Re: [Freedos-user] Getting sound to work in FreeDOS on Modern systems.

2009-06-12 Thread pcdos2k
--- On Thu, 6/11/09, D Z whoelseseeksde...@gmail.com wrote:   So for anyone reading this that that plays games with FreeDOS on modern systems or any motherboards without ISA slots and have manage to get the digital sound and midi music to work, please give me advice.   i recommend

Re: [Freedos-user] Getting sound to work in FreeDOS on Modern systems.

2009-06-12 Thread D Z
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?

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

2009-06-12 Thread guest
First off, would I be asking for a freedos compatible Windows replacement if I could just use ReactOS? I know about ReactOS, ReactOS is garbage right now. It will probably be garbage for 2-3 more years. There is no reason for an MSDOS Windows replacement to be MSDOS compatible. Freedos

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

2009-06-12 Thread King InuYasha
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:00 PM, guest plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: First off, would I be asking for a freedos compatible Windows replacement if I could just use ReactOS? I know about ReactOS, ReactOS is garbage right now. It will probably be garbage for 2-3 more years. There is no

Re: [Freedos-user] Getting sound to work in FreeDOS on Modern systems.

2009-06-12 Thread dos386
Anyone have any idea which PCI sound cards will work with with FreeDOS on modern systems? Intel ICH, ES1371/1373 AKA SB128PCI/SB16PCI, EMUxxx (SB512/LiveAudigy), ... (MPXPLAY) Last I've read somewhere the modern motherboards have changed drastically that it will no longer allow SoundBlaster

Re: [Freedos-user] getting applications working

2009-06-12 Thread dos386
Notable things: edit buggy (some PC's) perl NOMYSO ??? Georg Potthast is also doing experiments with a player for new hardware. His driver now can play from memory so it became a real driver :-) * BOCHS emulator (host OS = emulated OS = DOS) Or any other emulator, of course QEMU or

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS kernel 2038 now available on sourceforge

2009-06-12 Thread dos386
COOL :-) -- ~~~ wow ~~~ -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Question

2009-06-12 Thread dos386
I'm aware that USBASPI.sys and DI1000DD.sys work to provide USB DI1000DD.SYS is crap ... I personally prefer (Adaptec?) ASPIDISK instead of DI1000DD Where to get it ? but actually an even easier way is to let the BIOS do the lowlevel stuff. Then your stick looks like a normal int13 disk

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE.SYS

2009-06-12 Thread dos386
Jack wrote: Regrettably, add on cards are also NOT not a part of the main- board BIOS, and so their I-O addresses are unknown to PCI BIOS or EDD BIOS calls. Thus, UIDE's initialization displays will show no data for your add on disks as it cannot see them via the standard BIOS calls it