First post, by magicmanred
I've got a few questions about particular sound card compatibility...
So I've got a situation where the only type of sound card I can have is a PCI sound card.
I currently have an SB Live! Value PCI.
I have the LiveDos emulator files and I got them working flawlessly with no IRQ conflicts.
Attempting to LH (load high) the SBEINIT.COM causes a reboot... so I just load it to conventional memory (5k isn't so bad).
Unfortunately, windows 3.xx will not work with this emulator. I have the full SB16 software installed and it doesn't work.
[EDIT] Is it possible to get the CT4740 card to work in Windows 3.1?
Or any PCI Sound Blaster for that matter?
I am only looking for responses from people that have knowledge on any PCI sound cards that will work in dos & windows 3.xx.
I'm looking for sound, midi & cd-audio capability. Not anything fancy.
Currently, I am fully aware that for Dos compatibility, ISA sound cards are the way to go. Especially for windows 3.xx.
I am also aware of the Sound Blaster PCI dos emulator drivers. I currently have one up and running on a PCI SB Live! successfully.
Also, I know that the SB16 is quite an awesome all-rounder for Dos and Windows 3.xx.
[EDIT] Questions:
• Is there any way to get the PCI SB Live! to work in Win 3.xx? (Tonight, I am going to try to run the dos emulator, then install Sound Blaster 1.5 drivers in win3.xx and see if that'll play well)
• Is the ISA Sound Blaster AWE 64 (CT4500 or 4520 or 4550... or even the Gold) compatible in Windows 3.xx? If so, where could I find the Dos & Win3.xx drivers for it? Or does it use SB16 drivers?
• Is the Sound Blaster 16 PCI compatible in Dos and Win 3.xx? If so, where could I find the drivers for both?
• What PCI sound card (if any other than mentioned) is confirmed to work in Dos and Win3.xx?
Just looking for answers if any.
I'm not looking for anyone saying things such as:
"just get an ISA motherboard"
"just use dosbox"
That isn't the purpose of my post.
Thank you in advance! 🤣
[FINAL EDIT]
I was able to get the model CT5803 Creative Labs Audio PCI to work (with the ES1373 chip) with both MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bdF-KDRBQz0q … ?usp=drive_link
Someone please upload this to a more permanent place as I may remove this from my Drive.
For DOS:
The drivers I used gave me two options.
If I used the files in folder "SNDSCAPE" it gave me DOS compatibility with SB Pro, General MIDI and Ensoniq Soundscape.
If I used the files in folder "SB16" it gave me DOS compatibility with SB 16 & General MIDI.
For WIN3.X
I followed the instructions on the readme.txt file in the WIN31 folder:
"Remove emm386 from config.sys
Then add to system.ini:
[drivers]
wave=crea1371.dll"