T2 stop will not work with new computer.

Just got a new Gateway G6-350 that has a RIVA 128 video board. The sound card is a Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D. I am trying to get IndyCar II and Grand Prix II running on this machine but I cannot get my T2 to work. The sound does not work either. Any one get these to work with a new Gateway? -- \ / \ / ---------------------+ ( ) +------------------ Jack Frillman | ^ " Carrots are divine you | LEXIS-NEXIS (513) 865-6800 | |/ it's magic! | Dayton, Oh 45401 EXT. 4812 | | -Bugs Bunny | ---------------------+ / \ +------------------ | / -- --

Are you running in a dos box, or straight dos? Sound does work in windows doesn't it? I can't see gateway sending out a faulty brand new computer. Brian Fox http://www.geocities.com/~foxman If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. >Just got a new Gateway G6-350 that has a RIVA 128 video board. >The sound card is a Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D. >I am trying to get IndyCar II and Grand Prix II running on this >machine but I cannot get my T2 to work. The sound does not work either.

The PCI 64D has got the WORST joystick port around. Gateway recommend using the very early drivers that are buried somewhere on their System 2.5 CD. After three driver updates from Creative I personally gave up and installed a Monster MX300.Never had any sound problems with the 64D though...... Oh..and another thing. I could never get a dedicated game card working in the same PC as a PCI 64D even if you disable it's joystick port.

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> Just got a new Gateway G6-350 that has a RIVA 128 video board. > The sound card is a Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D. > I am trying to get IndyCar II and Grand Prix II running on this > machine but I cannot get my T2 to work. The sound does not work either. > Any one get these to work with a new Gateway? > -- > \ / > \ / > ---------------------+ ( ) +------------------ > Jack Frillman | ^ " Carrots are divine you | LEXIS-NEXIS > (513) 865-6800 | |/ it's magic! | Dayton, Oh 45401 > EXT. 4812 | | -Bugs Bunny | > ---------------------+ / \ +------------------ > | / > -- --

It's because both GP2 and ICR2 are dos games. Most PCI soundcards don't work under dos (Some do but most don't). It has nothing to do with a bad Gateway PC, it's just GP2 and ICR2 are to outdated, they cannot use the latest technology.... Groeten/Regards, ____________________________________________ Sjon "MiXer" Stigter ____________________________________________ "I think motor racing should be a dangerous sport because that's what makes it different from cricket or tennis". - Stirling Moss ____________________________________________

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>Just got a new Gateway G6-350 that has a RIVA 128 video board. >The sound card is a Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D. >I am trying to get IndyCar II and Grand Prix II running on this >machine but I cannot get my T2 to work. The sound does not work either. >Any one get these to work with a new Gateway? >-- > \ / > \ / >---------------------+ ( )

+------------------ >Jack Frillman | ^ " Carrots are divine you | LEXIS-NEXIS >(513) 865-6800 | |/ it's magic! | Dayton, Oh 45401 > EXT. 4812 | | -Bugs Bunny | >---------------------+ / \ +------------------ > | / > -- --

> It's because both GP2 and ICR2 are dos games. > Most PCI soundcards don't work under dos > (Some do but most don't). It has nothing to do > with a bad Gateway PC, it's just GP2 and ICR2 > are to outdated, they cannot use the latest > technology.... Hmm, I don't think this is true. I've never come across a PCI sound card that didn't work in DOS. PCI or ISA shouldn't make a difference. The only important settings are for the IRQ, DMA and memory address. Then again, I just bought a SB Live card, and haven't tested it in DOS. It will work, won't it? -- Pat Dotson IMPACT Motorsports http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html

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> It's because both GP2 and ICR2 are dos games. > Most PCI soundcards don't work under dos > (Some do but most don't). It has nothing to do > with a bad Gateway PC, it's just GP2 and ICR2 > are to outdated, they cannot use the latest > technology.... > Groeten/Regards,

I just found this out the hard way. I installed a soundBlaster Live Value over the weekend. The I found out you couldn't run any dos racing sims. So how do I run ICR2? Can you have two soundcards? Joel Willstein

> I just found this out the hard way. I installed a soundBlaster Live > Value over the weekend. The I found out you couldn't run any dos racing > sims. So how do I run ICR2? Can you have two soundcards? Damn. Is this really true? No DOS games on SB live? -- Pat Dotson IMPACT Motorsports http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html

Joel, The best way to run ICR2 would be to get the upgrades from the Papyrus website that convert it to the Win95 native version. You lose rendition specific acceleration (or at least I did), but the engine is old enough any reasonably powerful computer on the market today will run it ~30fps without acceleration. (Mine is an AMD 350 w/ a V550 and it consistently turns 27 - 35fps with the full field running). Michael > I just found this out the hard way. I installed a soundBlaster Live >Value over the weekend. The I found out you couldn't run any dos racing >sims. So how do I run ICR2? Can you have two soundcards? >Joel Willstein

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>> I just found this out the hard way. I installed a soundBlaster Live >> Value over the weekend. The I found out you couldn't run any dos racing >> sims. So how do I run ICR2? Can you have two soundcards? >Damn. Is this really true? No DOS games on SB live? >-- >Pat Dotson >IMPACT Motorsports >http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html

No it's NOT true.The Live has SB16 emulation,works fine with GP2,ICR2 etc. in DOS.

