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From: [e-mail]                           08-Oct-99 20:40:07
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 04:16:19
Subj: A3D sound card problem!

From: John Muller <[e-mail]>

Hello all,   I recently replaced my old SB AWE64 with an A3D.  The new
card uses the AU8820 chipset and I downloaded the OS/S  driver for the
chipset from the A3D site.  It installed without a problem.  On reboot
there are no errors, all the drivers seem to load fine.  However, there
is no sound.  The speakers are powered on and sounds are enabled in the
system setup folder.  Running Warp 4 FP10.  The card works in WIN98.
Any suggestions???   Thanks in advance:)

John

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From: [e-mail]                                 09-Oct-99 08:17:22
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 10:26:28
Subj: low cd player vol

From: [e-mail] (williamd)

I notice my system sounds are far louder than any volume I can get
from my cd player. The volume tuner in system-sounds affects only
those sounds. Neither it nor the one on the cd player window changes
my cd vol. Using the driver for AD1816 chip.

Is there another volume control for the cd player?

Bill

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From: sandervl[]@[e-mail]4all...               09-Oct-99 09:42:21
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 10:26:28
Subj: Re: A3D sound card problem!

Message sender: sandervl[]@[e-mail][98]this.nl

From: sandervl[]@[e-mail][98]this.nl (Sander van Leeuwen)

On Sat, 9 Oct 1999 00:40:15, John Muller <[e-mail]>
wrote:
> Hello all,   I recently replaced my old SB AWE64 with an A3D.  The new
> card uses the AU8820 chipset and I downloaded the OS/S  driver for the
> chipset from the A3D site.  It installed without a problem.  On reboot
> there are no errors, all the drivers seem to load fine.  However, there
> is no sound.  The speakers are powered on and sounds are enabled in the
> system setup folder.  Running Warp 4 FP10.  The card works in WIN98.
> Any suggestions???   Thanks in advance:)
It's probably the usual problem. Did you uninstall the SB AWE64
drivers?
If not, you must either do so now or manually remove it's entries from
MMOS2\mmpm2.ini.

The SB64 drivers are probably still installed, so MMPM/2 tries to use
them as the
primary sound driver.

Sander

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From: [e-mail]                       09-Oct-99 09:29:08
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 10:27:00
Subj: Re: MP3 Player for OS/2

From: [e-mail] (Chris H Lindley)

On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 21:38:07 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:
>In <[e-mail]>, Edgar Black <[e-mail]> writes:
>>Hi  Everyone.
>>
>>Is there a free MP3 player available for OS/2?
>>
>>If the answer is yes, where can I download it?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
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>>208 E. Willard St.
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>
>In my view, dink's Z is the best. It will play streams from
>the internet or off a hard disk and it uses less resources
>than anything out there.
>
>get it at http://dink.org

I'd concur with this!!
Z is brilliant! Keeps on chugging away even when burning
cd's and printing (on a MII 300)

Cheers
Chris

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From: [e-mail]                               09-Oct-99 03:13:25
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 11:03:24
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: "∙g╧H" <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]>, on 10/08/99
   at 08:02 PM, Peter Fitzsimons <[e-mail]> said:

>The CS4280 card's drivers seem to do what you want already -- some sort of
>generic connection between winos2 and os/2.

>There's an outside chance this part of the drivers will work for a non-CS
>card. Here's part of the readme:

Don't bother doing that... Crystal Semi's device driver programmer already
implemented several hardware in their Win-OS/2 driver... After all, they are
not paid to make driver on hardware they don't sell... (Unlike Scitech... :)
)

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From: [e-mail]                               08-Oct-99 19:57:29
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 11:03:24
Subj: Re: A3D sound card problem!

From: Capn Queeg <[e-mail]>

Did you check the volume levels in the various controls?

On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 20:40:15 -0400, John Muller
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Hello all,   I recently replaced my old SB AWE64 with an A3D.  The new
>card uses the AU8820 chipset and I downloaded the OS/S  driver for the
>chipset from the A3D site.  It installed without a problem.  On reboot
>there are no errors, all the drivers seem to load fine.  However, there
>is no sound.  The speakers are powered on and sounds are enabled in the
>system setup folder.  Running Warp 4 FP10.  The card works in WIN98.
>Any suggestions???   Thanks in advance:)
>
>John

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From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com                     09-Oct-99 04:31:24
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 11:03:25
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com (Rich Jerant)

On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 20:02:07 GMT, Peter Fitzsimons <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>The CS4280 card's drivers seem to do what you want already -- some sort
>of generic connection between winos2 and os/2.
>
>There's an outside chance this part of the drivers will work for a
>non-CS card. Here's part of the readme:
>
Trust me in this.. Joe Nord at Cirrrus Logic is a VERY BRIGHT man. He
has assured me that his Win-OS/2  support will only work with Cirrus
Logic hardware. I've worked with Joe and if he says that's how it
works you can take that to the bank.

Rich

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From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com                     09-Oct-99 04:51:01
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 11:03:25
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 Question

From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com (Rich Jerant)

On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 12:59:19 -0400, "David T. Johnson"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Thanks for replying here.  I have used the generic win-os2 driver with
>the Aureal PCI Vortex 1 chipset.  When you install the generic win-os2
>driver, it gives you the windows system sounds and so forth with no
>problem.  Naturally, I had to try the RealPlayer 5.0 with the generic
>win-os2 driver.  When you launch RealPlayer 5.0, the sound comes out for
>about 10 seconds (excellent quality I might add) and then...it stops.
>If you move the slider forward, it will play another 10 seconds and then
>stop.  Do you have any idea why this happens?  The driver seems...that
>close! to working, but does not.
>
Yes unfortunatly the Generic Win-OS/2 stuff has a few problems that I
didn't understand untill recently. First it does not handle several of
the windows messages corrrectly... Hey we were OS/2 programmers what
did you expect ! Secondly it has 2 or 3 really stupid design flaws
that tend to confuse both the client multimedia app and mmsystem.dll.
And finally this whole setup is particularly sensitive to how Win-OS/2
is configured on the system it is running on. So your assesment seems
correct, close but no cigar....

Rich

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From: [e-mail]                    09-Oct-99 15:22:05
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 14:41:27
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

James Jones ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Well...I would add this (though I have a Lexmark 5700, use it, and
: think it generates very nice output): generating output on the
: 5700 eats lots o' CPU cycles, and also Lexmark has no intention,
: when last I asked, of making the escape sequences public knowledge,
: so that if you're thinking of a dual boot w/Linux, you might want
: to give serious thought to another printer.

    In regards to Linux, well, Linux users being Linux users,
regardless of any help from Linux, someone has already made a driver for
it.  I think it is fairly limited though, ie. only 600x600dpi printing
and I think only in black.


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From: jricci@.nospam.ibm.net                            09-Oct-99 19:27:19
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 19:56:25
Subj: MPg123 player for netscape 4.61 OS2

From: jricci@.nospam.ibm.net (Joe Ricci)

I am looking for recommendations for a MPG123 player to use with
Netscape for OS2

Thanks in advance

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From: [e-mail]                      09-Oct-99 21:29:16
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 19:56:26
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcards under OS/2

From: [e-mail]

In article <7tllfo$1sl$[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

> Help?
> I have started with the SB32 PnP, and it is working.
> => Plugged in new AW320
> => Run the Crystal install program
> => Reboot
> => Use Selective Install and install SB AWE32 PnP support.

Have you tried starting with a working AW320, and then put in the SB32?

> The AW320 works fine, but no MIDI (as documented in the README).
> Unfortunately, the MIDI files are NOT associated with anything and
> just load up by default in the text editor E.
>
> The SB32 no longer produces any sound :(

How do you verify this?? How many Audio Devices are shown in the
Multimedia Setup control panel? (OS/2 System -> System Setup ->
Multimedia Setup)

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From: [e-mail]                                  10-Oct-99 00:08:28
  To: All                                               09-Oct-99 19:56:26
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: lamikr <[e-mail]>

> Thanks for the info, guys - but this is not really the information I was
> looking for here.

Sorry that I can't help. But I can just say (and hope)
GO FOR IT!!! I bought today Vortex card which is using 8820.
Works fine in OS/2 if I have not installed voice-type.
(Voice type seems to hang it just before desktop is appearing,
same happened earlier with gravis ultrasound drivers)

Anyway, sound quality seems to be really good.

Mika




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From: [e-mail]                                  09-Oct-99 21:39:26
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 03:23:18
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: "Ken Kuttner" <[e-mail]>

On 5 Oct 1999 07:55:32 GMT, Jens wrote:

>Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
>I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>
>Thanks,
>Jens

I have an Epson Stylus 640, which works pretty well.  It's supported by the
OMNI printer driver at 360 dpi, and the Epson Windows 3.1 driver works fine
under win-os2.

Epson Germany has its own driver for it as well, which works at 720 dpi.
Supposedly it also supports the 720 by 1440 resolution, but that doesn't work
for me-- prints garbage.  For some reason, it also prints a "1" in the upper
left-hand corner of hte page.

Ken
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From: jms%email.de%email.de%email.de@b...               09-Oct-99 17:27:23
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 03:23:18
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Jens)

Today I bought a lexmark Z51 and it works perfectly good !

Any idea how to attach it with USB ? I have installed USB basic
support, but I think a port driver (.PDR) is missing ? In the printer
settings, USB is not listed as a port.

Jens

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From: [e-mail]                                        08-Oct-99 12:04:06
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 03:23:18
Subj: Re: MP3 Player for OS/2

From: Peter Herbstmann <[e-mail]>

Edgar Black wrote:
>
> Is there a free MP3 player available for OS/2?
>
> If the answer is yes, where can I download it?
>

Edgar,
go to http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~malstrom/mp3.html (MP3 Software on
OS/2 Warp) and make your coice.


Peter

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From: [e-mail]9.c...               10-Oct-99 12:01:29
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 10:22:27
Subj: USB speakers and DART

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: Roland Pinches <[e-mail]>

Hi,

I've recently managed to get my USB speakers working but am now having
problems with DART, specifically enabling sound on BUGS.

Does DART work with USB speakers or will it only work with a physical
sound card? I have no idea how DART works so if anyone can help...

Cheers,
Roland.

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From: [e-mail]                                     10-Oct-99 12:39:01
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 14:35:09
Subj: Good sound card for os/2

From: Skip Alexander <[e-mail]>

Hi all..

Can anyone help...?
Am looking for a good sound card which will work in an os/2 Warp ver
4.0, with no fix packs, and running Netscape ver 2.0.
I'm happy with this set up...
I want sound off the internet, MP3, and system sound, like in windows
when you close a window. Also must play CD

I don'w want to fuss and full around, just plug it in, add the drivers
and be done with it..

Any help will be well taken,
Thanks you
Skip

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From: [e-mail]                                   10-Oct-99 07:20:15
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 14:35:10
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: Daniel Jones <[e-mail]>

I am fond of the ESS line of cards - I currently use an ESS 1869,
that is a good PNP card with excellent Win-OS/2 support. If Win-OS/2
support is not important to you, then get an ESS Solo-1 PCI card (it
has better MIDI support, and is equally good w/ PNP). Both of these
cards are very inexpensive, BTW.

Crystal cards have given me numerous headaches - they are not very
PNP friendly, and Win-OS/2 sharing is nowhere near as good as the
ESS card. Although they do sound good when they work, I would wait
until they sort the drivers out.


