Re: So I created a hard drive image and installed DOS 6.22 into it...

Posted on 2013-03-20, 19:33

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by ripsaw8080

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Not in official DOSBox, but you can try with the IDE emulation in Ykhwong's build. The SHSUCDHD virtual cdrom can be a viable option, but the limitations are that your HD image must be large enough to contain the cdrom image; and only plain ISOs are supported, so no audio tracks.

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Re: So I created a hard drive image and installed DOS 6.22 into it...

Posted on 2013-03-20, 19:21

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True, I've corrected it in the AUTOEXEC section of DOSBox.conf. However, this couldn't possibly cause the problem with Disk Explorer, could it? No, but if you mount the image with correct parameters you can use DOSBox to copy files to/from it as in the guide you referenced. Official DOSBox does not …

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Re: When to use aspect=false?

Posted on 2013-03-20, 18:16

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One situation is tweaked mode 13h at 320x240 resolution, which has a 1:1 aspect. DOSBox slightly miscalculates its pixel aspect ratio as 0.99 instead of 1.00, which typically causes a slightly blurred appearance with aspect=true that you can avoid with aspect=false, and correction isn't needed with …

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Re: So I created a hard drive image and installed DOS 6.22 into it...

Posted on 2013-03-20, 18:02

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What geometry parameters are you using (the -size parameters)? The example you mentioned is for an ~500MB image; for 100MB it would be more like "-size 512,63,4,812".

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Re: Parallel port pass-through with Porttalk on Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2013-03-20, 14:36

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In my case it's the parallel port on my motherboard, set to EPP in the BIOS because it's recommended for an old flash writer I sometimes use and not because my printer cares one way or the other, and the Windows port driver is using the default "never use an interrupt, no legacy PnP" settings. AFAIK …

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Re: Parallel port pass-through with Porttalk on Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2013-03-20, 13:46

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The point is that you may be able to use MB6 with a "parallel1=file dev:lpt1" setting, no PortTalk or InpOutx64 or whatever else required. It works for me, and it has worked for others, so the question is: does it work for you?

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Re: Possible Tandy regression since 0.74?

Posted on 2013-03-20, 08:13

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This would seem to be the inverse of a similar issue with the Pirates! booter and the Tandy machine type, which had a black background instead of blue (sea) in 0.74, but is now blue in SVN. case 0x3d9: vga.tandy.color_select=val; if (vga.mode==M_TANDY2) vga.attr.palette[0xf] = vga.tandy.color_select …

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Re: Dosbox\win3.11 + mpu401 = impossible ?

Posted on 2013-03-20, 00:30

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Actually, you solved a rather more fundamental problem than the one you originally asked about. And I assure you that GM music works on Windows with correct instruments; but as you have learned with Linux, you must use a properly configured GM device.

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Re: When to use aspect=false?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 22:32

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Well, you can try setting the highest fullresolution= and windowresolution= you can manage coupled with output=openglnb, scaler=none, aspect=true. I think that gives pretty good results with windowresolution=1280x960. The more vertical pixels you give it to work with, the less noticeable the aspect …

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Re: When to use aspect=false?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 22:25

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Any other way to fix this mode's wide appearance? The blurriness also bothers me. I think you're referring to normal (not tweaked) mode 13h at 320x200, which does need correction if you want proper aspect. You can try output=openglnb which uses irregular sized pixel blocks instead of blurring, but …

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Re: Parallel port pass-through with Porttalk on Windows 7 x64

Posted on 2013-03-19, 22:21

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See this thread for an alternate solution to PortTalk that may or may not work for you: Printing from DOSBox

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Re: When to use aspect=false?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 22:02

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by ripsaw8080

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One situation is tweaked mode 13h at 320x240 resolution, which has a 1:1 aspect. DOSBox slightly miscalculates its pixel aspect ratio as 0.99 instead of 1.00, which typically causes a slightly blurred appearance with aspect=true that you can avoid with aspect=false, and correction isn't needed with …

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Re: Dosbox\win3.11 + mpu401 = impossible ?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 19:35

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I suggest you get GM music working in DOS games running in DOSBox before trying to get Windows 3 sorted out. You can install DOS KQ6 in DOSBox, but note there is an SVGA patch for that version (available on Patches Scrolls).

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Re: Dosbox\win3.11 + mpu401 = impossible ?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 18:08

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What is in the "SB16 Ext MIDI" setup if you click "Edit..." ? I had to create the mapper setup for the MPU401; however, your device driver is apparently different because it's named "Roland MPU-401 MIDI Out Port" in your screenshot, but it's just "Roland MPU-401" with the driver I have. What kind of …

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Re: Dosbox\win3.11 + mpu401 = impossible ?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 17:37

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It sounds like you're getting FM music, which is what happens if you chose the "SB16 Ext Synth" option instead of the "SB16 Ext MIDI" mapper setup. The "Synth" options map GM to FM synthesis. What is in your SIERRA.INI file? What port names do you have in the channel drop down list? What you have …

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Re: Tank2

Posted on 2013-03-19, 17:21

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Some needed sfx files are not installed. You can at least get the game to run if you copy the SETUP.PCM file to these files in the PCM subdir: AGUA9.PCM AGUACAE.PCM CARGA.PCM COCHE2.PCM DISPAR00.PCM EXPLOSI2.PCM EXPLOSI3.PCM EXPLOSI6.PCM METRALLA.PCM The sound is a bit repetitive this way, though. …

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Re: Dosbox\win3.11 + mpu401 = impossible ?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 16:23

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You can use the MPU401 driver if you want to, but don't expect it to magically sound better than SB16 MIDI output. Add the "Roland MPU-401" driver and configure it for port 330, interrupt 2/9. In the MIDI Mapper, add a setup named "MPU401 Ext MIDI", description "MPU401 Extended MIDI", edit it and on …

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Re: Dosbox\win3.11 + mpu401 = impossible ?

Posted on 2013-03-19, 12:06

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The GM music is working for me in the cdrom version of the game with only the SB16 drivers installed. The KQ6 Win3 installer gives a choice for "Base Level MIDI" or "Extended Level MIDI" that correspond to the MIDI Mapper setups named "SB16 Bas MIDI" and "SB16 Ext MIDI".

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Re: DOSShark for DOSbox 0.74

Posted on 2013-03-16, 21:36

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I suspect this DOSShark cheat program won't work with a self-compiled (and modified) build of 0.74, anyway, unless your build environment matches very closely to the one used in the official Win32 build (MinGW cross-compiled in Linux, if I'm not mistaken).

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Re: Terminator (1990) install help

Posted on 2013-03-16, 21:25

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The idea is to create conditions most alike to what the install program and game program were intended to work with on real DOS systems back in the day. You're less likely to run into problems that way. On real DOS systems the A: and B: drive were the floppy drives. Almost all systems had an A: …

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