trying to run DM2 on newer equipment

mikey · Post by **mikey** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:54 pm

Trying to load DM2 on newer equipment. eMachine with 600Mhz and on-board sound and video and 6.22 DOS. It flashes the logo for a second and pops back out to dos. The settings for audio lists nothing I have and when I try to select a digital selection like SB, the setup program locks up.

Any ideas

-Mike

JCG · Post by **JCG** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:21 am

DM2 sound settings have always been problematic, it crashes if anything is wrong and there is no "No Sound" option.
It is also probable that your on-board sound system is for Windows only. In that case you have no SB (or any other DOS soundcard ) emulation or compatibility.
One solution is to use DOSBOX ( a DOS emulator, which has a builtin SB capability ) under Windows. DM2 works well with DOSBOX. However a 600MHz machine may not be fast enough for DM2/DOSBOX (sound will be choppy). I have a 1GHz machine, and I'm not far from the limit
The other solution (that I have not tested) is to use the Amiga version of DM2 with an Amiga emulator like WinUAE

Post by **Lunever** » Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:39 pm

If I remember correctly there are already several threads around here solving that problem. Did you already try to search a little around here?