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Re: My oldschool rigs

Posted on 2007-04-16, 15:52

I've already tried to use the 8MB SoundFont MIDI emulation with an AWE32, but there was trouble with DOS extender games (the GUS MIDI emulation has similar problems). Could you explain these problems a bit closer, since I own a AWE32 and GUS too and would like to know what doesn't work. (Or maybe …

Re: The Essential Sound Cards

Posted on 2007-03-26, 00:06

I am a GUS owner since I got a 386 (and thats ages ago ;) ). I am not sure where the problems with this card arise, since it is the most uncomplicated card I have. It simply works. I had to invest a lot more time to get the PnP cards running, also the halfway PnP-like cards, like the CT2230. As for …

Re: Sound cards - from best to worst

Posted on 2007-03-19, 13:03

Hmm I didn't knew this yet, that the 4 MB ROM version of the Dream uses the samples of the SC-55. The point with the quite complete Hardware compatibility is true. In the days I bought it, it was said that the hardware was close to identical to the EWS64, but Guillemot stopped their efforts in …

Re: Sound cards - from best to worst

Posted on 2007-03-16, 10:19

My guess is that your Dream card with 512 kB has way too less ROM. For some recordings check out this comparison site: http://dos.skillreactor.org/addons/silverscale/soundcards/ I'am owner of the Dream card with 4 MB ROM and 16 MB RAM. I dont want to judge the quality here, but would like to hear …

Re: Sound cards - from best to worst

Posted on 2007-03-15, 23:59

I was just rereading some threads here and got curious that nowhere someone really mentioned the Dream based soundcards. How are they rated and where do I have to sort them in between the other more known GM-cards. like this one: http://mail.lipsia.de/~enigma/neu/pics/maxisound.jpg

Re: Sound cards - from best to worst

Posted on 2007-01-23, 15:09

As for the GUS vs GM Playback its a question how it was implemented into the game. There are some games that feature different Midis wether you choose GM or GUS. It sounds not equal but similar, but both versions sound good. As for the digital part of the GUS there is another reason thats greatly …

Re: Finicky Gravis Ultrasound Classic

Posted on 2007-01-23, 00:41

I am not sure where your problem is and if its really GUS related? Since the GUS's resources get jumpered on hardware side there cant be a 'wrong' IRQ/DMA whatsoever. To save IO resources you can set your GUS to all the same IRQ and DMA. Like: SET ULTRASND=240,7,7,7,7 This works fine as long as you …

Re: My new retro PC

Posted on 2006-09-07, 18:04

I really dont understand why a GUS should be so hard to set up. You just have to set the Jumpers and the ULTRSND variable. f.e. everything to 7 (7,7,7,7). This works fine unless you want to record and playback at the same time. I don't know what could be easier, with ISA PnP Cards I had to invest …

Re: Basic program and RS232 communications

Posted on 2006-05-10, 19:01

I forgot, you can still access the uart in hardware from the dosbox, all accesses will be mapped through. 16550 manual: http://www-s.ti.com/sc/ds/tl16c550c.pdf Works with any other 16550 too including auto flow. Only other thing is that you have to set the PIC if you use a PC. You can take this part …

Re: Basic program and RS232 communications

Posted on 2006-05-10, 18:54

Typically you can open a filename "COM1", this should open the Serial Port as configured in Win device manager. It's a synonym like LPT for parallel a.s.o. I don't know much about modern basic, but you should be able to print# and get# chars or bytes then from there. In C it would be CreateFile , …

Re: The Legacy Card of Choice...?

Posted on 2006-05-03, 13:25

in DOS
Well MegaEM doesn't work with newest versions of EMM386, but it just works fine with QEMM386. So you can switch the Manager to AUTO that will give XMS or EMS on demand. It was stated that this is slower than Himem, which is true. But thats as soon as you have any mid class Pentium system, this …

Soundfont Conversion SF2 to 94B

Posted on 2006-05-03, 09:35

in DOS
Hello, I own a SB 32 and a Dream9407 based Wavetable card. Both use different soundfont formats. I would like to convert some SF2 Soundfonts that are widely available to the 94B format for the Dream. I have looked through the net already but couln't find such tool. Someone knows of such program (or …

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