Re: I got Dune II working with the Disney Sound Source!

Posted on 2019-10-04, 23:40

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For what it's worth, AIL natively supports the use of DIGPAK drivers. Because of that, I've found that adding Covox Speech Thing, Disney Sound Source, Tandy DAC, etc. support to otherwise non-supporting AIL titles is just a matter of installing/configuring a game for Sound Blaster playback, and …

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Re: Games with better Disney Sound Source support?

Posted on 2019-10-04, 00:40

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Update: It worked! I got Dune II working with an emulated Disney Sound Source in PCEm. 😀 See I got Dune II working with the Disney Sound Source!

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Re: Is there a example of what a "VESA MIDI" device is?

Posted on 2019-10-04, 00:40

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Update: It worked! 😀 See I got Dune II working with the Disney Sound Source!

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I got Dune II working with the Disney Sound Source!

Posted on 2019-10-04, 00:36

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Holy crap, it actually worked! :lol: (Well, at least in PCem, but it will likely work on actual hardware too.) Long story short, I patched the game to use the Miles VESA driver (VESADIG.ADV) for digitized sound output, and then I loaded the VBE/AI driver for the Disney Sound Source (SSWAVE.COM), …

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Re: Creative Music System (CMS) / Game Blaster MIDI drivers

Posted on 2019-09-22, 23:07

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Great job! We can't have enough retro sound card projects going on. 😀 I'll continue following your progress with great interest.

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Re: ISA RAM card, my easter project

Posted on 2019-09-13, 19:04

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You'll get it right. Setbacks like this are part of the challenge. 😀

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Re: What were some of the last notable games to be released on CD-ROM?

Posted on 2019-06-20, 22:30

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I remember being frustrated how even as late as 2005 games were still being shipped only on multiple CD-ROMs, even though they could have fit on a single DVD. I thought it was absurd how careful the game distributors were in not requiring buyers to upgrade their CD-ROM drives to DVD-ROM drives, …

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Re: CGA game on option ROM

Posted on 2019-06-03, 22:12

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Ah, J-Bird. That was a fun game, indeed. :) Supposedly, the game supported Tandy/PCJr graphics and sound, but I couldn't get the game to work in that mode in DOSBox. It would only show 4 color CGA and play one-voice internal speaker sound. Perhaps PCem would be more successful in that regard, given …

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Re: The Unofficial OPL2LPT and OPL3LPT demopack (for convienient testing of Adpatch)

Posted on 2019-04-29, 22:30

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Nice work, pdw! 😀 Wouldn't the ability to patch more games (as an alternative to emulation) still be beneficial to slower 386(sx) systems as well? Or would the emulation overhead be negligible even on such systems?

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Re: ISA RAM card, my easter project

Posted on 2019-04-29, 22:25

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Jo22 wrote: Small update. One of the chips I ordered turned out to be of a wrong type. 🙁 Got an 78LS08P instead of an 78LS08N. I'll try to get hold of the right type asap. Aw, that's frustrating. Don't lose motivation now! 😀

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Re: Line in problem in DOS with Soundblaster 16

Posted on 2019-04-26, 12:14

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Lazar81 wrote: Didn't have the output box for Line in ticked in mixerset Heheh, it's usually small things like that, isn't it? 😉 Glad you found the solution and thanks for sharing.

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Re: ISA RAM card, my easter project

Posted on 2019-04-22, 22:05

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Must be frustrating to see all the required components slowly trickle in by mail. 😉 Keep us updated, Jo!

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2019-04-22, 21:54

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Interesting initiative! :) About some of your suggestions: New software/drivers to add functionality that either was proprietary/licensed or never existed to begin with Ways to add hardware functionality that was either very expensive or didn't exist yet back in the day (e.g. WiFi cards, high- …

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Re: Need TCP/IP support for Win311

Posted on 2019-04-22, 21:26

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What FTP software ? Yes, Winstock appears to be for dial-up only. Are you sure about that? I remember (unofficially) configuring Internet access on LAN-connected Pentium PCs back in college in 1995 or 1996. I managed to do that by installing Trumpet Winsock on them. These were college computers …

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Re: Line in problem in DOS with Soundblaster 16

Posted on 2019-04-22, 21:04

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Lazar81 wrote: Solved the problem Care to share here how you solved it, for others who might run into the same problem?

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Re: DOS Game Club

Posted on 2019-04-11, 22:31

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In our latest episode we talk about 1988's surgery simulator Life & Death: https://www.dosgameclub.com/life-and-death/ Next up will be Blood, which we played in March. This month is dedicated to Blackthorne! I remember playing that game as a kid. Tough game! I never succeeded in carrying out a …

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Re: Crystal Audio Chips.. any fans?

Posted on 2019-03-26, 23:19

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No fans necessary! The Crystal CS423 chips can be passively cooled. 😎 ...Okay, I'll see myself out. 😉

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Re: The Unofficial OPL2LPT and OPL3LPT demopack (for convienient testing of Adpatch)

Posted on 2019-03-24, 16:24

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I may do a second smaller pack for 286 users if anyone wants that? As others here have also said: good idea! :) But perhaps not call it a 286 pack? Maybe some more general name such as "MS-DOS 16-bit" or something? After all, pretty much every game that runs on a 286 will run on an 8086/8088 PC/XT …

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Re: dune 2 mouse issue

Posted on 2019-03-16, 17:37

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Selecting multiple units by dragging a rectangle over them was a feature that was introduced by Blizzard in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, the first game in the Warcraft franchise. It was such an improvement in terms of playability, that Westwood quickly adopted it in their RTS games as well, starting …

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Re: Advanced Disney Sound Source prototype

Posted on 2019-03-11, 14:25

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I love DIY projects like this. :) Great job so far. Some things I would very much like to see in a DSS-on-steroids: * 100% downwards compatibility with the actual Disney Sound Source (duh) * A Covox Speech Thing (and possibly also stereo-on-one) compatibility mode by bypassing the FIFO buffer, as …

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