The Colonel's Bequest Help

(recorded from a real MT-32)

The Colonel's Bequest Updates/Patches (none)

The Colonel's Bequest's original requirements:

MS-DOS 2.11 or greater
8088 / 8086 minimum
512 KB RAM
1.75 MB Hard drive space
CGA, EGA
AdLib, Game Blaster, IBM Music Feature Card, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1
Mouse

Audio Problems
- Poor quality or no sound

Extras
- The Colonel's Bequest Manual (PDF file) [3.56 MB]
- The Colonel's Bequest Map
- The Colonel's Bequest UHS File (ZIP file) [4.69 KB]
- The Colonel's Bequest Walkthrough
- Laura's Bow's Notebook
- The Colonel's Bequest Easter Eggs
- SHP Laura Bow Series Help Forum
- Find it on eBay
- Google

Audio Problems

Audio problems are common in the later Sierra DOS SCI games. There's no single fix for all these games.

Problem - Poor Quality / No Sound (Win9x and XP):
The game has no sound or the music is of poor quality.

Solution 1 (preferred):
Play the game in DOSBox. It also will work with the MT-32 sound module, if you are fortunate to have one.

Solution 2:
Use VDMSound. The game work well with VDMSound. The sound will be as good as your audio hardware, and as with DOSBox, it works with the MT-32 sound module.

Solution 3:
Play the game with FreeSCI, a third party Interpreter for Sierra's early SCI games.

Solution 4 (DOS/Win9x):
Install DOS drivers for your soundcard. Without DOS drivers installed you won't have sound in a DOS window in Windows 9x. If you can't find DOS drivers for your soundcard, there is an alpha (developmental) version of VDMS that you can try.

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