First post, by CodeFuApprentice
Hi everyone,
I started using my Super Socket 7 build a bit more recently. Still the same specs as below, but with an added HDD for MS-DOS 6.22, as previously i only used this system for Windows 98.
I can only remember using DOS on a 386 or 486, and didn't expect any issues at first.
When i tried to run some games, I'd find that sometimes i'd have no sound, and when i did, i'd have no Adlib/Wavetable or MIDI playback in general.
Games like Jill of the Jungle 1.0 and the patched version, Skyroads, Jumpman Lives, Titus the Fox and Wolf 3D would start, but without any music.
Games like Tyrian would reboot my PC.
I've not tried some other games like Day of the Tentacle, Flashback yet, but i know they've worked before.
I went through all i could remember in Autoexec.bat, and Config.sys:
Making sure my AWE32 was configured correctly. (Yamaha DB50XG not currently installed)
Freeing up conventional memory
Loading DOS into UMB/HMA
Using EMM386 with various arguments.
Not loading CD rom drivers when not needed.
Stacks, Shell, FCBS, Files, Buffers etc
I then started tweaking some BIOS settings, like Disabling Level 1/2 cache and the External Cache.
Then found out about a few settings which could maybe interfere, like Passive release , which made me wonder if my Geforce 2 MX AGP could be causing problems with my ISA sound card?
I was reading about PCI IRQ activated by: Level or Edge.
Apparently Edge is for ISA/Older PCI cards, and Level is used for Newer PCI/AGP cards. Would Edge Triggering work normally with AGP cards?
Has anyone else had MIDI issues with this hardware or similar using MS-DOS 6.22?
I don't have any PCI video cards, and as much as i'd like to get a Voodoo 3 2000 or slightly lower, those are a little bit pricey.
Sorry if a little all over the place.
AMD K6-3 400 | Gigabyte GA-5AX R4.1 | 256MB PC-100 | 20GB Quantum Fireball LMPlus | Windows 98 SE
*Alternating between: Geforce 2 MX AGP or 3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 AGP. *Sound Blaster AWE-32 CT2760 or Turtle Beach Santa Cruz w/ Yamaha DB50XG.