Re: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?

From: Al Warner <al_at_alsarcade.com>
Date: Tue Sep 13 2011 - 07:13:32 EDT

Michael:

Did you look here:

http://easymamecab.mameworld.info/html/snddosdr.htm

-Al-

PS - I will be sharing my config.sys and autoexec.bat in a post later
tonight.

On 9/13/2011 1:25 AM, Michael Cunningham wrote:
> might work but I'll be dammed if I can find dos drivers for it. the
> company seems to got rid of
> its support site, Got any drivers you can share?
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:03 AM, matt<galaga@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>> http://www.techfuels.com/sound-card/6879-forte-media-fm801-au-sound-card.html
>> is a good option and cheep!
>>
>>
>>> http://www.msi.com/product/mb/MS-6378.html#/?div=Detail
>>>
>>> i got one of this off ebay $10 and sound is %100!!
>>> VIAĊ½ VT82C686A / 686B Chipset is the best!!!
>>> BUT make sure that to BIOS has sound blaster in it as hp,compaq,etc dont
>>> :(
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Cunningham"
>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com>
>>> To:<vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:40 PM
>>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?
>>>
>>>
>>>> unfortunately I dont have that option in my bios.
>>>>
>>>> For those sucessfully using vectormame in dos, what sound card model
>>>> are you using?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Rodger Boots<rlboots2@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Sometimes the PCI IRQs are set from one of the BIOS setup screens.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 12, 2011 10:33 PM, "Michael Cunningham"
>>>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> easier said then done:) I have disabled the serial port in the bios
>>>>>> so that shouldnt be
>>>>>> an issue. Basically when I move it from pci slot to slot the irq
>>>>>> changes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've seen irq 4, 10, and 11
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Rodger Boots<rlboots2@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> You might want to move the sound card to IRQ5, IRQ4 is usually one of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> serial ports.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 12, 2011 10:13 PM, "Michael Cunningham"
>>>>>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Some success...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I popped out 3 of the 1gb chips.. down to 1gb now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Was able to sucessfully load dos 7.1 and got the sbpci drivers
>>>>>>>> installed.
>>>>>>>> dvmame now runs but I get a page fault error when I try to
>>>>>>>> start it up with sound. Choosing silence works great.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm assuming my sb setup is screwed up but it loads the driver fine
>>>>>>>> when dos boots
>>>>>>>> and reports port ccc0 irq 4
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried the sbtest program and it just hangs when it hits the digital
>>>>>>>> voice test. I'm
>>>>>>>> thinking this is one of those nightmare to config sb pci cards.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What SB pci cards is everyone using? model num?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a CT4750
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:14 PM, matt<galaga@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 64mb is all you need for vdmame !!
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Cunningham"
>>>>>>>>> <michael.cunningham.usa@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> To:<vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:21 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: ZVG Experience - Proper place to post?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thats a good point. I think my bois has an option to limit the ram
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> 256 mb for older operating systems. I'll give that a try when I get
>>>>>>>>> home. I assume 256 mb be enough to cover all the vector
>>>>>>>>> games.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Lewis D'Aubin
>>>>>>>>> <ldaubin@bellsouth.net>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> What version of DOS are you using?
>>>>>>>>>>> Any links for the drivers and such you used?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've been pulling my hair out with dos. I think there is something
>>>>>>>>>>> wrong with my motherboard as all the memory (4 gb!) seem to be
>>>>>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>>>>>> up
>>>>>>>>>>> in dos so nothing can start.
>>>>>>>>>> 4GB? Try pulling out three of those... there's no way DOS can
>>>>>>>>>> address
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> much memory. My VectorMAME cab is running sweet on 64MB.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -Lewis
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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