What’s correct BLASTER variable for the sound card

audio-hardware

I want to play Quake in its (not so) original realm, but I have a problem. I cannot play with sound because my BLASTER environment variable (found in readme.txt) is incorrect.

What's correct BLASTER variable value for Realtek High Definition Audio?

Best Answer

I found a good reference to what the BLASTER environment variable is looking for at this link. To determine these parameters you're going to have to check the set up of your card ... this was always the hardest part of getting these games to run correctly.

Alternately you could load Quake in DOSBOX and not worry about it.

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T3 P330 H6 E620
 |    |     |    |  |  |  |    |  |
 |    |     |    |  |  |  |    |  |_______ AWE 32 Only Parameter
 |    |     |    |  |  |  |    |__________ "High" DMA Channel
 |    |     |    |  |  |  |_______________ MIDI Port
 |    |     |    |  |  |__________________ Type of Card
 |    |     |    |  |_____________________ DMA Channel
 |    |     |    |________________________ Interrupt
 |    |     |_____________________________ Port Address
 |    |___________________________________ Environment Variable
 |________________________________________ DOS Command