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AC97 sound driver for DOS (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 26.04.2009, 02:15

> Georg Pothaust (author of DOSUSB) started to work on an universal AC97 driver for DOS.



> Nice, but if I understand well, this driver only defines some new sound API
> so it is usefull only for your new programs which will use this API. It will not
> help to existing programs requiring SoundBlaster.

Regrettably "SoundBlaster" is a brain-dead "technology" (and DOS the only "OS" unable to drop it finally) anyway so "new API" is indeed the only way to go

> unfortunatelly WC/ASM instead of DJGPP

WC(=loo)/ASM is bad while DGJPP would be good ?

> Better would have been if he would have written a DIGPACK driver or
> would have implemented another API used in the past for DOS modular
> sound card drivers instead.

Maybe, and the API spec is available at ???

> He wrote that he'll try to do it so maybe it'll became a reality.

OK, as long as there are some docs and not too many usage restrictions (patents/(C)) ...

> However his API has one advantage

He just made a INT controlled WAV player, so in fact there is no "API" ...

> it allows easily to play files bigger than 64KB in real mode.

Tried to invoke his "driver" while performing other file I/O ?

BTW, there is a silent update, the original version had a "Does-not-work-at-all-BUG"

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Complete thread:

• AC97 sound driver for DOS - Laaca, 25.04.2009, 10:59 (Announce)
  • AC97 sound driver for DOS - RayeR, 25.04.2009, 15:12
  • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 25.04.2009, 15:45
    • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Laaca, 25.04.2009, 22:31
      • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 26.04.2009, 02:15
        • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 26.04.2009, 10:13
          • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 27.04.2009, 10:09
            • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 27.04.2009, 10:26
              • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 27.04.2009, 10:37
            • AC97 sound driver for DOS - rr, 28.04.2009, 20:35
        • AC97 sound driver for DOS - RayeR, 28.04.2009, 00:50
          • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 28.04.2009, 01:16
            • AC97 sound driver for DOS - RayeR, 28.04.2009, 09:13
              • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Khusraw, 28.04.2009, 10:27
              • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Rugxulo, 28.04.2009, 22:50
                • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 11.12.2009, 20:17
                  • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Rugxulo, 11.12.2009, 20:36
                    • AC97 sound driver for DOS - rr, 12.12.2009, 22:55
                      • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 13.12.2009, 09:56
                  • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 12.12.2009, 09:33
                    • AC97 sound driver for DOS - rr, 12.12.2009, 22:37
                      • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Rugxulo, 12.12.2009, 23:04
                    • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 14.12.2009, 16:14
                      • AC97 sound driver for DOS - Arjay, 14.12.2009, 18:10
                      • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 15.12.2009, 02:38
                        • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 16.12.2009, 16:03
                          • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 18.12.2009, 01:55
                            • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOSferatu, 18.12.2009, 17:55
                              • AC97 sound driver for DOS - DOS386, 19.12.2009, 04:10