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DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS (Announce)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 14.01.2026, 16:26

> Just looked a bit into the DOS32AWE "source code": it's an IDA disassembly,
> absolutely awful!

Yes I looked at src and looks like a DASM. AFAIK DOS32A is opensource now so he could modify and recompile it.

> It's not explained what this program does to make pm games compatible with
> AWEUTIL, but I'm pretty sure that it doesn't enable port trapping - that's
> too complex to be added to a disassembly. Perhaps it just ensures that NMI
> is routed to real-mode? That's something that HDPMI does as well. Also
> possible is that it uses debug IO watchpoints - this could easily be
> checked ...

Shoud I try hdpmi32i.exe -r -x instead?

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Complete thread:

• DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 13.01.2026, 16:43 (Announce)
  • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 13.01.2026, 19:33
    • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 13.01.2026, 22:53
      • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 14.01.2026, 08:49
        • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 14.01.2026, 16:26
          • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 14.01.2026, 20:12
            • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 15.01.2026, 08:17
              • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 16.01.2026, 04:19
                • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 17.01.2026, 02:09
                  • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Khusraw, 17.01.2026, 07:52
                    • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 17.01.2026, 15:54
                  • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 19.01.2026, 12:04
                    • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 20.01.2026, 01:19
                      • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 20.01.2026, 08:03
                        • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 20.01.2026, 13:14
                          • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 21.01.2026, 21:54
                            • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 23.01.2026, 18:59
                              • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 24.01.2026, 09:17
                                • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 25.01.2026, 07:51
                                  • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 25.01.2026, 08:47
                                    • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 26.01.2026, 00:17
                                      • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 26.01.2026, 03:29
                                        • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 27.01.2026, 08:47
                                          • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 27.01.2026, 18:25
                                            • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 29.01.2026, 19:23
                                              • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 05.02.2026, 11:30
                                                • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 12.02.2026, 04:32
                                                  • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 12.02.2026, 09:59
                                                    • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - RayeR, 14.02.2026, 05:05
                                                      • DOS32AWE - RAM wavetable MIDI possible for PM games under DOS - Japheth, 17.02.2026, 16:08