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Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-10-28, 17:56

NewRisingSun wrote: HunterZ wrote: Also, thanks for posting those drivers. I take it that they worked for you? Unfortunately I won't get a chance to test them for at least a few days, as I just moved and my computer is currently in pieces on the floor of my new apartment.

Re: ... An Idea ...

Posted on 2005-10-28, 17:08

Exactly. Also, I recall owning a lot of non-booter games with disk-based copy protection (mostly older Sierra games). I remember reading that they would usually mark a sector as "bad" on the disk and then access it in a different mode from normal sectors. DOS would skip copying the data inside if …

Re: USB joystick

Posted on 2005-10-28, 17:03

Make sure it works in Windows first by testing it on the game controllers control panel applet. Then make sure DOSBox reports it in the status window. Games running inside DOSBox see all joysticks as gameport joysticks because that's all there was back in the days of DOS (so that's what DOSBox …

Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-10-28, 16:58

The Amiga versions of SCI0 games were all done in 1990 and later. Now, *please* stop spreading this nonsense that these samples were included with PC versions for the sake of non-PC versions. MobyGames lists 1989, not 1990, as the release year for the Amiga and Atari ST versions (not that I'm …

Re: ... An Idea ...

Posted on 2005-10-28, 16:03

For copy-protected games I think it would be acceptible to include as good a disk image as possible along with a working crack. It's probably also possible by now to duplicate and emulate some of the old floppy copy-protections.

Re: King's Quest IX

Posted on 2005-10-28, 16:00

in Milliways
A write-in or petition campaign would be an appropriate community appeal, but spamming form letters at them is going to be ineffective.

Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-10-27, 16:58

About SQ3: I've heard it suggested that perhaps the digitized sounds were made for the Amiga version. or maybe an Adlib/Soundblaster driver that only used the OPL chip). Did it come on 5.25" or on 3.5" floppy disks? On my single 1.018 SQ3, the SNDBLAST.DRV was only on the 3.5" floppy disk. It's also …

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2005-10-26, 23:20

in DOS
If you don't care about Windows games, then an ISA SoundBlaster 16 is the best way to go (since you have an SCC-1 for Sound Canvas and General MIDI and LAPC for MT-32 MIDI) in my opinion.

Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-10-26, 21:29

For SQ3, I don't think running MT-32 music with Sound Blaster sounds would be a great idea; majority of the sampled sounds are from the MT-32 version so the MT-32 actually sounds better for sound effects! There's some exceptions like the "where am i" speech, but otherwise not really worth the …

Re: The Horde

Posted on 2005-10-26, 20:30

The CVS builds no longer use the dpmi setting. You should see the CVS Builds thread for info on regenerating your config file so you can see the options available for the current CVS versions. Also, you may want to try the normal, full, and dynamic cores to see if that changes anything.

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2005-10-26, 20:16

in DOS
The problem with the Ensoniq .ECW banks is that there were only ever 3 of them made. They're decent, but even a Roland Sound Canvas sounds better. Also, the SBLive has DOS drivers that are nearly identical to the PCI128's, including using .ECW files.

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