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First post, by Zaphod Beeblebrox

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Hello, I have an ASrock K7VM3 with the via KM266Pro chipset. Was trying to get sound working in DOS from Windows, but so far only Shadow Warrior worked right off the bat, as it "recognized" my soundcard as a Sound Blaster Pro.

I tried setting SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H1 P330 T6 in AUTOEXEC.BAT but it didn't work.

Should I bother with it or just get an addon card?

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Reply 1 of 2, by BinaryDemon

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Pretty sure the only dos compatible via chipsets are VIA VT82C686A/VT82C686B/VT8231.

I think for pure DOS you will need an addon card. Not sure I would give up on compatible sound thru Win98 yet tho. Shadow Warrior working is a promising start.

Check out DOSBox Distro:

https://sites.google.com/site/dosboxdistro/ [*]

a lightweight Linux distro (tinycore) which boots off a usb flash drive and goes straight to DOSBox.

Make your dos retrogaming experience portable!

Reply 2 of 2, by Zaphod Beeblebrox

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So far from my tests only Shadow Warrior worked right off the bat.

Other games I've tried:

Dark Forces - No cards detected, nor does it work with a manual set up.
Ignition - CD Audio works, but no SFX. Has a Windows version that works, regardless.

Will tinker a bit more tomorrow.

EDIT: Ended up snagging a cheap SB Live!

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