On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 12:45:46PM +0200, Eric Auer wrote:
> Actually you can even find relatively modern quad core
> computers with IDE :-) The problem is that when you want
> DOS compatible sound hardware, you want something with
> ISA slots and those went out of fashion 20 years ago.
Yes, that's the best choice - but if not available, then more recent mobo
with chipset featuring DDMA ("Distributed DMA") also won't be that bad.
> There are a few PCI soundcards with limited DOS support:
> Some come with drivers which simulate a SoundBlaster, but
> those do not work with protected mode games, while others
> use hardware tricks which only work on mainboard chipsets
> which still have a bit of ISA style even while the boards
> have no have actual ISA slots.
That "bit of ISA style" is called DDMA.
Probably the best choice among a few PCI-soundcards working under DOS will
be Yamaha YMF-724/744.
More about this:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48553
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=48133#p497926
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regards,
Zbigniew
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