Too fast CPU for the SB16 card's FM? What machine are you running?

wbahnassi wrote on 2025-10-06, 20:28:

Too fast CPU for the SB16 card's FM? What machine are you running?

Yes, much is pointing towards that. I guess Sierras drivers could have been better back then.

My machine is a 486DX2-66

d00mo wrote on 2025-10-07, 09:54:

I guess Sierras drivers could have been better back then.

There were some updates but many are hard to find these days. Try this page: https://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/Patche … ardDrivers.html
Freddy is not on the list of games fixed/compatible with the patches but I'd try anyway, chances are some titles were simply not tested or assumed to be working and not needing a patched driver.

Deunan wrote on 2025-10-07, 11:03:

d00mo wrote on 2025-10-07, 09:54:

I guess Sierras drivers could have been better back then.

There were some updates but many are hard to find these days. Try this page: https://sierrahelp.com/Patches-Updates/Patche … ardDrivers.html
Freddy is not on the list of games fixed/compatible with the patches but I'd try anyway, chances are some titles were simply not tested or assumed to be working and not needing a patched driver.

Thanks, I stumbled on that page as well. It seems however that all links within the page are broken.
Yes, they seem indeed to be hard to find. ChatGPT suggested to simply replace the driver with the file from a game that came later (such as KQVI or SQ5) that potentially have a newer driver. Did not get that to work though.

I have vague recollection of trying to download all these ZIPs years ago, with so-so results but I did get some files. Problem is I can't remember what I did with them 🙁 It was more than a decade ago. I found just one on my HDD, attached.
There's also this: https://archive.org/details/SB16DRV_ZIP

Deunan wrote on 2025-10-07, 13:37:

I have vague recollection of trying to download all these ZIPs years ago, with so-so results but I did get some files. Problem is I can't remember what I did with them 🙁 It was more than a decade ago. I found just one on my HDD, attached.
There's also this: https://archive.org/details/SB16DRV_ZIP

Many thanks for that!
Will try them out

Sounds to me like it could be an irq assignment/conflict problem. Usually when it works briefly then stops it's a sign of that potentially.

Shagittarius wrote on 2025-10-07, 21:01:

Sounds to me like it could be an irq assignment/conflict problem. Usually when it works briefly then stops it's a sign of that potentially.

Thanks for input. Other games works fine with the current settings though, which I think contradicts conflict issues (I am using default settings: I5 D1 H5 P330).