Skip Alexander wrote:
>
> Hi all..
>
> Can anyone help...?
> Am looking for a good sound card which will work in an os/2 Warp ver
> 4.0, with no fix packs, and running Netscape ver 2.0.
> I'm happy with this set up...
> I want sound off the internet, MP3, and system sound, like in windows
> when you close a window. Also must play CD
>
> I don'w want to fuss and full around, just plug it in, add the drivers
> and be done with it..
>
> Any help will be well taken,
> Thanks you
> Skip

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From: [e-mail]                                  10-Oct-99 17:45:15
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: Need help with AOpen AW320 Sound Card installation

From: [e-mail] (Nathan Liskov)

After changing the interrupt on my second ethernet card to aviod
conflict, the AW320 card is working fine.  It plays all .wav and .mid
files and outputs audio from my cd drive.

    Thanks to all,

        Nathan Liskov

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 03:10:05, [e-mail] (Nathan Liskov) wrote:

> I've made some progress on the sound card problem.
>
> Evidently there is an interrupt conflict with my 2nd ethernet card
> (3com 509 ISA card).  With the sound card installed my local network
> does not work.
>
> I've thought of two possible work-arounds:
>
>     1) Try to find another interrupt for the ethernet card (i'm not sure
> there are any)
>     2) Get a PCI ethernet card to replace the ISA ethernet card.
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
>     Thanks
>
>         Nathan Liskov
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 02:17:07, [e-mail] (Nathan Liskov) wrote:
>
> > Evidently my old ISA pas-16 sound card stopped working so I bought an
> > AOpen AW320 PCI sound board with a crystal CS4614 chip.  Sound cards
> > with crystal chips have been recommended in this newsgroup as having
> > good support under os/2.
> >
> > With the crystal drivers my system hangs on boot.  If someone has
> > gotten this board to work under warp 4, I would appreciate any inputs.
> >
> > This card is described in
> > http://english.aopen.com/products/sound/aw320.htm
> >
> > I got the os2 installation and driver file cwos2303.zip from the
> > cirrus web site http://www.cirrus.com/drivers/audiodrv/os2.html
> >
> > After installation, the following lines are added to my config.sys:
> >
> > BASEDEV=CWCMMPM.SYS /N:CWCAUD1$
> > BASEDEV=CWGMSG.SYS
> > BASEDEV=CWCSPUD.SYS
> > DEVICE=E:\MMOS2\CWGUTIL.SYS
> > DEVICE=E:\MMOS2\CWWINVDD.SYS
> > RUN=E:\MMOS2\CWCUTIL.EXE
> > RUN=E:\MMOS2\CWDAEMON.EXE
> > DEVICE=E:\MMOS2\OPL3.SYS /N:OPL31$
> >
> > The first five lines are ok, but if any of the remaining lines are
> > left in, the system hangs on boot.
> >
> > I installed on top of previous installations.  I tried the method of
> > de-installing all mmpm/2 multimedia
> > and re-install.  However after deleting the mmos2 directory in my e:
> > boot directory, selective install of multimedia failed.  First, the
> > selective install was set to c: instead of my boot partition e: and
> > was grayed out and not changable.  Second I got a sys3175 failure
> > message when hitting the next button on the screen where multimedia
> > was selected.
> >
> > I'm running with fixpak 11 on a k6-233 system with 128 mb.
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> >     nate liskov
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [e-mail]   http://nateliskov.ne.mediaone.net
>
> [e-mail]   http://nateliskov.ne.mediaone.net

[e-mail]   http://nateliskov.ne.mediaone.net

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From: [e-mail]                          10-Oct-99 19:32:04
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcards under OS/2

From: [e-mail] (e-frog)

[e-mail] wrote:
: In article <7tllfo$1sl$[e-mail]>,
:   [e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

: > Help?
: > I have started with the SB32 PnP, and it is working.
: > => Plugged in new AW320
: > => Run the Crystal install program
: > => Reboot
: > => Use Selective Install and install SB AWE32 PnP support.

: Have you tried starting with a working AW320, and then put in the SB32?

Well, I have a working AW320 right now. Then next I install SB32 support.
I suppose the next step is to completely remove MMOS2, then add AW320,
then add SB32 and see if that works. However, I'm loathe to break a
working system :(

: > The AW320 works fine, but no MIDI (as documented in the README).
: > Unfortunately, the MIDI files are NOT associated with anything and
: > just load up by default in the text editor E.
: >
: > The SB32 no longer produces any sound :(

: How do you verify this?? How many Audio Devices are shown in the
: Multimedia Setup control panel? (OS/2 System -> System Setup ->
: Multimedia Setup)

Easy :) Plug in the speakers and see what comes out! AW320 = I hear
something, SB32 = I don't hear anything.
I believe the Audio Devices shown only appears to be 1... that could be
the problem. The fix is another matter...


Thanks for all your help,
Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                         10-Oct-99 20:01:23
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Compressed WAV files

From: [e-mail] (Will Smith)

  I have tried to play compressed WAV files, converted MP3
files, with OS/2 and have not had any luck.  Does anyone know
if there is anything out there that will uncompress these so that
they can be manipulated with OS/2?  I want to burn some tracks
onto a CD, but the compressed format is not recognized.

   Bill

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Intelligence is common sense.
There is very little intelligent life on Earth.
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From: [e-mail]                             10-Oct-99 13:04:25
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: MP3 Player for OS/2

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>

Edgar Black wrote:
>
> Hi  Everyone.
>
> Is there a free MP3 player available for OS/2?
>
> If the answer is yes, where can I download it?


WarpAmp works very.  The link provided in another post here was broken
so here is a link to it on Hobbes:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/players/wamp_b4.zip

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     10-Oct-99 20:15:09
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:27:46,
[e-mail] (Jens) wrote:

>
> Today I bought a lexmark Z51 and it works perfectly good !
>
> Any idea how to attach it with USB ? I have installed USB basic
> support, but I think a port driver (.PDR) is missing ? In the printer
> settings, USB is not listed as a port.
>
> Jens
>

You need a specific driver , to add on to the basic USB support.
AFAIK, no such driver exists (yet??). You must use the printer with a
parallel port.

Hope this helps...
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From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     10-Oct-99 20:15:11
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:39:02, Skip Alexander <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi all..
>
> Can anyone help...?
> Am looking for a good sound card which will work in an os/2 Warp ver
> 4.0, with no fix packs, and running Netscape ver 2.0.
> I'm happy with this set up...
> I want sound off the internet, MP3, and system sound, like in windows
> when you close a window. Also must play CD
>
> I don'w want to fuss and full around, just plug it in, add the drivers
> and be done with it..
>
> Any help will be well taken,
> Thanks you
> Skip

First of all, get and install a Y2K level fix pack (FP12, is
suggested, along with the Device driver fix pack). You won't be very
happy after Dec. 31, 1999, if you don't update.

As for a good sound card, I have had excellent luck with the AOpen
(formerly Acer) AW35Pro, and a couple of AW37 cards. They use the
Crystal chipset, and the drivers give excellent support (go to:
http://www.cirrus.com/drivers/audiodrv/ to get the latest drivers -> I
suggest using the FM driver, as there are a few problems with the WT
driver).

I don't know much about MP3 support, but I think you need an add on
program (look around on HOBBES  http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/ for one of
these) to make that work. The system sounds will make noise when you
open, and close, windows, unless you turn off the animation, or the
sounds (personally, I have turned off both - most irritating <g>).

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
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From: [e-mail]                            10-Oct-99 21:29:03
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: "Esko Kauppinen" <[e-mail]>

On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 21:39:52 -0400 (EDT), Ken Kuttner wrote:

>On 5 Oct 1999 07:55:32 GMT, Jens wrote:
>
>>Can someone recommend a good color printer/driver combination ?
>>I am unsatisfied with my HP DJ 660C.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jens
>
>I have an Epson Stylus 640, which works pretty well.  It's supported by the
>OMNI printer driver at 360 dpi, and the Epson Windows 3.1 driver works fine
>under win-os2.
>
>Epson Germany has its own driver for it as well, which works at 720 dpi.
>Supposedly it also supports the 720 by 1440 resolution, but that doesn't work
>for me-- prints garbage.  For some reason, it also prints a "1" in the upper
>left-hand corner of hte page.
>
>Ken
>-----------------------------------------
>Ken Kuttner
>To reply replace "nospam" with "knk"
>-----------------------------------------

I have the same printer, Stylus 640. Have you tried the EPOMNI driver?
It is for 600 model but works great with 640 giving real photo output
(720 x 1440).

Esko


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From: [e-mail]                          10-Oct-99 20:52:11
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: [e-mail] (Ilya Zakharevich)

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Doug Bissett
<doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net>],
who wrote in article <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-J8xSVpSmn4jZ@localhost>:
> First of all, get and install a Y2K level fix pack (FP12, is
> suggested, along with the Device driver fix pack). You won't be very
> happy after Dec. 31, 1999, if you don't update.

What will happen (I do not use CMD.EXE, so I do not care about DIR
output etc)?

Ilya

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From: jms%email.de%email.de%email.de@b...               10-Oct-99 20:52:11
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 19:57:00
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Jens)

I think something like USB.PDR is needed ?

> > Any idea how to attach it with USB ? I have installed USB basic
> > support, but I think a port driver (.PDR) is missing ? In the printer
> > settings, USB is not listed as a port.
>
> You need a specific driver , to add on to the basic USB support.
> AFAIK, no such driver exists (yet??). You must use the printer with a
> parallel port.

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From: [e-mail]                      10-Oct-99 21:59:12
  To: All                                               10-Oct-99 21:15:25
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcards under OS/2

From: [e-mail]

In article <7tqpjp$o1j$[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

> Well, I have a working AW320 right now. Then next I install SB32
> support.I suppose the next step is to completely remove MMOS2, then
> add AW320, then add SB32 and see if that works. However, I'm loathe
> to break a working system :(

*Don't* uninstall MMOS/2. Are you absolutely sure you have enough IRQs
to be doing this?? Each of these cards requires an IRQ among other
resources. Try "rmview /irq" to see what's taken. Compare this to known
values and the info in the OS/2 hardware manager.

If you have 95 installed, look in the system control panel, clikc on
devices, and double-click on computer. Then select IRQs and see what's
taken and what's free. You may have to disable Com ports or your USB
controller to free up some IRQs, assuming you're not using these
things.

> : How do you verify this?? How many Audio Devices are shown in the
> : Multimedia Setup control panel? (OS/2 System -> System Setup ->
> : Multimedia Setup)
>
> Easy :) Plug in the speakers and see what comes out! AW320 = I hear
> something, SB32 = I don't hear anything.

What I mean is, how do you know that you've chosen the right card when
you try this? OS/2 will only play system sounds out of the default
audio device. Many OS/2 MM applications allow you to choose which audio
device to use.

> I believe the Audio Devices shown only appears to be 1... that could
> be the problem. The fix is another matter...

Since the system will only produce sound through the default Audio
Device, you can select wich card is the default in the Multimedia
Setup.

Good luck!

--
-Steven Hunter               *OS/2 Warp 4 * |Warpstock '99 | Oct 16-17|
[e-mail] *AMD K6-2 400* |       Atlanta GA        |


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: [e-mail]                             11-Oct-99 01:49:05
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 10:31:03
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: Alan Beagley <[e-mail]>

Just noticed some NewCom NewClear 3D sound cards (the same as I have, using
Crystal 4327B chip) at www.onsale.com. Current bidding is at $11.

Alan


Doug Bissett wrote:

>
> As for a good sound card, I have had excellent luck with the AOpen
> (formerly Acer) AW35Pro, and a couple of AW37 cards. They use the
> Crystal chipset, and the drivers give excellent support (go to:
> http://www.cirrus.com/drivers/audiodrv/ to get the latest drivers -> I
> suggest using the FM driver, as there are a few problems with the WT
> driver).
>
> I don't know much about MP3 support, but I think you need an add on
> program (look around on HOBBES  http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/ for one of
> these) to make that work. The system sounds will make noise when you
> open, and close, windows, unless you turn off the animation, or the
> sounds (personally, I have turned off both - most irritating <g>).

