First post, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman
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I remember reading somewhere, that modern DVD drives don't have analog audio output on the backside. Thus, you cannot connect the drive to your sound card, and you won't get CD audio in pure DOS (although you can still get CD audio in Windows through software emulation).
This is bad news for games that use CD audio for their in-game music, like Archimedean Dynasty or Sandwarriors.
Worse, if I buy DVD ROM drives on ebay (for my retro rig), I cannot always see their backside to confirm whether they have analog audio output or not (depends on the photo provided by the seller). So what is my "safest best" when buying DVD drive? For example, if I buy 24x DVD drive, does it typically have analog audio output or not? Or maybe I should limit myself to 8x DVD drive and older?
Or maybe I should limit myself to CD drive for retro rigs?