I am using scc-1’s MPU401 to talk to my MT32. Since I often run into Buffer overflow / Exc. checksum err situation I want to use softmpu purely as SysEx delayer.
When using softmpu /mpu:330 /delaysysex my mt32 correctly shows SoftMPU. But each sierra game will hang during start. The MT32 transmit light is working for some seconds and than rhythmically just blinks without the game starting.
Am I doing something wrong / do you know about any solutions for this behavior?
You're not doing anythng wrong. Which system are you using with the SCC-1?
On my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus, I used SoftMPU for a bit before I wrote a program that turns off the cache for certain games (that are either speed sensitive for both the computer and Roland MT-32) and it'll turn on the cache once the game exits.
Here are the cache control programs that I use on my machine.
Cacheoff - turns off L1-L2 cache
Cacheon - turns on L1-L2 cache
The attachment cachecontrol.zip is no longer available
I also wrote a lot of Batch files and I have the following entered when I want to load a game:
SIERRA.BAT (example)
1@echo off 2echo Sierra On-Line games 3echo. 4@echo off 5echo [----------------------------------------] 6echo [ A - A10 C - TCBQ I - ICEMAN ] 7echo [ K - KQGAMES P - PQGAMES Q - SQGAMES ] 8echo [ S - SILPHEED X - EXIT ] 9echo [----------------------------------------] 10echo. 11@echo off 12echo Sierra On-Line: A10: Tank Killer, The Colonel's Bequest 13echo Codename: Iceman, King's Quest 1-6, 14echo Police Quest 1-3, Space Quest 1-3, Silpheed 15echo. 16@echo off 17choice /c:ACIKPQSX /T:X,15 "Which Sierra On-Line game would you like to play: " 18IF ERRORLEVEL 8 GOTO END 19IF ERRORLEVEL 7 GOTO SILPHEED 20IF ERRORLEVEL 6 GOTO SQGAMES 21IF ERRORLEVEL 5 GOTO PQGAMES 22IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO KQGAMES 23IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO ICEMAN 24IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO TCBQ 25IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO A10 26 27:A10 28call a10.bat 29goto end 30 31:TCBQ 32call tcbq.bat 33goto end 34 35:ICEMAN 36call icm.bat 37goto end 38 39:KQGAMES 40call kqgames.bat 41goto end 42 43:PQGAMES 44cacheoff 45call pqgames.bat 46goto end 47 48:SQGAMES 49cacheoff 50call sqgames.bat 51goto end 52 53:SILPHEED 54cacheoff 55call silpheed.bat 56goto end 57 58:END
