I've become a DOSbox nerd! - Page 2

Sensi · 15 March 2009, 13:59

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Originally Posted by 5h00n4y

Why don't you get some high-end CRT monitor that costed thousands a few years ago and now cost peanuts?
Four years ago I've got meself a 21" EIZO FlexScan F77S for 200PLN including courier postage (around 40PLN) on Allegro.pl.
It allows up to 1280x1024 in 100Hz and 85Hz in 1600x1200.

And what about 640x480?

I think 15'' CRT monitors were ideal for DOS games or speccy games under emuls.

EDIT-I havent found brand new 17'' crt monitors (except xerox), only 19'' (better than nothing) :-)

Shoonay · 15 March 2009, 14:07

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Originally Posted by SensibleFan

And what about 640x480?

Of course!

Same goes for 16bit and 8bit modes.

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Originally Posted by SensibleFan

I think 15'' CRT monitors were ideal for DOS games or speccy games under emuls.

Yeah, if you like to sit 2cm from the monitor

Sensi · 15 March 2009, 14:09

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Originally Posted by 5h00n4y

Yeah, if you like to sit 2cm from the monitor

Have we ever done that? We had to be mad

StarEye · 15 March 2009, 14:10

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Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Car boot sales are a great place to fing old Dos games

It's a good idea to have a 'test version' first, to see if the game is worth it (except it's a real bargain of course

).
Oh and be sure to check 'Under a killing moon'

Already have an original of that one, and with a couple of tricks got it running on DOSbox without using the discs (ripped them into isos). I always got the impression it was supposed to be a serious detective game (never played any of the Tex Murphy games before), so I was quite shocked by the comedy element of it. Watching a grown man playing with his gun pretending to shoot bad guys like som cowboy kinda removed that impression immediately.

TCD · 15 March 2009, 14:15

Ah great

Well, it has a sense of humour for sure, but it's also a really intense detective game

Don't worry, it never goes the Monkey Island way of doing things

StarEye · 15 March 2009, 14:25

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Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Ah great

Well, it has a sense of humour for sure, but it's also a really intense detective game

Don't worry, it never goes the Monkey Island way of doing things

As if that would be a bad thing.

I look forward to trying it out properly. Right now I'm installing all these games and playing around with the emulator.

StarEye · 15 March 2009, 19:31

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Originally Posted by ancalimon

I found SGM2.01 soundfont to be the better one though it's rather large.

http://students.oamk.fi/~k4mala00/SG...1.sf2.only.zip

Can you guide me in getting this to work in DOS? I'm supposedly supposed to make timidity start in asla daemon mode, then edit 128:0 into dosbox.config - but I have no idea how to start timidity in daemon mode.

Madcrow · 15 March 2009, 21:29

No need to be ashamed about DOS. The true gamer is never ashamed of any games platform they had good games. They leech good games for all platforms equally.

Anyways, for DOS, if the game has good GUS or (for later games) AWE32 support, then it will sound great. If it used soft-synth, the quality is variable. For the most part FM synthesis was lame sounding, but a ew things managd to get it sound at least as good as the SID.

TCD · 15 March 2009, 21:33

Well Dos had some quite good genuine games in the later years. Not so much as the Miggy, but still

ancalimon · 16 March 2009, 00:00

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Originally Posted by StarEye

Can you guide me in getting this to work in DOS? I'm supposedly supposed to make timidity start in asla daemon mode, then edit 128:0 into dosbox.config - but I have no idea how to start timidity in daemon mode.

If you downloaded Timidity++ English from the Japan server it has built in support. No need for things like Midi Yoke, etc.

All you need to do is type:

"mixer /listmidi"

after starting dosbox and note the number corresponding to Timidity++. Than edit dosbox.cfg and write the number next to "config=" you may need the save the config to somewhere else and then replace by hand as Vista doesn't allow direct saving the config file into C:/Program files/dosbox directory.

No need for daemon mode or anything else here.

Shoonay · 16 March 2009, 00:12

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Originally Posted by ancalimon

Here is how to do it:

http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic....light=timidity

Niiiiice! Thanks! Does that work only in DosBox & ScummVM?

ancalimon · 16 March 2009, 00:16

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Originally Posted by 5h00n4y

Niiiiice! Thanks! Does that work only in DosBox & ScummVM?

