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

Posted on 2021-08-15, 05:38

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Thanks cloudschatze.. i will make a special "CloudSchatze" edition of my phil n chil adapter and send you one for testing :-) Nice! I can only guess as to what that might be... :) I hope this suggestion is useful. :slight_smile: This is exactly what I'd like to see happen. I need to become familiar …

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

Posted on 2021-08-12, 17:49

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Btw: comparing SER38400.COM and SER31250.COM, noticed that at the beginning of the latter, we are setting the low bit of port FFEBh to 1. What's the purpose ? SER31250.COM was created specifically for use with the PSSJ chipset found in later Tandy 1000 systems. In retrospect, I should have named it …

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

Posted on 2021-08-11, 23:42

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Where can we find your great MPU-232 patch for Ultima VII ? I had been looking into a diff/patcher alternative to distribution, and never posted them. Since that effort has stalled, attached are sets of modified drivers for both Ultima VII: The Black Gate and Serpent Isle, as well as Ultima VIII. …

Re: Tandy 1000 RL issue

Posted on 2021-08-02, 02:13

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks very much like a vram issue. It does indeed. However unexpanded Tandy 1000 RL uses the built-in 512KB RAM for video and when upgraded with additional 256KB it uses the first extra 128KB RAM to expand DOS RAM to 640KB and the other 128KB for video. Unfortunately in both cases the issue exists. …

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

Posted on 2021-07-31, 19:16

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Today in history, an in-line scanline generator was added to the kids' PC. Momentous.

Re: The Roland CM-500 GS/LA Sound Module

Posted on 2021-07-30, 19:39

by Cloudschatze

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

I'm partial to Mode A, which treats the CM-500 as a MIDI-chained CM-300 + CM-32L(N) pairing. This mode allows for 'switching' via software means, wherewith the desired synth can be transparently selected as part of the batch file routine for a given game.

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

Posted on 2021-07-02, 17:10

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Descent and the MPU-232... https://youtu.be/jdZCrI9fM10 I'm running out of protected-mode MPU drivers/engines to patch routines for.

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

Posted on 2021-06-30, 22:06

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Duke NukeMPU-232 3D https://youtu.be/he5sYUD1NAo

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

Posted on 2021-06-26, 03:30

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Just noticed that I'd included the wrong executables for (Ultimate) Doom and Hexen in the zip file. You'll probably want to re-download that...

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

Posted on 2021-06-24, 22:13

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Attached is a set of "latest version" executables for DMX-leveraging titles, modified to provide MIDI output via COM1. CHEX.EXE 713,017 Chex Quest 1/2 DOOM.EXE 715,493 The Ultimate Doom DOOM2.EXE 709,905 Doom v1.9 and Doom II HERETIC.EXE 728,031 Heretic v1.2 HEXEN.EXE 923,019 Hexen v1.1 RAP.EXE 474, …

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

Posted on 2021-06-23, 00:32

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Funny thing is that Warcraft II works with SoftMPU. Hah! You'd think I would have tested that. :) Presumably, any of the titles leveraging an AIL3 driver (MPU401.MDI) are similarly usable with SoftMPU. Dang, now I'll have to replace that WarCraft II video with an Ultima VIII one or something. ;)

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

Posted on 2021-06-22, 21:28

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Doom befalls the MPU-232... https://youtu.be/RSFkNLs2fnc Oh, cool. Do you modify doom.exe somehow to make it work with MPU-232? Will it work with a usual serial to MIDI(DIN) connection + SoftMPU? Yes. Not just for use with the MPU-232, but with any of the RS-232-capable Roland and Yamaha devices, …

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

Posted on 2021-06-21, 20:41

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Doom befalls the MPU-232... https://youtu.be/RSFkNLs2fnc

SoftMPU for the MIDIMAN Portman PC/S

Posted on 2021-06-15, 16:01

by Cloudschatze

in SoftMPU

in SoftMPU

I've created a modified version of SoftMPU that supports serial MIDI playback via the parasitically-powered MIDIMAN Portman PC/S. Yay. The PC/S configuration supplants that of 38400bps-rate serial devices. Initialization is the same: SOFTMPU.EXE /MPU:330 /OUTPUT:COMx (where 'x' is the COM port the …

Re: Need help to disect some Sysex Messages

Posted on 2021-06-09, 04:23

by Cloudschatze

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

F0 41 10 16 12 03 00 F7 Incomplete message incomplete means wrong here ?- does the MT32 just ignores such messages? Correct. The MT-32 will throw an "Exc. Checksum error" message, but the SysEx string is otherwise non-actionable. F0 41 10 16 12 03 00 54 70 39 F7 Patch Temporary Area (part 6), …

Re: Need help to disect some Sysex Messages

Posted on 2021-06-08, 16:02

by Cloudschatze

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

F0 41 10 16 12 03 00 F7 Incomplete message F0 41 10 16 12 03 00 04 18 61 F7 Patch Temporary Area (part 1), BENDER RANGE = 24 F0 41 10 16 12 03 00 14 00 69 F7 Patch Temporary Area (part 2), BENDER RANGE = 0 F0 41 10 16 12 03 00 24 00 59 F7 Patch Temporary Area (part 3), BENDER RANGE = 0 F0 41 10 16 …

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

Posted on 2021-06-02, 20:55

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

More potato-cam... WarCraft II with the MPU-232 (modified AIL3 driver). https://youtu.be/wmD4T3-KTe0

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

Posted on 2021-05-28, 21:52

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

More goofing-off with the MPU-232. I'm sort-of impressed that this was copyright flagged. https://youtu.be/ZVB8ZUmM8C4

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

Posted on 2021-05-25, 23:01

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Most of the drivers are spread throughout the pages of this thread: https://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum/genres/tandy-radio-shack/71478-a-trick-up-its-sleeve-midi-with-the-tandy-pssj A majority of Sierra, Lucasarts, and Microprose titles are covered. Some of the more-recent work isn't represented …

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

Posted on 2021-05-25, 19:09

by Cloudschatze

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Received the MPU-232 today - thanks so much, Serge! The behavior of the device is similar to that of the RS-232-capable Yamaha units. Consequently, the drivers that I've modified for direct serial port output should indeed all be compatible (once the serial port baud rate has been appropriately set …

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