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BTC 1817DW Driver Issue

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First post, by dominusprog

Posted on 2023-03-04, 14:30

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So I bought this BTC 1817DW with an OPTi 931 and QDSP chip; it was working in the previous installation. But after I changed the hard drive and installed everything from scratch, no matter what I do, the wavetable doesn't work in DOS.

Any suggestion?

1@ECHO OFF
2SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
3SET SOUND16=C:\OPTI931
4PROMPT $p$g
5goto %config%
6
7:WINDOWS
8C:\OPTI930\SNDINIT /b
9C:\WINDOWS\WIN.COM
10goto end
11
12:MSDOS
13SET CTCM=C:\WINDOWS
14LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSKEY.COM
15LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:ASUSCD01
16LH C:\OPTI931\SNDINIT /b
17LH C:\S3\S3VBE20.EXE /INSTALL
18LH E:\DRIVERS\CTMOUSE\CTMOUSE.EXE /S1
19PATH  %PATH%;C:\NC
20goto end
21
22:end

1[MENU]
2MenuItem=WINDOWS, Load Microsoft Windows 95 [Default]
3MenuItem=MSDOS, Start system in MS-DOS compatibility mode.
4MenuDefault=WINDOWS,05
5
6[COMMON]
7FILESHIGH=30
8BUFFERSHIGH=30,0
9STACKSHIGH=9,256
10DOS=HIGH,UMB
11REM  - By Windows 95 Network for LastDrive - LASTDRIVE=H
12
13[WINDOWS]
14DOS=UMB
15DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
16DEVICEHIGH=C:\ASUS_CD\ASUSCD.SYS /D:ASUSCD01
17
18[MSDOS]
19DOS=HIGH,UMB
20DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
21DEVICE=C:\UMBPCI\UMBPCI.SYS
22DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
23DEVICEHIGH=C:\ASUS_CD\ASUSCD.SYS /D:ASUSCD01

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Reply 1 of 3, by stanwebber

Posted on 2023-03-04, 14:43

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this may not be your problem, but why do you have

C:\OPTI930\SNDINIT /b

in your config? i have a 82c930 card and i think the dos drivers are different (nt drivers are combined if i remember).

Reply 2 of 3, by dominusprog

Posted on 2023-03-04, 15:14

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stanwebber wrote on 2023-03-04, 14:43:

this may not be your problem, but why do you have

C:\OPTI930\SNDINIT /b

in your config? i have a 82c930 card and i think the dos drivers are different (nt drivers are combined if i remember).

Ah yes, I copied it from the backup I have. The thing is, there's no separate driver for DOS like the 930, but I have to install the Win3.1 driver from Windows.

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Reply 3 of 3, by dominusprog

Posted on 2023-03-04, 22:10

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Problem solved! There's an option in SOUND16.CFG named FDAC_SRC with four possible options: OPL3/ASIO/MIX/SHARE. The default option is OPL3, so changing this to SHARE should fix the problem.
Is there anyone who knows what the MIX option does? Can FM-Synth and Midi be used at the same time?

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