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Re: ESS1868 compatibility issues

Posted on 2024-04-15, 10:06

Update on Tyrian 2000 - even bypassing the startup environment completely; i.e. nothing loaded except ESSCFG (or UNISOUND) the Tyrian setup utility and the main menu itself have the same symptoms. - Approximately 1 time out of 10 it starts up with no digital effects at all. - 9 times out of 10 it …

Re: ESS1868 compatibility issues

Posted on 2024-04-15, 09:28

250 games? Amazing work! Just to double-check: in the cases where you've seen issues have you swapped out this card for something else (eg. a Creative Soundblaster) to confirm the issues were actually due to the ESS1868 and not something else? I once spent weeks messing around with a (far less …

Re: ESS1868 compatibility issues

Posted on 2024-04-15, 07:16

I have completed a big audit of all ~250 games installed on my newly built 486 system. It uses a very basic ESS 1868F card: ... However I have a small number of games where I just cannot get (mainly digital audio) on the ESS card to work properly: You must have the ESS initialization loaded for it …

ESS1868 compatibility issues

Posted on 2024-04-14, 15:51

I have completed a big audit of all ~250 games installed on my newly built 486 system. It uses a very basic ESS 1868F card: img20240223142420 (1).jpg It is being initialised by unisound, using the ubiquitous A220 I7 D1 T4 P330 J201 parameters. I also have an MT32Pi equipped on a WP32McCake on the …

Re: MP32L or McCake?

Posted on 2024-04-14, 07:49

Before buying, check that the host soundcard is on the compatibility list for SoftMPU (unless you have a real, intelligent mode MPU-401 interface of course). https://github.com/bjt42/softmpu/wiki/Compatible-Sound-Cards Without a real Roland MPU401 (such as a MPU-IPC) or equivalent, SoftMPU is …

Re: MP32L or McCake?

Posted on 2024-04-14, 07:04

Before buying, check that the host soundcard is on the compatibility list for SoftMPU (unless you have a real, intelligent mode MPU-401 interface of course). https://github.com/bjt42/softmpu/wiki/Compatible-Sound-Cards Without a real Roland MPU401 (such as a MPU-IPC) or equivalent, SoftMPU is pretty …

Re: Flashback MT32 + Soundblaster

Posted on 2024-04-13, 16:40

It's an odd one, for sure. Applying SETMUL.EXE L1D brings the system down to something around ~486DX 33, or thereabouts. This has been enough to fix odd speed related issues (mainly too fast, or joystick calibration problems) in everything else so far (except Wing Commander 1, which needed a bit …

Re: Flashback MT32 + Soundblaster

Posted on 2024-04-13, 08:46

I have confirmed that the same installation of the game (cut and pasted from the CF card in this real system) works perfectly in Dosbox with Soundblaster effects and Adlib music, so there is nothing wrong with the installation or game data. Gunshots and datacube beeping are present. In-game menu …

Re: Flashback MT32 + Soundblaster

Posted on 2024-04-12, 21:46

Jo22 wrote on 2024-04-12, 21:07: SB-MIDI and MPU-401 don't use any kind if DMA. Sound Blaster SFX may use DMA or PIO. The flashback config utility shows the right base address, interrupt and dma channel set by unisound and used in all other games without issue. No idea why Soundblaster effects are …

Re: SimCity Classic - corrupt font

Posted on 2024-04-12, 20:10

Yep, the Shadow of the Comet installer has the same issue with 8x14 fonts: IMG_20240412_210658_(1200_x_900_pixel).jpg This was one of the few games that I couldn't get running on the 486SBC system... No wonder when I had zero chance of reading the items in the configuration menu! The tsr fixed this …

Re: SimCity Classic - corrupt font

Posted on 2024-04-12, 20:02

Excellent work guys. The diagnostic utility confirmed that the 8x14 font was indeed missing: IMG_20240412_205751_(1200_x_900_pixel).jpg With the TSR loaded before starting SimCity it resolves the display issue: IMG_20240412_205738_(1200_x_900_pixel).jpg I'll need to go back and check the other games …

SimCity Classic - corrupt font

Posted on 2024-04-12, 17:18

In my recently completed 486 single board computer, I have been checking all of the games I want to run on it. Over 95% run great, but there are a few which have problems. This is Sim City Classic, the updated version with the Maxis config utility, mt32/GM music options etc. If selecting either …

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