> So far the pros... The cons are that I have to connect the output > of one card to the input of the next or use a switch to select from > which card I want to go to the amplifier. Another thing is that I > have way too many volume control / mixer channels now :-D
How so? One card is the previously mentioned, the other is a Yamaha YMF-724 w/SPDIF. Could I somehow connect the two? > In any case, you do not have to disable one card to use the other, > simply install drivers for the card(s) that you like. In Linux, as > both cards are recognized, simply select which one you prefer as > the default output. Well in Linux, I'm already using 2 sound outputs. The card, and the onboard audio AC97. In Linux I just switch to the AC97 when I want to use the headphones. What about DOS though? Can it handle having two sound cards, plus onboard audio? I found a Sound Blaster detection app linked to from this page. It finds, and sets, the blaster variable for the Yamaha I just plugged into this PC. The problem is that when I take that variable, and add it to my autoexec, it doesn't work. I ended up setting the autoexec to call the BLASTER.EXE detection app itself at startup. Several of the apps, and games with auto-detection features now find the Yamaha card, but it still isn't outputting sound. Yes, I've already tested it in Linux. Maybe it's this Pentium 4, or MoBo BIOS causing issues? I noticed that it has some devices assigned (possibly dynamically) to the same IRQs in the BIOS. > At the risk of a horrible idea, why not just use DOSBox under Linux? It's fine for 386 games like DOOM, but games like Daggerfall/Quake have major frame skipping/dropping. I like the idea of a smooth 60fps, and also like the idea of using the native environment OS. > I would rather suggest dosemu, which is faster and runs real FreeDOS. I've installed FreeDOS to dosemu. All I can say is that it's waayyy choppy slow, even without sound! DOSBox was better, but I already haveseveral programs running in FreeDOS fullspeed. (although without sound) :-( BTW - Could someone points me towards a place to learn FreeeDOS specific syntax(es). This was one of the last files I edited when I used DOS last. It was me putting Windows 98, ME, and 98Lite all on one disc with a 2.88MB boot img. As you can see, the syntax I used is a little out of date. http://pastebin.com/E26wnSWK http://pastebin.com/LcJnyCTg -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/FreeDOS-driver-issues-tp32073870p32080579.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
