On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 10:39 -0400, John Hupp wrote:
On 5/30/2015 4:29 PM, John Hupp wrote:
I have 3 old ISA sound cards that I was trying to get working in an
a useful search term is ABANDONWARE. Sometimes exploring that can
reveal hidden treasure.
CWSIV
Hi,
Just a few more tidbits:
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote:
I did test a bunch of things on my old P4. Most of it didn't work.
I've forgotten most of the programs I stumbled upon back in the day.
Even then, I didn't use them enough to claim to be intimately
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
I like to play cds with SJGPlay which is a great dos cd player.
I also use PV and quickview to watch home movies. They
work well on my desktop but not on the laptop unless Windows
is there. I'm running DOS on cf chips without Windows.
I could also could use a method to control screen resolution.
Hi,
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote:
For the Dell sound, its a chip soldered on the main board.
You could check with PCISLEEP for DOS or LSPCI for Linux or any
similar tool for Windows what chip it is.
Presumably by running pcisleep l?
Hi again,
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:40 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
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
What kind of Windows is it? It it's some 9x version, chances are that
the Windows drivers you have already are installing their DOS
counterpart in autoexec config.sys files.
If that's the case, it would just be a matter of copying the required
files from your windows installation, note the
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
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
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
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote:
Have the same problem with a DELL laptop. Tried a few dozen drivers
and none worked.
What stuff are you trying to run anyways? Games? Audio CD?
Thank you
On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:10:43 -0400 Don Flowers donr...@gmail.com writes:
http://www.georgpotthast.de/dossound/
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Dale E Sterner
sunbeam...@juno.com wrote:
For the Dell sound, its a chip soldered on the main board.
I think it works like these
http://www.georgpotthast.de/dossound/
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote:
For the Dell sound, its a chip soldered on the main board.
I think it works like these stupid win printers; it waits for
windows to start it up. After all dos is dead isn't it -
For the Dell sound, its a chip soldered on the main board.
I think it works like these stupid win printers; it waits for
windows to start it up. After all dos is dead isn't it - ha.
I will have to search for this dossound. It might be the answer.
cheers
DS
On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:49:13 +0200
Hi,
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote:
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
Hi again,
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote:
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
Hi again,
http://www.georgpotthast.de/dossound/
Thanks, interesting :-)
For the Dell sound, its a chip soldered on the main board.
You could check with PCISLEEP for DOS or LSPCI for Linux or any
similar tool for Windows what chip it is. The DOSSOUND website
says, it is a WAV player for
To extend the audio hardware supported by DOSSound, there is also support
for
Soundblaster cards and their emulations. DOSSound first checks whether a
soundblaster
card is installed. If this is the case it will use that and not check for
AC'97 controllers. It uses
I/O address 220h, interrupt 7,
On 6/3/2015 10:49 AM, Eric Auer wrote:
Hi Dale and Don,
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
Hi,
On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote:
Have the same problem with a DELL laptop. Tried a few dozen drivers
and none worked. They all require Windows be present. Unless you can fool
it into thinking Windows is there; I think its hopeless. I gave up.
On 5/30/2015 4:29 PM, John Hupp wrote:
I have 3 old ISA sound cards that I was trying to get working in an
old Pentium 150 machine with a default FD 1.1 installation. But so far
no success. I list the card, a driver link, and my brief note for
each. Perhaps one of you will have a known-good
Have the same problem with a DELL laptop. Tried a few dozen drivers
and none worked. They all require Windows be present. Unless you can fool
it
into thinking Windows is there; I think its hopeless. I gave up.
cheers
DS
On Sat, 30 May 2015 16:29:28 -0400 John Hupp free...@prpcompany.com
writes:
23 matches
Mail list logo