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From: [e-mail]                              11-Oct-99 11:23:03
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 10:31:04
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: Mirco Miranda <[e-mail]>

Skip Alexander wrote:

> Hi all..
>
> Can anyone help...?
> Am looking for a good sound card which will work in an os/2 Warp ver
> 4.0, with no fix packs, and running Netscape ver 2.0.
> I'm happy with this set up...
> I want sound off the internet, MP3, and system sound, like in windows
> when you close a window. Also must play CD
>
> I don'w want to fuss and full around, just plug it in, add the drivers
> and be done with it..
>
> Any help will be well taken,
> Thanks you
> Skip

OK, I have an old Acer S23 (base on Crystal 4232). It's fully supported
by crystal (http://www.cirrus.com)
Any new crystal chipset have the driver for OS/2!
bye, Mirco

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From: [e-mail]                              11-Oct-99 11:30:11
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 10:31:04
Subj: Re: Compressed WAV files

From: Mirco Miranda <[e-mail]>

Will Smith wrote:

>   I have tried to play compressed WAV files, converted MP3
> files, with OS/2 and have not had any luck.  Does anyone know
> if there is anything out there that will uncompress these so that
> they can be manipulated with OS/2?  I want to burn some tracks
> onto a CD, but the compressed format is not recognized.
>
>    Bill
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Education does not equal intelligence.
> Intelligence is common sense.
> There is very little intelligent life on Earth.
> Microsoft would not rule the desktop, if there was!
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can see on hobbes (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu on /pub/os2/apps/mmedia)

Mirco

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From: [e-mail]                             11-Oct-99 13:33:05
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 17:05:22
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: Alan Beagley <[e-mail]>

Sorry! Make that 4237B.

Alan


Alan Beagley wrote:

> Just noticed some NewCom NewClear 3D sound cards (the same as I have, using
> Crystal 4327B chip) at www.onsale.com. Current bidding is at $11.
>
> Alan
>
> Doug Bissett wrote:
>
> >
> > As for a good sound card, I have had excellent luck with the AOpen
> > (formerly Acer) AW35Pro, and a couple of AW37 cards. They use the
> > Crystal chipset, and the drivers give excellent support (go to:
> > http://www.cirrus.com/drivers/audiodrv/ to get the latest drivers -> I
> > suggest using the FM driver, as there are a few problems with the WT
> > driver).
> >
> > I don't know much about MP3 support, but I think you need an add on
> > program (look around on HOBBES  http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/ for one of
> > these) to make that work. The system sounds will make noise when you
> > open, and close, windows, unless you turn off the animation, or the
> > sounds (personally, I have turned off both - most irritating <g>).

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From: [e-mail]                             11-Oct-99 10:42:06
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 17:05:22
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>



Peter Fitzsimons wrote:
>
> > > If you're really desperate to free up an ISA slot, you might try a
> > > CS4280 based card.
> > >
> > > This is the one I bought:
> > >
> > >  http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/noinfo.asp?sogncrs4280
> > >
> > > and don't be fooled by all the talk about "3d" and "wavetable". These
> > > can only be implemented with software (poorly) with this card.
> >
> > The PCI cards which use the Aureal 8820 Vortex 1 chipset work very well
> > under OS/2.  MP3s and digital recording are very good.  IMO, this is the
> > best OS/2 sound solution presently available.  The OS/2 drivers do not
> > support sound in Win-OS2.  If you really need this, I would recommend a
> > second ISA card just for the Win-OS2 sound and use the Aureal for the
> > OS/2 sound.  It is that good.  Or just skip the Win-OS2 sound...
>
> The 4280 card I bought does support Win-os2 (not for midi tho), in quite
> a clever way -- it feeds the data to an OS/2 daemon process which plays
> the sound via mmos2 -- so the sound card is always available to os/2
> apps.
>
> Do you have a URL for a card based on the Vortex chip you mentioned?

I found four Vortex 1 8820-based cards that are available retail
at CompUSA stores.  I have also listed the CompUSA SKU# and the retail
price.  This is from March, 1999 so it might be out-of-date.

      1. "Magic Wave A3D Audio Accelerator PCI" by I/O Magic. SKU#
195304 $39.99

      2. "Diamond Sonic Impact S90" by Diamond Multimedia. SKU# 216601
$49.99

      3. "HiVal PCI 338 A3D Sound Card" SKU# 192299 $49.99

      4. "Montego A3D Xstream" by Turtle Beach. SKU# 192288. $49.99

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From: [e-mail]                             11-Oct-99 10:44:22
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 17:05:22
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>



lamikr wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info, guys - but this is not really the information I was
> > looking for here.
>
> Sorry that I can't help. But I can just say (and hope)
> GO FOR IT!!! I bought today Vortex card which is using 8820.
> Works fine in OS/2 if I have not installed voice-type.
> (Voice type seems to hang it just before desktop is appearing,
> same happened earlier with gravis ultrasound drivers)

I have an Aureal 8820-based PCI sound card and Voicetype works fine.
This might be a problem with your voicetype install.  I suggest a
selective uninstall of voicetype and then a selective install.


>
> Anyway, sound quality seems to be really good.
>
> Mika

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From: [e-mail] [John Lloyd/Wa...               11-Oct-99 19:17:09
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 17:05:23
Subj: Re: low cd player vol

Message sender: [e-mail] [John Lloyd/Wales]

From: [e-mail] [John Lloyd/Wales]

In <[e-mail]>, on 10/09/99
   at 08:17 AM, [e-mail] (williamd) said:

>I notice my system sounds are far louder than any volume I can get from
>my cd player. The volume tuner in system-sounds affects only those
>sounds. Neither it nor the one on the cd player window changes my cd vol.
>Using the driver for AD1816 chip.

>Is there another volume control for the cd player?

>Bill

>__
>[e-mail]
 I have a similar situation where if I start a Winos2 session & then close
it immediately, my OS2 CD sound increases in volume, & if I start PMChess
or Mah Jongg the sound is maximised!! Volume controll works OK after that,
but if I just start OS2, all CD sounds are muted. Try it & see!! My card
is a Soundpro on Warp 4 FP8
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     11-Oct-99 19:02:04
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 17:05:23
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:52:22,
[e-mail] (Jens) wrote:

>
> I think something like USB.PDR is needed ?
>
..snip...

I am not sure, exactly what would be needed. The rest of the USB
devices are supported by device drivers. I have the following in my
CONFIG.SYS (I shouldn't have anything except the base driver, because
I don't have any of these devices, except the USB adapter, but the
drivers don't cause any problems...):
=========================================================
REM ** USB support **
BASEDEV=USBUHCD.SYS
BASEDEV=USBD.SYS /REQ:USBUHCD$
BASEDEV=USBHID.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\USBKBD.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\USBMOUSE.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\USBCOM.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\USBAUDIO.SYS
=========================================================
The first three lines are for the base USB support, then there is
keyboard, mouse, modem, and speaker support. I would assume, that your
printer would require something like USBPRINT.SYS to make it work,
which does not (yet?) exist..

Hope this helps...
******************************
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doug.bissett at attglobal.net
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     11-Oct-99 19:02:05
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 17:05:23
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:52:22, [e-mail] (Ilya
Zakharevich) wrote:

> [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Doug Bissett
> <doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net>],
> who wrote in article <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-J8xSVpSmn4jZ@localhost>:
> > First of all, get and install a Y2K level fix pack (FP12, is
> > suggested, along with the Device driver fix pack). You won't be very
> > happy after Dec. 31, 1999, if you don't update.
>
> What will happen (I do not use CMD.EXE, so I do not care about DIR
> output etc)?
>
> Ilya

Actually, that is a good question. Unfortunately, the answer is not
all that easy, and includes everything from "nothing" to "you will
have a total system failure, and you will take down the whole world
wide web, while you are at it". A lot depends on what hardware you are
running, what software you are running, and exactly how you are using
that software. Most of the time, all you will get are a lot of dates
that will turn into 1980. Not a real problem, if you don't care about
things like file dates. Or  your Word processor will plug in the date
as something like: Oct. 11 1900, instead of Oct. 11, 2000. Minor
details, BUT, if your Check printing program plugs in 1900, instead of
2000, THAT could be a problem. Not every program will have that kind
of problem, but some will. I hope you get the picture.

Personally, I won't even consider trying to find out what will, or
won't, happen. I don't want to be the guy who takes down the whole
world wide web <g>. If it happens, I can always say "At least I
tried".
******************************
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doug.bissett at attglobal.net
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From: [e-mail]                               11-Oct-99 15:47:11
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 17:05:23
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: Marty <[e-mail]>

Doug Bissett wrote:
>
> On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:52:22, [e-mail] (Ilya
> Zakharevich) wrote:
>
> > [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Doug Bissett
> > <doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net>],
> > who wrote in article <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-J8xSVpSmn4jZ@localhost>:
> > > First of all, get and install a Y2K level fix pack (FP12, is
> > > suggested, along with the Device driver fix pack). You won't be very
> > > happy after Dec. 31, 1999, if you don't update.
> >
> > What will happen (I do not use CMD.EXE, so I do not care about DIR
> > output etc)?
> >
> > Ilya
>
> Actually, that is a good question. Unfortunately, the answer is not
> all that easy, and includes everything from "nothing" to "you will
> have a total system failure, and you will take down the whole world
> wide web, while you are at it". A lot depends on what hardware you are
> running, what software you are running, and exactly how you are using
> that software. Most of the time, all you will get are a lot of dates
> that will turn into 1980. Not a real problem, if you don't care about
> things like file dates. Or  your Word processor will plug in the date
> as something like: Oct. 11 1900, instead of Oct. 11, 2000. Minor
> details, BUT, if your Check printing program plugs in 1900, instead of
> 2000, THAT could be a problem. Not every program will have that kind
> of problem, but some will. I hope you get the picture.
>
> Personally, I won't even consider trying to find out what will, or
> won't, happen. I don't want to be the guy who takes down the whole
> world wide web <g>. If it happens, I can always say "At least I
> tried".

Anyone that's really concerned and wants to know just has to set their
system date to 12/31/1999 and see what happens when the clock rolls
around (possibly adjusting the system time a bit so you don't have to
wait till midnight).  Make sure it rolls over while you're using apps
and you should get a good sneak preview of what is to come.  I've tried
this on my system and haven't found any problems.  It ain't the end of
the world, people.  ;-)

Of course, the meer panic that the "y2k bug" seems to be generating
might cause some disasters all by itself (people withdrawing bank
monies, causing bank failures, etc.).  In a way the "impending doom" of
y2k can be self-fulfilling.

Someone needs to publish a y2k faq or something with the words "DON'T
PANIC" on it in big friendly letters.

- Marty

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From: [e-mail]                         11-Oct-99 21:31:10
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 19:55:28
Subj: Re: Compressed WAV files

From: [e-mail] (Will Smith)

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:30:22, Mirco Miranda <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Will Smith wrote:
>
> >   I have tried to play compressed WAV files, converted MP3
> > files, with OS/2 and have not had any luck.  Does anyone know
> > if there is anything out there that will uncompress these so that
> > they can be manipulated with OS/2?  I want to burn some tracks
> > onto a CD, but the compressed format is not recognized.
> >
> >    Bill
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Education does not equal intelligence.
> > Intelligence is common sense.
> > There is very little intelligent life on Earth.
> > Microsoft would not rule the desktop, if there was!
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You can see on hobbes (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu on /pub/os2/apps/mmedia)
>
> Mirco
>

  Thank you for the reply.  I will take a look and
see if there is anything there that might do the trick.

