DOS Gaming with Sound - FreeDOS + SBEMU

corsair91 · Sailing Master Posts: 8259 **207778 Gold** -

DOS Gaming with Sound - FreeDOS + SBEMU

This is NOT an OS emulation (such as like DOSBox)
but running an actual DOS install
i.e. Retro DOS gaming machine

SBEMU
https://github.com/crazii/SBEMU

SBEMU emulates a Sound Blaster card for DOS
on modern motherboard Sound Chip hardware
(see website for further info)

modern Motherboards would have Windows Drivers
& lack DOS drivers

Sound blaster emulation with OPL3 for AC97.

Supported Sound cards:

Intel ICH / nForce
Intel High Definition Audio
VIA VT82C686, VT8233
SB Live/Audigy
The VT82C868 & ICH4 are tested working on real machine.
ICH & HDA tested working in virtualbox, not verified on real machine yet.
HDA tested working by community.

Emulated modes/cards:
8 bit & 16 bit DMA (mono, stereo, high-speed)
Sound blaster 1.0, 2.0, Pro, 16.

FreeDOS
http://www.freedos.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@freedosproject

open source DOS-compatible operating system
that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or develop embedded systems.
Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS.

LiveCD, LegacyCD & USB memory stick Install images available

Sound Blaster Configuration Guide
https://retronn.de/imports/soundblaster_config_guide.html

How SoundBlaster cards were DOS configured back in the day

AC'97 (1997)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC%2797

Intel High Definition Audio (2004)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_High_Definition_Audio

corsair91 · Sailing Master Posts: 8259 **207778 Gold** -

DOS Gaming with Sound - FreeDOS + SBEMU on a portable USB drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKYcpXlGIM

see youtube page for various links

https://bytesnbits.co.uk/freedos-sbemu

BytesNBits
https://www.youtube.com/@BytesNBits

A youtube search or Google Search on SBEMU,
should give further results

SBEMU Vogons thread

SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=93006

corsair91 · Sailing Master Posts: 8259 **207778 Gold** -

DOS - SATA DVD Drive Support

https://github.com/gameblabla/ahcicdsys_japhethmod

AHCICD driver

AHCICD (needed to make DVD drives work on a modern PC, make sure to either replace it over UDVD2.SYS or change the batch file):

https://github.com/gameblabla/ahcicdsys_japhethmod/releases/tag/1.0

AHCICD_AHCICDP_DOS.zip