First post, by Jo22
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Hello everyone. Here's my little install guide. I hope it helps some people. 😊
MS Virtual PC emulates the basic functionality of the Sound Blaster 16 PnP
except the MPU401 interface.
1) Get the SB16 driver package for DOS/Windows 3.1x. It's called sbbasic.exe .
2) Run the Sound Blaster 16 install program (install.exe) in DOS and
follow the instructions on screen.
3) Now disable the MPU driver..
Edit system.ini located in the windows directory.
Change 'MidiPort=330' to ';MidiPort=330'
Change 'Midi1=sb16snd.drv' to ';Midi1=sb16snd.drv'
4) Now save the file and reboot the virtual machine.
5) Run Windows.
Notes:
The SB drivers for DOS in autoexec.bat are not needed. Write REM before them.
SB16 default values are : IRQ5,220H,DMA1,DMA5.
Sadly, the MIDI based music sounds wrong because of faulty OPL3 support.
Tested with pure Windows 3.1 / WfW 3.11 on VPC 2007SP1.