  Bill
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Education does not equal intelligence.
Intelligence is common sense.
There is very little intelligent life on Earth.
Microsoft would not rule the desktop, if there was!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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From: [e-mail]                                    11-Oct-99 22:43:09
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 21:17:00
Subj: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

How do I install two SCSI adapters in the same machine?

I have an Adaptec AHA-2490AU now, and I want to add my old AVA-1502E to
connect the scanner in order to take advantage of its ability to work
without the scanner having been on during boot.

The card is supposed to be supported from the installation CD but
Selective Install  says the directory is not valid. Where is the driver
supposed to be?

Pierre
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From: [e-mail]                             11-Oct-99 15:06:26
  To: All                                               11-Oct-99 21:17:00
Subj: Re: Compressed WAV files

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>


Will Smith wrote:
>
>   I have tried to play compressed WAV files, converted MP3
> files, with OS/2 and have not had any luck.  Does anyone know
> if there is anything out there that will uncompress these so that
> they can be manipulated with OS/2?  I want to burn some tracks
> onto a CD, but the compressed format is not recognized.
>
I have used Bladeenc for OS/2 v0.80 with .WAV files.  It lets you set
the bit rate and seems to work very well and quite fast.  The .MP3s that
it produces are very playable with MP3 players like WarpAmp.  With your
OS/2, a good sound card, and a microphone or line input, you can do
digital recording, encode to MP3, and play a high-quality output
stream.  When you use an MP3 encoder, it converts the .WAV format to
.MP3 format by compressing it while maintaining the necessary
information.  The .MP3 format cannot be played with .WAV players and the
.WAV format cannot be played with a .MP3 player (unless this capability
is provided as a special feature).  Generally, the .MP3 format is about
5 to 10% of the size of the original .WAV file.

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From: [e-mail]                               12-Oct-99 04:02:13
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 05:53:24
Subj: Creative Labs Savage 4

From: [e-mail]

  I was recently given a Savage 4 as gift for my computer and while I'm
very enthusiastic about it under Windows, I can't locate any OS/2
drivers for it.
  I'm curious if I choose to use this card, what is the best I can hope
for under OS/2?  Are there any drivers?  Are there expected to be in
the near future?


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: jricci@.nospam.ibm.net                            12-Oct-99 04:48:09
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 05:53:24
Subj: WinOs2 sound anomoly on desktop objects!

From: jricci@.nospam.ibm.net (Joe Ricci)

I would be interested in any thoughts as to the cause of a unique OS2
sound issue.

I have noted a consistent anomoly with with a series of win3.1 games
written by 7Th level that my children play.

The issue:

these games all use midi synthesis
They install and run under WinOs2 when run from a winos2 session.
Flawless, fast and with good sound

If I create a desktop object on the pm desktop with the same settings
as the Winos2 properties, the programs run great but there is no
sound.

No changes in memory, i/o, etc settings seems to fix it .

The same problem occurs with multiple games by the same manufacturer
(examples, Peter and the Wolf, Monty python, Tuneland, Math Adventure,
Disney Topsy Turvey).   Most of these games were marketted by IBM
under licensce form 7th level.

I am using a crystal tidalwave sound card.  The same problem occurred
with a Matrox Millenium and MGA200 card.

I thought this was a problem of video-sound interaction.
I would be interested in any opinions as to cause and any ideas about
a fix

Joe Ricci

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From: [e-mail]                              12-Oct-99 06:40:07
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 05:53:24
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: James Moe <[e-mail]>


Pierre Jelenc wrote:
>
> How do I install two SCSI adapters in the same machine?
>
    Just make sure there is a free IRQ for each adapter.
    I had no trouble installing two adapters from different vendors
(adaptec and mylex).

> I have an Adaptec AHA-2490AU now, and I want to add my old AVA-1502E to
> connect the scanner in order to take advantage of its ability to work
> without the scanner having been on during boot.
>
> The card is supposed to be supported from the installation CD but

    I believe that the AHA-1540 driver also works for the ava-1502.

> Selective Install  says the directory is not valid. Where is the driver
> supposed to be?
>
    Which directory? Or is it one of those vague non-helpful messages
that basically say "Wrong!"?


--

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From: [e-mail]                                    12-Oct-99 13:51:18
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 16:57:25
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

James Moe  <[e-mail]> writes:
>
>     Just make sure there is a free IRQ for each adapter.

I thought I did but I wonder now:

 IRQ Level =  0  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    TIMER_CH_0
 IRQ Level =  1  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    KBD_0 Keyboard Controller
 IRQ Level =  2  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    PIC_1
 IRQ Level =  3  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_1 Serial Controller
 IRQ Level =  3  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_2 Serial Controller
 IRQ Level =  4  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_0 Serial Controller
 IRQ Level =  5  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUDIO_0 ESS AudioDrive
 IRQ Level =  6  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  FLOPPY_0 Floppy Controller
 IRQ Level =  8  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    RTC
 IRQ Level = 11  Flg = SHARED       AIC7870_0  Adaptec AIC7870
 IRQ Level = 12  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUX_0 PS/2 Auxiliary Device Controller
 IRQ Level = 14  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  IDE_0 ST506/IDE Controller

Except I don't see either of them! What is this "Adaptec AIC7870"? My two
cards are an AHA 2940AU, which works, and an AVA 1502E which does not
(that's the one I'm trying to load a driver for).

>     I believe that the AHA-1540 driver also works for the ava-1502.

So in theory I should not need to do any more than plug it in?

>     Which directory? Or is it one of those vague non-helpful messages
> that basically say "Wrong!"?

I:\OS2IMAGE

(I: is the correct CD drive, and the Warp CD is in the drive)

Pierre
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                               |  Pawnshop's "Three Brass Balls" is out!
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From: [e-mail]                               12-Oct-99 13:54:17
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 16:57:25
Subj: PAS soundcard at 66/100 FSB???

From: [e-mail]

Can the old ISA Pro Audo Spectrum soundcard run properly on a modern
66-100FSB motherboard?

I have an old PAS 16 Soundcard in an old 486 that is about to be retired
from use.  I was thinking of sticking it in my Celeron 300A machine as a
second sound card.  However, reviewing some old readme's for setting up
the PAS under OS/2 suggested checking the bus speed is set back to 8
megahertz has it was designed for an original AT bus specification.

Anyone running this card on a 66 or 100 FSB motherboard without
problems?


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From: [e-mail]                     12-Oct-99 14:13:21
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 16:57:25
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Frank McKenney)

 [ Followups set to comp.os.os2.setup.misc to reduce crossposting ]

In <7tved8$rpo$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc) writes:
>James Moe  <[e-mail]> writes:
>>
>>     Just make sure there is a free IRQ for each adapter.
>
>I thought I did but I wonder now:
>
> IRQ Level =  0  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    TIMER_CH_0
> IRQ Level =  1  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    KBD_0 Keyboard Controller
> IRQ Level =  2  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    PIC_1
> IRQ Level =  3  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_1 Serial Controller
> IRQ Level =  3  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_2 Serial Controller
> IRQ Level =  4  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_0 Serial Controller
> IRQ Level =  5  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUDIO_0 ESS AudioDrive
> IRQ Level =  6  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  FLOPPY_0 Floppy Controller
> IRQ Level =  8  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    RTC
> IRQ Level = 11  Flg = SHARED       AIC7870_0  Adaptec AIC7870
> IRQ Level = 12  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUX_0 PS/2 Auxiliary Device Controller
> IRQ Level = 14  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  IDE_0 ST506/IDE Controller
>
>Except I don't see either of them! What is this "Adaptec AIC7870"? My two
>cards are an AHA 2940AU, which works, and an AVA 1502E which does not
>(that's the one I'm trying to load a driver for).

Pierre,

The AIC7870 is one of Adaptec's SCSI chipsets, one found in various
Adaptec cards (and used by my A.I.R.  motherboard as well).

If IRQ15 isn't locked into your motherboard's IDE support, it's
available, as are (possibly) IRQ9 and IRQ10. You may need to play with
your system's CMOS Setup to make sure the IRQ you choose is available to
the ISA bus).

I use the word "possibly" above because nothing is certain (;-).  RMVIEW
only reports back what Resource Manager-aware drivers report to it - a
driver that doesn't tell the OS/2 Resource Manager that the driver plans
to use (say) IRQ15 can still use the IRQ, but RMVIEW won't report it
("Hey!  Nobody told ME!").  Since RM was introduced in Warp (3.0), any
pre-3.0 driver fits this description; unfortunately, I understand it's
also true for some post-3.0 drivers (sigh).

Now, for a query from ignorance:  does a 1503 _use_ an IRQ?  I ask
because I know there were some early "cheap SCSI" adapters that used
polling instead (Bernoulli comes to mind).  OTOH, you have the adapter
in hand; if the manual talks about how to set the IRQ for the card, you
can ignore my query (;-).

Hope this helps a bit in all the confusion...


Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                             12-Oct-99 10:00:21
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 16:57:25
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: "Scott E. Garfinkle" <[e-mail]>

On 11 Oct 1999 22:43:18 GMT, Pierre Jelenc wrote:

>How do I install two SCSI adapters in the same machine?
>
>I have an Adaptec AHA-2490AU now, and I want to add my old AVA-1502E to
>connect the scanner in order to take advantage of its ability to work
>without the scanner having been on during boot.
Just download the appropriate driver (aic152x.add for the 1502e, I think)
from the online
DDPak website and usine the DDINSTAL to install it. You should end up with
aha152x.add in
your \os2\boot directory and BASEDEV=AHA152X.ADD in config.sys. If, by the
way, you
add a second 2940, you have to add a second BASEDEV=AIC7870.ADD to
config.sys.


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From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com                     12-Oct-99 14:18:00
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 16:57:25
Subj: Re: Creative Labs Savage 4

From: rjerant@no_spam,austin.rr.com (Rich Jerant)

I have been doing some OS/2 driver work for IBM and the machine they
sent me has a  Number9 card with the Savage4 chip. I requested the
OS/2 drivers for the card several times and was never sent anything. I
finally had to yank the stupid thing out and put an old Matrox card in
so I could get some decent resolution.  I'm betting S3 has not written
any drivers for the chip..

Rich

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 04:02:26 GMT, [e-mail] wrote:

>  I was recently given a Savage 4 as gift for my computer and while I'm
>very enthusiastic about it under Windows, I can't locate any OS/2
>drivers for it.
>  I'm curious if I choose to use this card, what is the best I can hope
>for under OS/2?  Are there any drivers?  Are there expected to be in
>the near future?
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.

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From: [e-mail]                           12-Oct-99 22:54:00
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 21:21:11
Subj: Dual Soundcard Saga / PCI Soundcard

From: [e-mail] (e-frog)

Well, it turned out to be not much of an adventure afterall...

In preparation for my Next Big Machine, I wanted to purge all ISA cards.
Actually, there was only a modem and sound card left.

In my existing machine, I have a SB32 PnP (ISA). Hearing good things about
Crystal chip sets, I sprung for an Acer AW320 (PCI). A whopping $38CDN.
Unfortunately, the OS/2 drivers don't come on the CD. I had to download
them. (Note: For the AW320, OS/2 MIDI is not in the drivers yet).

I had some problems at first, but after checking with a few helpful souls
on this group, I finally found out that it was simple human error. (I have
to do a "full" re-install of SB32 drivers to make it work).

Basically, here's what I did:
1) Turn off machine and plug in AW320
2) Boot. Unzip the drivers, type "INSTALL" and that was about it for the
AW320.
3) Use "Selective Install" and add the SB32 AWE PnP drivers. With Base
Multimedia support
4) Reboot.

