Sound for DOS games on modern hardware?

From: TeoZ <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jun 21 04:50:01 2003

I also make sure that for later dos games my video card does all the
necessary video modes (VESA) without having to use drivers. I use a Riva 128
4mb card (PCI) and it does all the VESA modes without a driver. My 386 has a
Tseng (diamond speedstar 1mb ISA) ET 3000ax or 4000 cant remember, works
fine with the older games.


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From: "Dr. Ido" <drido_at_optushome.com.au>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: Sound for DOS games on modern hardware?


> At 04:56 AM 6/21/03 -0400, you wrote:
> >Emulators usually choke on games because of shortcuts in programming and
the
> >demands of graphics and sound. If you just want to play a game or 2 its
not
> >bad IF the emulator works with that game, but for anybody who wants to
play
> >alot of dos games you have to use a vintage computer with vintage sound
and
> >video cards. Some people have enough problems WITH vintage equipment
because
> >of irq conflicts, wrong sound card, cpu is too fast, using old cyrix
chips,
> >memory configuration or amount etc.
> >
> >I went to the extreme and made 2 DOS machines, one for later games and
one
> >for the real early games. I still dont have the ancient 80's CGA games
> >covered but I dont care about that period that much since my C64/C128 and
> >Amiga 500 had better games in that time period.
> >
> >Considering what 386/486 systems cost these days (pretty much free on the
> >curb, or VERY cheap on ebay if you dont have to ship), I say if your into
it
> >go get the equipment to do the job.
> >
> >You would be surprised how nice the games look, sound, and play on a
newer
> >19" or above monitor and some good speakers. I use a KVM with sound
> >switching on my 4 game rigs so I dont have to mess with switching cables
and
> >wires, or having multiple monitors, keayboards, and mice. Classic games
are
> >still alot of fun to play.
>
> I take the original machine approach myself. I only usually use the
> emulators to take screenshots, or to quickly check if something runs
before
> going to the trouble copying to the older machines (my oldest DOS boxes
> aren't on my network yet). I've still got a P166 and a 486-66 set up here
> and many others stacked in the spare room. I still haven't worked out a
> way to integrate my Tandy 1000RL into the rack yet, though. I think it's
> the best system for early 80s PC games as a lot of them supported it's 16
> color graphics and 3 voice sound. I think it's the nicest of the Tandy
> 1000s as it has PS/2 keyboard/mouse connectors, IDE and it's a tiny little
> box. Still haven't worked out how to convert it's RGBI output into
> something my 21" monitor will display though.
>
> I only mentioned the emulators as the original poster asking the question
> said finding space for a pure DOS machine was out of the question.
>
> If he's case is big enough maybe he could install it in the same case as
> the current system? :)
> I've got some tiny 486-100 all in one mobos from POS systems that still
> have 2 ISA slots.. enough for the all important SB16 and a NIC.
Received on Sat Jun 21 2003 - 04:50:01 BST