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First post, by Robin4

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Hello guys,

I have made this thread because of setting up my soundblaster card 2.0 CT1350.. I have installed it in my NEC V20 computer, because of the use of the compatibillity of soundblaster + CMS + ADLIB sound on this old computer

Few months ago i downloaded MALIKS SOUNBLASTER DRIVER COLLECTION..
Thanks for sharing this stuff by the way..

I had used the TEST-SBC.EXE to verify if the card works.. I didnt tested the ADLIB and CMS as well..

I didnt know which drivers i had needed to installing my sb card. Because there where 2 driver packages in this soundblaster collection.

So theres a directory called: SOUNDBLASTER 1.0 CT-1350B install disks.. AND a directory called: SOUNDBLASTER 2.0 CT-1350B install disks..

I only know that my SB2.0 card have a DSP V2.02 on it...
The printed circuit board says its a CT1350B.. And a sticker on the back says its a CT-1350A card... So iam a little bit confused here, what exactly which version of this card i have..

So i thought that i better could try a driver set out and sees what happends. So i made floppy of those SOUNDBLASTER 1.0 CT-1350B install disks...
Then when installing would began, it doesnt regonized my first installation disk.. But very quick i had seen what the problem was.. I needed to label the floppy disks, or elso it couldnt be detected

So the installation went well. And after finishing i tried the card out (only on SB modus) and seems the working perfect.. The setup only set 2 rules in the autoexec.bat..

Thats the SB line SET BLASTER=a220 I2 D1 bla bla..
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SET SOUND=C:\SB

Then i have serveral questions:

1. I know SET blaster is for enable the soundcard settings..
Whats SET SOUND=C:\SB for??

2. Because i installed this card in a XT TURBO CLONE i cant use a version of windows 3.0 because lack of memory, it takes to much memory from my system.. So i decided to leave it off my system.. So i dont need the windows programs... can i erase / delete the following files without hurt my SB installation;

winsetup.inf
winsetup.exe
winappl directory
schedule directory
windrv directory..

Because i dont going to use it in the future. So it would only wasting harddisk space..

3. Can someone tell me which version of card i have?? I want also to know if i have the right installation driver package installed..

4. Can someone tell me why SBmidi.exe would hangs my system. Its the file in the C:\SB directory. It sets the settings and my system wouldnt respond anymore.. So i need it to reset / reboot..

5. Because of the setup only adds the above mentioned two rules in the autoexec.bat do i need to set things manually by my self..
Is it recommend to add the SBFMDRV.COM file to the autoexec.bat because it wouldnt load when the system is booting up...

6. Is it correct when i want to use the CMS chips i needed to load the CMS-DRV.COM... Can i just copy it to the C:\SB directory and add the line to the autoexec.bat. Is the version 3.20B the latest version or it there a 3.20C version as well? Which version do i need for my SB card?

7. Do i need to load any ADLIB driver to use the ADLIB function, because in the updated drive selection there is a file called: SB-SOUND.COM

8. Then i need to update the latest driver version..

I doesnt know which one to take:

SB 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 cards



sb2up.exe
File Date: 950705

File Size: 626,546 bytes

Description: SoundBlaster 2.0 Windows v3.1 and DOS Driver Updates. If you have not already installed SB 2.0 drivers for Windows 3.1 and DOS, you must first download and install the drivers from the files sb20wu.exe and sb20du.exe also located in this file section. Refer to the README file for more information. UPD-STD-02 (Revision 4)

sb20wu.exe
File Date: 940627

File Size: 65,376 bytes

Description: Old SB drivers. Install BEFORE sb2up.exe if without Win3.1 drivers

sb20du.exe
File Date: 940627

File Size: 28,257 bytes

Description: Updated DOS Drivers for SB 2.0 (v1.0) (OLD)

sb15wu.exe
File Date: 940627

File Size: 57,893 bytes

Description: Windows 3.1 drivers for SB 1.5

sb15du.exe
File Date: 940627

File Size: 28,243 bytes

Description: Updated DOS Drivers for SB 1.5 (v1.0)

sbalib.exe
File Date: 940627

File Size: 8,605 bytes

Description: SB-SOUND.COM driver for old AdLib games

~ At least it can do black and white~

Reply 1 of 11, by Mau1wurf1977

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The SB 2.0 shouldn't need any drivers for 99% of games and programs.

