AWE64 with DOS 6.22 & Privateer 1

[Anesthesia]

Oh sweet God, my life is a daunting blitz of futile efforts. I just spent $60 making a sweet "pure" DOS 6.22 system for the sole purpose of playing Privateer. The game runs fine, but when I load it with any hint of Soundblaster sound, I hear a wretched screeching noise instead of actual sound. My SB64 AWE is running at 220 IRQ5 DMA1 and MIDI at 300. Does anyone know if AWE 64s are just not meant to run with good 'ol DOS, or is there some sort of other problem?

Oh God, I so hate everything that this life is. Oh by the way, you can e-mail me at "phil@soyokaze.org"

 

[Johnl12]

Post your autoexec.bat and config.sys.

 

[Wedge009]

Sheesh, enough of the rhetorics.

Anyway, sounds like the simple solution of reducing memory to 16384kB should do the trick, doesn't it?

 

[Anesthesia]

Here are the files.


(autoexec.bat)

SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
C:\CTCM\CTCU /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
REM ** SET CTCM=C:\SB16
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
REM ** C:\SB16\CTCU.EXE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
LH /L:0;1,45456 /S C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
LH /L:1,27952 C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:IDECD000
C:\Mouse\mouse


(config.sys)

DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
BUFFERS=15,0
FILES=30
DOS=UMB
LASTDRIVE=E
FCBS=4,0
DEVICE=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE
REM ** DEVICE=C:\SB16\CTCM.EXE
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DOS=HIGH
STACKS=9,256

[common]
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,21360 =C:\CDROM\AOATAPI.SYS /D:IDECD000 /Q

 

[Wedge009]

Originally posted by Anesthesia
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM

Try using DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 16384 RAM

 

[Anesthesia]

Yea!, I have sound that can actually be called sound! Fanatical, energetic thanks to all those who help keep old computer games alive and playable. You guys rock the party that rocks the body!