Re: Ultima IV music - Mockigboard MP3?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Hidehiko Ogata writes ...
> 
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> I've always wondered: is it feasible to implement
> a pseudo Mockingboard emulator for IIgs, so that any access to AY chip
> registers would be translated and redirected to those of Ensoniq chip
> (i.e. no app-specific patch)?
 ....

     On a real IIgs, that would require a hardware mod plus firmware or
software to intercept and deal with Mockingboard address accesses. Probably,
you'd end up adding a controller. I don't think it would be a simple mod.

     The easiest hardware mod to get Mockingboard sound is adding a
Mockingboard. (Making one from scratch is not too hard.) A patch to GS System
might solve problems with old software compatibility. 

     For now, it's simpler to modify existing Mockingboard applications as
needed to work with a Mockingboard plugged into a IIgs.



Rubywand