And that was it. I have both audio devices working on my system, with the
SB32 PnP as the default. (The AW320 is newer, PCI, "seamless" WinOS2
sound, and is better, _except_ the OS2 MIDI isn't in yet, and I need that.
WinOS2 midi seems to work though).

The only remaining issues are:
1) Sound with VideoCD (or CD?) in WinOS2 is munged up. I get some static.
2) What do I do with a 2nd sound card? All the noise just comes out of the
default soundcard only.



Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                                 12-Oct-99 22:17:25
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 21:21:11
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: [e-mail] (Scott McLennan)

You need to check the Aureal home page before you buy an A3D card.  There are
warnings that some cards DO NOT work with the reference drivers which were
written for the reference board design --the OS/2 drivers are also written
against the reference design.  I had good luck going to Price Watch
http://www.imart.org/fimart/pricewat.htm
and searching for a generic A3D card manufactured to the Aureal design.  Best
price I found was $19.




In message <[e-mail]> - "David T. Johnson"
<[e-mail]>Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:42:13 -0400 writes:
:>
:>
:>
:>I found four Vortex 1 8820-based cards that are available retail
:>at CompUSA stores.  I have also listed the CompUSA SKU# and the retail
:>price.  This is from March, 1999 so it might be out-of-date.
:>
:>      1. "Magic Wave A3D Audio Accelerator PCI" by I/O Magic. SKU#
:>195304 $39.99
:>
:>      2. "Diamond Sonic Impact S90" by Diamond Multimedia. SKU# 216601
:>$49.99
:>
:>      3. "HiVal PCI 338 A3D Sound Card" SKU# 192299 $49.99
:>
:>      4. "Montego A3D Xstream" by Turtle Beach. SKU# 192288. $49.99




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From: [e-mail]                     12-Oct-99 20:36:15
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 23:18:16
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: "Trevor Hemsley" <[e-mail]>

On 12 Oct 1999 13:51:37 GMT, Pierre Jelenc wrote:

-> IRQ Level = 11  Flg = SHARED       AIC7870_0  Adaptec AIC7870
-> IRQ Level = 12  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUX_0 PS/2 Auxiliary Device Controller
-> IRQ Level = 14  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  IDE_0 ST506/IDE Controller
->
->Except I don't see either of them! What is this "Adaptec AIC7870"? My two
->cards are an AHA 2940AU, which works, and an AVA 1502E which does not
->(that's the one I'm trying to load a driver for).

The chipset in a 2940xx (except xx= U2W) is an AIC7870 and the generic
driver for all boards built on this chipset is AIC7870.ADD.

AFAIK the 1502 is hardcoded to use IRQ 11 so you probably need to tell
your BIOS to reserve that one as legacy/ISA and force the 2940 to a
different setting that way. The driver for a 1502 should be AHA152X.ADD
not the AHA154X.ADD that someone else quoted.


Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
([e-mail] or [e-mail])



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From: [e-mail]                          12-Oct-99 18:16:26
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 23:18:16
Subj: Re: Creative Labs Savage 4

From: [e-mail] (Annie K.)

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 04:02:26, [e-mail] wrote:

:  I was recently given a Savage 4 as gift for my computer and while I'm
:very enthusiastic about it under Windows, I can't locate any OS/2
:drivers for it.
:  I'm curious if I choose to use this card, what is the best I can hope
:for under OS/2?  Are there any drivers?  Are there expected to be in
:the near future?

 Creative dropped support for OS/2 years ago.

--
Klaatu barada nikto

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From: jms%email.de%email.de%email.de@b...               12-Oct-99 18:31:20
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 23:18:17
Subj: Re: good color printer/driver ?

Message sender: [e-mail]

From: [e-mail] (Jens)

> The first three lines are for the base USB support, then there is
> keyboard, mouse, modem, and speaker support. I would assume, that your
> printer would require something like USBPRINT.SYS to make it work,
> which does not (yet?) exist..

The printer driver attaches to the printer thru a port. There are
PARALLEL, SERIAL and LPRPDRVR.PDR port drivers so a USB.PDR is
missing.

Jens

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From: [e-mail]                             12-Oct-99 15:55:29
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 23:18:17
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: "Scott E. Garfinkle" <[e-mail]>

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:00:43 -0500 (CDT), Scott E. Garfinkle wrote:

>If, by the way, you add a second 2940, you have to add a second
> BASEDEV=AIC7870.ADD to config.sys.
I've been told that this is not a true statement. Sorry.


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From: [e-mail]                                  12-Oct-99 23:40:25
  To: All                                               12-Oct-99 23:18:17
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: lamikr <[e-mail]>

> > Works fine in OS/2 if I have not installed voice-type.
> > (Voice type seems to hang it just before desktop is appearing,
> > same happened earlier with gravis ultrasound drivers)
>
> I have an Aureal 8820-based PCI sound card and Voicetype works fine.
> This might be a problem with your voicetype install.  I suggest a
> selective uninstall of voicetype and then a selective install.

I am scary to uninstall and install voicetype back because I am afraid
it would backlevel some files compared to fp12.

I was able to use Voicetype in the following way.
First I remmed all voice-type related from config.sys and
instead I run following in os2-prompt:

REM *** START IBM VoiceType  ***
SET SPCH_RUN=E:\VT\SPCH_RUN
SET SPCH_RO=E:\VT\SPCH_RO
SET SPCH_RW=E:\VT\SPCH_RW
SET SPCH_BIN=E:\VT\SPCH_BIN
SET SPCH_PATH=E:\VT\SPCH_RO\LANGS\%L\POOLS
SET SPCH_TRN=E:\VT\SPCH_BSF
SET BEGINLIBPATH=%BEGINLIBPATH%E:\VT\SPCH_BIN;
SET PATH=%PATH%E:\VT\SPCH_BIN;
SET DPATH=%DPATH%E:\VT\SPCH_BIN;
SET HELP=%HELP%E:\VT\SPCH_RO\HELP;
REM *** END IBM VoiceType  ***

After that I was able to run voice-type programs from prompt.
Has WPS hanged for anybody else when Voice-type is installed?

Mika



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From: [e-mail]                                12-Oct-99 19:50:15
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 03:37:02
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: "Matt Walsh" <[e-mail]>

One trouble I had was that there may be problems if both the cards want to
have
BIOS active at the same time.  One is supposed to be on and one off.   I got
both to work under OS/2 on, but Win 98 won't work with the first one.  Neither
one Adaptec by the way.

On 11 Oct 1999 22:43:18 GMT, Pierre Jelenc wrote:

>
>How do I install two SCSI adapters in the same machine?
>
>I have an Adaptec AHA-2490AU now, and I want to add my old AVA-1502E to
>connect the scanner in order to take advantage of its ability to work
>without the scanner having been on during boot.
>
>The card is supposed to be supported from the installation CD but
>Selective Install  says the directory is not valid. Where is the driver
>supposed to be?
>
>Pierre
>--
>Pierre Jelenc                  | The Cucumbers' "Total Vegetility" is out!
>                               |  Pawnshop's "Three Brass Balls" is out!
>The New York City Beer Guide   |      RAW Kinder's "CD EP" is out!
>   http://www.nycbeer.org      | Home Office Records http://www.web-ho.com


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From: [e-mail]                          13-Oct-99 00:07:11
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 03:37:02
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: [e-mail] (Ilya Zakharevich)

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Doug Bissett
<doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net>],
who wrote in article <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-UohDBR9iDI09@localhost>:
> > What will happen (I do not use CMD.EXE, so I do not care about DIR
> > output etc)?

> Most of the time, all you will get are a lot of dates
> that will turn into 1980. Not a real problem, if you don't care about
> things like file dates. Or  your Word processor will plug in the date
> as something like: Oct. 11 1900, instead of Oct. 11, 2000.

How an OS fix would affect a word processor?  Or do you mean that
DosGetTime() (or whatever it is named) API will start reporting wrong
time?

> Minor details, BUT, if your Check printing program plugs in 1900,
> instead of 2000, THAT could be a problem. Not every program will
> have that kind of problem, but some will. I hope you get the
> picture.

Nope.

I do not use check printing programs.  Most stuff I use is EMX-based.
So it is time()-based, and time() of EMX will not have problems until
2070 or somesuch.

Ilya

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From: [e-mail]                           12-Oct-99 20:59:16
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 03:37:02
Subj: Re: Creative Labs Savage 4

From: John Muller <[e-mail]>

Hello,  There is in fact a driver for the S3 Savage 4 card.  It is
located on hobbes under OS2/ public/system/drivers/video.  The file name
is s3savage version  6.10.15.  It offers high refresh rates and is
pretty stable.  You might have to switch to the default mouse cursors if
you are using the 3d cursors.  I have the creative 3d savage 4 PCI card
w/32mb and this driver works well.  You might also try the Scitech
Display drivers for OS/2.  They work also.   Hope this helps.

John

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From: [e-mail]                      13-Oct-99 01:20:00
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 03:37:02
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcard Saga / PCI Soundcard

From: [e-mail]

In article <7u0e68$m0b$[e-mail]>,
  [e-mail] (e-frog) wrote:

> Well, it turned out to be not much of an adventure afterall...

Good! I'm glad you got it working! :)

> The only remaining issues are:
> 1) Sound with VideoCD (or CD?) in WinOS2 is munged up. I get some
> static. 2) What do I do with a 2nd sound card? All the noise just
> comes out of the default soundcard only.

Don't know about the first, but here's what I do with mine:

First I ran a cable from my SB16's line-out into my AW320's line-in.
Second, I ran my CD drive's analouge audio to my AW320's internal
connector. Next I set the SB16 as the default sound device. This way
when I play MP3's with PM123 on my AW320 (which locks the soundcard), I
still get system sounds. Also, I can be in a WinOS/2 session or be
running a DOS game and still get system sounds.

--
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From: [e-mail]                           12-Oct-99 21:12:17
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 03:37:02
Subj: Re: Creative Labs Savage 4

From: John Muller <[e-mail]>

Here is the correct location and file name for the savage 4 card

[e-mail]/pub/os2/system/drivers/video/s3d61015.zip

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From: [e-mail]                                   13-Oct-99 00:16:00
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 03:37:03
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: Meinolf Sondermann <[e-mail]>


"Scott E. Garfinkle" wrote:
>
[....]
> your \os2\boot directory and BASEDEV=AHA152X.ADD in config.sys. If, by the
> way, you
> add a second 2940, you have to add a second BASEDEV=AIC7870.ADD to
> config.sys.

No. The driver supports multiple adapters of the same flavor concurrently.

Bye/2
Meinolf


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From: [e-mail]                        13-Oct-99 12:16:23
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 14:36:18
Subj: Re: Testing Computer Software Conference

From: [e-mail] (John Poltorak)

In <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Peter
Zuckerman) writes:
>
>                  CALL FOR PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS
>                               for the
>
>           17th International Conference and Exposition on
>
>                TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE (TCS2000)
>
>         Theme: Testing Technology vs. Testers' Requirements
>
>              June 12-16, 2000 * Washington, D.C. * USA
>       (Conference: June 14-16; Workshops/Tutorials: June 12-13)
>
>In cooperation with:
>
>   ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM) SIGSoft
>   AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY (ASQ) Software Division
>   IEEE RELIABILITY SOCIETY
>   SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER (STSC)
>
>            PLAN NOW TO ATTEND ON JUNE 12-16, 2000!
>
>  We are soliciting 45 to 90 minute presentations on software testing!
>
>Participate in the leading international conference on software testing.
>Learn how testing professionals and experts are using advanced methods and
>testing applications to improve the effectiveness of their testing, reduce
>testing costs and meet schedule deadlines. Share your own experiences in
>testing with others. Learn:
>
>
>G. Houston-Ludlam, Program Chair
>E-mail: [e-mail]
>(preferred submission method, ascii text only please)
>Phone: [phone]

If anyone is involved with Automated Testing under OS/2 can you contact

[e-mail]

and ask about their OS/2 offerings.

