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Re: MT-32/CM-32L/etc. without ISA? (or, shenanigans?)

Posted on 2010-10-02, 09:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The other advantage of connecting the Roland SC-88 with a serial port/cable is that now your Roland SC-88 allows you to chain other MIDI devices with standard DIN-5 MIDI patch cables, thereby using your Roland SC-88 as a DIN-5 MIDI to serial-port MIDI conversion box allowing a complete MIDI chain …

Re: Powerleap adapter

Posted on 2010-10-01, 11:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

RG100, keep up the good work. If no one else, then I'll at least be drawing on this knowledge when I get round to putting together my own P2b based system.

Re: Powerleap adapter

Posted on 2010-10-01, 08:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow, RG100, the ASUS P2B is doing well up to 150MHz FSB? :surprised: And you're still using the Voodoo3 AGP card? I think i should get a 1.4 Tualatin to try it myself. Is the SL6BY the best one to get? The SL6BY is the Manny Pacquiao of P3 cpu's... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao

Re: looking for a turn based game.

Posted on 2010-09-30, 00:24

in Milliways

in Milliways

Yeah, I played a bit with the Tof8 mod. Perseverance is key. I managed to win around three battles with the frogs in the swamp, and another one against humans in the fort. Either you get your battle tactics right, and have some lucky rolls of the dice, or die...

Re: looking for a turn based game.

Posted on 2010-09-29, 09:06

in Milliways

in Milliways

Something turn based but not in the strategy vein is the RPG Temple of Elemental Evil. Arguably the best turn based strategic combat RPG ever (and oft criticised as the most boring RPG ever, for the same reason) . Not sure if there is a Vista patch.

Re: PCI card with Intelligent / Normal mode gameport out?

Posted on 2010-09-29, 09:02

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

Thanks... and I was getting all excited :) Nevertheless, I suggest resisting the urge to buy an expensive usb-midi interface, and use an existing or cheap second hand soundcard that has midi out via the gameport, and a 15-pin gameport to midi male cable (enter "15 pin midi" into ebay search, there's …

Re: ISA cards on non-ISA systems

Posted on 2010-09-29, 08:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not sure if the ARS item is worth the hassle and cost. It may be to some. If its running DOS and isa based cards that you are after, you may as well spend the money on a 440BX based board, as RG100 and I have done, or on a 845 based industrial board P4 board, and run mid/late era DOS games, and all …

PCI card with Intelligent / Normal mode gameport out?

Posted on 2010-09-29, 08:24

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

The general consensus seems to be that the best way to connect the MT-32 to a modern PC is via a USB midi interface, and in particular, the Roland/Edirol UM1-EX (and by default, other members of the UM-EX family) seems to get the nod from experienced forum members, both here and at Quest, for its …

Re: Speed sensitive DOS games...

Posted on 2010-09-25, 14:34

in DOS

in DOS

Excellent. The alternatives are to build a P4 system, with industrial mobos available with ISA slots, usually based on the 845 chipset (numerous), although a single ISA slot can be had with the 875 chipset (rare). However, given your advice, it appears my perseverance with a P3 based system, and my …

Re: Speed sensitive DOS games...

Posted on 2010-09-25, 13:15

in DOS

in DOS

RG100, should have known a fellow Asus P2b/P3b obsessive would know the answer! Thanx. 1992 saw the introduction of the SB16 and the SCC-1, which coincides with the era I too am most interested in. Which means a max'd out P3 system maybe good for covering late-ish DOS and win98 games, while still …

Speed sensitive DOS games...

Posted on 2010-09-25, 12:49

in DOS

in DOS

Can someone provide a rough idea as to what era DOS games stopped being CPU speed sensitive? Such knowledge would be helpful when making decisions regarding the building of retro systems. Yes, Dosbox rules supreme, but I can't resist making a machine that covers a broad spectrum of era's, especially …

Re: Powerleap adapter

Posted on 2010-09-24, 23:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nice one RG! Now, when are you going to try a SL6BY? While it MAY not be the best option for maxing out the overclocking capabilities of your mobo (although 1547Ghz stable is not too shabby), its 512kb cache allegedly makes it superior to its predecessors. So much so that in a dual CPU capable board …

Re: Powerleap adapter

Posted on 2010-09-24, 12:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello RG 100. Nice system. As a fellow Asus 440bx user, I thought I'd share what I know. Here is an excellent resource for anyone considering upgrading the CPU on a 440bx based board (albeit somewhat Asus specific): http://homepage.hispeed.ch/rscheidegger/p2b_procupgrade_faq.html I am typing this on …

Re: USB to ISA

Posted on 2010-09-23, 11:18

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

A little update. I've contacted ArsTech and got some interesting information from them. They already have a customized version of DOSBox working with their hardware. It's not public yet but they are going to release it really soon. It should not require SDK, and they already have working Windows …

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2006-01-13, 01:00

in DOS

in DOS

Got the boot disk. But no install disks. Would prefer not to have to boot off floppy. I'll try it first and then try the install thing if I can get the install disk images. Thanks.

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2006-01-12, 23:48

in DOS

in DOS

True. The perfect option would be to install dos 6.22 on a fat16 partition, then install the awe64 drivers. Go to creative's website, do a download search for drivers/awe64/dos, download "Creative PnP Configuration Manager (Rev 4)" and "Sound Blaster 16/SB32/AWE32 Basic Disk for DOS/Windows 3.1 …

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2005-11-03, 14:59

in DOS

in DOS

Thanks 5u3. Its working fine udner windows and in the diagnostic utility, especially after I ironed out some conflicts with other devices. My Matrox G450 uses interupt 5, so I have gone with 7. I disabled the CT4810, and a LPT printer port too. ALbion setup under DOS does not detect the card. I …

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2005-11-03, 04:09

in DOS

in DOS

Some progress has been made. I got a set of the creative win9x/dos drivers and utilites from Keropi over at the English Amiga Board - thanks Keropi! This time, during diagnosis, the soundcard was configured, and I could hear the test music provided at the end of setup. The setup utility changed the …

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2005-10-27, 03:28

in DOS

in DOS

Will a non-pnp make life easier?

Re: Getting my AWE64 working in pure DOS mode

Posted on 2005-10-26, 22:40

in DOS

in DOS

In my case I only need an ISA card for a particular game - Turrican 2 from the 386 era. It won't work with a pci card since it does not like EMS. I will also get around to plaing UFO X-com and Ultima Underworld and WOrlds of Ultima series. I have a Roland SCC-1 for midi, and an LAPC which I was …

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