ESS Sound System compatibility with Sound Blaster



Document ID: 94000466

 

Posted Date: 1996-08-19

 

Last Updated: 1996-08-19

 

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Applicable Models
Portege 610CT
Tecra 700CS
Tecra 700CT
Satellite Pro 400CDT
Satellite Pro 400CS
Satellite Pro 415CS

 

Information
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Subject: ESS Sound System compatibility with Sound Blaster Pro DOS based
software/games requiring Sound Blaster or Sound Blaster Pro compatible
sound cards. The following Toshiba units shipped with the ESS 688 Sound
System chip which is compatible with Creative Labs Sound Blaster chipset:
Satellite Pro 400CS/CDT
Satellite Pro 410CS/CDT
Portege 610CT
Tecra 700CT

During installation and setup, various games may have difficulty detecting
SoundBlaster Pro or ANY sound card at all.

Solution: Move Sound I/O Address in TSETUP from 220 (default) to 240
and IRQ to 10 (default). DMA channel should be set to 1 (default).
  • In the autoexec.bat file add the following:
    ...
    set blaster=a240 i10 d1
    set midi=synth:1 map:e



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