Are you trying to run from pure DOS or from Windows ( and I assume it'll be 98). With my SB PCI64, GP2 runs fine both from DOS (DOS98, for fat32) and Win98. If you can't get GP2 to run from Windows, I suspect that the drivers have not been properly installed. -- Ren van Lobberegt, The Netherlands. Personal site : http://www.toptown.com/INNERCIRCLE/1846/ AMCA web master : http://www.amcaracing.nl/

> > I just found this out the hard way. I installed a soundBlaster Live > > Value over the weekend. The I found out you couldn't run any dos racing > > sims. So how do I run ICR2? Can you have two soundcards? > Damn. Is this really true? No DOS games on SB live? No it's not, at least not when running in a DOS window, I use an SB live for NROS and TPTCC N2, no problems at all, and when I reboot to DOS it loads some SB16 settings and drivers, but I haven't really tried that part yet Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

I am running pure DOS. I refuse to run Win95 or Win98. I have been running them on my older Compaq 75mhz Pentium (pure DOS) with no problems except that GP2 needs much more horse power to be playable. Both Sims will run on the Gateway but I get no sound and most importantly the T2 does not work. I have to use the keyboard instead. : Are you trying to run from pure DOS or from Windows ( and I assume it'll : be 98). : With my SB PCI64, GP2 runs fine both from DOS (DOS98, for fat32) and Win98. : If you can't get GP2 to run from Windows, I suspect that the drivers have : not been properly installed. : > : > Just got a new Gateway G6-350 that has a RIVA 128 video board. : > The sound card is a Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D. : > : > I am trying to get IndyCar II and Grand Prix II running on this : > machine but I cannot get my T2 to work. The sound does not work either. : > : > Any one get these to work with a new Gateway? : > : -- : Ren van Lobberegt, The Netherlands. : Personal site : http://www.toptown.com/INNERCIRCLE/1846/ : AMCA web master : http://www.amcaracing.nl/ -- \ / \ / ---------------------+ ( ) +------------------ Jack Frillman | ^ " Carrots are divine you | LEXIS-NEXIS (513) 865-6800 | |/ it's magic! | Dayton, Oh 45401 EXT. 4812 | | -Bugs Bunny | ---------------------+ / \ +------------------ | / -- --

I have the 'advantage' of running Win and installing drivers for new cards that way. For my PCI64 there are also DOS drivers installed. So, all I can do at this stage is getting you to the next step in getting your card to function in DOS (though it might already be complete) For what comes next I have to assume that Gateway did supply you with the original PCI64 CD, If you don't have these files on neither your HD nor a CD, then you should contact your supplier. Try to locate the file APINIT.COM on your harddisk. If you find it, then the following files should be in that directory : APCONFIG.EXE APINIT.COM APLEGACY.EXE APLOAD.EXE APMIXER.EXE APTEST.EXE AUDIOPCI.BIN DOS4GW.EXE MT32.EXE Otherwise try to find them on the CD , create a directory like C:\PCI64 and put them in that directory. Next copy the files SNDSCAPE.INI and EAPCI2M.ECW from the CD to the directory. Edit the file SNDSCAPE.INI and change the last paragraph to : ; Waveset - path and file name of current waveset SynthFile=C:\PCI64\EAPCI2M.ECW Make sure you run EMM386 (required by APINIT) and add the following to your autoexec.bat : SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T2 SET SNDSCAPE=C:\PCI64 C:\PCI64\APINIT Ofcourse you may need to fiddle around with the IRQ's, etc. As you will notice there are settings in SNDSCAPE.INI for emulation of a Soundblaster Pro, this is also the choice to make in GP2 (and probably ICR2, I don't have that) and it should then be able to autodetect. You can also try how the other apps in C:\PCI64 can be of help to you. In other games/apps you can also select Soundscape instead of SB PRo, in Transport Tycoon Deluxe I even *had* to, and it gave me a totally new experiance of the ingame music. Hope this helps so far, and I hope you'll get it running, Bye

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> I am running pure DOS. I refuse to run Win95 or Win98. > : Are you trying to run from pure DOS or from Windows ( and I assume it'll > : be 98). > : > : > > : > The sound card is a Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D. > : > I am trying to get IndyCar II and Grand Prix II running on this > : > machine but I cannot get my T2 to work. The sound does not work either.

-- Ren van Lobberegt, The Netherlands. Personal site : http://www.toptown.com/INNERCIRCLE/1846/ AMCA web master : http://www.amcaracing.nl/