I did use the SB in the FD EMM386 and JEMM386. Although I got JEMM386 to
load but not the FD default one.
Great, I can't find any esstech sound cards on eBay, guess I'll have to keep
looking online then.
Also, pcdos2k, are you saying that Aureal Vortex 2 won't work on any nForce
motherboards?
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
>
> Hi pcdos2k,
>
> > i recommend esstech pci cards (solo, maestro, allegro). they are now
> > discontinued but they should still be around in surplus stores. they
> > are the easiest to work with in DOS; one file goes in the config.sys,
> > another in autoexec. no need for emm386exe/himem.sys. in my
> > experience, if they fail on the mobo, it would be near impossible to
> > use other/newer pci cards on the same mobo -- at least you can tell
> > early if you want to push through with your setup.
>
> A forum mentions the following:
>
> - ESS ES1978 Maestro-2E, with AC97
> - ES1989 Allegro
> - Aureal Vortex 2 (needs no DDMA, has only SBPro emu)
> - SB Live etc might all need DDMA and NMI and EMM386
> - for example nForce chipsets do not support DDMA
> - Audigy might need NMI, too
>
> This sounds as if Aureal Vortex is same category as the
> ForteMedia and CMedia chips - both offer a number of
> ways to give DOS the impression that there is DMA, and
> both do so in ways which need "almost no drivers"...
> Unfortunately, they also do NOT work on nForce for me,
> only the Adlib / OPL3 part works in games without DMA.
>
>
>
> PCI Soundcards for Ultima 7, www.it-he.org/sound.htm lists:
>
> Aureal Vortex 1 with cheap OPL2 clone, not very stable
> Aureal Vortex 2 with cheap OPL2 clone, SB2 stable, SBPro shaky
> (also has some problem with CWSDPMI but works with PMODETSR)
>
> Crystal Semi CS462x / CS4280
>
> EMU10k / SB Live! (needs EMM386 but no DDMA - may need NMI?)
> SB 16 PCI (needs EMM386, bad OPL3 simulation via wavetable)
>
> ESS Maestro-1
> Maestro-2 / Terratec DMX (works well, mediocre OPL3 clone)
> (I guess it uses TDMA or sth else which fails on new mainboards)
>
> Trident 4D DX/NX (SB 2 mono 8 bit only, bad OPL3 simulation)
>
> Yamaha YMF724 (genuine OPL3 but needs DDMA, not on VIA MVP3)
> (I remember FM801 (TDMA?) did work on MVP3 but fails on nForce)
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~rsd/U7inWindows.html
> (Win9x trick which patches the game apparently)
> VDMSound for WinNT/2k/XP
> Other emulators...
>
> The Ultima 7 problem is that this game is not compatible
> with EMM386 or Dosemu or other fast emulators, so you
> need slow full emulators or real hardware for this :-p
>
>
>
>
> http://support.packardbell.com/es/item/index.php?i=spec_es1968s&pi=platform_c2
>
> http://support.packardbell.com/it/item/index.php?i=spec_es1978&pi=platform_B3H
>
> Mentions that the ESS Maestro 2E ES1978S supports DDMA
> (distributed DMA) TDMA (transparent DMA) and PC/PCI
> (I think that is something with extra cables?). This
> page also says that TDMA is most compatible and works
> "over the standard PCI 2.1 bus without the additional
> sideband signals".
>
>
>
> > i ripped the esstech dos drivers from the win9x vxd drivers, which
> > requires win9x to install: www.mediafire.com/file/yzzjnizmktw/ESSPCI.ZIP
>
> Other drivers:
>
> ftp://ftp.terratec.com/Audio/
> ftp://ftp.terratec.com/Audio/DMX/Update/
> http://easymamecab.mameworld.info/
> http://vsynchmame.mameworld.info/
> http://easymamecab.mameworld.info/html/snddosdr.htm
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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