---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:36:22 -0400 From: Dave Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: some comments re: dosemu 1.1.99
Hi Bart: I'm currently rewriting my book (Book Of Linux Music & Sound) and have just finished the Emulators chapter. I updated to the 1.2 release candidate and wanted to say a few words to you about it. First, congratulations to the entire team a job very well done. A number of minor irritations have been removed (shift-tab works in Sequencer Plus!) and overall the system is easier to use and configure (I'm using the binary distro, btw). I was especially impressed when I fired up two long-standing "no joy" apps under dosemu. M/pc is a Voyetra product from the late 80s/early 90s that runs under an included runtime version of Windows 2.0 (!). Back in the days of dosemu 0.66 or so I was able to run it under the emulation, but later versions didn't like it at all. 1.1.99 now gets to the Win 2.0 splash screen but hangs after that; still, that's further than I've got for quite some time. The other app in question is Sound Globs, an excellent algorithmic MIDI composition program. I never got very far with SG under dosemu, the splash screen would appear then the app would just hang. Curiously, another app (Drummer) from the same company works beautifully under dosemu. However, I'm now able to open and run the program, but something happens when it opens that kills its MIDI activity. The program appears to be working, it just doesn't send any MIDI data. Upon opening it sends a big MIDI reset to my synths (including a big chord with no apparent note-off), then I get no joy. :( I'm still working with it though, trying to at least create some MIDI files for later use. Anyway, I'd like to send these apps to someone on the dosemu team for possible testing at your level. I sent M/pc to Stas quite some time ago, he said it worked for him (after hanging on to that Win 2.0 screen for a long time) but gave no other details. I'm not sure what I might attack in the dosemu configuration, so any and all advice will be vastly appreciated. I understand you're probably quite busy, so don't bother with a response if you've no time. But if possible please pass this message on to anyone you think could help me here. TIA! Best regards, Dave Phillips - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
