20 Feb
2006
20 Feb
'06
5:09 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster PCI + DOS?
The Aureal PCI cards had DOS support, and worked with MIDI also if you have
the daughtercard installed. Do you have a PCI only machine you are trying to
use?
Bryan Pope wrote:
Does anyone know of a Sound Blaster compatible *PCI* card that
works under DOS? I have searched Creative Labs website and it looks
like their PCI 64 / 128 sound cards will not work under DOS since there
are no DOS driver available. :(
AFAIK it is either impossible to have true legacy support provided to
DOS via a PCI card, or at least very difficult. Every single PCI card
I've worked with that claimed legacy support did so via the use of some
sort of program. The Creative programs were the worst; they were
resident, and some required protected mode. The best was a Turtle Beach
Santa Cruz, which used a .COM file to enable it, and I don't think it
was resident.
But no, I've never seen any PCI sound card just work perfectly without a
TSR or .SYS driver.
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