An old DOS game and SoundBlaster 16 PCI

Does anyone know if the SoundBlaster 6 PCI sound card will work with old DOS games? I've got an old game CD that I got stumped on and never finished. I'd like to try it again (after about 2 years). It's an old Ultima Underworld game. The only sound cards listed in the game are SoundBlaster/SoundBlaster Pro and Roland. Can the SB6 PCI card be setup manually at the time of installation? I'm booting the PC off a floppy to load DOS, this way I can update the autoexec and config files. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David

I didn't have the 'Stationery Pad" box on the file I looked at to check the Get Info choices. But after you mentioned it, I had it on a different file I looked at. Being the curious sort, I had to look it up in the Help menu for OS X.
Using files as stationery
You can make a file work like a kind of template or "stationery." When you open a stationery file, a copy of the original is opened. You can edit the copy and save it, but the original file remains untouched.
In the Finder, select the file and choose File > Get Info.
Select the Stationery Pad checkbox.
If you want to change the original, deselect the Stationery Pad checkbox and open the file to make changes. After you have made the changes and saved the file, you can designate it as stationery again using the Info window.
Even the explanation seems a bit confusing. If you edit the copy and save it, where does the saved file go since the original file remains untouched? Seems like a rather useless option to me.
Anyway, glad you got it figured out. Thanks for the greenie!

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