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### Setting the BLASTER environment variable ### |
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I am pasting here below the content of a file I found once shipped with some Ap… |
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This section may be useful if you are having problems with sound or music in a … |
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Apogee's DOS games that use Soundblasters look at the BLASTER environment varia… |
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Note that this BLASTER environment variable applies for many Apogee games regar… |
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These settings tell the game how your sound card is configured, regardless of w… |
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SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T3 P330 H6 E620 |
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| | | | | | | | |_______ AWE 32 Only Parameter |
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| | | | | | | |__________ "High" DMA Channel |
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| | | | | | |_______________ MIDI Port |
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| | | | | |__________________ Type of Card |
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| | | | |_____________________ DMA Channel |
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| | | |________________________ Interrupt |
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| | |_____________________________ Port Address |
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| |___________________________________ Environment Variable |
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|________________________________________ DOS Command |
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NOTE: There can be no spaces between the word BLASTER and the equal sign (=). I… |
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(Some of these parameters (P, H, and E) are dependant on certain types of cards… |
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Please read this entire section to see if you need any of them. If you are usi… |
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Now, these may not (most likely not) be the same for your board, because the Po… |
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For PORT ADDRESS, it's almost always 220. That seems to be the default for mos… |
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The INTERRUPT is something that varies from system to system. Mystic Towers an… |
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The DMA CHANNEL sometimes causes problems if it isn't set to 1, which is the us… |
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The TYPE OF CARD should be 1 if you have an older Soundblaster, or a Sound Blas… |
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The MIDI PORT parameter will only be needed if you are using a card that has MI… |
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The HIGH DMA CHANNEL is something that is used primarily on Soundblaster 16 car… |
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The E620 parameter is something that is needed _only_ if you have a Creative La… |
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Note on the Soundblaster AWE64: The AWE64 will not always correctly set up its… |
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Note on Hocus Pocus: This game was made when there were only four possible par… |
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After you have entered the correct SET BLASTER line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, … |
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