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Unknown_K
Way too much free time
Joined: 01 Oct 2002
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 Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 3:13 am
Post subject: Old soundcard for retro box |
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Whats the best sound card for the older dos games?
I use a sb16+ yamaha dx50 wavetable addon for the last generation dos games on a p200mmx (shitcanned the 486), and now I am looking at a 286/386 system for the games that run too fast on the pentium.
I have a reveal brand original soundscape card, any other suggestions?
Also anybody know of a place to get the old roland, GUS, soundblaster pro cards? looks like ebay doesnt list any that old. |
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486 player
Gaming Demi-god
Joined: 18 Sep 2002
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 5:24 am
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| GUS is best sound card to 286. (Just make sure it's compatible with thy slots.If game recuires 386, it'll work best in 486. |
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Unknown_K
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| Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 6:27 am
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| Havnt seen a GUS forsale in a while, I figure a game made for 286 will run fine in a 386, plus the 386 can be taken out of turbo and run at 8mhz.. that should be slow enough for the real old games. |
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486 player
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 7:24 am
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| So does 286. Maybe Sound Blaster Pro's easier to find. |
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Unknown_K
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 7:31 am
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| Somebody is sending me a 386/33 motherboard, 4mb ram, hd, controller, video card for free (just pay shipping). Its a start. Will try resurecting the soundscape sound card while i look for a GUS |
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J-Man
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Joined: 10 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:46 pm
Post subject: SB16 |
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The Sound Blaster ISA card (any model) is the KING of sound cards (It's the original, most others are copycats).
Most ISA sound cards are fine anyway. (With 16-bit power, don't expect massive quality) |
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Kazer0
Mercenary Dishwasher
Joined: 17 Sep 2002
Posts: 2719
Location: In an igloo with my pet penguin, eh?
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:48 pm
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| Im not going to lock this despite how old it is, since DB will be after me again. However, ts moved to the appropriate forum. |
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Oz
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Joined: 15 Sep 2002
Posts: 585
Location: London, UK.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:20 pm
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| i have a sound blaster pro ISA, if you want it. |
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Kazer0
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Location: In an igloo with my pet penguin, eh?
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 2:02 pm
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| I have a soundblaster vibra ISA card. Its so old, its not supported by XP. |
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Unknown_K
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 2:09 pm
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| Kazer0 wrote: | | I have a soundblaster vibra ISA card. Its so old, its not supported by XP. |
The vibra is a SB 16 PnP, you sure xp doesnt support it? |
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Kazer0
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 4:43 pm
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I emailed creative support. They said no.
Here it all is:
| Creative Support wrote: | Andrew,
I regret to inform you that there are not any drivers or support for the
sound card in Windows XP.
Thank You.
Nathan - CLI Tech Support
Original Message Follows:
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Subject: CLI - Support Request Form
Name: Andrew Charron
E-mail Address: toazted@hotmail.com
Self Description: Advanced PC User
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Support Inquiry: My Creative hardware stopped functioning correctly
Product: Sound Blaster 16
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Operating System: Windows XP
Creative Model Number: CT2504
Computer Brand/Model: Home Made
Processor/CPU: 266mhz PII MMX
Memory: 192 mb SDRAM
BIOS Type/Revision: Unknown
System Board/Chipset: Unknown
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Detailed Problem Description:
I previously sent this inquery:
"My sound card (With a game port) came inside a computer
I
bought. It is an older pc (PII MMX), and I was running
98se. It worked fine. I then upgraded to windows ME. It
worked fine then too. I then upgraded to windows XP
professional. The card did not insatall with the OS, so i
had to do it myself. It detected a soundblaster 16 or AWE
compliant sound card. I then went to install my game pad
(Using the game port), and it said that there was no
gameport installed. This worked before I upgraded to XP.
So
I got the information off the card. It says Vibra 16s
CT2504-TCQ on it. I couldn't find this on your site, even
after i searched CT2504."
And you gave me this response:
"Andrew,
This card is not technically supported in this OS. However I
can provide the following suggestion:
Windows XP has native support for this card. This means
that the card will function using the drivers that come with
the operating system. Please follow the below steps to load
the native support drivers for your card.
LOAD THE XP NATIVE SUPPORT DRIVERS FOR THIS CARD
1. Go to control panel
2. Go to "Add New Hardware"
3. Let it do the PNP search.
4. Select the option that allows you to select the driver
manually from a list.
5. Pick Creative , and the model of your sound card.
6. Hit OK.
7. Follow the rest of the on-screen instructions to finish the
driver install.
Jason"
Well, in reply,
This doesn't work. The only option it has for creative
is "Soundblaster 16 or AWE compliant". It installs, and the
sound works, but the gameport does not. |
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jmmijo
Lord of Gaming
Joined: 16 Oct 2002
Posts: 225
Location: PDX
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:04 pm
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I understand the importance of the gameport working and all but under XP I don't think this is neccessary as you would rather have a USB input device for use under this OS, IMHO 
As for DOS however, it makes total sense to have a support gameport device as DOS doesn't support USB or at least I haven't found one that does. Of course there's FreeDOS and who knows if that support USB devices or not, I suppose I'll have to look... |
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-finch-
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 3:02 pm
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| hi, i have a one question. do you have (anyone) driver for SF-16FMP-03 SoudnForte RadioPlus ISA card with Vibra 16s CT2504-TCQ chipset? Thanx |
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Interon
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NIGER
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| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:01 am
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 FINCH i have a driver! It's for Soundforte sf16-fmp-02! but it must work! If you want this driver write me MY eMAIL is niger@lol.lt! and i will send it to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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