Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI - odd request

Posted on 2024-01-09, 01:42

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by NStriker

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Far as I can tell, it only does the ES1371. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003425 I did install it, though .It works with the Creative/Ensoniq driver, but not the original Ensoniq-only driver. I find nothing in Win98 that has any sort of audio test. Thanks, though. Maybe it was the website, though …

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Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI - odd request

Posted on 2024-01-07, 09:52

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by NStriker

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Never mind. I found the original Ensoniq drivers for the ES1371 here. They work in 86Box emulation, but APTEST.EXE says the same thing as the later Creative version. "Testing digital audio." Thanks. A good try!

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Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI - odd request

Posted on 2024-01-07, 09:39

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That's possible! With an emulated ES1371 I can run SBTEST.EXE and it says "Testing digital audio." These files look like a straight rip by Creative on Ensoniq's DOS drivers, just renaming "AP" to "SB", but Creative likely changed the voice to remove the Ensoniq name, too. Unfortunately I cannot run …

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Ensoniq AudioPCI - odd request

Posted on 2024-01-06, 23:58

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by NStriker

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Hello forum I haven't posted on since 2004! Way back in the late 90s, my friend had a system with what I believe was an original Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1370. We both have this memory of troubleshooting why it wasn't working and finding a "test your audio" button in the driver control panel somewhere. Or …

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For anyone wanting to run Wing Commander 3 Kirathi Saga, WC4 CD, or WC4 DVD under Win2K

Posted on 2004-05-29, 20:09

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I've created patches for these games that fix an offending API call and allow the games to run. I haven't tested them terribly extensively, but they seem alright. WC3 is kind of unstable in general, it seems, and I have yet to get my joystick to work in WC4, which isn't the fault of my patches. YMMV …

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Re: VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-07-04, 03:43

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Well, yes... I remember that other people have seen this before, however I particularly meant after SP4. You see, it never happened for *me* until SP4. I changed nothing else but that.

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Re: VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-07-03, 05:43

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by NStriker

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So, can anyone else confirm or deny having this exact problem? Perhaps I just need to reinstall VDMSound from scratch.

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Re: VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-07-02, 12:19

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by NStriker

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Okay... I've done some more messing around. It seems that: If I run Chronomaster or any other game from a normal NTVDM window, it's fine. If I enabled VDMS from that same NTVDM window, it's still fine. Sound works and the speed seems correct. It's only when using Launchpad that things slow down …

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Re: VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-07-02, 08:08

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by NStriker

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Yeah, that's what I mean. The game uses digitized sound and MIDI. My testing showed that it is slowest when configured that way. If I tell the game there is no sound card, and yet I still run it with Launchpad, it's slow but not *as* slow. Running it in a vanilla NTVDM window grants full-speed. My …

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Re: VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-07-01, 17:37

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by NStriker

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Has no one else had a problem? Is it just me?

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VDMSound slow after Win2K SP4?

Posted on 2003-06-30, 03:07

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Maybe it's just me, and I haven't tried any game but Chronomaster since I installed SP4, but... Here's a repost from the Announcements forum: Hmm... Everything else seems fine, but now VDMS is having issues. Before SP4 I was playing Chronomaster (DOS adventure game) with VDMS and no problem. Now …

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Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-16, 06:20

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BTW, I noticed that there are now options to choose how the power supply reacts on some motherboards, including the classic "immediate shut-down". Yeah, I've noticed that option, too, but I haven't bothered to set it that way. I guess I like the extra protection I get against people accidently …

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Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-12, 08:07

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Pretty sure they are. (Ah, they...gender ambiguosity at its best!) Of course, a rabbit...;) Heh. Yeah, I'm male. I just happen to like rabbits and various other animals. My mom pushed me to be a vet, but I didn't particularly feel like holding the life of someone's dearly beloved pet in my hands. …

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Re: Supported games

Posted on 2002-10-11, 07:07

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by NStriker

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^^^ That was me. My dang login timed out.

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Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-11, 07:03

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boozy wrote: Uhmm...do I completely miss the point here or isn't it just like putting DEVICE=EMM386.EXE in your config.sys? In DOS, yeah. But we're really talking about Win2K's NTVDM. I don't have EMS in the NTVDM. The topic sorta drifted around and got onto DOS and other stuff, too.😀

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Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-11, 07:00

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Most of the prices I see on Pricewatch are bullshit. They used to be really bad when they didn't show the shipping costs, and it took some work to track down a really good price. Depending on what you're shopping for, they've been fairly good to me recently. It's usually the really cheap stuff that …

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Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-11, 06:46

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CNR kind of proves my point. I'm sure someone out there thought it would really take off. So there was a push for this to be placed on motherboards using up that precious space you were referring to, while there was precious little desire or need for it. So the manufacturer gave up the space for a …

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Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-09, 03:05

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Just so ya know, it really isn't that important to me, so I don't intend to start an argument or anything. But I'll reply... It's always good to see all sides of a thing. My 2 PS2 connectors take up a trivial amount of space. Certainly less than that (for all intents and purposes) useless CNR "riser …

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Re: Supported games

Posted on 2002-10-09, 02:14

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by NStriker

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And I have Wing Commander Prophecy, the original Unreal, MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries (which I believe did Glide after the final patch), and Jane's Longbow 2...

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Re: Cannot enable EMS under Win2K...

Posted on 2002-10-08, 01:17

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by NStriker

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That's bad policy. PS2 will go away on it's own. Lack of consumer desire is why they should remove it (and people still count on having PS2 connectors). Well, it's a mixed thing, really. They need to move on with more recent technologies, and PS/2 and all the other legacy adapters are taking up a …

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