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by HarborSeal
Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:14 am
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Fixing the Secret of Monkey Island Freezing
Replies: 23
Views: 18867

Re: Fixing the Secret of Monkey Island Freezing

I know next to nothing about DPMI (but I guess that's a starting point). It's good that it's very easy to reproduce. It's going to be hard to debug if DOS4GW is a black box where I don't know what I expect it to do. If there are programming guides for DOS4GW it might make sense to make an application that can reproduce the problem. We may be able ...
by HarborSeal
Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:32 pm
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Hybrid AO486 core?
Replies: 88
Views: 33229

Re: Hybrid AO486 core?

So far DOS games in general seem to work great with this core. Generally the problem is DOS4GW which is often fixed by switching to DOS32A. What games do you have trouble with? A short list. Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2 Ultimate talkie editions - Forum member user7182 was able to fix this , but so far there hasn't been a pull reques...
by HarborSeal
Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Hybrid AO486 core?
Replies: 88
Views: 33229

Re: Hybrid AO486 core?

I'd rather have improved compatibility and functionality. 486 bridges the gap between games from the 80's to games from the mid-90's. There are plenty of DOS games that don't function properly with the current core. That being said, if anybody is considering a hybrid solution to emulate the CPU, I suggest taking a look at the Rock Pi X. Unlike the ...
by HarborSeal
Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:45 pm
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Getting MT-32 music to work on Frederik Pohl's Gateway with a mt32-pi HAT
Replies: 4
Views: 5144

Re: Getting MT-32 music to work on Frederik Pohl's Gateway with a mt32-pi HAT

I found a thread over at vogons that may provide insight.

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37884

TLDR, Gateway doesn't play nice if the MT-32 isn't connected to a real Roland MPU-401 MIDI interface.
by HarborSeal
Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:49 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Scanline filters not working after latest update
Replies: 36
Views: 22873

Re: Scanline filters not working after latest update

MiSTer has always been a tinker toy. For better or worse. Usually the new ideas/additions end up being better in the long run.

Right now, I'm using the Gaussian filters to approximate the settings I used for composite blend.
by HarborSeal
Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:05 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Scanline filters not working after latest update
Replies: 36
Views: 22873

Re: Scanline filters not working after latest update

Just updated this evening, and im confused now. Where is the nice composite blend filter? I used that to give a nice soft look to some of the filters.. i dont see the option now anywhere? They are not compatible. ghogan42 or someone else will have to create new composite blend filters from scratch. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Filters_MiSTer/pu...
by HarborSeal
Thu Jan 06, 2022 6:08 pm
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Fixing the Secret of Monkey Island Freezing
Replies: 23
Views: 18867

Re: Fixing the Secret of Monkey Island Freezing

monsterchief wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:12 am It's fixed! That part in MI2 works now.
Yep. There's no freezing anymore at that point in the game..
by HarborSeal
Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:34 am
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Fixing the Secret of Monkey Island Freezing
Replies: 23
Views: 18867

Re: Fixing the Secret of Monkey Island Freezing

Thank you. I can confirm that I can play the SOTM talkie version all the way through without freezing.

This fix also helps MI2 talkie version as well, but it does freeze at the very end when the big whoop amusement park employee yells at the kids. I'm using the Top 300 pack with HIMEM enabled.
by HarborSeal
Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:30 am
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: AO486 Compatibility List
Replies: 214
Views: 319249

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

I installed The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel on both the Top 300 and the My Menu shareware VHD's. The keyboard and mouse both lock up and don't work once the game starts. I tried changing memory managers, changing cache usage, etc, and I wasn't able to find a solution. The game features an excellent MT-32 soundtra...
by HarborSeal
Sat Dec 25, 2021 6:02 pm
Forum: Input Devices
Topic: Suggestion for a reliable USB hub please
Replies: 12
Views: 9842

Re: Suggestion for a reliable USB hub please

Merry Christmas!

I bought a 7-port powered hub from Monoprice a couple years ago. Still works great. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=21787
by HarborSeal
Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:51 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer MidiLink
Replies: 91
Views: 82697

Re: MiSTer MidiLink

Thanks to UDPMIDI I'm able to use Virtualmidisynth, which uses the BASSMIDI library. My two preferred soundfonts work best with Virtualmidisynth/BASSMIDI and don't sound correct on fluidsynth for some reason.
by HarborSeal
Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:29 am
Forum: PC 486SX (ao486)
Topic: Depricated.
Replies: 746
Views: 333631

Re: Depricated.

First off, thanks so much Flynnsbit for putting this together. I finally got around to setting this up & am loving it. I've run into a couple of issues - I can't get any sound to work for DOOM no matter which sound option I pick. Full Throttle intro seems to work but at any point after that the game just freezes on a black screen. The same thi...
by HarborSeal
Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Shadow Mask development reference post CRT close up shadowmasks as refrence
Replies: 16
Views: 8641

Re: Shadow Mask development reference post CRT close up shadowmasks as refrence

The biggest difference I see between my oled 4k with masks + Custom filters and my CRTs is the black areas. On the CRT (Samsung GXE1395) you still get the RGB stripes in blacks and some subtle blending into it where as on my OLED they are black. Is there a mask option to carry the mask over true black areas? Maybe my greed driver is turned up too ...
by HarborSeal
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:18 pm
Forum: Display Devices
Topic: Where to get the new shadow mask filter?
Replies: 65
Views: 36235

Re: Where to get the new shadow mask filter?

I've been trying out the shadow mask filters while playing Chrono Trigger on the SNES core. So far, the one I prefer is TrashUncle's slot-mask-RGB with 1x rotation. It does a good job of preserving detail while producing that "CRT" look.
by HarborSeal
Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:27 pm
Forum: Commodore 16, 64, 128, VIC-20, PET
Topic: Music not working properly for Turbo Out run with 8521 CIA
Replies: 2
Views: 4332

Re: Music not working properly for Turbo Out run with 8521 CIA

According to comments on a youtube video, the original hardware had the same issues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG82RMyS07Y Andrew Brown - Shame my c64c never played the samples properly back in the day.. Phonolith303 - @Andrew Brown my C64C, too. It's because later C64s contained a 8580 MOS Technology SID Soundchip with different volume handl...
by HarborSeal
Mon May 03, 2021 3:46 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Wishlist of Cores You Would Like to See in the Future
Replies: 333
Views: 457141

Re: Wishlist of Cores You Would Like to See in the Future

This is a super low priority request. Texas Instruments TI-83/TI-84 graphing calculator The TI-83's were provided to students during my middle school and high school years in the mid to late 90's. They were programmable, so there were a small selection of games to play. Here's a website describing the games. https://www.calculatorti.com/ti-games/ti...