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Re: Options by IBM ISA soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-17, 13:19

derSammler wrote on 2020-01-17, 12:54: No OPTi chip works with Duke Nukem 2, however. Not true, the Opti 82C930 works just fine with Duke Nukem 2 since it supports ADPCM. Check the reference guide for more details. I'm using that card for DOS gaming and I'm pretty happy with it. You can find my …

Re: Style problems/bugs

Posted on 2019-12-28, 19:21

The dithering causes flicker even on the new theme. It's not a problem that's unique to the "Old Skool" theme. Please replace all instances of the dithering pattern with solid colors.

Re: Sound Blaster 16 on IBM AT

Posted on 2019-12-08, 08:28

Could be a Plug and Play issue. Early implementations of PnP were flaky at times. That said, you wouldn't get much benefit from using a SB16 instead of a SB Pro on that machine. Only late-era DOS games supported 16-bit sound samples and it's unlikely that they would run well (if at all) on a 286.

Re: How to test DOS Sound Card?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 23:59

Yup, CPU clock can be a big factor for some speed sensitive games. If a game plays garbled sound, try downclocking your CPU and/or turning off its cache via Setmul before blaming the sound card. Day of the Tentacle is a good example of this behavior.

Re: Garbled sound in Windows 98

Posted on 2019-12-04, 11:50

In Windows 98 go to: Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information. Once there, click on Hardware Resources and then check the IRQ and DMA sections. This should show you if any of the IRQ or DMA values used by your sound card are shared with other devices. If they are, try …

Re: ESS SOLO-1 Sound FX

Posted on 2019-12-02, 11:24

I purchased a new sound card based on YMF744 chip and can confirm it does work with H55 chipset using DSDMA. This is probably the best PCI sound card for DOS. That's a great card. I have a YMF724 and I'm amazed with how clean the output is. Noise is pretty much non-existent, and you get that …

Re: sound blaster audigy 2 zs and dos games?

Posted on 2019-11-13, 17:53

Just out of curiosity: What do you hear when you select Sound Blaster as music device (instead of General Midi) e.g. in Doom? With the Sound Blaster option selected for music in Doom, I get something similar to OPL3, but slightly more tinny sounding (MP3 is attached). For comparison, I've also …

Re: sound blaster audigy 2 zs and dos games?

Posted on 2019-11-13, 14:29

No, It's still true for Win9x DOS prompt. In case of VXD drivers DOS games under Win9x use the same Ensoniq based ECW soundfonts as under pure DOS. I have just tried it. It does work for me as I can easily hear the difference when I switch between the Arachno and FluidSynth soundfonts when I run …

Re: sound blaster audigy 2 zs and dos games?

Posted on 2019-11-13, 08:15

Not with VxD drivers, it uses the .ECW soundbanks for the MPU-401 emulation instead. This is true for pure DOS e.g. if you shutdown Windows via the "Restart in DOS mode" option and play from there. However, if you play games from within the Windows 98 DOS prompt, you can use soundfonts for General …

Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2019-11-01, 08:38

I recently got my hands on two SB clone cards: an Opti 82c930 and an Avance Logic ALS100. They work great, except when a game loads a full motion video sequence (FMV) from a CD. While the movies play, I get sound stutter on both cards, regardless of IRQ/DMA configuration and other driver settings. …

OPTi 82C930 review

Posted on 2019-10-31, 21:31

Introduction Hi there, long time lurker, first time poster here! A while ago, I came across Phil's Computer Lab youtube channel and it got me all fired up for some DOS retro gaming. So I dusted off my old PC and installed DOS 6.22 on it, but soon realized that it came with an SB128 PCI card which …

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