I'm trying to get an update to their '3270 Add On' for their ATF Agent for
OS/2
so that it works with PComm, but am being told that there is no demand for
an OS/2 version of this product and the company is reluctant to produce one.

If you migrate from Comms Manager to PComm then you are stuck.

(If you don't then you are also stuck - Y2K....)


--
John

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From: [e-mail]                               13-Oct-99 09:32:04
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 14:36:18
Subj: Re: Compressed WAV files

From: Marty <[e-mail]>

"David T. Johnson" wrote:
>
> Will Smith wrote:
> >
> >   I have tried to play compressed WAV files, converted MP3
> > files, with OS/2 and have not had any luck.  Does anyone know
> > if there is anything out there that will uncompress these so that
> > they can be manipulated with OS/2?  I want to burn some tracks
> > onto a CD, but the compressed format is not recognized.
> >
> I have used Bladeenc for OS/2 v0.80 with .WAV files.  It lets you set
> the bit rate and seems to work very well and quite fast.  The .MP3s that
> it produces are very playable with MP3 players like WarpAmp.  With your
> OS/2, a good sound card, and a microphone or line input, you can do
> digital recording, encode to MP3, and play a high-quality output
> stream.  When you use an MP3 encoder, it converts the .WAV format to
> .MP3 format by compressing it while maintaining the necessary
> information.  The .MP3 format cannot be played with .WAV players and the
> .WAV format cannot be played with a .MP3 player (unless this capability
> is provided as a special feature).  Generally, the .MP3 format is about
> 5 to 10% of the size of the original .WAV file.

There are also a few different codecs for WAV files, some of which are
currently only playable in Win98 or some such thing.  I think this may
have been more of the focus of his question.  Can BladeEnc read these
WAV files with wacky formats?

- Marty

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From: [e-mail]                              12-Oct-99 22:05:21
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 16:43:24
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: "Hans Andrießen" <[e-mail]>

Pierre Jelenc schrieb:

> I have an Adaptec AHA-2490AU now, and I want to add my old AVA-1502E to
> connect the scanner in order to take advantage of its ability to work
> without the scanner having been on during boot.
>
> The card is supposed to be supported from the installation CD but
> Selective Install  says the directory is not valid. Where is the driver
> supposed to be?

In addition to James sugestions about IRQs, add to the CONFIG.SYS:
basedev=aic7870.add  <<< already exists for AHA2940x
basedev=aha152x.add  <<< for AHA/AVA 1502x

Set the IRQ for the AHA 1502x at BIOS to *used by isa* (or similar).

Bye/2
Hans

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From: [e-mail]                               13-Oct-99 16:37:24
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 16:43:24
Subj: Re: Creative Labs Savage 4

From: [e-mail]

I first downloaded an installed Scitech's DisplayDoctor.  This worked
okay, but it only allowed a refresh rate of 60hz (which is a little
frustrating under floresence).  Still it works well, and I commend
SciTech for supporting so many cards under OS/2.

Then I tried install the file from hobbes and had issues.
I run A:setup and it seems to work okay
It does the "detecting hardware" bit.
The screen goes black for about 5 seconds and then return me to the
desktop with no message, and my command window is gone.
Rebooting gives me a blank screen when it tries to load the WPS.
Any suggestions on what is causing this?

-Jordan

In article <[e-mail]>,
  John Muller <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hello,  There is in fact a driver for the S3 Savage 4 card.  It is
> located on hobbes under OS2/ public/system/drivers/video.  The file
name
> is s3savage version  6.10.15.  It offers high refresh rates and is
> pretty stable.  You might have to switch to the default mouse cursors
if
> you are using the 3d cursors.  I have the creative 3d savage 4 PCI
card
> w/32mb and this driver works well.  You might also try the Scitech
> Display drivers for OS/2.  They work also.   Hope this helps.
>
> John
>
>


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From: [e-mail]                             13-Oct-99 10:04:00
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 16:43:24
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>


lamikr wrote:
>
>
> I am scary to uninstall and install voicetype back because I am afraid
> it would backlevel some files compared to fp12.
>
The FP12 updates multimedia files but I don't think it updates voicetype
files.  BUT...if it did, you can still uninstall voicetype and reinstall
voicetype AND maintain service level with fixtool 1.41.  The fixtool
program will not update a file if it does not need to.  You do a
selective uninstall of voicetype and reboot.  Then do a selective
install of voicetype.  Reboot.  Then, start the fixtool program from an
OS/2 prompt.  When the fixtool program starts, it examines your
installation to determine if serviceable files exist.  If voicetype
files are serviceable, it will tell you to put in only those fixpack
disks that are required to service them.  Then, you reboot and you will
have a properly installed voicetype and service level fixpack 12.

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From: [e-mail]                             13-Oct-99 10:14:16
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 16:43:24
Subj: Re: Generic WinOS/2 audio driver revisited

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>


Scott McLennan wrote:
>
> You need to check the Aureal home page before you buy an A3D card.  There
are
> warnings that some cards DO NOT work with the reference drivers which were
> written for the reference board design

As far as I know, all four of the cards that I listed will work with the
OS/2 drivers.  And most generic cards as well.  Actually, I have never
heard of an 8820-based card that would NOT work with the OS/2 drivers.
The only problem people seem to have with the Aureal 8820 OS/2 drivers
is they appear to install properly and then there is no sound.  This is
usually because their previous sound drivers are still installed and
preventing the Aureal drivers from working.  My meat-axe approach is to
delete the MMOS2 directory, do a selective reinstall of multimedia
services, and THEN reinstall the Aureal drivers.  Then apply the
appropriate fixpack to update the service level of multimedia.  This
always works for me.  If you are really clever, you can fool around with
the MMOS2 settings and so forth to remove the old drivers but...I favor
the deletion approach.  No worries.  (Note:  the fixpack service tool
will only update the multimedia files if that is all that is required,
not the entire OS/2 installation.)  I think the warnings on the web page
apply primarily to the Windows drivers.



 --the OS/2 drivers are also written
> against the reference design.  I had good luck going to Price Watch
> http://www.imart.org/fimart/pricewat.htm
> and searching for a generic A3D card manufactured to the Aureal design.
Best
> price I found was $19.
>
> In message <[e-mail]> - "David T. Johnson"
> <[e-mail]>Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:42:13 -0400 writes:
> :>
> :>
> :>
> :>I found four Vortex 1 8820-based cards that are available retail
> :>at CompUSA stores.  I have also listed the CompUSA SKU# and the retail
> :>price.  This is from March, 1999 so it might be out-of-date.
> :>
> :>      1. "Magic Wave A3D Audio Accelerator PCI" by I/O Magic. SKU#
> :>195304 $39.99
> :>
> :>      2. "Diamond Sonic Impact S90" by Diamond Multimedia. SKU# 216601
> :>$49.99
> :>
> :>      3. "HiVal PCI 338 A3D Sound Card" SKU# 192299 $49.99
> :>
> :>      4. "Montego A3D Xstream" by Turtle Beach. SKU# 192288. $49.99

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     13-Oct-99 17:11:16
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 16:43:24
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:07:22, [e-mail] (Ilya
Zakharevich) wrote:

> [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Doug Bissett
> <doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net>],
> who wrote in article <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-UohDBR9iDI09@localhost>:
> > > What will happen (I do not use CMD.EXE, so I do not care about DIR
> > > output etc)?
>
> > Most of the time, all you will get are a lot of dates
> > that will turn into 1980. Not a real problem, if you don't care about
> > things like file dates. Or  your Word processor will plug in the date
> > as something like: Oct. 11 1900, instead of Oct. 11, 2000.
>
> How an OS fix would affect a word processor?  Or do you mean that
> DosGetTime() (or whatever it is named) API will start reporting wrong
> time?

It is possible that the date returned will be incorrect. It depends a
lot on how the program handles the returned data.

> > Minor details, BUT, if your Check printing program plugs in 1900,
> > instead of 2000, THAT could be a problem. Not every program will
> > have that kind of problem, but some will. I hope you get the
> > picture.
>
> Nope.
>
> I do not use check printing programs.  Most stuff I use is EMX-based.
> So it is time()-based, and time() of EMX will not have problems until
> 2070 or somesuch.
>
> Ilya

I think you are being a little bit over optimistic. I suggest that you
install a fix pack that is Y2K ready. At least you will know that the
OS is (probably) not causing your problems, after the new year.

Just my C$.03 ($.02 US)...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: [e-mail]                                       13-Oct-99 20:43:27
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 16:43:25
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcard Saga / PCI Soundcard

From: [e-mail] (Timo Maier)

Hi e-frog!

>(Note: For the AW320, OS/2 MIDI is not in the drivers yet).

Area: Comp.Os.Os2.Multimedia
Date: 10.10.1999 17:45:30
From: Nathan Liskov ([e-mail])
Subj: Re: Need help with AOpen AW320 Sound Card installation
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<

After changing the interrupt on my second ethernet card to aviod
conflict, the AW320 card is working fine.  It plays all .wav and .mid
files and outputs audio from my cd drive.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<


Which posting should I believe?

TAM
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From: [e-mail]                       13-Oct-99 19:22:29
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 16:43:25
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcard Saga / PCI Soundcard

From: [e-mail] (e-frog)

Timo Maier ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Hi e-frog!

: >(Note: For the AW320, OS/2 MIDI is not in the drivers yet).

: Area: Comp.Os.Os2.Multimedia
: Date: 10.10.1999 17:45:30
: From: Nathan Liskov ([e-mail])
: Subj: Re: Need help with AOpen AW320 Sound Card installation
:
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<

: After changing the interrupt on my second ethernet card to aviod
: conflict, the AW320 card is working fine.  It plays all .wav and .mid
: files and outputs audio from my cd drive.
:
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<


: Which posting should I believe?

Well, if someone got the AW320 working with OS/2 MIDI (not WinOS2), I'd
like to know about it!

The drivers I downloaded straight from Cirrus, and are dated, I think,
April 99. When I unzip the driver package, it says right in the README
that OS/2 MIDI is not working right now. And it doesn't appear to be
working in my system, as advertised.


Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                                    13-Oct-99 19:40:05
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 19:52:21
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

Trevor Hemsley <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> The chipset in a 2940xx (except xx= U2W) is an AIC7870 and the generic
> driver for all boards built on this chipset is AIC7870.ADD.

OK, so that's good.

> AFAIK the 1502 is hardcoded to use IRQ 11 so you probably need to tell

The documentation says it's preset to 10, not 11, which I figured would
then work OK so I did not look at the jumpers. I'll do that after I shut
down. In any case, it can be set to IRQ 9, 10, 11, or 12.

> your BIOS to reserve that one as legacy/ISA and force the 2940 to a

In which order do the SCSI adapters load? What determines who's #0 and
who's #1?

> different setting that way. The driver for a 1502 should be AHA152X.ADD
> not the AHA154X.ADD that someone else quoted.

Yes, the selective install autodetect does highlight AHA152X.ADD, but then
it does not find it on the CD.

Aha! It's not in \IMAGES, it's in \IMAGES\DISK_1. Selective install was
looking in the wrong place.

I'll give it a try after I check the IRQ.

Maybe, just maybe getting there...

