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Sound card for MS-Dos 6.xx (Users)

posted by yuhongbao, 05.12.2010, 08:14

> > Or try a mobo with *LPC*-to-ISA bridge, because the southbridge do
> support
> > ISA DMA via the LPC bus, just not PC/PCI DMA (PC/PCI is the protocol
> used
> > by PCI-to-ISA bridge to simulate ISA DMA).
>
> As I said, this will not work. Read this
> http://www.intel.com/design/intarch/papers/318244.pdf
> I still have lying this piece of crap
> http://rayer.ic.cz/hardware/commp4la.htm
> at home without use for which I spent a lot of money but against all effort
> I was not able to produce sampled sound under DOS (tested various ISA
> soundcards and PCI SB live and PCI FortMedia). After this I completly gave
> up the idea of SB compatible sound under real DOS on new mobos, so I have
> to use emulator or second older PC.

Well, did you read what I said carefully, particularly on the difference between *PCI*-to-ISA bridge and *LPC*-to-ISA bridge? Try to find the ISA bridge chip and look it up if you are not sure which one the motherboard is using.

 

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