With these old cards, Creative doesn't have the original floppy disks on their site, just the latest update files.

So what you do is get the floppy files first and install from them. Then you run the update file from the creative site and then you have everything installed.

It's the same process for the 1.5 and SB Pro cards.

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Reply 2 of 11, by DonutKing

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That's correct, all you need to make the SB 2.0 work is jumper it correctly, add a SET BLASTER line to your autoexec.bat that corresponds to the jumpers, then use the games configuration util or command line parameters to make them use the SB, if they don't auto detect it.

If you are squeamish, don't prod the beach rubble.

Reply 3 of 11, by Robin4

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Ok, but i like to installing the drivers.

~ At least it can do black and white~

Reply 5 of 11, by Malik

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Some games require the sbfm.com file to be loaded to access the adlib emulation. It should be in the package. I remember Romance of the 3 Kingdoms II by Koei required it, but the adlib driver came with the game itself. Just need to load it before loading the game.

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Reply 6 of 11, by Robin4

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The problem is.. I dont actually dont know which version of the soundcard i have..

And i dont know which software package it came orginal with my sb card>

SOUNDBLASTER 2.0 CT-1350B install disks.
or the

SOUNDBLASTER 1.0 CT-1350B install disks.

~ At least it can do black and white~

Reply 7 of 11, by Malik

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Any of the packages will work. If I'm not mistaken, CT1350B is the SB 2.0.

CT1320C - the one I'm having is a SB 1.5.

In your case, try following the sticker at the back. It should be the latest update. Usually updates come in "softer" form like the labels on stickers, readme.txt file etc., rather than "hard" prints. Usually....but not always.

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Reply 8 of 11, by Mau1wurf1977

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DSP V2.02 is a 2.0 so just go with that driver package.

You can even extract the files and run it from a folder. I did that with the SB Pro 2.0 card. The setup tool does complain at first, but then proceeds without any issues.

Then reboot and run the update and then you have everything you'll ever need.

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Reply 9 of 11, by Mau1wurf1977

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Not sure why, but I made another video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1dvzjD-KY&feature=youtu.be

Explains how to install the drivers on the Sound Blaster 2.0 😀

Sorry about the sound quality, I did have a PCIe X-Fi Xtreme Audio, but found out that Creative doesn't support the Stereo mixer on these cards 😒 What a con!

The onboard Realtek chip supports it but is quite noisy...

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Reply 10 of 11, by Robin4

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote:
Not sure why, but I made another video: […]
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Not sure why, but I made another video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1dvzjD-KY&feature=youtu.be

Explains how to install the drivers on the Sound Blaster 2.0 😀

Sorry about the sound quality, I did have a PCIe X-Fi Xtreme Audio, but found out that Creative doesn't support the Stereo mixer on these cards 😒 What a con!

The onboard Realtek chip supports it but is quite noisy...

I did actually used the same driver packages.. as you did.. My mine came from maliks drivers collection..

I think the first time i had installed the deluxe version i think.. The same color installation menu the UPDATED package has.. It has TEST-SBC.exe in it.. With trying that i have got sound and music..

But if i tried a game, i dont get music and no adlib at all..

Then tried the driver packages and update you did in this movie.. But when i got trying diagnostic.exe It actually find my card settings:

A220 I2 D1 T3.. But before sound testing the whole systems hangs..

So when i tried PAKU and The challenge (winter games)
it looks like CMS is working on paku, adlib / sb doesnt..

And the same in the winter games.. Sound FX with SB works fine.. But game cant detected music on soundblaster or and adlib..
So i think my opl2 chip could be dead..

~ At least it can do black and white~

Reply 11 of 11, by Mau1wurf1977

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Robin4 wrote:

A220 I2 D1 T3.. But before sound testing the whole systems hangs..

IRQ2? Maybe that's your issue...

Jumper the card to A220 I7 D1 and try again.

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