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No Sound in DOS

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From: Dave Barnhart
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 04:43
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Hi All,

I'm desperately attempting to get an old DOS game (Privateer) to run under
Win98SE.

So far I've been able to create a shortcut to throw me into MS-DOS Mode
with a new Config and Autoexec.  During boot-up, everything seems to load
fine, but when I attempt to run the game, I get no sound.

My sound card is a SoundBlaster PCI 512, and here are copies of my config
and Autoexec.

Config:
Device=C:\WINDOWS\Himem.Sys /Testmem=off
Device=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.Exe 16384 RAM
DOS=high, UMB

Autoexec:
PROMPT=$p$g
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;c:\windows;c:\windows\COMMAND
LH c:\mouse\mouse.exe
SET SBPCI=C:\SBPCI
SET MSINPUT=C:\MSINPUT
SET CTSYN=C:\WINDOWS
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330  T6
C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\SBPCI512\DOSDRV\SBEINIT.COM

Please note that I'm running the game from the C Drive, so there's no need
for CD drivers.

So, where am I going wrong?  Anyone know why the game won't run with sound?
Should there be a line in the Config.sys for the sound card?

Any assistance would be GREATLY appreciated.
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From: "Dave Barnhart" <dbarnhart@cfl.rr.com>
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Subject: No Sound in DOS
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 00:43:05 -0400
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