Re: Which sound card for a legacy-only DOS computer?

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From: Prism
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:46

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Peter Emanuelsson wrote:

> Not 8, 32! (2x16MB)
> But the AWE32 could only utilize 28MB of it, or something like that.

Correct! My memory seems to be hazy as well....:(

> And I've never had a problem with PnP + old DOS games, since there is
> a "PnP driver" (or whatever you want to call it) and a config program
> to set up the card so it works "as a SB16" in DOS. Have played many
> old DOS games with my AWE64 without any problem.
> Of course, I might only have been lucky... ;) 

The PnP drivers suck up precious memory.... that's the worst part of it. 
  I could barely get Ultima VII Part II working with a non-pnp card, a 
couple of kilos more drivers and it would have been no go.

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