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Windows 3.1 Sound Problem.

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First post, by Zork

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Hi,

I managed to install Windows 3.1 (not 3.11) onto DOSBox yesterday using my original installation disks. The sound in the DOSBox environment works fine, however, in Windows 3.1, it whines about a sound driver. Is there any way I can fix this? I believe that in the DOSBox.conf file it is possible to set the sound card device to the SoundBlaster 16 card. I also have the original SoundBlaster 16 software. Should I try to install the software onto Windows 3.1 using DOSBox, or is there an alternative solution?

Edit: If the driver solution worked, could I download a driver for a better card such as the AWE32 for playing games in DOSBox via Windows? What would be the best sound card for playing DOS games? Are drivers still available for it?

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Reply 1 of 4, by gulikoza

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use sb16 drivers...dosbox does not support awe32

Reply 2 of 4, by Zork

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I did the install according to Ian Hawdon's guide. I set the interrupt to seven as the guide told me, but when I try to play a sample in Sound RecorderI get this error. Here are the SB16 settings I set:

Base I/O Address: 220
MIDI Port Address: 330
Interrupt Setting: 7
Low DMA Setting: 1
High DMA Setting: 5

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Reply 3 of 4, by HunterZ

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What are your SB emulation settings in your dosbox.conf? You should set your settings in Windows to the same thing.

Reply 4 of 4, by Zork

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Here are my sound settings in the DOSBox .conf file. The sound card settings I set can be read above.

type=sb16
base=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
mixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=22050

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