Sound for DOS games on modern hardware?

From: RHahm <rhahm_at_nycap.rr.com>
Date: Thu Jun 19 18:17:00 2003

Here is what I did:

Built a pure DOS rig that shares mouse, keyboard, and monitor with my P4
sytem via a KVM switch and patches into my Creative amp.

Believe it or not it took a long time to build the perfect DOS machine (for
me). My requirements were a system running Dos 6.2 with Dosshell and Win 3.1
that had sound and could let me play Red Storm Rising, the best game I have
ever played on the PC.

That machine is currently a Gateway 486DX66 with a SB32 AWE non plug and
play ISA sound card, 12xCDROM, 5.25 and 3.5" floppies, and HD. Gateway has
specs for the MB jumpers on all their older systems on their web site which
was a great help. This MB has PS2 connectors for the mouse and keyboard
which makes it simple to connect to the KVM switch. I also am using an ISA
Promise HD controller that allows the systems bios to use a HD greater then
1G. Built it for cheap from parts found on eBay.

The first system I built was a Pentium 233mmx with ISA and PCI slots but RSR
and some other older Dos games would not run and the plug and play stuff was
a nightmare for sound with DOS and Win3.1.
Received on Thu Jun 19 2003 - 18:17:00 BST