GrafWasili wrote on 2023-03-22, 15:06:

Well, I cannot just omit the diagnose.exe command. Some games and applications will work anyway (I assume because they read the BLASTER variable) but others fail with IRQ-related error messages or even "Sound Blaster not initialized".

So it worked without diagnose.exe?

Which games are having issues without it? I haven't checked many DOS games, so my experience is lacking.