Pierre
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From: [e-mail]                           13-Oct-99 17:52:22
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 19:52:21
Subj: Re: Creative Labs Savage 4

From: John Muller <[e-mail]>

Hi Jordan, I am not an expert with this, but this was my experience.
After running the setup command from the A: prompt I got the same
results you did.   The command session is still active, but is minimized
to your window viewer or however you have your desktop properties set
up.  I exited the session before rebooting,  I do not know if this makes
a difference.  During the install procedure make sure you choose
"install using default monitor type".  Make sure you are using the
latest version of the S3d driver,  s3d6.10.15.  I had problems with
lockups after installing this driver.  I found out that there is a
conflict with the mouse cursors, believe it or not.  At various times I
have used both the 3D mouse cursors and the animated mouse cursors.  I
was told to reset the mouse cursor to the default cursor.  You can do
this in the setup/mouse folder.  Simply set the default button.   This
solved my lockup problems and I have not had a problem since then.  I
thought this was a small price to pay for system stability and good
refresh rates.  I also applaud Scitech for their drivers and believe
they intend on improving the refresh rate.  If I am not mistaken, the
latest beta for OS/2 includes a monitor type "Scitech Display Doctor"
which you can choose and get better refresh rates.  I could not get the
sdd gradd to work, but the gengradd works fine.  Hope this helps.

John

PS;  there is also some info on the savage boards on the comp.os2.video
news group

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From: [e-mail]                            13-Oct-99 17:54:10
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 21:24:25
Subj: AOpen AW37 Pro.

From: [e-mail] (Ray Appleby)

Does anyone know where I can pick up an AOpen AW37 PRO ISA sound card
in Calgary?

Best Regards,
Ray Appleby                     [e-mail]
[Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.

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From: [e-mail]                     13-Oct-99 23:47:04
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 21:24:25
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: "Trevor Hemsley" <[e-mail]>

On 13 Oct 1999 19:40:11 GMT, Pierre Jelenc wrote:

->> AFAIK the 1502 is hardcoded to use IRQ 11 so you probably need to tell
->
->The documentation says it's preset to 10, not 11, which I figured would
->then work OK so I did not look at the jumpers. I'll do that after I shut
->down. In any case, it can be set to IRQ 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Whichever one it is set to will probably need to be reserved in the BIOS
setup. I doubt if an ISA card will inform the BIOS that it is using a
particular resource so, unless you mark it reserved, it stands a chance of
being assigned elsewhere too.

->> your BIOS to reserve that one as legacy/ISA and force the 2940 to a
->
->In which order do the SCSI adapters load? What determines who's #0 and
->who's #1?

The order of the BASEDEV lines in CONFIG.SYS if the extension is the same
(ie, all ADD drivers).

->> different setting that way. The driver for a 1502 should be AHA152X.ADD
->> not the AHA154X.ADD that someone else quoted.
->
->Yes, the selective install autodetect does highlight AHA152X.ADD, but then
->it does not find it on the CD.

It's probably already in \os2\boot and just needs a basedev added for it.

I may be a little erratic in replying for a while since I'm about to move
house tomorrow. For the next two or three weeks I shall be commuting
between new<->old and will probably have a bunch of stuff to do.


Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
([e-mail] or [e-mail])



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From: [e-mail]                                       13-Oct-99 22:25:28
  To: All                                               13-Oct-99 21:24:25
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcard Saga / PCI Soundcard

From: [e-mail] (Timo Maier)

Hi e-frog!

>Well, if someone got the AW320 working with OS/2 MIDI (not WinOS2), I'd
>like to know about it!
Maybe Nathan Liskov ([e-mail]) can tell us more.

>that OS/2 MIDI is not working right now. And it doesn't appear to be
>working in my system, as advertised.
I've read this, too

TAM
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From: [e-mail]                                   14-Oct-99 03:15:20
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 03:59:08
Subj: Re: AOpen AW37 Pro.

From: [e-mail] (Tim Erickson)

On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:54:21, [e-mail] (Ray Appleby)
wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can pick up an AOpen AW37 PRO ISA sound card
> in Calgary?
>
> Best Regards,
> Ray Appleby                     [e-mail]
> [Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.

Check and see if there is an OANet in Cowtown. I was able to get an
AOpen here in Edmonchuk.

Tim

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From: [e-mail]                    14-Oct-99 02:50:09
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 03:59:08
Subj: Re: PAS soundcard at 66/100 FSB???

From: [e-mail] (John Hong)

[e-mail] wrote:
: Can the old ISA Pro Audo Spectrum soundcard run properly on a modern
: 66-100FSB motherboard?

    Shouldn't matter...PCI clock is still 33Mhz on both ends, as long
as you don't set your PCI/ISA thing too low you should be fine (default
is a value of 4...4 divide by 33Mhz = 8.25 which is fine).


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From: [e-mail]                               13-Oct-99 20:13:19
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 03:59:08
Subj: Re: PAS soundcard at 66/100 FSB???

From: [e-mail] (Allen Dermody)

In message <7tveih$okm$[e-mail]> - [e-mail], 12 Oct 1999
13:54:34 GMT writes:
:>
:>Can the old ISA Pro Audo Spectrum soundcard run properly on a modern
:>66-100FSB motherboard?
:>
:>I have an old PAS 16 Soundcard in an old 486 that is about to be retired
:>from use.  I was thinking of sticking it in my Celeron 300A machine as a
:>second sound card.  However, reviewing some old readme's for setting up
:>the PAS under OS/2 suggested checking the bus speed is set back to 8
:>megahertz has it was designed for an original AT bus specification.
:>
:>Anyone running this card on a 66 or 100 FSB motherboard without
:>problems?
:>
:>
:>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
:>Before you buy.


The bus speed you list 66 Mhz or 100 Mhz is for the CPU to memory speed, and
to the chipset. The chipset acts as an interface between the CPU high speed
bus, and the ISA bus, which is typically run around 8 Mhz. You shouldn't have
any problem. However, if you are using one of those odball bus speeds, 75 Mhz,
83 Mhz, you might experience some problem with any ISA device, because the ISA
speed frequently is a fraction of the PCI bus speed, although some motherboard
manufacturers used to give you an option on how to set the bus speed, and many
gave you a default bus speed right near what you want.


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From: [e-mail]                                   14-Oct-99 01:45:00
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 03:59:08
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Harry Travis)

In <7tvfmn$e89$[e-mail]>, on 10/12/99
   at 02:13 PM, [e-mail] (Frank McKenney) said:


> [ Followups set to comp.os.os2.setup.misc to reduce crossposting ]

>In <7tved8$rpo$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)
>writes: >James Moe  <[e-mail]> writes:
>>>
>>>     Just make sure there is a free IRQ for each adapter.
>>
>>I thought I did but I wonder now:
>>
>> IRQ Level =  0  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    TIMER_CH_0
>> IRQ Level =  1  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    KBD_0 Keyboard Controller
>> IRQ Level =  2  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    PIC_1
>> IRQ Level =  3  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_1 Serial Controller
>> IRQ Level =  3  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_2 Serial Controller
>> IRQ Level =  4  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_0 Serial Controller
>> IRQ Level =  5  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUDIO_0 ESS AudioDrive
>> IRQ Level =  6  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  FLOPPY_0 Floppy Controller
>> IRQ Level =  8  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    RTC
>> IRQ Level = 11  Flg = SHARED       AIC7870_0  Adaptec AIC7870
>> IRQ Level = 12  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUX_0 PS/2 Auxiliary Device Controller
>> IRQ Level = 14  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  IDE_0 ST506/IDE Controller
>>
>>Except I don't see either of them! What is this "Adaptec AIC7870"? My two
>>cards are an AHA 2940AU, which works, and an AVA 1502E which does not
>>(that's the one I'm trying to load a driver for).

>Pierre,

>The AIC7870 is one of Adaptec's SCSI chipsets, one found in various
>Adaptec cards (and used by my A.I.R.  motherboard as well).

>If IRQ15 isn't locked into your motherboard's IDE support, it's
>available, as are (possibly) IRQ9 and IRQ10. You may need to play with
>your system's CMOS Setup to make sure the IRQ you choose is available
>to the ISA bus).

>I use the word "possibly" above because nothing is certain (;-).
>RMVIEW only reports back what Resource Manager-aware drivers report to
>it - a driver that doesn't tell the OS/2 Resource Manager that the
>driver plans to use (say) IRQ15 can still use the IRQ, but RMVIEW won't
>report it ("Hey!  Nobody told ME!").  Since RM was introduced in Warp
>(3.0), any pre-3.0 driver fits this description; unfortunately, I
>understand it's also true for some post-3.0 drivers (sigh).

Not so.  RMVIEW does report it, but not with the /irq option, as it
would be reasonable to expect. Instead, try rmview /d  . Then search the
output for "irq", and I think every device claiming one  will show up.
Dunno why. ..
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From: [e-mail]                                    14-Oct-99 06:11:12
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 03:59:08
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

Harry Travis <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> Not so.  RMVIEW does report it, but not with the /irq option, as it
> would be reasonable to expect. Instead, try rmview /d  . Then search the
> output for "irq", and I think every device claiming one  will show up.
> Dunno why. ..

I don't see anything claining IRQ 10, which is what the card is set for.

The driver is seen to load with Alt-F2 just after the driver for the other
SCSI card, but somehow there's no trace of it after the boot.

Pierre
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From: [e-mail]                                    14-Oct-99 06:19:24
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 05:36:08
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

Trevor Hemsley <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> Whichever one it is set to will probably need to be reserved in the BIOS
> setup. I doubt if an ISA card will inform the BIOS that it is using a
> particular resource so, unless you mark it reserved, it stands a chance of
> being assigned elsewhere too.

The jumper was indeed set for IRQ 10 as describe in the docs.

I went into the BIOS setup, but I did not see any mention of reserving an
IRQ. How is that done?

> The order of the BASEDEV lines in CONFIG.SYS if the extension is the same
> (ie, all ADD drivers).

OK, they are in the right order, then.

> It's probably already in \os2\boot and just needs a basedev added for it.

Indeed it was, with a whole bunch of others. Does the installation put
all those unused drivers there all the time? It seems to be a serious
waste of space.

> I may be a little erratic in replying for a while since I'm about to move
> house tomorrow.

You have my sympathy! I did that 3 months ago and still have not found
quite a few things I thought I had packed logically...

Pierre
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From: [e-mail]                                    14-Oct-99 06:21:10
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 05:36:09
Subj: Re: multiple SCSI adapters

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

Hans Andrie▀en <[e-mail]> writes:
>
> In addition to James sugestions about IRQs, add to the CONFIG.SYS:
> basedev=aic7870.add  <<< already exists for AHA2940x
> basedev=aha152x.add  <<< for AHA/AVA 1502x

Done.

> Set the IRQ for the AHA 1502x at BIOS to *used by isa* (or similar).

How is that done? I don't see an IRQ section in the BIOS setup screens.

Pierre
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From: [e-mail]                               14-Oct-99 03:59:25
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 10:29:21
Subj: Hard crash of Matrox 2.31 driver and G400 MAX

From: Darryl Sperber <[e-mail]>

I just upgraded a fair bit of hardware, so the direct cause of the problem is
going to be a bit hard to pinpoint.

But the actual symptom is a crash of BMGAX64.DLL at boot time, right after the
OS/2 logo (either from Warp Connect or from Warp 4) finally disappears.  I'm
now running the latest 2.31 driver for my new G400 MAX (AGP) card.

Error is:  c0000005, BMGAX64.DLL  0005:0000c4b1

This is the failure under a freshly installed Warp Connect system, upgraded
through Fixpack 37.  Under Warp 4, the crash still occurs but with slightly
different presentation that doesn't actually say it is BMGAX64.DLL.


Now for the curious part...  this does NOT happen all the time.

I actually think this has something to do with disk cache (from my SCSI drives
and Adaptec drivers) interacting somehow with the Matrox video drivers for the
G400.  Something about whether the operating system (or parts of it) is in
cache seems to be relevant.

