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>for output to the midi and wave mapper of Windows</TD
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devices for wave input / output and MIDI output must be set up with the
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>The PC speaker is connected to the PIT 8254 timer #2 and generates a square
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wave beep with a frequency depending on the timer value. In Bochs the
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speaker is a separate plugin that is controlled by the two events "beep on"
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>Most of the SB16 configuration parameters are available in the runtime
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>SB16CTRL</B
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>The <CODE
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> parameter controls the DMA timing for wave (PCM)
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input and output. When you get non-continuous sound this value can be ajusted
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to fix this. This needs a reasonably correct setting for the
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>The source for the SB16CTRL program that is used to modify
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>It currently supports the following commands:</P
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><TD
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> Load a translation into the translation table. The numbers are:
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"OldBankMSB,OldBankLSB,OldProgram,NewBankMSB,NewBankLSB,NewProgram".
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><I
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>match
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any</I
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> and for "New" values means <SPAN
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>don't change</I
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>,
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e.g. <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>sb16ctrl -t 255,255,0,255,255,32</B
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>
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to change patch 0 (Piano) to patch 32 (Acoustic Bass).
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><TR
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><CODE
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-r</CODE
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></TD
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><TD
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> Reset the patch translation table e.g. <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>sb16ctrl -r</B
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>.
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><TR
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><TD
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><CODE
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-m <TT
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CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
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><I
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>some numbers</I
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></TT
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></CODE
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></TD
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><TD
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> Upload the given numbers to the midi output device. Note
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that it should be a complete midi message, and also that it is
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subject to patch translation,
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e.g. <B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>sb16ctrl -m 0x80,64,0</B
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>
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to send a note-off message to channel 0.
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</TD
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></TR
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><TR
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><TD
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><CODE
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CLASS="OPTION"
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>-f <TT
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CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
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><I
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>filename</I
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></TT
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||
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></CODE
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||
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></TD
|
||
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><TD
|
||
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> Read in a file and execute the commands in it. These have
|
||
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|
the same format as the above commands, except that they don't have
|
||
|
|
the dash "-" in front of them.
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||
|
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Comment lines are supported and start with a hash sign "#".
|
||
|
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</TD
|
||
|
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></TR
|
||
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><TR
|
||
|
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><TD
|
||
|
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><CODE
|
||
|
|
CLASS="OPTION"
|
||
|
|
>-h</CODE
|
||
|
|
></TD
|
||
|
|
><TD
|
||
|
|
> Show a brief summary of the commands.
|
||
|
|
</TD
|
||
|
|
></TR
|
||
|
|
></TBODY
|
||
|
|
></TABLE
|
||
|
|
></DIV
|
||
|
|
><P
|
||
|
|
>All numbers can be valid parameters to the <CODE
|
||
|
|
CLASS="FUNCTION"
|
||
|
|
>strtol()</CODE
|
||
|
|
> function, so hex and
|
||
|
|
octal notation is fine. They have to be delimited by either commas "," or
|
||
|
|
slashes "/", spaces are not allowed.</P
|
||
|
|
><P
|
||
|
|
>The command line can have any number of commands. However, if none are given,
|
||
|
|
"-f -" is assumed, which means commands are taken from stdin.</P
|
||
|
|
></DIV
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
></DIV
|
||
|
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><DIV
|
||
|
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CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
|
||
|
|
><HR
|
||
|
|
ALIGN="LEFT"
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
|
||
|
|
SUMMARY="Footer navigation table"
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="100%"
|
||
|
|
BORDER="0"
|
||
|
|
CELLPADDING="0"
|
||
|
|
CELLSPACING="0"
|
||
|
|
><TR
|
||
|
|
><TD
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
||
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
||
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
||
|
|
><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="using-save-restore.html"
|
||
|
|
ACCESSKEY="P"
|
||
|
|
>Prev</A
|
||
|
|
></TD
|
||
|
|
><TD
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="34%"
|
||
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
||
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
||
|
|
><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="index.html"
|
||
|
|
ACCESSKEY="H"
|
||
|
|
>Home</A
|
||
|
|
></TD
|
||
|
|
><TD
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
||
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
||
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
||
|
|
><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="common-problems.html"
|
||
|
|
ACCESSKEY="N"
|
||
|
|
>Next</A
|
||
|
|
></TD
|
||
|
|
></TR
|
||
|
|
><TR
|
||
|
|
><TD
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
||
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
||
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
||
|
|
>Save and restore simulation</TD
|
||
|
|
><TD
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="34%"
|
||
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
||
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
||
|
|
><A
|
||
|
|
HREF="using-bochs.html"
|
||
|
|
ACCESSKEY="U"
|
||
|
|
>Up</A
|
||
|
|
></TD
|
||
|
|
><TD
|
||
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
||
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
||
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
||
|
|
>Common problems and what to do about them (Troubleshooting)</TD
|
||
|
|
></TR
|
||
|
|
></TABLE
|
||
|
|
></DIV
|
||
|
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></BODY
|
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|
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|
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|