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Thread ID: 110632 2010-06-25 05:38:00 PC Speaker for old games Nomad (952) Press F1
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1113530 2010-06-25 05:38:00 Hey, is there a way to do this? :D Nomad (952)
1113531 2010-06-25 05:47:00 get the sounds to go thru your speakers. use dosbox or something goodiesguy (15316)
1113532 2010-06-26 06:41:00 why would you want to? unless you enjoy midi sound hueybot3000 (3646)
1113533 2010-06-26 06:54:00 Hey, is there a way to do this? :D

I don't understand what you are asking... Do you want to buy a PC Speaker or is yours just not working?

If the game supports PC speaker sound it should work fine in anything from DOS to XP. If it's expecting a 'real' soundblaster card you may hear nothing depending on configuration.

Not sure about Vista or Windows 7 though.
Agent_24 (57)
1113534 2010-06-26 13:40:00 I know on most laptops, the BIOS emulates the speaker, then just sends the sound through the normal laptop speakers.

Not too sure about desktops though... have a look in device manager for something named system speaker, or similar, usually under system devices.
ubergeek85 (131)
1113535 2010-06-26 13:43:00 my desktop has a pc speaker. the Case is from 2008 as the i knocked over the case it was in from 2004 to 2008 when i was sleeping on the couch. don't pc's still have them? goodiesguy (15316)
1113536 2010-06-26 14:06:00 Have what? Couches?
Most PCs don't have couches.
(hope this helps) :p
KarameaDave (15222)
1113537 2010-06-26 14:17:00 i mean pc speakers lol goodiesguy (15316)
1113538 2010-06-26 22:30:00 With my old laptop - the PC Speaker sound does come, but it is not as good as the good old days when they had a real PC Speaker attahced to the computer case :p

More modern desktop PCs have done away from the PC Speaker afaik? I will have to try it out with my PC but a bit hard on Windows 7 cos I need to repartition it as FAT 32 (if required).

Given that my P3 lappie and my homd made P4 PC do not have a real PC Speaker attached, getting DOS drivers for their "sound cards" could be near impossible.
Nomad (952)
1113539 2010-06-26 22:31:00 why would you want to? unless you enjoy midi sound

I been using my P3 laptop running Windows 2000, with a Windows 98 Startup (floppy ) disk, a FAT partition running good old DOS games :p
Nomad (952)
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