First post, by bugmenot
This is not really a request, but I think I should post it here.
INSTALL.COM shows only detected devices. In DOSBox 0.70, with cycles <= 13846 or "auto" (which is 3000 when not "max") it detectes Sound Blaster. With cycles > 13846 or "max" it detects Adlib only.
The game runs fine either way, though it runs smoother with 15000 cycles. I found this by experimenting since the first thing I did when I ran DOSBox was CTRL+F12 to 15000 cycles and run INSTALL.COM, then I just tried without increasing speed for no good reason.
Another interesting thing, if you select MT32 in INSTALL.COM, it'll give good music and reasonable sound effects with a general MIDI device on the host, but if you select General MIDI instead, nothing is heard in the game.
I guess the game sends some SysEx to the MT32 so the instrument set is equivalent to the GM. I don't have a single idea why it doesn't play any music/instrument when GM is selected.