Beta drivers for Sound Blaster series cards
                      with Multi-instance Support
                      on OS/2 2.1 (MMPM2 ver 1.1)
                            Dec 17, 1993

   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  Version 2.00 beta  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


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                    SOUND BLASTER RELEASE NOTES
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CONTENTS OF THIS RELEASE
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This release contains the following Sound Blaster device drivers:

DD Name       Description
---------     -----------------------------------------------
SBD2.SYS      Sound Blaster & plus MIDI OS/2 Device Driver
SBPD2.SYS     SB PRO Wave & MIDI OS/2 Device Driver
SBP2D2.SYS    SB PRO OPL/3 Wave & MIDI OS/2 Device Driver
SB16D2.SYS    SB16 Wave & MIDI OS/2 Device Driver
README.COM    Command file for reading README.TXT
README.TXT    This file


NEW THIS RELEASE
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  o  These drivers provide multi-instance support: you can open multiple 
     digital audio and MIDI players on the desktop, and play the music 
     sequentially as you switch focus from one player to another.  


Installation using OS/2 Ver. 2.1 with MMPM/2 Ver. 1.1
=====================================================

  1) Install MMPM/2 (Multimedia Presentation Manager/2) if you haven't
     already done so.

  2) Replace the driver in your \MMOS2 directory with the 
     corresponding driver supplied here:

     For Sound Blaster, replace SBD2.SYS with the new driver supplied;
     For Sound Blaster Pro (OPL 2), replace SBPD2.SYS;
     For Sound Blaster Pro (OPL 3), replace SBP2D2.SYS;
     For Sound Blaster 16, replace SB16D2.SYS;

  3) Reboot your system


SOME INFO & WORK-AROUND SOLUTIONS
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  o  Sound Blaster (normal) adapters do not have software volume 
     control.

  o  MCV adapters should be set to I/O address 240 to avoid conflicts 
     with SCSI adapters.

  o  Note that IRQ 7 is used for LPT1 and IRQ 5 is used for COM1 on 
     OS/2 2.1. On most ISA bus machines, IRQs are NOT shareable, 
     thus printing or serial communication on COM1 will not function 
     if the SoundBlaster is set to those IRQs.

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