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SB16 Emulation
Saucerful
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Okay, I know we're going back in time a bit here but I have recently set up my old computer for use with DOS games.
I've installed Windows 98SE on it and I have an original Sound Blaster Audigy card (SB0090) for which I've installed the VxD drivers from the installation CD. My problem is I can't get SB16 sound in Windows. I can get normal Windows sound but if I try to play a DOS game in a DOS window, I get no sound at all. I tried manually installing a "SB16 Emulation" VxD driver off the installation CD but the driver gives me a Code 24 error in Windows 98SE which is that the device could not be found. As for the WDM drivers, all I got was really weird and distorted results.
I was under the impression this driver would be installed during the normal installation process but it didn't. I managed to find drivers for actual DOS (not in a window) so I can use those for now, but I'm still wondering how I can get the Windows driver for SB16 emulation working properly.
Anybody around here have any knowledge of this old stuff?
I've installed Windows 98SE on it and I have an original Sound Blaster Audigy card (SB0090) for which I've installed the VxD drivers from the installation CD. My problem is I can't get SB16 sound in Windows. I can get normal Windows sound but if I try to play a DOS game in a DOS window, I get no sound at all. I tried manually installing a "SB16 Emulation" VxD driver off the installation CD but the driver gives me a Code 24 error in Windows 98SE which is that the device could not be found. As for the WDM drivers, all I got was really weird and distorted results.
I was under the impression this driver would be installed during the normal installation process but it didn't. I managed to find drivers for actual DOS (not in a window) so I can use those for now, but I'm still wondering how I can get the Windows driver for SB16 emulation working properly.
Anybody around here have any knowledge of this old stuff?
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config.sys and autoexec.bat are used for DOS mode apps, not apps within the Windows GUI. Mind you, this is where I load my DOS sound drivers, which work fine in "DOS Mode" but not under a DOS window in the GUI. Please note the distinction.
I use DOSBox on my new computer, but only for older games. Games that came out for DOS in the late 90s are a little more demanding and don't run great under DOSBox.
As for VDMSound, that only runs under NT-based Windows and most DOS games I play don't run properly under Windows XP even with VDMSound.
What I'm trying to accomplish is, under Windows 98SE, to get SB16 emulation working properly. I mean in the actual GUI, not in "DOS Mode". Which is to say, I'm trying to run the game in a DOS window, not exit the GUI completely. There is a driver on my Audigy installation CD apparently for this purpose. I'm puzzled though as to why it doesn't work and why I had to install it manually.
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