At 06:47 AM 6/19/03, you wrote:
>:-)
>
>Hmm, I've got some Ultima titles like that..
>
>Audio hardware is a fairly typical old software/modern
>hardware problem.
>
>FWIW, I've never had much luck w/ non-creative cards
>being used directly by programs that expect to
>talk to creative cards..
>
>However, if you've WinNT/2000/XP in the mix you
>might try this: http://ntvdm.cjb.net/
>
>(VMware is also a EXPENSIVE possiblity - but
>its sound drivers are not 100%)
I've never used VMware. I've have tried Virtual PC and found while it does
emulate the soundblaster the sound in most of the games that I have tried
skips. There's a trial version of Virtual PC on the connectix site if I
remember correctly.
There's also a DOSbox, freeware as far as I know and supposedly optimized
for running DOS games. I haven't got around to trying it myself yet. It
doesn't support protected mode yet, but as Wolf3D runs on a 286 that
shouldn't be a problem.
>
>You might also try to see if someone has ported
>Wolfenstein to some other platform you've access to.
>(The source was release quite some time ago)
>
>YMMV/etc, of course.
>
>David
>
>(Would a discussion of emulating 10yr old audio
>hardware be considered on-topic?)
Received on Wed Jun 18 2003 - 16:00:23 BST