Re: [Freedos-user] Soundcard Audigy 2 works in MPXPLAY but nowhere else.

[Zbigniew <zbi...@gm...>]

2011/6/22, Eric Auer:

> Note that SB Live! is not a SoundBlaster in the sense that SB 1.0,
> SB 1.5, SB Pro, SB 2.0 or SB 16 are, it is not compatible to any
> of those DOS game compatible cards. However, I seem to remember
> that SB Live! comes with a quite good "virtual simulated SB16 in
> DOS" style driver, so as long as you run that, your games might
> be just fine.

The problem is, that during past years tried it several times - on
various boards, using various settings - and it _never_ wanted to
work. That's why I was wondering, if there is just anybody at all, who
was successful in using that driver.

> I think the driver needs EMM386 to be present and
> some of the FreeDOS EMM386 / JEMM386 / JEMMEX variant versions
> need a special command line option to allow the SB Live! driver
> to do some strange things that it needs to do to simulate SB16.
> This is of course documented in the EMM driver docs then... :-)

Although I didn't try it under FreeDOS, but using various past DOS-es,
I'm afraid, the problem isn't related to memory managers.

> Talking about which, ISA slots are very rare now,

That's why I kept a few old computers. :)

> but as compromise:
> have experience with the new GigaByte AM3+ GA-870A-UD3 mainboard yet?

I've got very similar board: it's GA-M56S-S3, which works well with
Windows, Linux, BSD-s, ForthOS, and even can be used to prepare
"Hackintosh" in case of need (although I did'nt tried FreeDOS with
this one... maybe it's time? ;). Has several PCI slots, so the cards
collected during the years can still be used. In fact, I bought two
such motherboards, to have spare one, since most probably it isn't
manufactured anymore - but it's working so well.

-- 
regards,
Zbigniew