[Coco] Um3.init help needed

[gene heskett]

On Friday, December 09, 2011 06:38:33 PM Bill Pierce did opine:

> I'll check in with Michael Knudson on the serial mouse thing. Since he
> wrote itm I'm sure he can give us the format for um3.init. I also have
> the sources and will look through the 110 various asm and C source
> files to see if I can locate any info on it. As for the memory, I'm
> pretty sure it doesn't make use of any extra memory as the modules are
> loaded at once and hog quite a bit of memory. The music file itself is
> stored in a hidden hi-res graphics screen and I/o is done with the
> get/put buffers. This is eating up quite a bit of memory by itself. In
> both ubox3 and ultimuse3, if you select the "serial" midi option, they
> mess with the bit-banger. The /MIDI driver for drivewire resolves this
> with proper interrupts so midi doesn't "hog" it.
> 
> Hope this was some help, I'll check on the serial mouse thing.
> 
> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gene heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:27 pm
> Subject: [Coco] Um3.init help needed
> 
> 
> Who perchance is the resident expert on umuse3, as downloadable from
> RTSI? I cannot locate a format spec for /dd/sys/um3.init, and my seriel
> mouse is ot being detected or used by ubox3.  I have scanned the about
> 75 pages of ocs included in that package, but it seems as if it is
> supposedly self enerated, which obviously isn't possible if the mouse
> is not detected at ll.
> The mouse data packet is working as I have a little debug program that
> isplays the l51defs portion of memory, and mouse motions and buttons are
> eing updated when I move the mouse or push a button.
> Also, its defaults seem to be interfering with the bit banger as dw is
> ssentially dead.  But a reboot, restart of ubox3 and a / to select
> MIDI.dd, and ubox3 now plays music on my linux boxes speakers, provided
> I se dw4's java synth, and not my sound cards synth.  Probably some
> diff in he hardware addressing I suppose.  I have a /dev/midi, but it
> doesn't show n the dwGUI menu's.
> Anyway, if someone can decode the /dd/sys/um3.init file format for me,
> or M me a copy of yours so I could see whats in it, I'd be thankful. My
> current boot I believe is running out of memory to run umuse3, it
> starts o draw its screen, then does an exit, error 37, missing right ).
>  That has o be an OOM error because smap says I only have 5k system
> free after a eboot.  Its a 2 megabyte coco3 though.
> Thanks & Cheers, Gene
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Thanks Bill.  I don't recall seeing Mike since he stopped by with a van 
load of organ pipes and we did serious damage to a 6 pack, 4 or 5 years 
back up the log.  I have to assume from the lack of traffic on the list 
that he isn't subscribed.

Cheers, Gene
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