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From: ekadish@cris.com (Eugene Kadish)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 95 22:46:47 EDT
Subject: Need info on TEAC 4X CDROM
I just purchased the Teac Quad speed cdrom drive but couldn't get it to work with my Gus Max. I connected it to the Panasonic connector, jumpered the Panasonic enabled jumper and tried several base addresses (320, 340, 360).
The Teac driver loads and so does Mscdex but when I switch to the cd drive and type dir, the system locks.
For now I'm using the 8bit controller card that comes with the drive.
Three questions:
1-Will it work off the Gus Max?
2-If it will work, is there a way to get the audio cable connected to the Gus?
3-Is there an advantage in having it connected to the Gus over the Teac card?
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Eugene Kadish
ekadish@cris.com
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From: bbaskin@mail.utexas.edu (Bryan K. Baskin)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 95 09:35:31 EDT
Subject: response from Gravis@aol.com
To Micheal:
Thanks for correcting my "finger fart".
Manley Question:
His drivers provide:
16bit, 44kHz playback, no volume control, native mod player (UltiMOD),
native midi coming soon. No recording. Thats in OS/2 proper.
In a DOS VM:
It virutalizes the card so that DOS software works fine (games,
XTC-Play, Cubic, Playmidi, etc.). SBOS and MegaEM will not work, but
his driver provides GM-Emulation when registered. Win3.1 drivers are
VxD's and will not run under OS/2 so no native Win sound, but you can
load the MPU401 driver for windows and he says it'll work and i'm sure
it does.
They are designed to smoothly allow DOS sessions and this is why they
are good.
Hey, I got a response from Gravis@aol.com. My question was:
>Hello,
>
>I am a bit concerned about the very long delay and lack of news since
>the alpha release last December. OS/2 is a growing market but without
>proper drivers, your card is nearly useless with this operating
>system. We need a good stable driver that allows native digital/midi
>and a DOS VDD. This last part is very important. I've been using
>Manley's drivers, but i have recently discovered that they seem to be
>destabilizing some DOS programs and this is unacceptable. So now i
>turn to the company to whom i payed my $129 for software which should
>have been available long ago.
>
>The state of the DOS software has impressed me with its abilities
>(emulations), but the Win31 software was always the weakest part of my
>Windows setup. I sincerely hope you guys have started work on Win95
>drivers as everyone else will be tired of waiting by the time Win95
>rolls out. Creative Labs and MS are bed buddies and y'all need to be
>on the ball.
>
>But what i really want to know is whats been giong on since December?
>Are they canceled? Dropped for Win95? Should i get a new soundcard?
>
>Please respond...
At the time i thought there was a problem with Manley's drivers, but
it was just a piece of corrupted software, NOT his problem.
Anyway, Gravis's response was:
>I'm really sorry, and to be quite frank with you, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!!!!!!!
Not the kind of attitude i like from a company i paid good money to.
We are the customer, and they exist because of us. They can also cease
to exist because of us. I seriously hope this was a joke... but i'm
not laughing.
Later.
Baskin Co Owner, Chief Technician
Team OS/2 Lil' Squiggle Computers
bbaskin@mail.utexas.edu
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