Re: PCI OPL3 sound cards
Posted on 2021-07-14, 12:46
CMI8338 and CMI8738 have a nice FM sound, close to a 1:1 clone of OPL3. ALS4000 also have a nice sounding clone.
Re: diamond dt0398
Posted on 2021-07-05, 12:57
Probably based around the Forté Media FM801-AU chip. The twin jumpers are for selecting between line level or amplified output.
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2021-06-22, 23:23
Cloudschatze wrote on 2021-06-02, 20:55: More potato-cam... WarCraft II with the MPU-232 (modified AIL3 driver). https://youtu.be/wmD4T3-KTe0 Funny thing is that Warcraft II works with SoftMPU.
Re: PCI sound card recommendations for VT8235-based board for pure DOS gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-21, 17:26
I use the als4kdos utility for initializing my card on the VT8233 southbridge. Make sure the card doesn't share IRQ with other PCI devices and make sure it initializes in "legacy DMA mode", it can be forced in the configuration file. You can try using another DOS extender like the DOS32A instead of …
Re: VIA AC'97 Sound Blaster drivers for MS-DOS?
Posted on 2021-06-19, 15:09
i'm trying using the viaudio.com... i did the changes on autoexec.bat... when i reboot, i get these message: "via legacy game software no install please enable Sound blaster pro on BIOS Setup first!" how if i don't have these option on BIOS? i use the ACER Aspire 1690 laptop. what you can tell me? …
Re: Half life + Pentium II = Stutter ?
Posted on 2021-05-26, 13:31
Guess you're running Windows 98, have you enabled DMA on your hard disk?
Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU
Posted on 2021-05-11, 22:41
Neat little device. Roland has some Windows drivers for serial MIDI that could be useful: Serial MIDI driver for Windows 95/98/ME. Serial MIDI driver for Windows 2000/XP.
Re: Best Midi Player For Dos And Windows
Posted on 2021-04-20, 11:43
Hi all have had no luck with any of the dos midi players dosmid dos nothing when you launch it and megamid launches but i get no sound i think its a sound card/driver issue anyone know any other dos midi players also looking for a good one for win 3.1 You have to tell us about your setup and what …
Re: Maya44 PCI sound card
Posted on 2021-04-20, 11:29
Is there a way to make it work under DOS? Any other insights about that card? The Maya44 is based off the Envy24HT/PT chip so no DOS support. The original Envy24 did support Sound Blaster emulation under DOS when connected to an AC97 codec, but I haven't seen any card manufacture which provided an …
Re: The growing pains of ALI chipset and AGP cards - Geforce 2 edition
Posted on 2021-04-16, 11:45
It could be a fault of the morherboard design that causes the instability. The 3,3V regulator of the board might have a problem with a power hungry card like a GeForce2 GTS. Even some ATX boards of that era had this issue as they also used their own 3,3V regulator instead of using the 3,3V line from …
Re: 286 Compatible driver for ALS100+
Posted on 2021-04-11, 00:32
Have you tried out Unisound?
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2021-03-19, 03:00
Re: Laptops with integrated Sound Blaster (DOS compatible)
Posted on 2021-03-18, 18:27
briefer wrote on 2021-03-18, 09:09: So it works in DOS with the creative drivers? It's Sound Blaster Pro compatible under MS DOS after initialization.
Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)
Posted on 2021-03-18, 09:08
Bondi wrote on 2021-03-11, 09:42: Thank you for the info. But for some reason SoftMPU works with HOMM2, which uses DOS4GW. SoftMPU seems to work with games using the "Miles Sound System" sound library for some reason . I have tried Warcraft II with success and Heroes of Might and Magic II uses the …
Re: Laptops with integrated Sound Blaster (DOS compatible)
Posted on 2021-03-18, 08:45
My Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200 got a Yamaha YMF744B PCI audio controller, in the SETUPDS initialization utility I'm configured it to use PC/PCI as DMA mode and ISA as IRQ mode.
Re: Using Yamaha the YMF744 under DOS without legacy/ISA addressing
Posted on 2021-03-10, 20:03
Hi Kamerat Is this the solution that resolves the issue that the dos initialize tool has (SETUPDS.EXE) when it can't find the sound blaster address? I have an intel g31 motherboard (Intel DG31PR) with the ich7 southbridge, setupds outputs an error: "can't detect sound blaster at 220" but the fm …
Re: Using Yamaha the YMF744 under DOS without legacy/ISA addressing
Posted on 2021-03-10, 05:20
Hi Kamerat Is this the solution that resolves the issue that the dos initialize tool has (SETUPDS.EXE) when it can't find the sound blaster address? I have an intel g31 motherboard (Intel DG31PR) with the ich7 southbridge, setupds outputs an error: "can't detect sound blaster at 220" but the fm …
Re: Can two PCI sound cards work together?
Posted on 2021-03-03, 08:30
PARUS made a mixer for use with the Live! and Audigy under DOS that will help your achieve you goal.
Re: Problems with Turtle Beach Santa Cruz in DOS games
Posted on 2021-02-26, 20:23
... BTW, what does that CS4xxx file do? When I run it, it adds some additional support to the card and the verbose dos texts talks like it's relocating memory and loading gaming profiles (whatever that means). I'm just curious what it's doing under the hood because that may shed some light on why …
Re: Problems with Turtle Beach Santa Cruz in DOS games
Posted on 2021-02-25, 18:26
Unfortunately the CCLS ISA DMA emulation seems quite unpredictable, with the Santa Cruz your better off with a motherboard that supports DDMA. For Doom you might want to try out an older version or the MBF release.
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