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| 150.1 | Forget W*ndows | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Integrate! | Wed Nov 30 1994 10:54 | 6 |
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Trying to get Doom (1 or 2) to run under W*ndows is a waste of time.
Define yourself a multi-config/autoexec setup and use the 3-finger-salute.
- jeff
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| 150.2 | Try the FAQ | DAVE::MITTON | Windows in '95 | Wed Nov 30 1994 12:42 | 3 |
| There may be some info on this in the FAQ.
Dave.
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| 150.3 | | WELSWS::BOURNEJ | Now 2 grandsons - Timothy & Joshua | Thu Dec 01 1994 10:47 | 7 |
| Nope, nothing in the FAQ!
I know I should only run it from DOS but I'm sure I had it working from
Windows with my old 386SX-25 (verrrrryyyyyyyy sssllllloooooowwwwllllly)
but it just hangs now with my 486DX2-66
Jim
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| 150.4 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | The InfoHighway has too many side-roads. | Thu Dec 01 1994 11:05 | 3 |
| I'm tempted to ask... Why bother trying?
Laurie.
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| 150.5 | | WELSWS::BOURNEJ | Now 2 grandsons - Timothy & Joshua | Thu Dec 01 1994 12:12 | 7 |
| Laurie,
Because I have problems at the moment with the sound, I wanted to see
if running it from within windows would make any difference to the
sound. Before it locks up there is a blast of normal sound!
Jim
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| 150.6 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | The InfoHighway has too many side-roads. | Thu Dec 01 1994 12:16 | 5 |
| Ahhh, it's probably a DMA or IRQ problem then. I suspect you have a
mismatch between what you've set up in Windoze and in the blaster
variable. Check it out.
Cheers, Laurie.
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| 150.7 | Looks like SB in some way!!! | WELSWS::BOURNEJ | Now 2 grandsons - Timothy & Joshua | Tue Dec 06 1994 06:07 | 12 |
| Laurie,
What windoze setup should I check?
This is definately SB related. If I run DOOM with no sound card
specified then it works fine under windows but if I specify SB then it
locks up. Looks like the same problem I am chasing in notes 78.32 onwards.
Regards,
Jim
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| 150.8 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | The InfoHighway has too many side-roads. | Tue Dec 06 1994 08:48 | 12 |
| There are two places the SB is set up. One in CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT
where you define the driver and set the BLASTER variable. On my
machine, the SB settings are reported on boot when the device driver
kicks in. The other place in is Windoze. I don't have an SB-equipped PC
here at work, and I forget where it is on my PC at home, so I'll have
to guess. There's a group called audio on my PC, it may be in there, or
perhaps under Control Panel somewhere. You could also look under
Windows Setup. Oh the trials of an aged brain!
Persevere, DOOM is nothing without sound!
Cheers, Laurie.
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| 150.9 | dos sound and Windoze don't mix! | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Integrate! | Tue Dec 06 1994 11:34 | 15 |
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re: .6, .7, .8
Windows doesn't like DOS-box apps to use sound. Conflict city. I don't know
the exact reason why, but I suspect that Windows doesn't like DMA transfers
that it doesn't have control over.
The same thing will happen with other DOS games that aren't coded to be
Windows friendly (Air Warrior, Doom, etc.).
Perhaps also something with the dos-extender ... running two protected mode
programs on the same PC is askin for it.
- jeff_experienced_same_problem_with_SVGA_Air_Warrior
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| 150.10 | Disable windows' sound | KERNEL::BROWNM | DRAC | Tue Dec 06 1994 12:15 | 7 |
| Try disabling sound within windows. So if you have funky sound card
.wavs setup disable everything like that, even go as far as removing
sound drivers. What happens is that windows allocates itself the
soundcard, so you then have irq problems and things when 2 things try
and use the same device.
Mark
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| 150.11 | | WELSWS::BOURNEJ | Now 2 grandsons - Timothy & Joshua | Wed Dec 07 1994 03:04 | 5 |
| Thanks folks,
That just leaves my other problem with sound from DOS.
Jim
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| 150.12 | Oh yes they can !!! | WELSWS::GRISSK | | Thu Dec 08 1994 10:07 | 11 |
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Jim,
I once had the same problem that windows wouldn't allow dos based apps
to access the sound blaster. The fix was to update to the new
SUPER-SAPI driver available from Westpoint Creatives BBS.
Good luck..
Kevin Griss.
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| 150.13 | gimme gimme gimme! :-) | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Integrate! | Thu Dec 08 1994 13:28 | 8 |
| > I once had the same problem that windows wouldn't allow dos based apps to
> access the sound blaster. The fix was to update to the new SUPER-SAPI
> driver available from Westpoint Creatives BBS.
Please tell us more! (like what's the number for the WC BBS? ...and/or is
there a copy of this available via FTP or on the DECNET somewhere?)
- jeff
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