Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> On Saturday 09 December 2000 18:57, you wrote:
>
> > Does it runs now the future disk magazine ? I would like to read them
> > using my monitor. :-)
>
> I just tested with FD35A and that didn't work. It hangs while the text
> routine should be active. I'll look into this problem, it's probably related
> to line interrupts.
I think there should be some problems with dinamic palletes as well. Anyway,
I could get FD39 (Metal Gear) working in Marcel's Fmsx, although with
some bugs. But I couldn't read the text on it, the fonts used were terrible. :-(
> > What about fmpac sound? Is it as good as it was in Marcel DeKogel's
> > fmsx-dos?
>
> The FM-PAC sound I'm hearing under Linux is not very good. As far as I know,
> it plays the right notes, but it doesn't emulate instruments. The Windows
> sound, which uses MIDI, is a lot better. MIDI is also possible under Linux
> ofcourse, but no-one wrote code for that yet. I'll look at that, in the best
> case it nothing more than sending the MIDI data to /dev/midi, in the worst
> case we'll have to use the OSS or ALSA sequencer.
I see. Well, Why he didn't use the Mame OPLL emulation or Marcel's code?
> > Last one,
> > I didn't see in his hp the binaries for Linux, Marat isn't compiling it
> > anymore?
>
> I don't think Marat ever made Linux binaries. But it's not hard to compile it
> yourself:
Ok, thanks for the tip. :-)
> If this doesn't work, I can compile it for you. Tell me what color depth
> (bits per pixel) your X server is running at and I'll mail you the
> executable. This offer is available to other people as well.
Well, Since I bought this new computer, I didn't install Linux yet, but
as soon as I did it, I'll compile it. If I have any problems, I'll email you.
Thanks again.
[]'s
Mauricio Braga.
"Computadores fazem arte.... Artistas fazem dinheiro... " Chico Science.
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