Re: General MIDI and AWE64 issues

Posted on Yesterday, 09:54

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by georgel

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AWEUTIL's MPU-401 emulation for the EMU8K only works with real mode games without relying on any third-party utility. AWEUTIL's documentation confirms this. Why can't DOS? Edit by Dominus *removed confrontational writing*: see this thread on how to do it nowadays https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic. …

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Re: What to do with my AWE64 Gold?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 21:12

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by georgel

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In computer science there is no such thing like "stock" drivers. But imagine what -- it is exactly the Creative's TSRs that are doing the same job. The rest is just an alternative DOS Extender variation.

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Re: General MIDI and AWE64 issues

Posted on 2022-06-29, 21:08

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by georgel

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The Transport Tycoon as far as I am informed uses TNT DOS Extender 😉

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Re: What to do with my AWE64 Gold?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 15:27

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by georgel

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the AWE64 is limited to SBK soundfonts and can only use them on older real-mode games. They won't work with later protected mode games such as Doom and Duke3D. Edit by Dominus to get rid of the personal attacks: use this new utility and it works after all https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62 …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2022-01-24, 18:52

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by georgel

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You are free to debug, reverse, waste your time and effort and write your own utilities to solve your problems. They are not mine nor do I intend to provide further development on my projects published in this forum. You know why.

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Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.77a

Posted on 2022-01-21, 19:35

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by georgel

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Will check later if bug of detecting some ESS 18xx cards is fixed but here it is - no need of external clouds for a tiny file like that that size is several times less than contemporary fatware loads on a single average web page. (Edit: file removed by Dominus)

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-26, 14:59

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by georgel

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And thanks for taking the time to come in and contribute some knowledge, arvid. Some of us, at least, appreciate it. Arvid, the only minor contribution you could have done to this thread hadn't been done. Instead you just downloaded and used what was readily available by me as a product and my …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-26, 10:55

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by georgel

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Shreddoc, I guess you meant you are the only one who wanted to thank arvid for his ignorance 😀 Are you sure you are not the same person behind both accounts?

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-24, 21:26

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by georgel

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None of the AWEUTIL versions requested has been provided by user arvid...

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-10, 15:57

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by georgel

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Arvid wrote on 2021-12-10, 15:09: On the computer with V1.11 I overwrote it when I updated unfortunately. On the other computer there´s V1.33 which also does not work. Edit: I would guess the V1.11 AWEUTIL comes from this driver package: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=26&menustate=0 …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-10, 13:49

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by georgel

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Arvid wrote on 2021-12-10, 13:11: I was using AWEUTIL version 1.11, after upgrading to v1.36 it all works like it should, thankyou for your help 😀 I don't have V1.11, could you upload it here for analysis, please. I've seen and have only 1.20, 1.35 & 1.36.

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-10, 12:55

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by georgel

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Make sure you are using the latest AWEUTIL version 1.36. The same filenames of the soundfont you discuss do not mean that the actual files you have are identical.

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-09, 22:35

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by georgel

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I'd suggest you to use initially only the default sound fonts for troubleshooting. They should sound especially the GM one like the default AWE32 support in games and they load almost instantly. Then you can focus on the exact sound font that causes problem. Offtopic -- your machines are quite slow …

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Re: DOS32AWE - DOS/4G compatible DOS Extender with Sound Blaster AWEUTIL MIDI synthesizer support for Protected mode,V

Posted on 2021-12-09, 21:38

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by georgel

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Likely a completely different issue. Which model of the AWE card are you using and how many amount of RAM it has installed? Does loading SoundFonts elsewhere (such as using SBK or SF2 on Windows 9x) works fine on that AWE card? I have two cards that I have tested in two different systems. SB32 PNP …

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Re: Does every AWE CT4390 make DIAGNOSE.EXE halt at this screen?

Posted on 2021-12-01, 05:16

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by georgel

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-11-30, 23:49: no, my gold works fine in DIAGNOSE where it is hanging for you is right before the DRAM test, IIRC No, the RAM test passes fine. This is right before the sound tests/menu. Very strange. The computer can be restarted at this point with CTRL-ALT-DEL.

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Does every AWE CT4390 make DIAGNOSE.EXE halt at this screen?

Posted on 2021-11-30, 21:14

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by georgel

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Does an AWE CT4390 make DIAGNOSE.EXE halt at this screen? The sound card seems to be working otherwise as it should (with some games that support AWE). But this behavior with DIAGNOSE is repetitive despite I tried on two different motherboards (486 and Socket 370) and with DIAGNOSE V4.05 too. Thus …

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Re: Partially dead CT2700

Posted on 2021-11-25, 04:07

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by georgel

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Assuming the card-in-question lacks an ASP/CSP chip, are the IFSD and APSD jumpers appropriately closed? Nice catch! Thanks! I didn't consider that a possibility since the jumper pins for those settings are missing - but so is the ASP/CSP chip... I quickly jumpered the vias with solder blobs and …

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Re: Partially dead CT2700

Posted on 2021-11-23, 14:19

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by georgel

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Which DIAGNOSE function(s) specifically fail?

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Re: Partially dead CT2700

Posted on 2021-11-23, 14:06

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by georgel

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First try on another motherboard with Creative's DIAGNOSE utility and then make conclusions that you SB is faulty which I highly doubt. Yes, I tried DIAGNOSE as well - the digital sounds test results in the same symptoms. It's definitely a bad card, not my first rodeo. My instruction stresses on …

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Re: Partially dead CT2700

Posted on 2021-11-23, 08:31

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by georgel

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bloodem wrote on 2021-11-23, 06:15: Why do you highly doubt? 😀 I've repaired quite a few damaged SB16s (with similar symptoms), which is why I'm asking. If you had "repaired quite a few damaged SB16s " why are are more interested in my doubts than in helping the OP with their sound card in the …

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