Re: DOS games with native DB50XG/SW60XG support

Posted on 2024-04-01, 08:48

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The sound configuration utility for Albion, which uses the Miles sound system, has a discrete option for choosing the DB50 for music: albionxg.png I don't know if this is actual XG music, or 'just' GM mapped to the DB50/DB60/XR385, as my XR385 board is currently packed away. I can't remember ever …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2024-01-20, 20:30

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I've had an unused STM32 Blue Pill board, so I built a simple USB MIDI interface for Waveblaster boards (those that only need 5V). I created a firmware for the Blue Pill (modified an existing one) that can (when configured with multiple US MIDI ports) merge MIDI messages from all ports and use the ' …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2024-01-02, 10:31

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Rawit wrote on 2024-01-01, 17:30: Does anybody know the power consumption of the X2GS? It declares MaxPower 200mA and my usb hub shows 0.1A (rounded to 1 decimal place) when using it.

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2023-12-27, 17:18

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The problem with sending "F5 nn" messages over USB is twofold. One, no USB MIDI driver implements the message because a) it's not part of the standard and b) it's solving a problem (using more midi ports) that's already solved in USB MIDI by using virtual cables. This can be solved by modifying the …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2023-12-27, 13:07

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I'm sharing here what I discovered. As was mentioned in other topics, Dreamblaster X2(GS) can use 32 midi channels (2 ports of 16 channels). When connected using waveblaster header you can use non-standard MIDI message "F5 nn" to switch between the two ports (nn=1 or 2). This doesn't work when …

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Re: List of DOS games with OPL3 stereo music

Posted on 2023-11-05, 09:24

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I was reading random article on The Cutting Room Floor .net when I noticed that x-com patch 1.4 brought support for stereo opl3 sound and though this might be something you would like to know https://tcrf.net/X-COM:_UFO_Defense#DOS_Version_1.4 X-COM: UFO Defense version 1.4 has only one music …

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2023-04-14, 06:53

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The problem here with 32-bit writing is that there is no fast way to extend an 8-bit color, because it's impossible to copy the 16-bit low part to the high part without avoiding use two registers and a shift instruction. Also we are very limited here since only EDX register is available, as EAX has …

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Re: Rendition Verite Wrapper attempts [need help]

Posted on 2023-02-01, 12:16

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for example : there is vl_error V_DLLIMPORT VL_RegisterErrorHandler(vl_error_handler peh) "vl_error_handler" -is refers to "typedef vl_error_handler (V_DLLIMPORT *VL_GetErrorHandler_Type)(void);" VL_GetErrorHandler_Type???? No where in SDK it defined. "typedef vl_error_handler (V_DLLIMPORT *VL_ …

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Re: Scanbin 6 for 16-bit Windows

Posted on 2022-09-22, 13:24

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Here is what I did: - copied winsock.dll to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM - extracted files from scanb6.exe - copied ctl3d98.dll (ctl3dnt.dll also worked) to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and renamed it to ctl3dv2.dll - run install.exe, which allowed me to install the program Then it complained about modified executable …

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Re: Scanbin 6 for 16-bit Windows

Posted on 2022-09-22, 06:55

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I haven't tried this, but: in the archive there are two files ctl3d98.dll and ctl3dnt.dll. One of them is renamed to ctl3dv2.dll during installation (according to operating system). You must do this manually, since you extracted the files without installing.

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Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi

Posted on 2022-06-03, 08:12

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What about uploading a new version of the file with new name ? That doesn't affect sharings.

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Re: Is anyone aware of the Casio SW-10 Softsynth for Win9x?

Posted on 2022-04-07, 07:40

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Probably yes, but the question is how much effort would it take. Also some Roland/Yamaha soft synths are available as VSTi plugins.

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Re: Is anyone aware of the Casio SW-10 Softsynth for Win9x?

Posted on 2022-03-31, 22:30

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Only tried it on x86_64, but I assume it would compile for ARM too and make a nice addition for the RPi based MIDI module emulators? Yes, it works on ARM - I made a release for the Pandora handheld . It should also work on other architectures. Is VLSG.DLL compatible only with modern systems? Not …

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Re: Is anyone aware of the Casio SW-10 Softsynth for Win9x?

Posted on 2022-03-30, 12:59

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I decompiled the VLSG.VXD driver and identified what I could. With that I created a Linux ALSA driver (and some other tools). The sources are on GitHub.

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Re: Best Windows 9X games with MIDI music

Posted on 2022-02-17, 13:56

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Not the best music, but Battle Isle 3 (Battle Isle 2220) uses MIDI music.

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Re: SR -- project to statically recompile DOS/old Win games to create modern Windows or Linux versions

Posted on 2022-02-12, 10:15

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old_pc_f@n wrote on 2022-02-11, 11:26: Is there any difference when it comes to input/video/audio latency between recompiling with SR into native executables and using an emulator? I don't think so.

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Re: SR -- project to statically recompile DOS/old Win games to create modern Windows or Linux versions

Posted on 2022-02-11, 10:15

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@rkurbatov The original goal was to get Albion running on GP2X where the DOSBox speed is very low. Since it was successful, I added support for running X-COM 1,2 and Warcraft on GP2X. Later I ported the games to Pandora which is much faster than GP2X, but the DOSBox speed is still not high. These …

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Re: Does anyone else have any issues with the "MIDI IN 1" socket on their SC-55mkII?

Posted on 2022-01-19, 08:42

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I had the idea that the epoxy might be a problem after remembering Adrian from Adrian's Digital Basement describing this exact same problem in one of his videos. I wanted to link it here but I was unable to find it. Does anyone here remember which one it was? I think you mean this one: https://www. …

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Re: Legend of Sword and Fairy - english patch

Posted on 2021-05-26, 06:26

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I don't think you can play the english version with the original DOS executable. In the patch readme for version 3.1, it says that DOS versi0n is only supported with SDLPal.

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Re: DOSBOX significantly slowing down while displaying a lot of single characters using BIOS functions ??

Posted on 2021-02-11, 07:49

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I tried the benchmark and I noticed no slowdown. I tried various cycles and everything looked fine. I'm using Linux and also Ryzen 7 3700X. What power plan are you using? Is there any difference if you use High Performance ?

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