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First post, by buckeye

Posted on 2018-08-23, 19:47

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Already have a PCI Vortex2 card installed so how do I install this ISA card without screwing stuff up? Want the vortex for win98 and the 32pnp for dos, new territory for me so I'm asking the sound experts out there.

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Reply 1 of 5, by Kamerat

Posted on 2018-08-24, 14:29

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Disable Sound Blaster emulation on the Vortex 2 and use AWE64 drivers for the SB32 CT3670 as it's really just an AWE64 with SIMM slots and without onboard ram.

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Reply 2 of 5, by buckeye

Posted on 2018-08-27, 14:39

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Kamerat wrote:
Disable Sound Blaster emulation on the Vortex 2 and use AWE64 drivers for the SB32 CT3670 as it's really just an AWE64 with SIMM slots and without onboard ram.

Thanks Kamerat, so in a "nutshell":

Disable SB emul. in windows
Install drivers in windows
Install DOS apps in DOS

Anything else I'm missing here?

Reply 3 of 5, by skitters

Posted on 2018-08-28, 19:49

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buckeye wrote:
Disable SB emul. in windows

Yes, for the Vortex, and if the Vortex was previously set up for DOS sound, remove any lines in autoexec.bat that refer to it.

Install drivers in windows

If you want to use the Vortex for Windows and the AWE for DOS, why install AWE drivers for Windows?
Or are you going to play DOS games while in Windows?

Install DOS apps in DOS.

Philscomputerlab reviewed the ct3670 and showed how to configure the drivers in DOS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cr0XFNls9k

Reply 4 of 5, by buckeye

Posted on 2018-08-29, 14:57

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skitters wrote:
Yes, for the Vortex, and if the Vortex was previously set up for DOS sound, remove any lines in autoexec.bat that refer to it. […]
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buckeye wrote:
Disable SB emul. in windows

Yes, for the Vortex, and if the Vortex was previously set up for DOS sound, remove any lines in autoexec.bat that refer to it.

Install drivers in windows

If you want to use the Vortex for Windows and the AWE for DOS, why install AWE drivers for Windows?
Or are you going to play DOS games while in Windows?

Install DOS apps in DOS.

Philscomputerlab reviewed the ct3670 and showed how to configure the drivers in DOS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cr0XFNls9k

Why install drivers for windows? Figured once I got it on the mobo and re-booted windows would be asking for them - wouldn't that be the case?

Reply 5 of 5, by skitters

Posted on 2018-08-29, 18:43

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buckeye wrote:
Why install drivers for windows? Figured once I got it on the mobo and re-booted windows would be asking for them - wouldn't that be the case?

It might, and it might even automatically install drivers for it from the Windows 98 CD since it's a PnP card.
But I wouldn't go out of my way to install Windows drivers for the AWE card unless I wasn't using it in Windows, and I'd disable the listing for it in Device Manager.

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