On 7/31/2023 2:06 PM, DAMON GRAY via Freedos-user wrote:
Greetings all. I'm new to this list, so I hope to not post anything
inappropriate or out of order.
I have an old Dell Optiplex 745 I'm trying to "FreeDos" and am having
a couple of issues.
I have yet to get the USB Laser mouse to work properly. It's an iHome
FastTrack Laser Mouse - a cheap sucker, but it is comfortable in my hand.
Don't know that mouse, but it seems that this is rather a BIOS/USB port
issue of your computer or with that particular mouse. I have one of
those (Small form factor, the older one with the rounded edges and
silver side cover) and on that one, I used FreeDOS with both corded and
wireless Logitech/Dell El cheapo mice just fine
The other issue is PCI sound cards. I have an Aureal Vortex2 and also
a Soundblaster Audigy 4. I have fought with all three of these devices
for almost two weeks and simply cannot get them to work properly.
PCI is likely a no-go, as those cards used memory addresses above 1MB
and/or higher I/O ports and/or IRQ and likely there will no no DOS
driver for those, so a Windows/Linux card only, at least the Creative
Labs doesn't list even DOS any more, the "lowest"/oldest you can select
in Windows 98. Anything I could find about the Aureal card also states
strictly Windows only...
Ralf
PS: I found just what looks like a 3rd party web site that list some
apparently DOS drivers at www.philscomputerlab.com/aureal-vortex-2.html,
you might wanna try that...
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