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Thenasty:
better post your config.sys and autoexec.bat.

SirPeale:
Actually not a zombie, she's a dead chick (not that zombies aren't dead).  Was the chick that died in the beginning of "The Ring".

RickDIII:

--- Quote from: Thenasty on May 21, 2006, 05:39:54 pm ---better post your config.sys and autoexec.bat.

--- End quote ---

Ok, before you laugh at me...I've never done anything in DOS before, except some very, very basic stuff.  I know what autoexec.bat and config.sys do (roughly) but have not configured them yet for use with the mame stuff.  I know I need to go add dpmi stuff, glaunch, etc. 

But right now they are empty!  They have a bunch of rem statements and thats it.  Because you are asking about them, I assume that there should be something pointing to the sound drivers?  I guess I'm still missing the big picture about how devices work in dos....

I know ->  :lame:

miles2912:
Give this a quick read..

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

My guess is that you need to set the environment variables.

D-

RickDIII:
OK, so I had walked away from this whole thing because of frustration...

So tonight I decide I'm gonna get back at it!  I'm gonna get this puppy to give some sound.  It is, after all, the last hurdle in putting my whole machine together.  So I do a bunch of the stuff attempting to get the sound working and lo and behold I'm getting really close.  The only thing stopping me is the fact that my video and sound card are using the same I/O.  Other than that I should be in the clear.

Now it's been 10 years since I had to fudge with these settings, but I think I remember jumpers on the soundcard that will let you change I/O or IR or something, and I think maybe this will help.  I pop the case and realize (and I should have realized this about a month ago) that the sound card is actually on the mother board.   :censored:

So I think to myself, "self, you have another video card, maybe if you switch it out the issue will be resolved".  Yes, I'm a tool!   :tool:

So I switch the card, get the Gateway splash screen and then...nothing but this:
LI_

No matter what I do - the friggin system just keeps beeping at me and nothing else happens!  What the &%&*#!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so what now....Honestly, I'm ready to chuck this box and buy one that can actually run windows with mame so I don't have to deal with all this crap! 

Ideas!  Its 1am and I'm going to bed.  I may wake up in the middle of the night and pull a "Office Space/Fax Machine" number on this @#$@#$ system!

EDIT:  Oh, just realized it's only 12:30...maybe I'll hack around some more...

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