> Its a soundcard emulator of sorts, you run it from the NT command prompt and it
> lets DOS apps use your soundcard.
>
> I dont have the technical knowhow to explain how or why you need it, but you do
> need it :)
>
> get it here:
>
> http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound/
>
> > is VDMSound?
> >
>
>
> Pete
>
Because NT loathes direct hardware access. The driver is an emulator that intercepts the hardware calls and passes them to the NT sound driver, AFAIK.

- The Usotsuki aka Dosius,
author of "Dapple", an Apple ][ emulator