Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2020-08-31, 08:10

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by dnewhous

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K, the Yamaha SoundEdge is a Soundblaster 16 clone, and not a Soundblaster Pro clone. I reviewed the manual, which is available for free from Yamaha, and the OPL4 synthesis chip (described on the wikipedia) that comes with it has a General MIDI mode.

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Re: Unable to see subdirectory

Posted on 2020-08-20, 03:00

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by dnewhous

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I had to reinstall the Space Quest Collection under a different directory, C:\SpaceQuestCollection rather than C:\Program Files (x86). I am surprised that DOSBox does run those games. Also, when I exited the game DOSBox had grabbed my mouse pointer so I had to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up task …

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Re: Unable to see subdirectory

Posted on 2020-08-20, 00:46

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by dnewhous

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No I can't see it when I run dir. The mount worked without a problem and you can verify accuracy on the wikipedia. You can't designate a directory name with whitespace in DOS, you can in Windows.

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Unable to see subdirectory

Posted on 2020-08-20, 00:15

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by dnewhous

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So I have C mounted as c:\progra~1. It's been a long time since I've used DOS designations. I can't change directory to "Sierra" which is directly underneath progra~1. I am using DOSBox 0.74-3.

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Re: Final Fantasy VII and VIII definitive MIDI thread

Posted on 2020-08-19, 10:11

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by dnewhous

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I got the output by saving FF8.dls as a txt file with Awave Studio and then opening the file FF8.txt in Ultraedit. Then I copied and pasted it here. I tried Windows 98 compatibility mode and it still stalls.

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Re: Space Quest Collection (2006) Windows

Posted on 2020-08-19, 10:05

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by dnewhous

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jmarsh wrote on 2020-08-19, 06:16: It's a pretty old version of DOSBox too, likes to randomly crash after playing for a while. Why not update?

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Re: Space Quest Collection (2006) Windows

Posted on 2020-08-18, 23:57

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by dnewhous

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The main thing to notice about these games is that the copy protection for Space Quest I and V come at the end of the manual come after the instructions for each game. These sections solve otherwise insoluble puzzles. The manual is on the disc.

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Re: Space Quest Collection (2006) Windows

Posted on 2020-08-18, 21:44

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by dnewhous

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Is ScummVM so that VDMSound will have something to work with?

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Re: Space Quest Collection (2006) Windows

Posted on 2020-08-18, 20:12

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by dnewhous

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I'm not using it.

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Space Quest Collection (2006) Windows

Posted on 2020-08-18, 19:52

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by dnewhous

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This game works in Windows. Why does the EULA bring up DOSBox? This is not a DOS game. I understand how the EULA misleads. But, please.

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-16, 01:43

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by dnewhous

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I remember now the purpose of Mac Connect. It was to connect a printer to a computer with enough data transfer so that hypertransport and USB were never needed. It was supposed to have something better than a DI-9 which is a German DIN connector.

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-15, 01:53

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by dnewhous

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Their software for printers has been horrible for years. I've never had problems with Canon, Lexmark, and Brother drivers, but HP printer drivers fail left, right, and center. Now that you mention it my father had to call the Geek Squad once to install a new HP multifunction - I couldn't get it to …

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-14, 19:34

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by dnewhous

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You can’t go wrong with HP Laser printers. I have always bought them. They just work as intended and they have good software support. This makes me question if you've even used their consumer drivers. Ahem, the problem with HP for a while is the software available for free for use with their …

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-14, 13:53

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by dnewhous

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The laser all in ones are a long time in coming.

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-13, 00:36

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by dnewhous

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Is laser screen valid printer technology? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_UKv5v2bvY I can't believe that HP laserjet and inkjet paper has come to an end. There is HP laser print paper. That is mostly glossy. Yechh. It's not glossy, nor matte, it's satin we want.

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-12, 23:08

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by dnewhous

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Also, the wikipedia is indicating that they are trying to use the DI-9 Mac Connect with the 8 pin LocalTalk? As Bill the Cat once said, "tthhhpppppttttt." Also, even if there were to fit a square peg in a round hole, connecting a printer to a network doesn't do any good unless the printer is network …

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-12, 05:12

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by dnewhous

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In other news, HP advanced photo paper comes in several sizes. 4X6, 5X7, 8.5X11, and, 13X19!!! What kind of printer uses at least 2 of those sizes? Canons site is down right now. In still other news, HP still offers sprocket paper in 2X3 size. But the sticky ZINC variation is discontinued. Also, …

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Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-12, 02:35

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by dnewhous

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What on earth is a Konica Minolta Nassenger good for? Printing the human genome appears to be what is happening in the video for the Nassenger 8 on Youtube. Any experiences? K, the site answers my own question a little, it is referred to as a textile printing machine, so another use is to print …

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Re: sound blaster 16 and CQM synthesis

Posted on 2020-08-09, 21:33

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by dnewhous

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What this question is effectively asking is if there were any games with more than one music mode for the soundblaster 16, like a soundblaster 16 1.0 v soundblaster 16 2.0 or something like that. If the original chip were CQM I can see now why people put a premium on the vibra (Dell) cards, they …

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2020-08-04, 10:57

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by dnewhous

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There's something else wrong with tape players besides a lack of an adequate bias frequency. You really need to promulgate the ....something something to get them to sound right. Also, which video tape format can be transferred to slides easiest? Even better, do VHS tapes work in Super 8 machines? …

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