From: lharr...@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 9:44:16 PM UTC-4, Ryan Alswede wrote:   
   > >> there is no better sound card, its all some kind of a compromise.   
   > 100% agree, it depends on the game or application software you are wanting   
   to use.    
   >    
   > The texelec card is all about direct in game Sound Blaster support. I may   
   get one to play with just because. lol.    
   >    
   > Ultimedia is great card for apps like Winamp, wav file play and recording   
   audio in Windows NT. It will never be any value in DOS game world because the   
   card's I/O addresses do not line up with any of the values needed for games   
   even if the game    
   supported WSS.    
   >    
   > M-ACPA I haven't played with mine enough yet to see if all the tips and   
   tricks would get it working for DOS games.   
       
   As mentioned the SnarkBarker and the Texelec resound are really for DOS   
   gaming.  They are reproductions of the SoundBlaster MCV because the design is   
   simple and a single person (TubeTimeUS) was able to reverse engineer the board   
   schematics.  Additionally,   
    the chips that made up the SoundBlaster MCV eventually became pretty much off   
   the shelf parts you can simply order.     The other cards are much more   
   complex and likely requires donor boards or some sort of sourcing of   
   proprietary chips.   
      
   The M-ACPA and the Audiovation are way better cards but are for Windows and   
   OS/2, though the Audiovation has DOS gaming support (DOS windowed mode only)   
   and you can find hacked together drivers for the M-ACPA, I never got games in   
   DOS windowed mode to    
   work it would always hang.  Also some DOS games don't like windowed mode in   
   general.      
      
   Until I picked up my ChipChat for stupid, stupid, STUPID money.... I had both   
   an SnarkBarker AND an Audiovation in my main PS/2 machine.  I would setup the   
   SnarkBarker for DOS games and wouldn't install any Creative drivers for   
   Windows, especially    
   because the Creative Drivers for Windows For Workgroups 3.11 has an issue   
   where you have to fuck around with VMAD.386 to get it work.   Mind you the   
   drivers for fine for Windows 3.11, but I wanted network support.   I would   
   then Install the Audiovation    
   drivers for Windows 3.11 and Windows 95.     
      
   One other thing, the Resound has some tweaks to it's design produce better   
   sound than the SnarkBarker.   
      
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