store I just wanted to share that I bought a couple of retro sound cards Aren't special???? We want pics. They are super rare and go for insane prices on eBay …

Re: Has anyone tried ArcaOS for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-10-20, 11:22

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Interesting reading. Nice work 😀

Re: Has anyone tried ArcaOS for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-10-19, 08:39

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

They are certainly unapologetic with this policy. Shame there's no demo. Disclaimer ArcaOS may not install or run on all systems, and Arca Noae makes no claim that it does. If you are unsure as to the suitability of your hardware for ArcaOS, please review this wiki page or contact us. There is no …

Re: IBM Music Feature Card/Yamaha FB-01

Posted on 2021-10-08, 05:03

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

I'm not sure they even came with software. Back in the day most people would be controlling them with hardware keyboards / sequencers, and controlling settings via the front panel. If you were working with a PC you'd probably be driving it with Voyetra Sequencer. The only period patch editor I've …

Re: 7MB Windows 98 Installation!

Posted on 2021-10-06, 07:15

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Love this madness. I like the thought that you could add just enough components back in to create a single-function OS. Like, as a MIDI jukebox or some sort of industrial control. If you were feeling sassy you could upload your build to archive.org 😉

Re: Win 9x build suggestions

Posted on 2021-10-06, 06:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yep, that's definitely glorious FM in the first sample, and General MIDI in the second one. A lot of us spend a lot of money chasing down different MIDI devices because you know, it's "better." But the best version is often the one our memories are attached to. And sometimes a good FM rendition …

Re: Win 9x build suggestions

Posted on 2021-10-06, 03:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am more interested in the MIDI the ISA cards (SB 16/Yamaha YMF series) provided with Win 9x games. To be specific, the MIDI music for games such as Road Rash, Fire Fight sounded much nicer on the 9X systems with ISA cards (different sound fonts perhaps? Could someone please throw some light on …

Re: One year anniversary of NVIDIA "cancelling" their old tech demos

Posted on 2021-10-05, 23:55

in Milliways

in Milliways

Are you guys about done jacking off to your delusional, political correctness gone mad "what if" scenarios? Can we get back on track now? Haha. Let's not let the demise of the world our grandpappies knew distract us from the important task here, which is preservation. Good job on the offerings. It …

Re: IBM Music Feature Card/Yamaha FB-01

Posted on 2021-10-05, 21:45

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

Sounded better than the Adlib cards and some of the Sierra games I've bought from GOG.com work with it as well. I also installed the FB01 driver on there to see how it works since some of the games require MIDI channel 1 to be the main one. I got the real unit today as well and that works with it, …

Re: Which PC should I restore for DOS/Windows 3.1/Windows 95?

Posted on 2021-10-05, 03:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As Joseph said, the ES1868 is exactly what the doctor ordered. But yes you should definitely have a play with the PAS16 also. @scorp recently did a very excellent video on them, which is a great companion to the Nerdly Pleasures article Joseph linked, and well worth the 27 minutes: https://www. …

Re: Problem with Yamaha ymf719es A151-A00 ISA Sound Card

Posted on 2021-10-04, 22:43

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

This is vague and unhelpful because I don't remember the details, but I've had this too. Not even any luck with Tiido's software. But one day it came good. Was it my system config? Different mobo? PEBKAC? I forget. But it ended up serving me flawlessly in a 386 system for a while. Don't give up on …

Re: Screamer 2 and Screamer Rally sound and performance issues

Posted on 2021-10-04, 06:48

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

3faltigkeit wrote on 2021-10-04, 05:22: Screamer two has no AWE32 as an option in the setup. It detects it as SB16. Maybe thats the reason why only fx is working. I will check if they maybe added AWE32 with a newer game version. It's worth manually experimenting with different SB types from the …

Re: Which PC should I restore for DOS/Windows 3.1/Windows 95?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 23:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So, for the era you're targeting, good FM sound is critical. A Yamaha OPL3 chip provides the real thing. The AWE64 has CQM instead (an FM implementation Creative came up with after they decided to stop licensing the Yamaha chips). Debate rages on whether it's a good substitute. Many including me say …

Re: Which PC should I restore for DOS/Windows 3.1/Windows 95?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 22:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Orpheus would be the Rolls Royce for sure (as long as you include the PC MIDI option of course).

Re: Which PC should I restore for DOS/Windows 3.1/Windows 95?

Posted on 2021-10-03, 22:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Enchurito wrote on 2021-10-03, 21:32: Also what graphics card/cards would be best for that era of machine? An S3 card such as a Trio64 will suit you. Cheap and common. For sound, I'd pair one of keropi's PC MIDI cards with your ESS.

Re: New DOS Glide / VGA / VESA game in 2021: Dzzee

Posted on 2021-10-03, 21:20

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Looks cool, but a few issues here. System is a Pentium 200 (non MMX) with an ARK2000 video card and a Voodoo 1, running DOS 6.22. Running DZZEEDOS.EXE, the only mode that words on my card is mode 1 (13h / VGA 256). Unfortunately this is a little too slow to be playable on my system. Tried UniVBE to …

Re: Graphics card for Pentium III 1ghz

Posted on 2021-10-03, 00:03

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I don't have the computer with me yet, partly due to interstate travel restriction. This is Gateway flexatxstc so it might not have agp slot. Only PCI and it is sff/low profile. I guess my options are limited if I want to upgrade the graphics. Then I think you want a low profile fx5200 PCI they …

Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2021-10-02, 10:43

in DOS

in DOS

ericvids wrote on 2021-10-01, 21:03: By the way, version 1.30 is up! -- with support for modern WASD controls! Legend!!

Re: Screamer 2 and Screamer Rally sound and performance issues

Posted on 2021-09-28, 10:32

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

It sounds like you've tried setting no sound card, and then auto-detecting the sound card. Have you tried entering the sound card settings manually?

Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Posted on 2021-09-28, 04:42

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

That is glorious.

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