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Title: Sound in DOS
Post by: andyshan on January 29, 2004, 07:57:35 pm

Ok! i've got in my mame set up (cabinet/PentIII450/SIS6326/Hantarex9000 monitor) a really crappy soundcard, i'm not sure what it is but i've got drivers for it to work in windows, however i don't think there are DOS drivers for it.  :P

So my question is, since my mame set up is going to be in pure DOS, how do i get sound in DOS... do i have to buy an old soundcard with DOS drivers (any old sound card), or will there be any generic files that i can download for my card to work.

(the soundcard isn't a special one btw, it looks like one of those chipsets you would normally get integrated on a motherboard)

Thanks to all who help me!  :D

Title: Re:Sound in DOS
Post by: Buddabing on January 30, 2004, 10:52:01 am

Quote from: andyshan on January 29, 2004, 07:57:35 pm

Ok! i've got in my mame set up (cabinet/PentIII450/SIS6326/Hantarex9000 monitor) a really crappy soundcard, i'm not sure what it is but i've got drivers for it to work in windows, however i don't think there are DOS drivers for it.  :P

So my question is, since my mame set up is going to be in pure DOS, how do i get sound in DOS... do i have to buy an old soundcard with DOS drivers (any old sound card), or will there be any generic files that i can download for my card to work.

(the soundcard isn't a special one btw, it looks like one of those chipsets you would normally get integrated on a motherboard)

Thanks to all who help me!  :D

It depends on what flavor of DOS you will be using.

I have two types of Creative sound cards, an SB512 and a SB Live! Value, these cards have DOS drivers available, but the drivers don't work with FreeDOS. They do work with DOS 7.x and ROM-DOS.

Too bad built-in motherboard sound typically doesn't have drivers for DOS. That's what I would use (FIC AZ11E motherboard)

The short answers to your questions are no, and no. :)

Title: Re:Sound in DOS
Post by: andyshan on January 30, 2004, 01:41:20 pm

I'll be using the DOS that comes with Win98SE. My config will is so that it boots into DOS rather than Windows98.

Will this version of DOS suffice if i say get a Sound Blaster 128 PCI card and just install the DOS drivers for it? :-\

Title: Re:Sound in DOS
Post by: Buddabing on January 30, 2004, 03:26:07 pm

Quote from: andyshan on January 30, 2004, 01:41:20 pm

I'll be using the DOS that comes with Win98SE. My config will is so that it boots into DOS rather than Windows98.

Will this version of DOS suffice if i say get a Sound Blaster 128 PCI card and just install the DOS drivers for it? :-\

It should work great. Just keep in mind that your CPU will limit what games you can play.

Title: Re:Sound in DOS
Post by: andyshan on January 30, 2004, 03:34:52 pm

Hmmm.... so my PentIII450 and 512mb of ram will not play most games? where do u think the limit is? (i'm looking for a relevent thread as we speak...)

Title: Re:Sound in DOS
Post by: Chris on February 07, 2004, 11:14:07 pm

When I was using a 400 MHz CPU, I could play a lot of old classics, but couldn't touch 90's games like NBA Maximum Hangtime.  An Athlon 600 made these playable, but they stuttered a bit, and moving to an Athlon 800 made NBA Maximum Hangtime run pretty smooth.