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Adam Ant · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 22

Has anyone written a patch yet to make sound work with this emulator on the Netbook/Series 7?

It seems odd that sound works fine on the 5mx!!

Mad

...or am I better off running a PC DOS Spectrum emulator via XTM? Seems like cheating but it might work Laughing

shane · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 18

Hi Adam,
Try this: http://pscience5.myfreeforum.org/ftopic147.php

No sound yet, but at least some progress. It wouldn't even be so bad if the program would just default to 5mx mode, but no - it has to use the full screen, and no sound. Pity.

Adam Ant · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 22

Hi,

Thank you for the reply.

I will also try the C64 emulator as that has sound (I think!)

Not sure what the result will be if I try the Spectrum DOS emulator via XTM....

shane · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 18

Hi Adam,
Give it a go, and see how you get on Wink

My bet is that it'll be as slow as sheughwater, but you never know!
-Shane

Adam Ant · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 22

Hi,

C64 Emulator has no sound either Mad

Will let you know how the DOS emulator goes!

shane · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 18

Other possibility: AFAIK the sound system on both machines is the same; any possibility to hack the app to make it think it's running on a 5mx? Just a thought... (maybe they goofed up in the NetBook version, and just released a half-arsed alpha for the big screen?)

Adam Ant · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 22

Hi,

Sounds good..where do I start though?

Just found some emulators for DOS that will run on slow 'PC' machines and make use of the internal speaker. Will give them a go...

Adam Ant · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 22

After several attempts with various 8-bit emulators via XTM, I have given up!

Warajevo was the only one I got to start and that crashed as soon as you tried to run a program.

The more I use XTM, the more weakenesses I find.

Roll on Pocket DOS - if they ever release an EPOC version!

Shocked