You did not mentioned what kind of display adapter you are using, but this sounds like a dipslay card/Windows display mode incompatibility problem. I suggest you to run setup, (setup.exe in Windows folder) and choose a compatible display mode like VGA 640*480 with 16 colors. See if it will work. …

Did you try Windows 3.10, too ? My Contura laptop (486) refuses to work with WfW 3.11. It hangs after the splash screen when program manager shows up. Vanilla Windows 3.10 works just fine, however. I have not tried 3.10 yet, but I will put it on the ToDo. Thanks! EDIT: Is 3.10 and 3.1 the same …

I will be buying an eprom programmer to upgrade the BIOS. I have things working now with HDD and CD-rom on the primary IDE channel, but the soundcards IDE and the secondary on the controller are completely ignored by the machine. I am also having problems with windows 3.11. The BIOS is from '93 and …

Hi, I am trying to get Windows for workgroups 3.11 up and running on my 486, and having unexpected problems. I've done a clean install of DOS 6.22 and the drivers needed for mouse and CD-rom and I've installed Windows, I have added lines to autoexec and config.sys as described by windows 3.11 (I've …

Thank you both for replying. I've had a couple of hours now to play around with it and I do manage to get the CD-rom detected when it is on the primary IDE channel now. I just can't use two HDD's and a CD-rom, it seems. @Eep386 I have tried setting things up without the sound card plugged in. Just …

Hi, I am setting up my dream machine, A 486dx2 66mhz, but I'm running into problems. I have read similar posts, and tried everything I could think of but I'm pretty new to PC hardware so I'm sure there's something I've missed. So I'm asking here hoping that this is obvious to everyone but me. I'm …

I do find that not all games load with mt-32 selected, but I'll make a separate post about that. This community is really great! :) you do understand its not compatible with mt32 right? I mean, you can select the mt32 sound map but mt32 has ram you can load patches into, sc88 does not. SC88VL is …

This has been extremely helpful. Thank you to everyone who responded! I think I have an understanding of things now and I've started using the device with my 386. It's a lot of fun :) I do find that not all games load with mt-32 selected, but I'll make a separate post about that. This community is …

Does your soundcard support 2 midi out ports? Most only have in/out/thru. Some sound cards let you switch the thru port to an out 2 port, but you usually have to select this via driver settings. Another option is to use the serial input on the 88. One serial cable can handle 32 channels with ease. …

Ok, I think I get it. The midi player I am using is only sending out signal on ONE midi port (which only handles 16 tracks). The demosong I was playing uses a full 32 track setup so things are getting botched. I have been searching for hours now without luck. Does anyone know a MIDI player for …

So, I have a quick followup. Demos sound strange now as well. My unit sound very different from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5lYHbEVmI I have a 88vl, but I was led to understand that it is the same as 88, but without the extra buttons on the panel. So my unit should sound like this. I …

Not all demo songs of the SC and SD modules are included in the devices' ROMs; most usually came with the driver disks or CDs. Of course, the 88Pro MIDIs and many things designed for that module don't work properly on a 88, due to a bunch of missing instruments, effects, and parameters :P Anyways, …

Hi there, I recently bought a SC-88VL and I am trying to figure out how this thing works.:) I see videos on the internet of people playing Roland demo songs on the SC-88 (and this should be compatible, right) but this has no demo songs, as far as I can figure out). Does anyone have the Roland demo …