Sound for DOS games on modern hardware?

From: Dr. Ido <drido_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Sat Jun 21 03:36:00 2003

At 12:17 PM 6/20/03 -0600, you wrote:
>AARGGH!
>
>Read Ethan's posts. He can NOT use ANY ISA sound cards, because the
computer does not have any ISA slots. Period.
>
>So, can anyone answer Ethan's question about how to get a PCI sound card
to work with a ca. 1994 MS-DOS game?

What about using a PC emulator? I run DOS inside Windows using Virtual PC
and sound works, though it does skip in some games.
There are other PC emulators that I haven't tried yet. Bochs and DOSbox
comes to mind. DOSbox may be the better one to try as it's freeware (as
far as I know) and is designed specifically to run DOS games on Windows
PCs. A known limitation is that it currently does not support 32 bit
protected mode, but for wolf 3d and other pre DOS4GW games this shouldn't
be a problem. I'll get around to trying it one of these days.

If the 2 cards will coexist or he's willing to replace his current card it
may be worth looking for a SB PCI64. I use one and compatibility with
older software is usually pretty good.
Received on Sat Jun 21 2003 - 03:36:00 BST