You can play midi files with Timidity++ too

Other than that I can't think of any other use

Shoonay · 16 March 2009, 00:20

Ah, cool, so technically you could use it with *ANY* proggie that uses midi?
And works with Vista x64 even?
Awesome.
I was waiting for such a tool since that old DOS on Windows tool... VDMsound or something...

StarEye · 16 March 2009, 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by ancalimon

If you downloaded Timidity++ English from the Japan server it has built in support. No need for things like Midi Yoke, etc.

All you need to do is type:

"mixer /listmidi"

after starting dosbox and note the number corresponding to Timidity++. Than edit dosbox.cfg and write the number next to "config=" you may need the save the config to somewhere else and then replace by hand as Vista doesn't allow direct saving the config file into C:/Program files/dosbox directory.

No need for daemon mode or anything else here.

Ah, but Timidity++ doesn't show up when I do that.

ancalimon · 16 March 2009, 12:14

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Originally Posted by StarEye

Ah, but Timidity++ doesn't show up when I do that.

Are you running dosbox as administrator? Did you install the needed programs by right clicking and running as administrator?
Did you install this version? http://sourceforge.jp/projects/twsynth/
Did you use http://akkordwechsel.de/15-windows-v...r-midi-mapper/
to select Timidity as default midi?

StarEye · 16 March 2009, 12:38

Assuming that "this version" is the Timidity download halfway down the page, yes I did install that one. I also used the midimapper (although for some reason it never showed up in control panel, so I had to run it manually). I feel I've done pretty much everything right, 'cause it works flawlessly in ScummVM. Yet, I can't seem to get it working in Dosbox.

Jope · 16 March 2009, 12:53

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Originally Posted by Deleauvive

By the way, you could use one of the available frontends with the venerable DOSBOX, these make life a bit easier !

.. easier? I mean dosbox is already automatic. No config.sys/autoexec.bat changes needed. The only thing I added to dosbox.conf was keyb su 437 and mount c: c:\games ..

You just start it up, cd to your game dir and start the game.

It is not DOS gaming if you don't start it from the command line. I refuse to accept any substitutes. ;-)

Shoonay · 16 March 2009, 12:56

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Originally Posted by Jope

The only thing I added to dosbox.conf was keyb su 437 [...]

what does that do?

TCD · 16 March 2009, 12:58

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Originally Posted by 5h00n4y

what does that do?

Set Finnish keyboard layout

Shoonay · 16 March 2009, 13:01

ooh

thx tcd :]

15 March 2009, 21:29	#28
Madcrow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 228	No need to be ashamed about DOS. The true gamer is never ashamed of any games platform they had good games. They leech good games for all platforms equally. Anyways, for DOS, if the game has good GUS or (for later games) AWE32 support, then it will sound great. If it used soft-synth, the quality is variable. For the most part FM synthesis was lame sounding, but a ew things managd to get it sound at least as good as the SID. Last edited by Madcrow; 15 March 2009 at 21:39.

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15 March 2009, 14:15	#25
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,613	Ah great Well, it has a sense of humour for sure, but it's also a really intense detective game Don't worry, it never goes the Monkey Island way of doing things

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TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,613	Well Dos had some quite good genuine games in the later years. Not so much as the Miggy, but still

16 March 2009, 00:20	#33
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,107	Ah, cool, so technically you could use it with ANY proggie that uses midi? And works with Vista x64 even? Awesome. I was waiting for such a tool since that old DOS on Windows tool... VDMsound or something...

16 March 2009, 12:38	#36
StarEye Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Norway Age: 46 Posts: 987	Assuming that "this version" is the Timidity download halfway down the page, yes I did install that one. I also used the midimapper (although for some reason it never showed up in control panel, so I had to run it manually). I feel I've done pretty much everything right, 'cause it works flawlessly in ScummVM. Yet, I can't seem to get it working in Dosbox.

16 March 2009, 13:01	#40
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,107	ooh thx tcd :]

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