Re: How to change white font colors to green?

Posted on 2020-02-24, 15:01

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by CrossBow777

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

Sadly I've not been able to get my prompts to change colors in the ECE releases of Dosbox but could quite easily on the old DaumSVM version I also still have on hand. I will have to take a look at this to see if the command structure between the two versions is different somehow, but I originally …

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Re: CD audio vs Roland & General Midi

Posted on 2020-02-22, 15:40

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Well, my memory is fuzzy on this a bit but my parents would buy me computer magazine when they came back from the store etc. in the late 80s. It was from those that I learned about sound cards and the mighty MT-32. Additionally I can remember the marketing for the Adlib, CMS Game Blaster, and MT-32 …

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Re: CD audio vs Roland & General Midi

Posted on 2020-02-17, 16:42

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Midi gives you choice. Tracks can sound very different on different modules. Playing around with that can be fun. Funny you mention that. When I got Wing Commander and loaded it up on my 286-16mhz with expanded memory in place and my adlib sound card... I had a friend of mine that was all Amiga or …

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Re: External floppy drive

Posted on 2020-02-12, 20:16

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

On the USB 3.5" part of this, I did find a guy on ebay last year that was selling NOS Dell external 3.5" USB external drives. I got one of them as they were like $15 shipped and can confirm that it was able to reach 720kb diskettes fine. Something that 2 other USB floppy drives I've bought over the …

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Re: What special version of MechWarrior2 for Riva 128\TNT\TNT2 ?

Posted on 2020-02-06, 15:36

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I can remember how blown away I was by Mech 2 when I had my Mystique. I'm thinking it came with it? But then I also remember how sad I was when I got my Riva128 after that and found that both Mech 2 and Motoracer now looked like crap since those were two games with specific support for the Mystique …

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Re: Roland Sound Canvas only half working

Posted on 2020-01-28, 15:33

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

What is controlling the SC-88? Are you using a gameport to MIDI cable from the sound blaster?

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Re: Roland Sound Canvas only half working

Posted on 2020-01-27, 22:24

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

What game or games have you specifically tried to test it with? And are you running the games from Windows 98 or MSDOS?

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Re: Vampire the masquerade redemption asks for cd key

Posted on 2020-01-23, 17:29

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by CrossBow777

in Windows

in Windows

I could be wrong but I thought it was a sticker that was attached either the CD case itself on the outside or possibly within the CD tray? If you don't see that, then it is possible your CD case isn't the original one and that key info was lost?

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Re: System shows directory contents of the previous floppy / disk with the DIR command

Posted on 2020-01-23, 17:16

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by CrossBow777

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in Marvin \ Software

It's a CHINON F-357 1.44mb drive. Interesting, that is the same floppy drive used in several roland midi sound modules and sequencers. But they obviously have the ability to detect a disk switch since when you pop out the disk and put in a new one, the module will read it and then show you the …

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Re: Is a MIDI Wavetable board worth it on a 286 AT?

Posted on 2020-01-17, 14:12

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I used my Turtle Beach Maui on my 286-16mhz in the early 90s without any noticed slowdowns. It sounded good for the games that could support it but most didn't back then. However I can say that Dune II actually ran very well on that 286 as did both Wing Commander 1 and 2. Although with WC2 I had to …

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Re: Is this a suitable replacement adapter for MT-32/Sound Canvas devices?

Posted on 2020-01-17, 03:19

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by CrossBow777

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in Marvin \ Sound

The reality is that even if the module states it needs 15v it likely only has a 12v at most regulator in it and says it needs 15v due to the vdroop it puts on the PSU when loading it down perhaps? The Gamecube supplies are switching also and with or without a load the one I have is a steady 13v …

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Re: Is this a suitable replacement adapter for MT-32/Sound Canvas devices?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 16:50

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I know the MT-32 and my MT-200 both have linear regulators in them. I use the newer PSB-120 Roland bricks with my modules. The exception is my SD-20. I came with its original jpn adapter but as I actually have about 123v average coming into my home I didn't want to use it. So for my SD-20 I use an …

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro CT1330A Stereo MIDI playback?

Posted on 2020-01-07, 15:06

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Mmm..and according to the latest date stamp on the 74xx logic chips. Looks to have been made in early to mid December of 1991. Do the pins on those ICs go through the board at all or are they SMD? If they do happen to go through the board, it might be easier to solder on the bottom side of the PCB …

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Re: Sierra On Line Games (error creating configuration file)

Posted on 2020-01-06, 20:31

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I've seen this if you just copy the CD-rom versions of the games onto a HDD directly since the contents on the CD-Rom are in read only mode to begin with.

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Re: Black Mesa Xen is now out of Beta

Posted on 2020-01-03, 21:24

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by CrossBow777

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in Release Announcements

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to note how much more difficult the Tentacles creature in the blast rocket chamber is! I thought I was loosing my mind because on the original, I could just toss a grenade and keep to the sides while crouched to keep them distracted. What I had to do in this was …

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Re: Roland Sound Canvas SD35

Posted on 2019-12-31, 23:26

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by CrossBow777

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in Marvin \ Sound

Could look into getting what I did at first. Look towards getting an MT-200 or MT-120. Both of those are also based on the SC-55 and sound pretty much just like one. If you do get an MT-200, make sure it has the full amount of memory inside (Not easy to know unless you open it up to see...) and has …

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Re: CM-32L: Are these capacitors leaking?

Posted on 2019-12-30, 15:04

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I've actually had some success removing glue like this just using lots of IPA to soak up around it. It seems to help loosen it from the PCB. I do this when I recap Intellivisions as the two large power filter caps on the power board have some really nasty old glue that just won't let go holding the …

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Re: Can I use an American sound canvas plug on a Japanese SC-55mkII?

Posted on 2019-12-27, 17:01

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Yeah I actually use my JPN PSU with my JPN TurboDUO and have for years without any issue. The adapter gets a bit warmer than it likely would have normally and I ended up replacing the VRs inside that console with DC-DC switching converters so heat isn't a problem either. But to answer your question, …

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Re: When did front facing USB Ports become common in ATX cases?

Posted on 2019-12-06, 01:00

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by CrossBow777

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't know exactly when they started, but I do know that at least I noticed them first when we got our first IBM NetVista computers in the early 2000s. They had 2 USB ports in the front but due to how far back those ports were recessed, there wasn't much aside from a keyboard and mouse that you …

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-03, 22:39

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by CrossBow777

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in Milliways

The gaming king ≠ the budget gaming king. Must be wonderful to live in a world where money is no object and you can drop $650 on a 6-8% performance boost because you've already got quad-SLI 2080s without blinking. Since I mostly play games on my computer and pretty much always have, I stopped using …

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