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VIAXFG - VIA Extended SB Config Tool

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First post, by enaiel

Posted on 2024-08-02, 14:50

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The VIA integrated Sound Blaster Pro is surprisingly compatible in DOS. And with the excellent VIASBCFG utility by Vogons member @JazeFox, it is a breeze to configure. The only feature I found missing from VIASBCFG was the ability to enable and disable the individual features of the SB emulation on the fly. For example, disable Digital Audio, but enable FM, MPU and Gameport. So I wrote my own little tool to do just that. It comes useful when pairing the VIA SBPro with other sound cards.

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Details

For VIA southbridge chipsets VT82C686/A/B and VT8231

Usage: VIAXFG [/E] [/D] [/E?] [/D?] [/H]

Options:
/E: Enable SB, FM, MIDI and Joy
/D: Disable SB, FM, MIDI and Joy
/ES: Enable SB
/DS: Disable SB
/EF: Enable FM
/DF: Disable FM
/EM: Enable MIDI
/DM: Disable MIDI
/EJ: Enable Joy
/DJ: Disable Joy
/S:: Show status screen
/H /?: Print this screen

FEATURES

Allows enabling/disabling VIA Sound Blaster features without a restart.
Runs on a 386 or later x86 processor.
Compatible with DOS, with or without EMM386.
Compatible with Windows 95, 98 and ME.
Requires DOS4GW.exe or a compatible DPMI host.
Can be run from a batch file, or even from autoexec.bat.

DISCLAIMER

WARNING: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! This software should not be used for mission critical applications. Author is not responsible for any damage caused to your computer from using this software.

ALTERNATIVES

VIASBCFG by Vogons member @JazeFox.
VIAS by Vogons member @Javispedro1.
Official VIAUDIO utility.

CREDITS

Thanks to:
* Vogons.org member @JazeFox for VIASBCFG which this tool supplements.
* Vogons.org member @Javispedro1 for releasing the source to VIAS.

SOURCE

Source is now available at https://github.com/enaiel/viaxfg.

License is GPL due to my use of VIAS code.

Built with DJGPP. You can obtain your copy from http://www.delorie.com/djgpp.

TESTED

1Motherboard               | Southbridge  
2--------------------------+--------------
3MSI MS-6369      	      | VT82C686/A/B

HISTORY

2022-11-17: v0.1.0
* Initial version with support for VIA chipset VT82C686/A/B.

2024-07-20: v0.1.1
* Fixes bug where all features were disabled by default.

2024-08-01: v0.2.0
* Complete re-write to simplify the code.

2024-08-01: v0.3.0
* Initial Github release.

#1 VIA C3 Ezra-T 1.0GHz / MSI MS-6368 / Voodoo2+ViRGE GX / SBPro2+YMF744+AWE64+SC-7
#2 Pentium III-S Tualatin 1.40GHz / QDI A10T / Voodoo3 3000+GF4 Ti4200 / Audigy+AU8830+SC-50

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