In the meantime I've done some testing on one of my older systems:
Test system:
- Mainboard: A-Trend ATC-5000 (Intel 430TX chipset)
- CPU: Intel Pentium 200 MMX
- RAM: 32MB
- OS: DOS 6.22
Soundcards:
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32 (CT3900) with DSP v4.13 and 8MB RAM
BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
- Gravis UltraSound Rev. 3.4 with 1MB RAM
ULTRASND=240,3,3,7,7
Tests done with MT-32pi v0.10.0 and, where used, SoftMPU with paramaters /MPU:330 /SB:220 /IRQ:5
Tests in MT-32/CM-32L (Munt) mode:
- 4D Sports Boxing : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- ECO Quest : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- ECO Quest II : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Gods : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Failed, no sound (No SOFTMPU)
- Gods : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues detected (With SOFTMPU)
- Lollypop : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Monkey Island : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Failed, Error "Unexp. MIDI status" (No SOFTMPU)
- Monkey Island : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (With SOFTMPU)
- Monkey Island II : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Operation Neptune : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Failed, hangs on start-up (No SOFTMPU)
- Operation Neptune : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues detected (With SOFTMPU)
- Police Quest I VGA : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Police Quest II : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Failed, hangs op start-up (No SOFTMPU)
- Police Quest II : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (With SOFTMPU)
- Prince of Persia 2 : Music: MT-32 / SFX:SB -> Passsed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Rise of the Dragon : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Risky Woods : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Sam & Max hit the road : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Space Quest 1 VGA : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Failed "Unable to init music hardware" (No SOFTMPU)
- Space Quest 1 VGA : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Failed "Unable to init music hardware" (With SOFTMPU)
- Start Trek: Judgements Rites : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Failed, hangs op start-up (No SOFTMPU)
- Start Trek: Judgements Rites : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found (With SOFTMPU)
- Supaplex : Music: MT-32 / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- The Lost Vikings : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Thexder II: Firehawk : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Utopia: Creation of a Nation : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
- Wing Commander : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Failed, hangs on start-up (No SOFTMPU)
- Wing Commander : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues detected (With SOFTMPU)
- Willy Beamish : Music+SFX: MT-32 -> Passed, no issues found (No SOFTMPU)
Tests in GM/GS (FluidSynth) mode:
- Descent : Music: General Midi / SFX: SB16 -> Passed, no issues found
- Descent II : Music: General Midi / SFX: SB16 -> Passed, no issues found
- Doom : Music: Sound Canvas / SFX: SB16 -> Passed, no issues found
- Doom II : Music: Sound Canvas / SFX: GUS -> Passed, no issues found
- Duke Nukem 3D : Music: Sound Canvas / SFX: SB16 -> Failed, works but severe stuttering in sfx and framerate
- Duke Nukem 3D : Music: Sound Canvas / SFX: GUS -> Passed, no issues found
- ECO Quest : Music: General Midi / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found
- ECO Quest II : Music: General Midi / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found
- Overkill : Music: General Midi / SFX: PC-Speaker -> Passed, no issues found
- Police Quest I VGA : Music: General Midi / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found
- Raptor: Call of the shadows : Music: Sound Canvas / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found
- Rise of the Triad : Music: Sound Canvas / SFX: SB16 -> Passed, no issues found
- Sam & Max hit the road : Music: General Midi / SFX: SB -> Passed, no issues found
- Star Wars: Dark Forces : Music: General Midi / SFX: GUS -> Passed, no issues found
- System Shock : Music: General Midi / SFX: SB16 -> Passed, no issues found
- The Lost Vikings : Music+SFX: General Midi -> Passed, no issues found
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