Re: Floppy drive suddenly not working?

Posted on 2024-09-25, 15:23

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by kelmer

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Ok looks like i have a lot of fiddling to do! I didnt change anything it just straight up stopped working the other day when I put my SQ4 original floppy disk in... then all of a sudden no disks worked. Will try to plug/unplug. Im using the disks to copy data from another computer so the disks do …

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Re: MT-32 and certain games

Posted on 2024-09-25, 15:21

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by kelmer

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To illustrate the problem, here's how vanilla (no patches) sq4 sounds with my roland mt-32. Note the midi message always on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjLZAuN5Mo&a … _channel=kelmer

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Re: Drivers for ethernet card

Posted on 2024-09-25, 15:20

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by kelmer

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I tried those drivers on vogonsdrivers but windows complains its not the right driver 😒

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Re: MT-32 and certain games

Posted on 2024-09-25, 14:55

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by kelmer

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Ended up burning a CD with those patches, but no improvement 🙁 Still cant manage to run the game with both Roland and SB for sound effects, due to memory issues

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Floppy drive suddenly not working?

Posted on 2024-09-25, 14:02

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by kelmer

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My floppy drive was working fine and suddenly it stopped reading any disks? All disk throw the "retry, abort, failure" error on MS-DOS and just "couldnt read from the drive" on Windows. Is it dead? Can it be fixed?

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Re: MT-32 and certain games

Posted on 2024-09-25, 13:48

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by kelmer

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To be clear, the EGA games (LSL3, PQ2, QFG1 etc) are giving the "Unable to initialise your audio hardware" error? Correct. I have a Pentium 200 with 32Mb RAM, and my roland is working through the 330 port :/ It does sound like a problem interfacing with the device, however other games do interact …

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Re: MT-32 and certain games

Posted on 2024-09-25, 11:43

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by kelmer

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I have an Aztech Sound Galaxy Washington 16 which according to this source should support UART: All 3rd-gen cards have an MPU-401 UART-compatible MIDI interface I saw that other thread but this isnt exactly my problem, no Sierra game works on me, older games say "Couldnt initialize your sound system …

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Drivers for ethernet card

Posted on 2024-09-25, 09:47

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by kelmer

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I got this Ethernet card: and for the love of me I can't find the right drivers for it. I managed to download some Realtek 8139ATX drivers but Windows 95 won't recognize them and I can't manage to connect to the internet. Would anyone have these by any chance?

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MT-32 and certain games

Posted on 2024-09-24, 08:42

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by kelmer

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I've managed to get a setup where my MT-32 does finally work with certain games. I can play Monkey Island 2 and see the Lucasfilm Games message on the Roland, plus the music sounds just about right. Same with Day of the Tentacle. However with other games it doesn't work at all. Simon the Sorcere …

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-19, 10:09

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by kelmer

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The music sounds different in Monkey Island 2 as compared to my previous test with the USB cable on my Windows laptop: USB: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/72X0G34pApg Joystick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHzkk_IXL4 I do see the midi messages ("Lucasfilm games") popping up on the roland so it …

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-19, 08:50

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by kelmer

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To answer your questions: Are you trying this in pure DOS or in a Windows DOS prompt? Pure DOS. This is a non-PnP AZT2316A-based card that has an EEPROM where it stores configuration. Which IRQ and base address did you choose for the MPU-401 when you installed it? Default config, address 330 and IRQ …

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-19, 08:32

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by kelmer

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Well believe it or not, the in/out cables on the midi to joystick were swapped, and it works like this: https://i.imgur.com/aU0lG1f.jpeg However whether it works with certain games its kinda hit and miss. Got Monkey Island 2 and Doom 2 working (although the latter only through General Midi, I saw no …

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-18, 14:04

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by kelmer

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Ok so just to rule out problems I hooked the Roland Mt-32 to my Windows laptop through USB again and used DREAMM to play Monkey Island 2, then connected the out cables to the line in of my speakers; it works. So that leaves either the joystick port or the midi to joystick cable as possible problems …

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-18, 12:08

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by kelmer

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Sooo.... I finally got all the cables I need but -- I cant hear anything when I run Monkey Island 2 or Space Quest IV with Roland Mt-32 configured ... I've used this cable to connect the roland to the joystick port. Then used a RCA to minijack cable + 2 RCA to 5.5 adapters to connect to line in. I …

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-15, 16:24

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by kelmer

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But my joystick/midi port is supposed to be mpu compatible 🤔

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-15, 15:29

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by kelmer

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While I wait for the 5.5 to phone jack cable to get to me to actually try with DOS games, I managed to get the drivers working under win95. I connected the mt32 to the Aztechs midi port, but windows isn't recognizing the mt32 as a midi device, only the internal opl synthesizer. In not even sure if …

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-12, 16:35

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by kelmer

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I just got the card but I'm having trouble with windows recognizing it, somehow the drivers get installed but windows claims they're the wrong ones 😒 I downloaded the Washington 16 (which are built-in with windows anyway)

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-10, 12:28

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by kelmer

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This one (hope i got it right!) https://wallapop.com/item/aztech-tarjeta-de-s … ource=ShareItem

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-09, 15:12

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by kelmer

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Just purchased that one, thanks for your help 😀

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Re: Midi cable for mt32

Posted on 2024-09-09, 11:03

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by kelmer

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Thanks for the insight; Im not too demanding really, Im looking for a sound card that can give me both a good adlib sound just as I remember it, plus the opportunity to try the Roland MT-32 that I could not enjoy as a kid. Most bugs Id honestly probably not even notice I think. Im concerned that non …

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