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Sound (Users)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 09.07.2021, 15:55

> PS: You may have to use the free, closed source PnP
> sound chip activator UNISOUND, which is also nice for
> classic DOS PnP soundcard variants because you could
> skip brand specific startup drivers with UNISOUND:
> https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72553
> But I think for HDA/AC97, MPXPLAY itself is enough.

UNISOUND will not help there as it's not targetted for new AC'97/HDA-only soundcards. It's usefull to initialize old (someway SB-compatible by HW) soundcards instead using vendor specific tools. It's just initializer not a TSR/driver doing any emulation.

I agree that the simplest way to test sound on specific MB is to try with MPXPlay that it should work out of the box without any external drivers (should autodetect the HDA). Also some recent DOS ports of games like Quake I/II, Doom, Hexen II... using libau should play on HDA too.

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Complete thread:

• Sound - libz, 08.07.2021, 18:16
  • Sound - mceric, 08.07.2021, 22:35
    • Sound - RayeR, 09.07.2021, 15:55
      • Sound - Zyzzle, 10.07.2021, 01:13
        • Sound - RayeR, 13.07.2021, 02:24
          • Sound - Zyzzle, 20.07.2021, 02:02
            • Sound - Laaca, 20.07.2021, 10:58
              • Sound - Zyzzle, 20.07.2021, 15:34
              • Sound - Laaca, 30.07.2021, 22:21
            • Sound - RayeR, 20.07.2021, 16:48
              • Sound - RayeR, 30.07.2021, 21:03
                • Sound - Zyzzle, 31.07.2021, 00:38
                  • Sound - RayeR, 01.08.2021, 17:55
  • Sound - KormaX, 11.07.2021, 02:50
    • Sound - mceric, 11.07.2021, 12:27
      • Sound - KormaX, 11.07.2021, 14:10
        • Sound - Zyzzle, 12.07.2021, 05:15
        • Sound - dggionco, 12.07.2021, 17:19
        • Sound - RayeR, 13.07.2021, 02:15