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List:       linux-msdos
Subject:    Re: SoundBlaster drivers
From:       Stas Sergeev <stsp () list ! ru>
Date:       2019-02-02 10:42:16
Message-ID: 8cd267a9-097f-53c2-1090-4a96a3e95959 () list ! ru
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01.02.2019 19:44, Brent Busby пишет:
> In the whole time I used to run DOS and Windows 3.1 (ages ago), I always
> ran the Creative Labs drivers and never knew Windows shipped with them.
>
> Yes, the Windows-bundled SB driver installs correctly in DOSEMU, and if
> you also install the MPU-401 driver, two-way MIDI communication with
> hardware on the Linux host works!  This was very important for me, since
> Wine is unable to provide working MIDI for 16-bit apps (an old
> deficiency they may never get around to fixing), and true virtual
> machines like QEMU don't provide a way to get SoundBlaster MIDI i/o
> outside the VM on the host's hardware.  DOSEMU wins again...
The only reasonable comparison is against
dosbox. Of course dosemu wins over VMs not
suited for running DOS.
But the fact that it can beat wine on a win16
front, is interesting indeed.
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