by Pekka Leppaluoto - "Revisiting the World of IBM PC & Compatibles in the 21st Century"
NEW: Pekka's Vintage PC Collection
Download and copy XP10.DEV to your MFPLAY directory. Then specify the line "MIDI_DEVICES1 xp10" in your MFPLAY.CFG under the "MIDI DEVICES" section. Compiled using the tone list from Roland XP-10 Owner's Manual.
Download and copy SCC1.DEV to your MFPLAY directory. Then specify the line "MIDI_DEVICES1 scc1" in your MFPLAY.CFG under the "MIDI DEVICES" section. Compiled using the tone list in Roland SCC-1 Owner's Manual.
The ORIGIN Systems, Inc. 1990 release Ultima VI: The False Prophet for IBM PC/Tandy uses a text file MIDI.DAT for assigning instruments when "Roland MT-32 / MIDI" has been selected during the game's installation process. Letting the player to select instruments for each song in the game is similar than previous Ultimas had on the Apple ][.
The SC-7 is a General MIDI compatible device so this "patch" should be compatible with any General MIDI device. For optimal results, any early 1990s Sound Canvas should do.
A recording of a Roland SC-7 sound module with this patch installed here.
Just as the General MIDI / Sound Canvas patch above but for the 1987 Yamaha FB-01 sound module.
Remember to set the FB-01 into Configuration #17 "SINGLE" before launching the game.
A recording of a Yamaha FM-01 sound module with this patch installed available here.
Verified to work on the IBM PC/Tandy version 3.2. Most likely this "feature"/bug was reported to Origin and was fixed in later versions as version 4.5 will prevent this by displaying a special message in the game's executable
Done! The carry/stone limit indicator will just pop over the limit, for example, 31/30. Just make shure that someone else in the party has free capacity to pick up items, for example, a skiff. Drop an item from Dupre's bag and then pick it up with another member and move to back to Dupre's bag.
GSMIDI10.ZIP. A selected collection of professionally programmed Roland GS compatible MIDI files by Roland, Edirol and Music Sales. Use an early Roland GS device (SC-55, SCC-1 or even XP-10) for best results. Recommended player is MFPLAY for DOS. Playback using a Roland SC-55 available here.
A capture demonstrating the Ensoniq AudioPCI 3000's Roland MT-32 support is available here.
The ATI Graphics Solution REV 3, a.k.a. PC 10 Advanced Graphics Adapter, is an ISA CGA/MDA/Plantronics/Hercules/AGA compatible* graphics card included with Commodore's IBM PC compatible clones, the Commodore PCs. The card features pin headers, 5 pins for a Light Pen, 3 pins for RF Modulator, 2 pins for Composite Video Output (composite signal also available on the DE-9 data connector, a DE-9-to-RCA adapter is included) and a DIP switch selector on the card.
* The composite output colors are not 100% compatible with equivalent IBM cards, some colors are wrong with CGA_COMP.EXE and the PC Booter version of King's Quest I.
Below are the DIP switch settings for the card that I've discovered using my Commodore PC 10-S with a NEC MultiSync 3D monitor and the Commodore PC-10/PC-20 AGA manual. On my card, the DIP selector is upside down, with the OPEN position towards the bottom and switch 1 located closest to the back plate of the card.
| Default Display Mode (switches 1-2) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mono | 1=CLOSED | 2=OPEN |
| Color | 1=OPEN | 2=CLOSED |
| Emulation* | 1=OPEN | 2=OPEN |
| Monitor Type (switches 3-4) | ||
| Composite | 3=OPEN | 4=CLOSED |
| Monochrome or RGB | 3=CLOSED | 4=OPEN |
| IBM Enhanced | 3=OPEN | 4=OPEN |
| Composite Monitor (switch 5) | ||
| Color | 5=CLOSED | |
| Monochrome | 5=OPEN | |
| Unused #1 (switch 6) | ||
| Always OPEN | ||
| Unused #2 (switches 7-8) | ||
| Always CLOSED | ||
* From the AGA manual: "This mode is called an emulation mode because it drives a monochrome monitor and yet appears to your PC as a Color/Graphics Adapter. It runs all Color/Graphics software without modification on a monochrome monitor by automatically converting the solor signal into shades of gray. The emulation mode displays the high quality monochrome character set, has full screen grahphics and does not require preboot drivers."
