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Inquiring: modern projectors, 20 inch display, MS-DOS

Posted on 2023-06-05, 14:26

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Greetings, I see a lot of projectors out there which are small, and some which claim to be able to throw an image as small as a 20 inches (and I have seen ads for 20 inch projector screens.) Does anyone use a projector on their retro machines and get a good picture at 70Hz in MS-DOS and/or Windows …

Re: Windows 3.x w/AWE32 & Roland MPU-IPC-T: How to switch midi devices?

Posted on 2022-12-07, 03:04

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Nevermind, I figured it out. I had to create a new thing under midi mapper and select Roland. Now I am listening to Ultima Underworld midis on the Sound Canvas. Next step is to get PDF files of all of my game manuals, maps, reference cards, etc. which will work under the Windows 3.x version of Adobe …

Windows 3.x w/AWE32 & Roland MPU-IPC-T: How to switch midi devices?

Posted on 2022-12-07, 02:41

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Greetings, I have been using my Roland MPU-IPC-T to play midi on both an MT-32 and a Sound Canvas, in games and with the OriginFX screensaver. I decided to put a bunch of midi tracks from some games onto my slaved CF card. When I began to play the files with Voyetra Audiostation and also with the …

Re: Retro Mouse Options

Posted on 2022-11-25, 16:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the replies and suggestions!

Retro Mouse Options

Posted on 2022-11-21, 17:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Greetings, I am currently using an optical Microsoft Intellimouse on my 486, using a PS/2 adapter. The Ps/2 port on my PC is a slot/bracket connector which connects to a header on my 4DPS Tomato board. It is a very fickle port and I have had the mouse stop working while using it, requiring me to …

Re: Sound Blaster Mixer and Might & Magic III issues

Posted on 2022-11-21, 16:47

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

More update after some testing. I slowed down my P233MMX (SB16ASP), and the game works perfectly with the Sound Blaster option. Both adlib music and digital speech play nice at proper volume. Choosing Roland+Blaster still mutes line-in on the SB, but digital speech can now be heard at proper volume …

Re: Sound Blaster Mixer and Might & Magic III issues

Posted on 2022-11-12, 03:11

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I wanted to also report that the SB16 ASP (CT-1740) sound card exhibits the same issue, so the bug predates the AWE32. The SB16 even has a LOCK option in its mixer, but still that was not effective against what MM3 does to volume. Line-in is zeroed out, and Voice is lowered after game exit. This …

Re: Game port & cable length

Posted on 2022-11-09, 21:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the replies!

Game port & cable length

Posted on 2022-11-08, 01:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Greetings, As part of my setting up of my vintage 486 PC with a retro PC desk from the 80's/90s, I want to be able to use Gravis Game Pad Pros, DOS compatible Sidewinder joystick, my Gravis Phoenix, and CH products. However, I do not want to pull the case out every time I want to switch. The mouse & …

Re: Sound Blaster Mixer and Might & Magic III issues

Posted on 2022-11-04, 12:24

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Post the link to this site and probably someone could assist you in patching. Sounds good! http://www.jeffludwig.com/mm3/resources.php EDIT: I downloaded the decrypted files from the above link, and there are 0x39bc-roland.drv and 0x9953-blaster.drv files in there, so there is hope! I also messaged …

Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-11-04, 12:23

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Yeah, I had an AWE32 as a kid - it was (and is) a great card, but has a few quirks. Indeed, I am using the CD version of KQ5! I was trying to enjoy the whole "entering into the age of the MPC" experience with KQ5, but the voices of the characters are really, really bad... It was passable back inb …

Re: SCC-1 Compatible Midi Cables

Posted on 2022-11-04, 12:00

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

You may want to clean-up the card a bit and retry things. It doesn't appear that any of the relevant components are missing, but pins 11 and 12 of IC5 appear to be bridged by something (hair, lint?). How does the opposite side of the card look? There's a sizeable trace on that side that, if damaged …

Re: Sound Blaster Mixer and Might & Magic III issues

Posted on 2022-10-31, 01:11

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

On AWE32 3990 with MT-32 on a PII IBM machine, I also get the same problem as you. Very faint digital fx, and no music. Leave the game and the mixer has muted line-in and lowered Voice to about 70, which should still be pretty audible actually, yet you barely hear it in the game. Using MIDITo, I …

Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-10-31, 01:06

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

This is I think an IRQ issue, maybe the ThunderBoard driver uses a different IRQ port? I know with the same setup on a Pentium 1 I had to play with drivers for some games. Not sure I ever got QFG4 working outside the Windows version. Is there a way to change the IRQ KQ6 uses? Also, King's Quest V …

Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-10-28, 17:12

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

This is I think an IRQ issue, maybe the ThunderBoard driver uses a different IRQ port? I know with the same setup on a Pentium 1 I had to play with drivers for some games. Not sure I ever got QFG4 working outside the Windows version. Is there a way to change the IRQ KQ6 uses? Also, King's Quest V …

Re: King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-10-28, 02:58

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Well, changing the setup to use a Thunderboard has fixed the issue. Strange...

King's Quest 6 locks up after speech

Posted on 2022-10-28, 02:55

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Greetings, I am attempting to play the CD version of King's Quest VI on a 486DX2/66/16mb with AWE32, and with a Sound Canvas. The intro plays fine. Once I start the game and start interacting in ways which trigger the narrator, the game will either lock up hard with a screech/scratch sound, or it …

Re: Sound Blaster Mixer and Might & Magic III issues

Posted on 2022-10-27, 22:34

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

What sound effects? MM3 only has digital speech through SB (intro and ending). In the game, all SFX are through adlib. Under MT32 I recall it was missing quite a few sfx and the ones heard weren't as impressive as Adlib's (at least to me). That being said, yes I've seen this mixer issue with the …

Re: Sound Blaster Mixer and Might & Magic III issues

Posted on 2022-10-27, 12:52

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Is there anyone else with a 486DX2/66, an AWE32 card (CT2760,) a Roland MPU-IPC-T with an MT-32, and a copy of Might and Magic III which they can test to see if the bug can be replicated? Upon further testing using midito from the above link, I can hear digitized voices in the intro and the Roland …

Re: MIDIto r12 (Midi and FM redirection, Mixer locking, Sound Blaster fixes)

Posted on 2022-10-27, 01:12

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

I am using the utility to experiment with solving an issue with Might & Magic III. The game install allows you to select Roland+Blaster or some such. I select this and start the game. I cannot hear music, but the external devices indicate that they are receiving midi data. There is a digitized …

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