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Virtual PC sound emulation

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First post, by Dhall

Posted on 2010-03-21, 23:29

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Hi folks,

I wasn't sure if this was the right thread, but after a bit of search, I decided to settle this here.

My problem concerns ultima underworld under virtual pc Dos 6.22 installed.

I added the "magical line" in autoexec.bat :

set blaster=a220 i5 d1 h5 p330 t6

All the old games like blood work like a charm, but ultima says it couldn't detect a sound hardware and suggests, that if I use a different irq, I should run uwsound.exe.

After runnin uwsound.exe, I get a message, that there are no sound hardware, I should run install.exe....(which I had run earlier)

This is an interesting error. Again, sorry if this is the wrong thread, I trust the admin to move it if necessary. Thanks in advance.

However..I'm worried about the beaver competition.

Reply 1 of 6, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-03-21, 23:35

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try www.dosbox.com

Reply 2 of 6, by Dhall

Posted on 2010-03-21, 23:40

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Yeah, I tried Dosbox, it runs almost perfectly, but it slows down a bit ( even after ctrl+f12) I'm interested in running it under virtual pc, that is why I posted this here, and not in dosbox games...

However..I'm worried about the beaver competition.

Reply 3 of 6, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-03-21, 23:57

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you can press ctrl+f12 more than once

Reply 4 of 6, by collector

Posted on 2010-03-22, 01:46

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DOSBox is far more compatible with old DOS games than Virtual PC is. Virtual PC's emphasis is old applications while that of DOSBox's is games. On top of that, VPC's support for operating systems earlier than 98 has been dropped. See How to speed up DOSBox (by robertmo and mirekluza) for information on how to speed up DOSBox for specific games.

The Sierra Help Pages -- New Sierra Game Installers -- Sierra Game Patches -- New Non-Sierra Game Installers

Reply 5 of 6, by MikeRoz

Posted on 2010-03-26, 17:22

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Also, the sad thing is that Virtual PC does no emulation of MIDI hardware whatsoever. So no near-perfect OPL like DosBox has. DosBox really is your best bet.

Reply 6 of 6, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-03-26, 17:45

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midi and opl are two different things

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