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Article #22870Re: PCI sound card for MSDOS 6 or Opendos 7 ?
From: Marcus Durham
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00
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In article <7dnrgsc2311feuus98lov79820lmiluhge@4ax.com> Peter D. Hill <peter@skyshack.demon.co.uk> shared the following with us in demon.tech.pc: >First time I bought a CT labs product and likely to be the last. I >don't need a sound card to compose symphonies or play demanding games >on - just wnat to play a few WAV's, CD's and have music in Lemmings. > You won't find any modern soundcard that will work properly in DOS. They all just emulate the older type of card. Hence, if you run something processor demanding (such as an Amiga emulator in DOS) turning the sound on slows down the emulation. Plug in an old SB 16 and they are fine. Most PC games work OK though. It's not Creatives fault, it's the fact that PCI soundcards have to talk to the system differently to the old ISA cards. It's a fact of life. In anycase, what's wrong with Windows for the WAV's? CD's won't be a problem because they don't require a soundcard. As for Lemmings, the Amiga version was better anyway. >Any chance of USB speakers doing dos sound card emulation? [snip] Little I suspect. -- Marcus Durham The UMTSDW Homepage. News, Reviews, Features and Locations. http://www.zenn.demon.co.uk/drwho/drwho.htm
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