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Testing ESS1868F sound card in Win95 MS-DOS mode

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First post, by drew2020

Posted on 2024-02-05, 13:27

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Building a Win95 with intent of basic Win95 and Win95 MS-DOS mode gaming. Not for serious gaming but more for curiosity and nostalgia.
System specs TX97-X, Pentium 200, 98MB RAM, Number Nine Reality 332 video card and ESS1868F sound card.
My ESS1868F sound card is working in Win95. Next step is to get the sound card working in DOS. Thanks to Vogons, I found the DOS drivers and tried installing.
But once I installed the DOS drivers, I realized that I don't know how to test if the installation worked.
I'm looking for help with locating programs that I can run in WIn95 DOS-Mode that will help me test the sound card. Maybe DOS games like Doom or midi sounds?
Kind of stuck. I never gamed in DOS and have limited DOS experience so this is area. Any help would be appreciated. thx

Reply 1 of 6, by dominusprog

Posted on 2024-02-05, 15:23

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Well, Doom is a good choice for testing both Adlib and SB.

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Reply 2 of 6, by drew2020

Posted on 2024-02-05, 16:37

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Where can I get original DOS version of Doom? Versions I saw had dosbox. I don't think that would work for me. Any other music apps?

Reply 3 of 6, by MAZter

Posted on 2024-02-05, 16:38

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Doom
Wolf 3D
GT Racing 97
Cannon Fodder
Prehistorik
Duke 3D
Warcraft 2
Prince of Persia

Scream Tracker 3.21
DOSMid

Doom is what you want (c) MAZter

Reply 4 of 6, by drew2020

Posted on 2024-02-05, 17:20

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How I get the original versions of the games that can be run in MS-DOS? Steam versions are for dosbox. Maybe I'm missing something.

Reply 5 of 6, by dominusprog

Posted on 2024-02-05, 17:28

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I don't know about Steam but the GOG version has the original files.

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Reply 6 of 6, by drew2020

Posted on 2024-02-05, 20:09

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dominusprog wrote on 2024-02-05, 17:28:

I don't know about Steam but the GOG version has the original files.

Thank you. I'll check out Gog

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