ISA SB LOOOVE

Zarathustra · May 27, 2002, 06:43 AM

I've been a nostalgia box recently so I can play old Glide games and play demos from the early 90s. I've already discussed here how I obtained an Quantum3D Obsidien2 X-24 for the Glide part. What I have been tackling most recently has been sound in straight DOS. The $7 C-Media soundcard had DOS drivers but for the life of me I couldn't get anything to recognize it. I then swapped in a SB Live! Platinum (sans Live!Drive), found 3rd party SB16 emulation drivers and got DOS games like Duke3D to work just fine. But the demos still wouldn't use it. So I went rummaging through a friend's spare parts room and came across this:

Ahhh the greatest of all ISA soundcards, the SB AWE32, complete with WaveBlaster header and SIMM slots. There is definitely something cool about a soundcard that has a IDE controller builtin

Well after digging around to find proper DOS drivers, this thing works like a dream. Hell it even has the same sound quality in Win98SE playing through the box's $3 USB speakers as the Live! hehe. Now I'm going to look for more 30pin SIMMs for this thing, 8meg just isn't enough if I plan to use it more

DaSnIpE · May 27, 2002, 07:46 AM

I got one of those lying around somewhere, lol, have fun with yours.

Necrosis · May 27, 2002, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by Zarathustra
I've been a nostalgia box recently so I can play old Glide games and play demos from the early 90s. I've already discussed here how I obtained an Quantum3D Obsidien2 X-24 for the Glide part. What I have been tackling most recently has been sound in straight DOS. The $7 C-Media soundcard had DOS drivers but for the life of me I couldn't get anything to recognize it. I then swapped in a SB Live! Platinum (sans Live!Drive), found 3rd party SB16 emulation drivers and got DOS games like Duke3D to work just fine. But the demos still wouldn't use it. So I went rummaging through a friend's spare parts room and came across this:

Ahhh the greatest of all ISA soundcards, the SB AWE32, complete with WaveBlaster header and SIMM slots. There is definitely something cool about a soundcard that has a IDE controller builtin Well after digging around to find proper DOS drivers, this thing works like a dream. Hell it even has the same sound quality in Win98SE playing through the box's $3 USB speakers as the Live! hehe. Now I'm going to look for more 30pin SIMMs for this thing, 8meg just isn't enough if I plan to use it more

It sure brings back some memories, I haven't seen one of those in ages!

Zarathustra · May 29, 2002, 05:02 AM

RH 7.3 doesn't auto detect it....damn non-PnP. Heh gotta find Linux drivers now

digitalwanderer · May 29, 2002, 05:34 AM

..you'se gonna have the fastest old box around!

That sounds like a fun project, hmmmm......

May 27, 2002, 06:43 AM	#1
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	ISA SB LOOOVE I've been a nostalgia box recently so I can play old Glide games and play demos from the early 90s. I've already discussed here how I obtained an Quantum3D Obsidien2 X-24 for the Glide part. What I have been tackling most recently has been sound in straight DOS. The $7 C-Media soundcard had DOS drivers but for the life of me I couldn't get anything to recognize it. I then swapped in a SB Live! Platinum (sans Live!Drive), found 3rd party SB16 emulation drivers and got DOS games like Duke3D to work just fine. But the demos still wouldn't use it. So I went rummaging through a friend's spare parts room and came across this: Ahhh the greatest of all ISA soundcards, the SB AWE32, complete with WaveBlaster header and SIMM slots. There is definitely something cool about a soundcard that has a IDE controller builtin Well after digging around to find proper DOS drivers, this thing works like a dream. Hell it even has the same sound quality in Win98SE playing through the box's $3 USB speakers as the Live! hehe. Now I'm going to look for more 30pin SIMMs for this thing, 8meg just isn't enough if I plan to use it more

May 27, 2002, 07:46 AM	#2
DaSnIpE Driverage Snipe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada or NYC, USA Posts: 372 Rep Power: 0	I got one of those lying around somewhere, lol, have fun with yours. __________________ Antec SX1030 Case - Enermax 431 W Whisper PS - 4 Case Fans -ThermalRight AX-7 With Panaflo Ultra Fan - Sb Audigy / Logitech Z-560 Speakers / Sennheiser HD497 Headphones WD 80GB 7200 rpm HD - Samsung SyncMaster 955DF - LG 16x10x40x Burner / Pionner 16x Slot DVD View my rig http://nl.dodhq.net/Rig/

May 29, 2002, 05:34 AM	#5
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,620 Rep Power: 0	Heh-heh-heh... ..you'se gonna have the fastest old box around! That sounds like a fun project, hmmmm...... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

May 29, 2002, 05:02 AM	Thread Starter #4
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	RH 7.3 doesn't auto detect it....damn non-PnP. Heh gotta find Linux drivers now