First post, by CelGen
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I am in a weird situation where I have a machine running MS-DOS where I cannot install any PCI or ISA cards so I am forced to use the onboard sound system. It consists of the Intel 810 chipset with the Analog Devices AD1881A (unfortunately, as it seems the VIA chipsets at one point were known to have SB emulation with AC'97 but there is simply no discussion in regards to AC'97 on Intel chipsets). Information regarding drivers for Windows and Linux are plentiful but so far under DOS it has been really elusive. Doing some googling in regards to any possibility of Sound Blaster emulation being available I came across this thread which I cannot seem to determine if a viable solution was found as they eventually drifted off to what I think was a linux/virtualization discussion/support for newer cards (but I think it hinted that it might not be possible because the emulation could not run while another application was running) and this which seems to of been not updated in half a decade and seems a bit excessive to use just for getting sound to work. A lot of the other threads I can find floating around the net are more than 15 years old and DOS gaming on newer hardware has gone a long way in that time.
Did we ever figure out a way to get even crude Sound Blaster Emulation or did we hit a dead end?
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