No OS SB16 support in XP for me... read this!

[kinney]

Yesterday I brought you five questions and their answers from a Microsoft representative. Today, I've got six more with Microsoft's Mark Croft--who, an anonymous reader pointed out, is a marketing guy rather than a developer--answering your questions.

The anonymous reader, who appears to be someone inside Microsoft, was kind enough to point out that all Mark's answers have been correct, so I guess developers will concede that even marketing types know something, at least occasionally.

Here are today's XP questions--and answers.






Will my DOS apps run under Windows XP and, if so, how well?
Mark Croft: Several improvements to the DOS virtual machine were made in Windows XP to ensure broader compatibility with many popular DOS titles--specifically, new SoundBlaster 16 support and a number of quality fixes. We tested a number of popular DOS titles to ensure improved compatibility over Windows 2000 and NT4.




OK I have no SB support in my dos games, do i not have the final edition of XP? That information above is from ZDNET. I've been told that legacy SB support was never intended for XP. But I've seen this many times before.

Any ideas

"dude your getting a dell", is that kid trying to say he wants to stick his 'dell' in you?

 

[Zoron]

I believe said support means you actually have to have the hardware in your machine... no software tricks. My first sound card was a Sound Blaster 16 ISA card...

Now even with this card, under WinNT and 2K, it was not possible to play DOS games with sound... at least that's what I get when I read your post. What they're refering to is that Windows XP will have legacy support for the old hardware so that it will work with the old software... but you still must have the HARDWARE...

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