On Monday I'm going to visit some PC shops which sells old hardware. Is there any tips about those ISA soundblaster cards? Which model, manufacturer, etc.? Thanks in advance!
------- Original message ------- From: Brolin Empey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Soundblaster setup Date: Saturday 08 October 2005 10:01 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, that was a rather stupid question about win drivers for DOS. > > And is there any tip for a 100% DOS compatible PCI sound card? I mean no > > drivers, etc needed? > > Thanks in advance! > > There is no such thing as a "DOS compatible" sound card, because DOS > does not support sound cards. DOS applications include their own > routines or use a library such as MIDAS or DIGIPAK to drive a sound > card. What you probably want is a PCI card that is hardware compatible > with a SoundBlaster, so that DOS applications which have been written to > drive such a card can function. I don't know much about PCI sound > cards, so I'm not sure whether there are any which are completely > hardware compatible with the SoundBlaster (thus not requiring any > software to achieve compatibility with applications written to drive an > SB). > > With a more modern OS such as Linux or Windows, a kernel driver is > responsible for driving the sound card. This way, applications can use > a standard interface rather than having to support every possible type > of audio hardware. This avoids the problem seen on DOS where the > hardware changes (audio integrated on modern motherboards, which no > longer include ISA slots), leaving applications to run in silence > because they only support old audio hardware. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Who the hell are you, and why are you playing with my kernel? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
