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Re: Sound doesn't work with Classic Doom

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From: Stephen Howe
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:39
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> I'm trying to get the old Doom to work on my new machine, which is a 
> Windows XP box. If it matters, I have an Sound Blaster Live Value card. I 
> use the setup program to set the audio options to use a "Sound Blaster". 
> WHen I play the game, any time a sound effect is played, the game becomes 
> extremely slow. The midi music seems to work fine (although it slows down 
> with the rest of the game when a sound is played). The smae thing happens 
> with my old copy of Heretic.

Can't be done with XP. You are quite lucky that hear anything at all.
It must be that the IRQ chosen for sound by PNP matches the Doom2/Heretic 
default.

Stephen Howe 
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