In the past I had half a dozen machines with various ESS chipsets which were (mostly) SB Pro compatible. Under DOS I would run ESSCFG followed by ESSVOL, and maybe set a BLASTER environment variable (or did the utility do that itself??? I can't remember) and then it would work. Check this archive http://www.hyakushiki.net/essdos.zip
On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:46:04 -0400, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a Compaq Armada (Laptop) with a ESS1869 - I tried every SB/ESS > driver I could find then by chance I loaded DOSSOUND and it worked. For > my > modern desktops with the oldest PCI cards (mostly ESS or Yamaha) I can > only > get sound through the internal speaker, but MPXPLAY & QView work through > the lineout - I think any successful configuration will be a compromise. > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > >> I've quit working on it for a while. Tried every address and interupt I >> can think of. >> None work I think the chip is in off mode and needs to be turned on by >> windows. >> These sound drivers work on sound blaster cards but not on a laptop with >> ESS. >> >> >> cheers >> DS >> >> >> On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:18:52 +0200 Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> >> writes: >> > >> > Hi! >> > >> > > What I need for my Dell is a sound blaster pro driver that works >> > on >> > > an ESS chip without windows being there. Windows turns the chip on >> > >> > > somehow. The programs are for DOS running under windows. None of >> > the >> > > drivers are for dos alone, even if they claim to be. Add windows >> > to >> > > the background and they work but who wants that. >> > >> > There are many different ESS chips, so more information is needed: >> > >> > http://support.toshiba.com/support/viewContentDetail?contentId=107869 >> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq_AudioPCI >> > >> > http://www.daqarta.com/ess.htm >> > >> > What would also help is a tool to detect I/O base, IRQ and DMA >> > details >> > without hanging. No matter which card you have, often one or several >> > of those aspects go wrong. In particular with PCI cards trying to be >> > compatible to ISA SoundBlaster standards of any type, failing DMA >> > and >> > mis-routed IRQ signals are a common source of havoc. In some cases, >> > it >> > even is a hardware problem (a new mainboard cannot make PCI stuff >> > look >> > sufficiently ISA compatible any more). With SB Live, SB PCI and the >> > ESS >> > Ensoniq Audio PCI, the SoundBlaster compatibility even is a >> > completely >> > fake driver generated virtual hardware experience in the first >> > place. >> > >> > Regards, Eric >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----- >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Freedos-user mailing list >> > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > Protect what matters >> > Floods can happen anywhere. Learn your risk and find an agent today. >> > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3165/556f0deaaf252dea23d8mp07duc >> > >> >> >> ******************************************************>>>> >> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry >> http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 >> *******************************************************>>>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
