For those veteran linux people, what was it like back in 90s? I did see and hear of Unix systems being available for use but I did not see much apart from old versions of Debian in use.

Were they prominent in education like universities? Was it mainly a hobbyist thing at the time compared to the business needs of 98, 95 and classic mac?

I ask this because I found out that some PC games I owned were apparently also on Linux even in CD format from a firm named Loki.

  • Jesus_666@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 months ago

    Port 220.

    IRQ 5, port 220h, DMA 1 was what I used for my SoundBlaster 2.

    Later I used IRQ 5, port 220h, DMA 1, high DMA 5 for my SoundBlaster 16.

    • Cyborganism
      4·
      5 months ago

      Do you think it’s worth getting a Sound Blaster card today? I’ve read you can get better sound effects in game. Can’t the on board audio chips do that now?

      • Jesus_666@lemmy.world
        7·
        5 months ago

        I gotta be honest, I haven’t used a dedicated sound card since the Vista/7 era when EAX stopped being a thing and onboard sound could handle 5.1 output just fine. The last one I had was a SoundBlaster Audigy.

        These days the main uses for dedicated sound interfaces are for when you need something like XLR in/out and then you’ll probably go with something USB.