Sure. Old DOS games and applications communicated directly with the sound card hardware without any sort of "driver" like a modern OS would. They used x86 IO to manage the card, ISA IRQs (interrupts) to listen for when the card needed attention (like "feed me more data"), and ISA DMA (direct memory …

LightStruk wrote on 2021-04-06, 14:56: On that motherboard, you won't be able to use PC/PCI or DDMA to route old PC IRQs and DMA channels to your PCI sound card. You'll have to use DSDMA, which is less compatible. Something to keep in mind. Can you clarify more? What sound cards support DSDMA?

On that motherboard, you won't be able to use PC/PCI or DDMA to route old PC IRQs and DMA channels to your PCI sound card. You'll have to use DSDMA, which is less compatible. Something to keep in mind. As for which sound card is best, that depends mostly on whether you care about genuine OPL3 music …

What about the "Aztech MM PCI 338-A3D BP Audio Vortex AU8820B2"?? Does it have the same chipset as the Aurreal Vortex? Does it support the Aurreal Vortex's TSR? And is the Vortex's support better than the CT4760 (SB LIVE!) in SB16 emulation?

What about SoundBlaster Live!? What about SoundBlaster 128 PCI?

Hello, Which PCI sound card has native SB16 emulation/wrapper and can work almost out of the box on MSDOS/FreeDOS without hassles or instabilities? I have the motherboard Asrock G41M-VS3 R2.0 which doesn't support ISA and has a built-in PCI Intel HD Audio card which won't work with DOS. Can someone …