Article ID: 110385
Article Last Modified on 6/13/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Sound System 2.0
This article was previously published under Q110385
SUMMARY
Windows Sound System comes with an application called the Windows Sound System MS-DOS Configuration program (WSSCNFG.EXE). This application is run from within Windows to provide Creative Labs Sound Blaster emulation at the MS-DOS level. When you run WSSCNFG.EXE, it will add the following lines to the beginning of your CONFIG.SYS file:
[MENU]
menuitem=Default,Default Configuration
menuitem=SBCompat,Sound Blaster Compatibility
[SBCompat]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\EMM386.EXE 512 RAM
DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\WSSXLAT.EXE sbio=220 irq=7 dma=1
DOS=HIGH,UMB
BUFFERS=20
FILES=30
[Default]
The rest of the lines from your pre-existing CONFIG.SYS file go here.
The above lines are the default entries for a system running MS-DOS 6.0 or later, or a system running MS-DOS 5.0 or earlier with the addition of a third-party multiconfiguration program called BOOTCON. If the system is running MS-DOS 5.0 or earlier without BOOTCON, the following changes are made.
The following line is added:
DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\WSSXLAT.EXE sbio=220 irq=7 dma=1
The following line is modified if already present or added if not:
DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\EMM386.EXE 512 RAM
MORE INFORMATION
The DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\EMM386.EXE line is required by the Sound Blaster emulator. Sound Blaster emulation will not be available if this line is not present and if there is not at least 512K of memory allotted to it. If you are running MS-DOS 6.2 or later, you can use the EMM386 expanded-memory emulator (EMM386.EXE) in your DOS directory instead of the one in the SNDSYS directory.
The DEVICE=C:\SNDSYS\WSSXLAT.EXE line is the actual Sound Blaster emulation driver. It will not load if the EMM386.EXE line described above is not present. The following parameters are valid:
sbio=<220 or 240> Determines which I/O address the
emulator should trap
irq=<7,9,10 or 11> Determines which interrupt the
emulator should check
dma=<0,1 or 3> Determines which Direct Memory
Access channel the emulator should
monitor
wave=<1-9> Controls the volume for digitized
sound in the Sound Blaster emulation
line=<1-9> Controls the volume for audio pass-
through in the Sound Blaster mode
NOTE: The WSSCNFG.EXE program will only work correctly with the Microsoft Windows Sound System audio board (or 100% compatible).
Additional query words: 2.00 DOS Games Configuration Sound Blaster sbp soundblaster soundblast blast sb config configure sys multiple 6 5 4 2 mulit-configuration expanded memory
Keywords: KB110385
