Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?

Posted on 2018-11-29, 17:59

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by keropi

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if you have the hanging note bug and it's an issue for you then using the MPU to drive the SC-55 will fix this, routing the sound either to SB16 or external mixer or through sc-55 will have no impact on hanging notes, the bug exists when using the SB16's mpu not it's sound mixer. bjwil1991 provided …

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Re: MUS-1099 GameBlaster Sound Card

Posted on 2018-11-29, 09:46

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by keropi

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any idea how much they would cost?

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Re: Roland SC-55mkII works with wrong AC polarity??

Posted on 2018-11-29, 06:46

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by keropi

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Maybe he reversed the polarity on his psu and forgot about it - or he got it already modded. I don't remember if the sc-55 has a rectifier in it's power input , if it does have one then polarity is not an issue. Better not test , you did the right thing. Maybe verify his pay polarity with a …

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Re: A very strange Wordstar bundle!

Posted on 2018-11-28, 20:48

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by keropi

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My bet is that this was a demonstration/promotional/salesman package , the ones they displayed on the stores for customers to see. After all these years internal degradation is nothing unheard of... Even if it's sealed.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-28, 17:18

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by keropi

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^ yeah I will test it and report back on the hdd situation. I have a good feeling about this 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-28, 16:23

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by keropi

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^ well it has real cache on it (128kb), umb blocks get activated with URAM, it's stable as far as I can tell - but yes, the pcb is too thin 🤣 🤣 🤣 Maybe the AWARD BIOS works with large HDDs as well? need to test this.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-11-28, 11:48

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by keropi

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I bought very cheap this 486DLC system: http://i.imgur.com/ski3hlMl.jpg It came with a CT1350B (not suitable for CMS upgrade though, bummer) , a trident 8900C vga, a controller, 2x CF cards , a floppy and 8MB of ram. The most interesting thing for me at this point was the 1993 motherboard that came …

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Re: DUKE3D freezing with mouse

Posted on 2018-11-27, 19:49

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by keropi

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^ great you got it solved! do try bmouse I posted about, really works wonders with build games.

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Re: DUKE3D freezing with mouse

Posted on 2018-11-26, 19:15

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by keropi

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can you try with MOUSE.COM instead of mouse.sys? mouse.com gets loaded from autoexec also when you get it working bMOUSE is great for duke3d: http://swisscm.duke4.net/ it will make mouse usage better

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Re: Roland Super MPU64 Question

Posted on 2018-11-26, 13:25

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by keropi

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^ wait, MPU64 is a usb device? I am sorry I thought it was an ISA one I was thinking the super-mpu-at2 or something like that it was called... for USB no dos support as yawetaG says. Like I mentioned before, anything after mpu401at/scc-1 is not suitable for dos be it ISA or USB or whatever :) it's …

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Re: Roland Super MPU64 Question

Posted on 2018-11-26, 11:03

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by keropi

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instead of connecting all midi modules to the mixer connect the midi modules to a source selector like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOT-Input-1-Output-4-Port-Audio-Video-AV-RCA-Switch-Switcher-Selector-Box/321659514372?hash=item4ae466ae04:g:4QMAAOSw0e9U0ZJx:rk:6:pf:0 and use the mixer to fine …

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Re: Roland Super MPU64 Question

Posted on 2018-11-26, 10:22

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by keropi

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It is recommended to use each device in a separate channel, meaning: - connect SB audio-out to CH.1 - connect SC-55 audio-out to CH.2 this way you will have total control - you'll soon find out that music/sfx volumes vary from game to game and having a mixer really comes handy. My mixer has 3 stereo …

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Re: Roland Super MPU64 Question

Posted on 2018-11-25, 23:19

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by keropi

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yes that is the best way: use each device for it's games. Windows-based games don't care about roland mpus or intelligent modes, a simple uart mpu is all they care... you can even use a usb midi interface if the system is modern enough. So using the MPU64 with windows is good. I use KENTON splitters …

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Re: Roland Super MPU64 Question

Posted on 2018-11-25, 21:45

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by keropi

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there are differences on the engine between mt-32 (old) and CM-32L which uses the "new" sound engine. Phil has a video , check the section "Games that require the MT-32 (old)" -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvsaJ4h-VY&t=7576s Basically some sounds are not rendered the same, if a game is made …

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Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32

Posted on 2018-11-25, 20:26

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by keropi

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jheronimus wrote: Hey, that’s probably an issue with 1.4 version. Either use an older version or try the patch from here. this one worked perfectly! the new roland.cat goes in the \SOUND\ subdirectory replacing the old one! ripsaw8080 did his magic again 😊

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Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32

Posted on 2018-11-25, 20:10

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by keropi

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I just checked on my system - I have the game original installed from floppies and patched to 1.4 - using a SBPRO2 and a PCMIDI interface. - I get the option for MT-32/LAPC-I music on setup and use it for music - start the game , the MT-32 is only producing some sfx (like the intro alarm) and …

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Re: Problems with my VLB IO card

Posted on 2018-11-24, 09:23

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by keropi

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I must point out that the old serial brackets have a different pinout than the new ones, meaning a modern serial bracket won't work - maybe that's the case here?

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Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32

Posted on 2018-11-23, 23:32

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by keropi

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allright, maybe some corrupt game file then? I know there is a v1.4 patch of the game, did you test it? also test without loading EMM386 (if you use it) edit: 1.4 has mt-32 option for me in setup?

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Re: UFO: Enemy unknown and MT-32

Posted on 2018-11-23, 22:44

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by keropi

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maybe it needs an intelligent mode mpu? try loading softmpu and see if it helps

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Re: PC for MT-32

Posted on 2018-11-23, 20:53

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by keropi

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yeah I'd also leave that mt-32 connected to the 486/33 (maybe go as far as 486/66?) since you plan to have another build for the SC-55 - use that with the ss7 system

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