🚀 go-pugleaf

Before I detail exactly what i'm looking for, I fell it's prudent to explain
*why* I want it, incase you tech heads have any other ideas as to how my
problem can be solved...if you don't want to read, just scroll down to the
line of Equals signs :-)


My computer, in its orgininal specification worked in perfect harmony (well,
as perfect as you're gonna get with a PC).  But earlier this year, it had a
massive breakdown; nearly everything had to be replaced, from the 3.5" disk
drive to the motherboard.

And that, my frends, is at the root of the problem.

My old motherboard got on fine with my SBLive! Value, through both DOS and
Windows.  Some programs didn't really like the SB16 emulation, but that was
okay.  The only DOS games I played were things like F1GP2 and my collection
of DOS Emulators.

But after the big fix-up session, things changed.  The shop that fixed it
(also where I originally purchased the PC) didn't stock the same motherboard
that was originally in the PC in the first  place, so they got one that was
as close as posible.  But the new MB had one critical difference...

...It came with an internal sound system.

The internal sound system (listed by Windows Device Manager as a CMI8330/C3D
Audio Adapter, listed 4 times under 'Other Devices') is preventing DOS
programs from detecting the SBLive's SB16 emulation, wether it be through
plain DOS or through a DOS box in windows.  Every single DOS program refuses
to detect the prescence of a soundcard at all, and there's nothing in the
BIOS to disable this rogue sound system.  Jumpers there may be, but finding
them is going to be difficult without a motherboard manual (see below)!

Now, due to the somewhat rushed nature of the repair, as well as the cascade
of failures (it was originally a HDD failure that sent it in for repairs,
but then everything else mysteriously died), and the added fact of my
employers pestering the shop, the shop didn't include a new motherboar
manual or driver CD.  I can't disable the CMI audio adapter, there's no way
to circumvent it, there's no way to change the way DOS programs behave, so
I'm trying to use as many Windows programs as possible (but GP2 sucks
without sound, and most Windows emulators are generally slower than their
DOS equivalents).


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MY REQUEST

I'm looking for a Windows program (or whatever) that'll take sound from a
program running in a DOS box and shunt the sound output to DirectSound,
letting me hear what's going on with my DOS programs.  Most of the DOS stuff
I have will barely stretch my CPU, so I should have more than enough CPU
power to spare with something like this beavering away in the background.

if you can help me, you can email me.

Thanks for listening.

NMD