Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2012-05-30, 09:06
Basic MS mouse that works as a PS/2 mouse 😀
Re: A question about roland cm-32p...
Posted on 2012-05-29, 20:17
trist007 wrote: How about going with a Roland LAPC-I instead? Will that give me digital audio? No it won't I'm afraid.
Re: suggestion: Ultimate 486 mainboard Bench Comparison
Posted on 2012-05-29, 19:51
Doing a review / roundup might be better for this. With mainboards a lot of differences are settings in the BIOS and with most 486 machines there are a TON of Bios settings. I'd be surprised if you find significant performance differences between boards unless some boards have missing features or …
Re: A question about roland cm-32p...
Posted on 2012-05-29, 19:45
Having only 1 ISA slot does indeed limit the choices quite a bit. For such a fast machine (compared to what was around when the MT-32 was at its prime) I would go with the AWE64GOLD and a external Roland Sound Canvas (General MIDI). This will give you good sound and music, no hanging note bugs for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2012-05-28, 07:40
Finally also got one of these NEC General Midi boards from eBay. Card works fine :) And I got a new 450W PSU for my Super Socket 7 time machine because the old OEM one that came with the case stopped working... http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/7209/img1187o.jpg http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/ …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-05-27, 05:42
I agree and decided that I will purchase the finished games at the full price once completed rather than up-front.
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-05-26, 08:10
That took me right back :) I really like the first SQ because it was the first Sierra game I did finish when I was a kid (thanks to the help from a hint book at a bookstore which I never purchased but had a look after school whenever I was stuck). Something I noticed with this video was that I kept …
Re: MT-32 and Sb16 - no midi on MT-32 games
Posted on 2012-05-23, 14:54
If you have a PC with Windows and a MIDI adapter then give ScummVM and DOSBox a go. The MT-32 will play the music just like on a real PC :) Roland MPU401 cards are quite rare and expensive. Easiest (but not cheapest) is to get the SCC-1 which is a Sound Canvas (General MIDI) and MPU401 interface in …
Re: MT-32 and Sb16 - no midi on MT-32 games
Posted on 2012-05-23, 14:42
Hi, I thought the intelligent mode was only required for Sierra games? so i'm totally out of luck as-is with regards to getting Lucasarts games working? Yup all the good stuff :) For Sierra there are patches. So most games you can get going. And then there is always DOSBox or ScummVM through a USB …
Re: MT-32 and Sb16 - no midi on MT-32 games
Posted on 2012-05-23, 14:32
There is heaps of info about this topic :) In short the MPU401 (or MIDI interface) of the SB16 isn't intelligent mode compatible. Back in the day when you had a MT-32 you would have purchased a Roland MIDI interface (or a LAPC-I which has everything in one card). MIDI port should be 330 as this is …
Re: If Quake were made today
Posted on 2012-05-20, 14:12
Surely the generation growing up with Pac Man or Space Invaders thought the same about Doom and being able to quick save 🤣
Re: PCI sound card in Futro s220
Posted on 2012-05-20, 11:37
Firstly this looks line a very interesting project. What performance do you get with such a CPU under DOS? Other boards working isn't a good sign and it shows that you know how to set it up. Does this board run Windows without any issues? Usually speech is an issue with PCI cards, but FM not so much …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2012-05-20, 08:34
I think so! I have all this gear but have actually played very little. The games I did play properly I did so through DOSBox and ScummVM.
Re: Recording with Fraps - Audio Stuttering Problems
Posted on 2012-05-19, 10:20
It's come to my attention fraps is a buggy piece of crap. Happens in everyone's videos. I think that's a bit harsh. I use Fraps for many things it just doesn't work well with DOSBox. I emailed them recently if they could enable exFAT support for files larger than 4GB and they sent me a beta version …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-05-19, 05:58
🤣 that's amazing 😀
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2012-05-18, 10:33
Didn't buy these but checked out a pile of parts that was going to the skip. There is more there, especially a huge dual CPU server board with onboard storage controller. The whole computer weighted a ton! The Adapted controller and video card is from another machine altogether. Here are the pics of …
Re: Trying to find an arcade helicopter game
Posted on 2012-05-13, 01:35
That game has some interesting support for sound cards. PAS and PAS16 and Stereo DAC on serial or parallel port. I guess this is Covox? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYqO_TjA7W0
Re: What are the BEST (retro) system specs for running a wide range of old DOS games?
Posted on 2012-05-13, 00:59
Looking forward to seeing some photos 😀
Re: Azrech sound cards any good?
Posted on 2012-05-13, 00:54
Yes don't chuck them. Take some pics and put them on eBay 😀
Re: What are the BEST (retro) system specs for running a wide range of old DOS games?
Posted on 2012-05-12, 16:16
sepultribe wrote: lowering the multiplier at the minimum on the k6-2 would have a significant effect on the equivalent speed or not? Nope it doesn't. Same goes for the other chips. Doesn't matter if your Pentium is running at 133 or at 200.
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