First post, by tbcarey
As of DOSBox 0.62, it appears that PCjr/Tandy Sounds emulation is only enabled when DOSBox is in 'Tandy mode'. This is a MAJOR oversight, because there are quite a few games available for the PC from the '88-'91 period that support PCjr sounds, but only EGA/VGA graphics.
I'll use Monkey Island 1 again as an example. If you run the game with DOSBox in VGA mode, obviously Tandy Sounds are not available by design now [since it has been disabled in any mode but 'Tandy']. However, if you run DOSBox in Tandy mode and attempt to start the game, you will receive an error that states: "This game requires a graphics card." Then, if you attempt to manually specify the graphics mode [i.e. by typing 'monkey e ts' or 'monkey v ts'], the screen will go blank and you will hear only Tandy Sounds/PCjr music without any visuals.
It is my opinion that the behavior should be restored to the way it was in DOSBox 0.61, where sound emulation is entirely dissociated from graphics emulation, simply because there are several popular games that supported non-standard configurations or Tandy add-on sound cards in PCs with EGA/VGA graphics adapters.
I hope I'm not alone in thinking this.