Reference number: CH000360
How to get sound in
MS-DOS.
Issue:How to get sound in MS-DOS.
Cause:Older software and/or games that need to be run from MS-DOS may
require MS-DOS drivers or Sound Card support in MS-DOS for the sound to
function properly.
New Computers either do not support sound in MS-DOS or are not
included with the sound configured to work in MS-DOS.
Solution:For the sound card to work properly in MS-DOS, the MS-DOS drivers
must be downloaded and/or the autoexec.bat and config.sys must have
lines specified within them. The lines in the autoexec.bat may look similar
to:
SET
SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
The above line is specifying where the sound drivers are located.
In the above example, this is the location of the creative labs sound
card drivers.
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330
E620 T6 In the above
line this is specifying the sound card settings. Below is a listing
of each of the important settings and what they represent: A220
= The Input/Output Range
I5 = Interrupt Request
D1 = Direct Memory Access The
above settings are generally always used with most sound cards. If
you are unsure of your settings when configuring a sound card in a
MS-DOS game it is recommended you try the above three settings
first.
If you are uncertain on how to
configure your sound card because of the wide variety of sound cards
and the possibility of no MS-DOS sound card support, it is recommended
that you contact the computer manufacturer
or view the sound card drivers page.
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