Re: TANDY Dos-Gaming-Thread (1000RL/HD)

Posted on 2014-09-24, 20:14

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by Cloudschatze

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There are a number of games that offer support for the RL's 320x200 and 640x200 16-color graphics modes, 3-voice sound/music, and even Tandy DAC playback, but are otherwise unplayable on the RL due to the inadequacy of its CPU. Sierra's SCI1 titles fall into this category. Other games, such as …

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Re: Daisy-chaining MT-32 and SC-55 on DOSBox

Posted on 2014-09-23, 15:08

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by Cloudschatze

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The use of MIDI THRU ports has been discussed on this forum, and others, a number of times. A nice visual of the latency incurred by chaining MIDI devices is shown in the late 1980's-published book, "Mind Over MIDI." http://www.symphoniae.com/misc/MIDI_CHAIN.png As depicted, each MIDI THRU port in a …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-21, 22:13

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by Cloudschatze

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@Cloudschatze; Channel 1. It does nothing. The MT-32 doesn't respond to Channel 1 by default, but any of the eight (non-rhythm) parts can be set to receive on any of the 16 MIDI channels, via SysEx. (There's also the key-combination that will shift the default assignment down one channel, for a 1:1 …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-21, 17:44

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by Cloudschatze

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HighTreason wrote: As a last note, it has a typical Roland trait whereby it ignores something they helped standardize, in this case, violating the MIDI specification. What, exactly, are you referring to?

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600)

Posted on 2014-09-19, 17:41

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by Cloudschatze

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squareguy wrote: I had a chance to try out my new Sound Blaster Pro 2 (CT1600) for a little while this morning and I like it. First, I would like to know how to identify which revision it is and how many revisions are there known to exist? SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-18, 16:56

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by Cloudschatze

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I would not consider the Audiotrix Pro the final winner if only because they implimented SB 2.0 Mono compatibility and no 'Pro' Stereo. SBPro compatibility is available in Windows, or in a Windows DOS box; just not DOS proper. SB Pro has L and R swapped. There are at least eight revisions of the …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-18, 15:16

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by Cloudschatze

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OK, i believe that one does make YMF chipset justice! How good is the card sound quality wise? How does it compare to an AWE64 Gold for instance? In the Sound-on-Sound review of the 3D-XG , the analog output is stated as being "slightly better" than that of the AWE64 Gold. That said, I primarly use …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-17, 22:00

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by Cloudschatze

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You mention it works great in 8 bit slots but I wonder if it work in anything less than a 286? I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that, since I've yet to install an AudioTrix Pro in a < 286 system. I do have a Media Vision PAS-16 installed and working in an 8086-based Tandy 1000 RL though... The …

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Re: If you could only have one sound card, what would it be and why?

Posted on 2014-09-17, 17:51

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by Cloudschatze

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In cases where only a single slot can be spared for both sound and MIDI, the features of an expanded Mediatrix AudioTrix Pro are tough to beat: http://www.symphoniae.com/soundcard/MediaTriX/ATPRO/JPG/Logo_ATP_s_txt.jpg - Crystal CS4231 (SB2.0 and WSS compatible) - Yamaha OPL4 (FM and GM-compliant …

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Re: Which soundblaster should I buy.

Posted on 2014-09-03, 13:51

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by Cloudschatze

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Sorry, but I do not believe that info on type2 to be correct. I have not seen anyone give any real documentation of this problem and no user (including myself) I have been able to find here on Vogons have reported problems with Soundblasters with CT1747 chips like the CT2230. If someone wants to …

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Re: Tandy sound emulation...

Posted on 2014-08-31, 04:45

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by Cloudschatze

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Those digital samples are played-back using PWM through the SN76496 core, similar to how it can be done with the PC speaker. This type of playback isn't yet supported (properly) in DOSBox' SN76496 emulation.

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Re: Covox Sound Master Reverse Engineering / Replica

Posted on 2014-08-28, 23:22

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by Cloudschatze

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...i'm afraid most of the games would require Tandy graphics to get Tandy Sound as well. Actually, the majority of games that I've tested (from the larger publishers) provide command-line switches and/or configuration options to allow for Tandy sound + EGA/VGA/etc. Re: Tandy music on a card: …

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Re: Covox Sound Master Reverse Engineering / Replica

Posted on 2014-08-27, 02:58

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by Cloudschatze

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Nick Skrepetos, as everyone is probably aware, founded Human Machine Interfaces and developed the "Sound Operating System."

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Re: Covox Sound Master Reverse Engineering / Replica

Posted on 2014-08-26, 21:56

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by Cloudschatze

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At least around 100 games support the Sound Master. The problem with the MobyGames list is that it doesn't differentiate between DAC and PSG support. Only a handful of games support AY-3-8930 music playback using the Sound Master, making it a potentially less worthwhile effort to re-engineer than …

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Re: Innovation SSI 2001 re-engineering and/or conclusions

Posted on 2014-08-26, 18:56

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by Cloudschatze

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It's probably not worth the effort. Both Entertainer-supporting software titles - Gunship and Pirates! - can be easily patched to support the SSI-2001 replica, per the instructions that NewRisingSun provided in the linked thread.

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Re: Innovation SSI 2001 re-engineering and/or conclusions

Posted on 2014-08-19, 22:51

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by Cloudschatze

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Fagear wrote: Cloudschatze wrote: Please put me down for a fully-assembled board (sans SID)... With bracket or not? With bracket.

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Re: Innovation SSI 2001 re-engineering and/or conclusions

Posted on 2014-08-19, 22:22

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by Cloudschatze

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Please put me down for a fully-assembled board (sans SID)...

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Re: Post photos and discuss your pc joystick and game controller collection...

Posted on 2014-08-14, 05:20

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by Cloudschatze

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The RE-PC store in Tukwila, Washington (south Seattle), had a few NOS Microsoft Strategic Commander units for $30 a few months back. For all I know, they're still there. Despite the "strategic" moniker, I picked one up, thinking it might be interesting for use with Infogrames' (Accolade's), "Slave …

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Re: Media Vision Thunder Audio Spectrum 16

Posted on 2014-08-14, 05:00

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by Cloudschatze

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Like most of the major soundcard producers, Media Vision also sold bare chipsets. This "Thunder Audio Spectrum 16" is obviously a PAS16 knock-off, and so ought to be compatible with its drivers.

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Re: Does anyone know what OPL2 "composite sine mode" even is, or what used it?

Posted on 2014-08-13, 03:15

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by Cloudschatze

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I can't watch any of the links because of a lack of HTML5 player on that website linked in the forum post...... Hmm. The "mobile" player applet works with both IE9 and Chrome. You can get around the HTML5 requirement by using the player in the main "NicoVideo" website though (which requires an …

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