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RickDIII:
I gave up.  Got a pc coming with enough umph to run mame under windows.  Then I can put in the frontend I wanted etc.  I have been beaten by DOS....and yes I am ashamed to admit it.   :cry:
JLR2000:
No where in your previous posts do you mention setting the soundcard options in the autoexec.bat.  As far as I know, YOU MUST set those, that's what tells DOS what IRQ, etc. to use for that device.  I'm just concerned b/c you said you've tried so much but haven't set up Autoexec.bat/Config.sys for "dpmi, frontend, etc.." but it is much more than that.  That's WHERE you get it going, so I'm not sure what you were doing (unless you were testing but never setting it)? 

I may be way off here, but if you haven't checked the BYOAC Wiki, here's a link to a website that pretty much lays it all out for you step by step:

http://www.mameworld.net/dosmame/

If you don't want to go DOS, that's you choice...but it certainly isn't "too tough" to get going.

Good Luck.
RickDIII:
I followed the instructions for setting the sound card up in dos including the autoexec.bat and config.sys.  I was right on the verge of success (drivers appeared to be loading) when I finally messed my system up.  My soundcard and videocard were set to use the same I/O.

Soundcard was integrated with the MB and I couldn't figure out how to change the I/O.  So then I tried changing out vid cards.  That's when everything went haywire...  Changed vid back but still haywire.  Don't know what happened but I screwed something up.

It's been years since I had to mess with all this himem, I/O, DMA, etc garbage...and I had forgotten how frustrating it could be.  :dizzy:

Windows had my soundcard listed as a SB64 PCI...it wasn't until later that I realized it was actually on the MB.  I should have realized this earlier, but I was reaching my frustration point and well, I get stupid at that point sometimes.

Like I said, I give up on this machine.  I'm going to the dark side with a lot more horsepower - then I can run some more of the things I wanted since the start of all this.  Hmmm....maybe I was subconsciously looking for an excuse to buy a more powerful box... >:D

fraggal:
Try my boot disk it will help you set everything up. let me know if you need any help.   
http://www.fraggals-boot.tk/


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