Re: [Freedos-user] DOSMid - plays MIDI files on DOS via a MPU-401 interface

2014-08-12 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello, On 08/12/2014 02:07 AM, Rugxulo wrote: I regret that I don't have a (reliably) working P166 anymore since it had AWE64. That would've been vaguely interesting (even to a soundcard noob like me). I have a SB AWE64, too! :) In fact, this was the first reason why I started coding DOSMid.

Re: [Freedos-user] How do you transfer files to your FreeDOS machine

2014-08-12 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Thomas Mueller mueller6...@twc.com wrote: I never used RUFUS or UNetBootIn, don't know if I could. Do you have a modern Windows, e.g. XP? And I just blindly assume UNetBootIn could work atop (your) Slackware 13. I was never able to install FreeDOS 1.1

[Freedos-user] FTLK for dos package

2014-08-12 Thread sparky4
Why isn't there a package of this yet? i can make one if you want me too~ -- with love, sparky4 Administrator of 四葉の芽◇ちゃんねる -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] FTLK for dos package

2014-08-12 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 9:02 AM, sparky4 spar...@cock.li wrote: Why isn't there a package of this yet? i can make one if you want me too~ What would it include? The (DJGPP, C++) library and headers? Or am I misunderstanding here?

Re: [Freedos-user] FDNPKG ?

2014-08-12 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 08/11/2014 09:07 PM, Ulrich wrote: So doing a FDNPKG update from time to time could make FreeDOS a kind of a rolling release (or at least create a testing branch). I'm glad you think so, since that's exactly the motivation that led me to creating FDNPKG in the first place :) - Users of

Re: [Freedos-user] FTLK for dos package also fdnpkg

2014-08-12 Thread sparky4
I will include binaries and source code and also fdnpkg is a great program! i also have a repository of software at http://4ch.mooo.com/fdos/pack/ please add it because it contains an updated mpxplay 1.60 -- with love, sparky4 Administrator of 四葉の芽◇ちゃんねる

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSMid - plays MIDI files on DOS via a MPU-401 interface

2014-08-12 Thread Jaroslav Beran
Hello, I am working on some small game and one of points in my todo list is to enable play background music. One possibility is to grab similar project. But better way would be to use shared library if it is possible. So my question is do you plan provide also shared library? :-) Jarda

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSMid - plays MIDI files on DOS via a MPU-401 interface

2014-08-12 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi Jarda Actually, there is no such thing like a shared library in DOS. Nonetheless, you can of course reuse DOSMid code (BSD, no strings attached). I wrote it so code reusal shall be easy - if you look into it, there are specialized modules for everything. The midi.c module would be the

[Freedos-user] OT: FM vs Wave Table

2014-08-12 Thread Zbigniew
2014-08-12 22:54 GMT+02:00, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr: I think you should rely on FM synth (0x388 IIRC) for playback, or provide a configurable setting to the user: MPU/FM. Of course FM quality is poor Not really: it is just _different_. Of course, it is poor as long, as you expect it

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSMid - plays MIDI files on DOS via a MPU-401 interface

2014-08-12 Thread Jaroslav Beran
Hi Mateusz, I saw some possibility of creating dll in case of watcom but didnt sure if it is usable under dos. I understand well that BSD license allowes me to do many thinks with you code. But idea is to provide api as shared or static library and keep it under maintenance. In the past I read

Re: [Freedos-user] FDNPKG ?

2014-08-12 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, On Aug 11, 2014 4:49 AM, Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr wrote: About FDISK incompatibility: I am getting an error message Error Reading Hard Disk: Function number of drive not permitted. Is it what you end up with, too? If so, then it appears to be a problem only if you run FDISK

Re: [Freedos-user] FDNPKG ?

2014-08-12 Thread Ulrich
Am 12.08.2014 um 20:23 schrieb Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr: On 08/11/2014 09:07 PM, Ulrich wrote: So doing a FDNPKG update from time to time could make FreeDOS a kind of a rolling release (or at least create a testing branch). I'm glad you think so, since that's exactly the motivation