From the AGA manual: "MONITOR WARNING. Do not plug an IBM monochrome monitor into an AGA configured as a Color/Graphics adapter. Likewise, do not plug an RBG or composite monitor into an AGA set to monochrome or emulation mode."
PS. Recap on the computer's own DIP switches regarding the Default Display Mode: Emulation Mode: SW5=ON, SW6=OFF. Color/Graphics: SW5=ON, SW6=OFF. Monochrome: SW5=OFF, SW6=OFF.
The card configured for Color/Graphics with a RGB monitor (the NEC MultiSync 3D) running the ATI color tests and some Sierra games available here.
And the card configured for the Emulation Mode with a monochrome monitor (the IBM 5151) running the ATI emulation tests and some games in available here.
AWE64VMI.ZIP. The demo MIDI files from the \SB16\SAMPLES\DEMO directory included with Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE64 Value (CT4520) sound card installation.
A rendition with the 4GMGSMT.SF2 SoundFont loaded (using the CT1930 memory expansion module) available here.
AWE32MID.ZIP. The demo MIDI files from \SB16\SAMPLES\DEMO and \SB16\SAMPLES\CLASSIC directories included with Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32 (CT2740) sound card installation.
A rendition with the SYNTHGS.SBK SoundFont loaded available here.
SCXMI plays Audio Interface Library XMIDI files for the 1994 ORIGIN Systems, Inc's title Strike Commander(tm) for DOS.
Download SCXMI001.ZIP and extract contents to SCXMI. Then browse to your Strike Commander XMI files directory and start playback by typing "SCXMI FILE0.XMI ADLIB.ADV"
A rendition of all Strike Commander 1993 floppy release XMI files played using a Roland MT-32 sound module available here.
The Mindscape Music Board a.k.a Bank Street MusicWriter Card predates the AdLib Music Synthesizer card but failed to gain market support.
Check out The Oldskool PC's amazing video about this odd card here.
This card came with a 386 system in the early 1990s. Disk #1 has been manually restored from an existing hard drive installation.
Found this 5.25" driver disk inside a boxed version of Ultima V that had been in storage for decades. Specialities for this driver is that it is comtemporary and only takes 8kB of memory (M$'s MOUSE.SYS v6.10 takes 9.6kB). PS. "ULTIMA" just a coincidence here..
Update: Does not work with all software.
Extracted from an IBM PS/1 system ("PS/1 2168-473 4MB/129MB 486DX-33") with an integrated VLB GD5426 gfx chip.
| Drive 0 Selection (switches 1-4) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 611 cyls 4 heads 17 sectors 21272576 bytes (ST-225) | All open | |||
| 30x cyls x heads n sectors 10000000 bytes | 1=OPEN | 2=OPEN | 3=CLOSED | 4=OPEN |
Above are the partial DIP switch settings for the Longshine LCS-6210D with BIOS version G2 that I have verified in a XT class system. SpeedStor(TM) was used for vefifying the information.
Extracted from a Mountain Computer Inc. 30MB Drivecard Model 01-04550-03 8-bit ISA "hardcard". BIOS chip has sticker "1002506-A 5519 BIOS (C)".
Software Disks. High Density 5.25" 1.2MB version. o Windows 3.1 drivers (Thunder Board Wave + AdLib comp.) o Pocket Recorder o At Your Service o Music Clips w/Master Tracks Pro Demo o Monologue o Sound Forge Copyright (c) 1992 Media Vision
Some sources say that this card was sold as a cheap "add-on" for Pro AudioSpectum users to gain Sound Blaster 1.5 compatibility. The manual has instructions how to connect these two cards together via an internal cable.
This is most likely a later retail packege aimed for Windows 3.1 users as it only comes with Windows 3.1 drivers and software.
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