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Originally posted by Omuletzu+May 23 2005, 07:52 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Omuletzu @ May 23 2005, 07:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-cheesegrater@May 23 2005, 07:59 AM
I've been thinking about making a dual boot system, however when I install DOS on a new computer will I face the problem of no drivers for the new hardware that I am using?
What kind of drivers would I need to install for old games to work? I can only think of Sound Card and CD-ROM drivers. Would I need video drivers too? :/
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Sound card drivers, depending on your sound card.For instance, if you have a SB compatible card, you need only to write the "SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T6*" line in your autoexec file.
*=i'm not sure about the exact number after T.This value represents the type of sound blaster card your card is emulating ie SB FM, SB, SB PRO(old or new, etc), SB 16.I think T6 stands for Sound Blaster Pro, New(ie including the yamaha opl3 chip).
Cd-rom drivers; i recommend the standard mscdex dos driver.The latest version, 2.5 i think, comes with Dos 7.10.You can get other drivers of course, but this is the most used one.
Mouse drivers; i recommend Cutemouse, which also comes with Dos 7.10, and is commonly believed superior to other dos mouse drivers.
Also contrary to common belief many old Dos drivers can (still) be found at driverguide.com. [/b][/quote]
I have a Sound Blaster PCI64. I think it has DOS drivers.