Sam & Max Talkie CD General MIDI Crash Problem

Posted on 2018-08-08, 20:55

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by appiah4

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SB AWE32 CT3980W with Dreamblaster S2 installed. Whenever I try to set and test General MIDI in Sam & Max Talkie CD edition's setmuse program, the computer hard locks. I've tried it at 133MHz and 100MHz, and I've tried it with SoftMPU and without Soft MPU. I've even tried AWE32's MT-32 emulation and …

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Re: Warcraft 2 not that fun anymore?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 13:56

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Ever since Activision infected Blizzard, I steer clear of anything they put out. I would really not want to touch a Warcraft remaster that will inevitably have a season pass, dlc and microtransactions.

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Re: Matrox G2+ What Type Of Memory Does It Need?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 13:40

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No, I would completely skip getting the extra 8MBs. For the same money you can probably just get a Matrox G400/450.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 13:39

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bjwil1991 wrote: To me, it looks like it'll fit just fine in the AGP slot. Enough wiggle room. Nice to hear. You reckon a heatsink of the same size (40mmx40mmx11mm) with a 40mm fan on top would be enough to cool a Voodoo 3?

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Re: Matrox G2+ What Type Of Memory Does It Need?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 11:11

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GabrielKnight123 wrote: Ok I will find some SDRAM but dose it matter what speed it runs at or can all speeds work? You don't want to go buying SDRAM, you want to buy special SDRAM modules made specifically for that connector. They are not very comon.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-08, 11:09

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Cyrix200+ wrote: I would say yes, I love Slot A myself. It's not the most stable platform though. Depends on the price in the end I think... The motherboard is Socket A, not Slot.. I have Slot A CPUs but no Slot A board 🙁

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Re: AWE32 CT3900: good model?, where is its mixer chip, & q. about OPL3.

Posted on 2018-08-08, 11:07

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I had meant to ask about the CT3980.. and yes, it's a PnP card. I guess that's the only (arguably) inferior aspect of it?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 10:51

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Added a heatsink to my G200 card that lacked one.. But in hindsight, I taped it on it a bit too low 🙁 Hopefully it doesn't have problems with getting into an AGP slot 🙁

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Re: AWE32 CT3900: good model?, where is its mixer chip, & q. about OPL3.

Posted on 2018-08-08, 10:40

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What's the difference between CT3900 and CT3890?

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-08-08, 09:28

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Voodoo 2 would probably allow gaming at 800x600 with no penalty to FPS but nothing more.

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Re: Matrox G2+ What Type Of Memory Does It Need?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 09:26

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Which is better, SGRAM or SDRAM? I heard this upgrade is pointless for games, and only useful for bigger Windows desktop resolutions. Is that correct? I remember trying to run 3DMark2001SE on a 8MB Millennium G200 and being unable due to lack of memory. Does the upgrade allow this to be done? SGRAM …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-08, 09:16

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Found a very reasonably priced complete system with a Gigabyte GA-7ZX motherboard and an Athlon 800 T-Bird. It's a Socket A motherboard with an ISA slot so I am planning on grabbing the deal even though the rest of the package is pretty useless (AGP TNT2M64, 56K modem, 2x128MB PC133 SDRAM, nice K6/ …

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 08:52

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Just a nitpick that I just realized: MODE is not resident so no need for LH as far as I can remember (and LH is enough, no need for loadhigh :blush: ) It's a matter of taste of course, but I also suggest ncache and ndos (from Norton Utilities 8.0) instead of command.com and smartdrv, their …

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Re: AWE32 and Windows 3.1: How to use a daughterboard for General MIDI?

Posted on 2018-08-06, 21:21

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Falcosoft wrote: appiah4 wrote: No idea what Basic, Extended or All is. Sooner or later you will have to get an idea about them 😀 Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi Very informative, thank you! I will stick to All for the time being 😀

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Re: AWE32 and Windows 3.1: How to use a daughterboard for General MIDI?

Posted on 2018-08-06, 21:02

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Do you have separate devices for the MPU-401 interface and MPU emulation for the EMU8k? After a lot of messing about I did a reinstall of the driver CD which populated the MIDI Mapper with SB16 Synth, SB16 MIDI and AWE32 Synth (with All/Basic/Extended options for each). Messing about with these, I …

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AWE32 and Windows 3.1: How to use a daughterboard for General MIDI?

Posted on 2018-08-06, 11:51

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The answer may be very simple but it is eluding me. I can't seem to find a way to use the MIDI mapper to use an installed wavetable daughterboard instead of the EMU800 chip for general MIDI, and I can't seem to do that. Is this possible? The midi configuration in Windows 9x makes this a lot easier, …

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Re: DUDE, show me your Dell!

Posted on 2018-08-06, 11:48

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Well, this is kind of crossposting from the For the Love of Optiplex thread, but I guess I may as well.. I have a very prized Optiplex, a GX110 in the small desktop form factor. I got it with a 733MHz Coppermine, 256MB RAM and a 40GB HDD. I upgraded it to a 1GHz Coppermine, 512MB RAM and a 120GB HDD …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-06, 11:43

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I arranged for the pickup of a Matrox Mystique G200 8MB PCI for a few bucks. I doubt I will ever use it, but these late PCI/early 3D accelerator cards really fascinate me (Rage Pro, TNT, G200, Savage4 - heck, even the GF2MX, Radeon 7500, G450). I have quite a few Socket 7 and i810 systems and some …

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?

Posted on 2018-08-06, 06:46

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Thanks for all the feedback, reducing buffers to 10 and moving SMARTDRV after MSCDEX did the trick and now I have 605K conventional memory free, and only 17KB for MS-DOS in conventional memory, which should be plenty enough for even more demanding games.

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Re: 2D Quality: Rage Pro vs Millennium, how much of a difference is there?

Posted on 2018-08-05, 21:52

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I've actually tried them all today. I've found that one of the Virge/DX cards I have (the one originally installed) causes terrible interference-like noise in Windows graphics modes but is mostly flawless in DOS - weird. Anyway, I had another Virge/DX lying about, which I also tried, and I've found …

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