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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Flaky Soundblaster
Message-ID: <5511@bwdls58.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 91 15:36:40 GMT
References: <11179@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <5870030@pollux.svale.hp.com>
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In article <5870030@pollux.svale.hp.com> dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low) writes:
<I encounter a similar problem with Secret of the Silver Blades. SSI
<eventually discovered this was a feature. Apparently when you have a
<disk access going on at the same time you are pumping data to the
<sound card, there is a DMA conflict that may or may not be handled
<properly depending on your hardware.

So, did you discover a work-around for this?  I have purchased this game
but it is unplayable unless I unplug the soundblaster card or speakers,
due to the horrible sounds that result.  Perhaps I should try running the
game from a ramdisk.. hmm..
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