Descent 1.1 Dies with SB16/AWE32 Digital Sound

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From: j... Jerry Shekhel
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 06:07

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Folks,

I just bought a new SB AWE32 and all is well except Descent 1.1.  No matter
what I set up for music (SB, SBPro, GM, or native AWE32), if I set the sound
to SB16/AWE32, the game locks up soon after starting (Ctrl-Alt-Del does
nothing).   If I set the sound to SBPro or SB, everything works.

	Hardware:
		Genoa TurboExpress 486 Motherboard, SiS Chipset
		Intel 486DX2/66 CPU with 256K Write-Back Cache
		32MB RAM (2 4Mx32 SIMMs)
		VLB IDE-I/O
		VLB Genoa Phantom 32i Video Card
		VLB Buslogic 445S SCSI Card @ Port 330h
		New SB AWE32, A220 I5 D1 H5, MIDI @ Port 300h
		2 IDE Hard Drives
		Toshiba 3401 2x CD-ROM Drive

	Software:
		MS-DOS 6.22
		QEMM-386 7.04
		Buslogic SCSI & CD-ROM Drivers
		SB AWE32 Drivers

I tried both my normal configuration and a boot disk with nothing but MS-DOS
6.22 using HIMEM.SYS.  The problem persisted.  I haven't had any problems with
any other games which support the AWE32 in native mode, such as DOOM II and
Wing Commander III.  Please help if you can; your help will be greatly
appreciated.

Jerry J. Shekhel
j...@ix.netcom.com

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Date: 31 Jan 1995 06:07:12 GMT
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