Sound Blaster AWE32 Device Driver
                          For OS/2 2.1 (MMPM2 ver 1.1)
      	                        Jul 13, 1994

The driver, sbawed2.sys, provided is for the Sound Blaster AWE32.

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  NOTE
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YOU MUST HAVE INSTALLED OS/2 MMPM/2 SOUND BLASTER SUPPORT (FOR ANY CARD IN 
THE SB FAMILY) BEFORE RUNNING THE DRIVER INSTALLATION PROGRAM PROVIDED HERE.

You could install Sound Blaster support in MMPM/2 by selecting any card from 
the SB family in OS/2 MINSTALL program.

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  WARNING
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IF YOU DOWNLOADED THE PACKAGE FROM COMPUSERVE OR OUR BBS, PLEASE MAKE SURE
THAT YOU RESTORE THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE STORED IN THE ZIP FILE WHEN YOU 
UNZIP THE PACKAGE. IF YOU ARE USING PKUNZIP TO DECOMPRESS THE FILES, USE 
THE -d OPTION. REFER TO YOUR DECOMPRESSION PROGRAM FOR THE EXACT OPTION.


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   INSTALLATION
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1) To install this beta driver, change directory to the diskette containing 
   the installaion package, and type "INSTALL".

2) Double click on Sound Blaster AWE32 Driver from Available features: 
   list box. The Sound Blaster AWE32 Driver would appear in the Features
   to be installed: list box.

3) Choose Install pushbutton to start installation.

4) Sound Blaster AWE32 drivers would be copied to the MMPM/2 base directory.

   Note: The Target Directory: field in the installation window might display
   C:\BLASTER. This is the default for Sound Blaster packages and hence it
   is displayed so. You can ignore this as audio drivers are copied to MMPM/2 
   base directory.
 
5) After copying the drivers the installation progran would prompt you to 
   proceed only if you have Sound Blaster support installed in MMPM/2.

6) If you choose to proceed, the installation program would update the
   config.sys to use Sound Blaster AWE32 drivers just copied.


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  Additional Note For Simultaneous WAVE & MIDI Playback
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If you would like to have simultaneous WAVE and Midi playback on your
Sound Blaster AWE32, please follow these steps:

1. Copy the supplied SOUNDBLS.dll to \MMOS2\DLL.
2. Make sure the following lines, in \MMOS2\mmpm2.ini are the same as
   they appear here:

  in [ibmampmixsb01] section:
  ...
  RESOURCEUNITS=2
  RESOURCECLASSES=2,1,1
  VALIDCOMBINATIONS=1,2,2,1
 
  PARMSTRING=TREBLE=50,BASS=50,PITCH=50,GAIN=70,BALANCE=50,VOL=100,
             INPUT=LINE,OUTPUT=SPEAKER,RESOURCEDLL=SOUNDBLS,RCID=4
  ...

3. reboot the system.


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