I say this because once the crash occurs, if I try re-booting repeatedly I
will continue to get the crash over and over again.  But if I power the
machine off and let it "sit for a while", when I turn it back on and reboot...
sure enough I have no problem whatsoever!  Both Warp Connect and Warp 4 will
now boot cleanly with no crash!

To my way of thinking, this seems directly related to what's in disk cache.

Furthermore, once I get the boot process to go without crashing, both OS/2
systems will continue boot without a problem... until I boot Win98 (which
always boots and runs just fine with its version of the new Matrox driver).
But when I finally get back to OS/2, sure enough the crash reappears!


So, this doesn't look like so much a problem with the 2.31 driver (although
the location of the failure is constant) as much as some negative interaction
with all the other new hardware in my system.

The relevant hardware upgrades are:

    P-II 400mhz  to  P-III 500mhz
    128meg  to  192meg
    Adaptec 2940UW  to  2940U2W, new Adaptec driver
    Matrox Millennium  to G400 MAX,  2.22 driver to 2.31

I've added a Western Digital 18300 LVD disk drive to the system, but it's for
Win98 (FAT32)... unseen by OS/2.  The other drives (3) are IBM Ultrastar 9LP
UltraWide SCSI and are unchanged from my previous environment.


Any thoughts?


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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     14-Oct-99 17:29:10
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 16:31:18
Subj: Re: AOpen AW37 Pro.

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:54:21, [e-mail] (Ray Appleby)
wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can pick up an AOpen AW37 PRO ISA sound card
> in Calgary?
>
> Best Regards,
> Ray Appleby                     [e-mail]
> [Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.

I think OA computers (or something like that) has a branch in Calgary.
They carry the AW37 (not sure about the Pro), in Edmonton.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
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From: [e-mail]                           14-Oct-99 16:37:14
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 16:31:18
Subj: Yamaha YMF724 driver problem

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

Hello All,

I recently purchased a YMF724 chip sound card and I am
having problems getting it to operate with both Warp 4
and WSeB.

The installation of the drivers goes OK but when the system
boots up there is no sound. I placed a /V switch on the
device= statement to hopefully obtain some more
information.

The error message that appears indicates that the
driver could not locate the YMF724 PCI card
with Vendor = ???? Device ID 0004

The card shows on the boot up device screen as
Vendor ???? (the same as that requested by the driver)
and Device ID 000D

I assume that this is why the driver does not work.

The card is a Hi-Wave PCI Sound Card. The chip on
the sound card is a Yamaha YMF724F-V and the
silk screen on the card calls the card a BTI DS-1.
This appears to be the right kind of card but it
does not work.

Has anyone else tried one of the YMF724 based
cards? If so, what does it report itself for the
PCI Vendor and Card ID?

Lorne Sunley

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From: [e-mail]                             14-Oct-99 09:42:27
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 16:31:18
Subj: Re: New Matrox Driver overload!

From: "David T. Johnson" <[e-mail]>


e-frog wrote:
>
> Ahaha....Matrox recently announced new v2.31 drivers for their cards.
> I, of course, tried to grab it right away. Been trying all morning.
> Finally hit the FTP site and got this message:
>
> 421-#######################################################################
> 421-
> 421-Due to the high demand for a recently released driver, we are only able
to
> 421-offer downloads to a limited number of users at one time.  We apologize
for
> 421-this inconvenience and ask that you try again later.  We thank you for
your
> 421-patience.
> 421-#######################################################################
>
> Okay, this just resulting from the release of the OS/2 drivers. From a
> site that lets 250 users on at a time. From a small, < 2MB file.
>
> So, unless ALL OS/2 users use only Matrox cards (and even then), I think
> this is a pretty darn good indicator of how many desktops still use OS/2!
> (Yup, I checked, the latest WinXX drivers were released over 10 days ago,
> so that's not it)!
> Huh, I guess OS/2 is still dead, eh?


I don't think even IBM has any idea how many OS/2 desktops are out
there.

>
> Isaac

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From: [e-mail]                                   14-Oct-99 23:57:03
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 21:38:24
Subj: Re: AOpen AW37 Pro.

From: [e-mail] (Tim Erickson)

On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 03:15:41, [e-mail] (Tim Erickson) wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:54:21, [e-mail] (Ray Appleby)
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know where I can pick up an AOpen AW37 PRO ISA sound card
> > in Calgary?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Ray Appleby                     [e-mail]
> > [Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.
>
> Check and see if there is an OANet in Cowtown. I was able to get an
> AOpen here in Edmonchuk.
>
> Tim

Ooops, I meant OA Computers, as mentioned in another post...

Tim

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From: [e-mail]                         14-Oct-99 23:36:25
  To: All                                               14-Oct-99 21:38:25
Subj: Re: Compressed WAV files

From: [e-mail] (Will Smith)

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:06:52, "David T. Johnson"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>
>
> Will Smith wrote:
> >
> >   I have tried to play compressed WAV files, converted MP3
> > files, with OS/2 and have not had any luck.  Does anyone know
> > if there is anything out there that will uncompress these so that
> > they can be manipulated with OS/2?  I want to burn some tracks
> > onto a CD, but the compressed format is not recognized.
> >
> I have used Bladeenc for OS/2 v0.80 with .WAV files.  It lets you set
> the bit rate and seems to work very well and quite fast.  The .MP3s that
> it produces are very playable with MP3 players like WarpAmp.  With your
> OS/2, a good sound card, and a microphone or line input, you can do
> digital recording, encode to MP3, and play a high-quality output
> stream.  When you use an MP3 encoder, it converts the .WAV format to
> ..MP3 format by compressing it while maintaining the necessary
> information.  The .MP3 format cannot be played with .WAV players and the
> ..WAV format cannot be played with a .MP3 player (unless this capability
> is provided as a special feature).  Generally, the .MP3 format is about
> 5 to 10% of the size of the original .WAV file.

  I have no problems grabbing audio CD tracks and converting to
WAV format.  I want to go the other direction and record an
audio CD from MP3 files that I have collected.  I can't play a
CD full of MP3 files in my car's CD player!

   Bill

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Intelligence is common sense.
There is very little intelligent life on Earth.
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From: [e-mail]                     15-Oct-99 00:50:25
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 02:48:15
Subj: RMVIEW

From: [e-mail] (Frank McKenney)

In <38056ddd$2$ugenivf$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Harry
Travis) writes:
>In <7tvfmn$e89$[e-mail]>, on 10/12/99
>   at 02:13 PM, [e-mail] (Frank McKenney) said:
--snip--
>>RMVIEW only reports back what Resource Manager-aware drivers report to
>>it - a driver that doesn't tell the OS/2 Resource Manager that the
>>driver plans to use (say) IRQ15 can still use the IRQ, but RMVIEW won't
>>report it ("Hey!  Nobody told ME!").  Since RM was introduced in Warp
>>(3.0), any pre-3.0 driver fits this description; unfortunately, I
>>understand it's also true for some post-3.0 drivers (sigh).
>
>Not so.  RMVIEW does report it, but not with the /irq option, as it
>would be reasonable to expect. Instead, try rmview /d  . Then search the
>output for "irq", and I think every device claiming one  will show up.
>Dunno why. ..

Harry,

What you're saying seems odd...  and does not match either my
expectations or my experience.  Would you mind posting the output from
your RMVIEW /IRQ and the IRQ lines from RMVIEW /D back here so I can see
what you're talking about?

From my system:

    [0 G:\ibmiak]rmview /d | grep IRQ | sort
      IRQ Level =  0  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE
      IRQ Level =  1  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE
      IRQ Level =  2  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE
      IRQ Level =  3  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED
      IRQ Level =  4  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED
      IRQ Level =  5  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED
      IRQ Level =  6  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED
      IRQ Level =  7  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED
      IRQ Level =  8  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE
      IRQ Level =  9  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = SHARED
      IRQ Level = 12  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE
      IRQ Level = 14  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED

versus (with some manual wrapping):

    [0 G:\ibmiak]rmview /irq
    RMVIEW: Physical view
      IRQ Level =  0  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    TIMER_CH_0
      IRQ Level =  1  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    KBD_0
          Keyboard Controller
      IRQ Level =  2  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    PIC_1
      IRQ Level =  3  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_1
          Serial Controller
      IRQ Level =  4  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_0
          Serial Controller
      IRQ Level =  5  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  Crystal
          Business Audio
      IRQ Level =  6  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  FLOPPY_0
          Floppy Controller
      IRQ Level =  7  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  PARALLEL_0
          Parallel Port Adapter
      IRQ Level =  8  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    RTC
      IRQ Level =  9  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = SHARED       AIC7870_0
          Adaptec AIC7870
      IRQ Level = 12  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUX_0 PS/2
          Auxiliary Device Controller
      IRQ Level = 14  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  IDE_0
          ST506/IDE Controller

Neither of these listings show my "NE2000 clone" LAN adapter using
IOA=0x300 and IRQ10.


Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]                              15-Oct-99 00:41:10
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 02:48:15
Subj: Re: [WINTV] Automatically setting 's0_amux' e.g. via REXX?

From: [e-mail]

so, which winTV card model are you all using?
and where are the drivers ? I couldn't find any reference to os/2 on
haupauge website

bruno

In article <n34S6Erhpgnp-pn2-kXw2uULNZsyF@ifurita>,
  [e-mail] (Alex Taylor) wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 01:09:28, [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)
wrote:
>
> > > I get no picture with YADTV though, but I haven't taken the time
> > > to figure out the user interface yet...  WTV.EXE is good enough
for
> > > most of my needs, though...
> >
> > YADTV/2 installs another "Digitalvideo" device for using DIVE and/or
> > GRADD for the display. The "Device" drop down should be used
> > to select the higher numbered "Digitalvideo" device. Then the
> > display will work with DIVE. There is a DIVE display bug that shows
> > ugly stripes on the screen unless the picture is displayed full
size.
>
> Hey, I just tried it now, and discovered that if I hit "turn on"
> before changing the DigitalVideo device to 3 (it defaults to the other
> one, dv2), I get no picture, and will not no matter what I do (turning
> it off again, changing the device, changing the device without turning
> off, playing with other buttons)...  (It says "try again" once, then
> produces a black window.)
>
> But if I start the app, immediately choose dv3, then hit Turn On, it
> works, although the TV picture tends not to appear in the actual
> window, but off to one side and up - until I move it around a bit.
> (The picture's also split in the middle.)
>
> <after some more experimenting>
> Hey, though - if I maximize the TV window, the picture quality is MUCH
> better than WTV or StWTV produce - there's no pixellization at all!
> (Although the colours still are kinda washed-out - the WCAST driver's
> fault, probably - and it's not centred.)
>
> Of course, exiting that time flashed a brief & cryptic error message,
> then a SYS3175...
>
> The widgets on the control panel tend not to paint themselves
properly,
> especially the volume slider...
>
> Don't think I'm complaining here!  You've been a great help, and it's
> looking slowly better and better.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  Alex Taylor                  BA - CIS - University of Guelph
>  [e-mail]   http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~alex
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>


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From: [e-mail]                           15-Oct-99 01:17:11
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 02:48:15
Subj: Re: [WINTV] Automatically setting 's0_amux' e.g. via REXX?

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

You can use any of the Hauppauge Wincast/TV models
400, 401, 404 etc (those are NTSC tuners).

The drivers are available at

http://www.wdi.co.uk/os2tv/download.htm

Lorne Sunley


On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 00:41:21, [e-mail] wrote:

> so, which winTV card model are you all using?
> and where are the drivers ? I couldn't find any reference to os/2 on
> haupauge website
>
> bruno
>
> In article <n34S6Erhpgnp-pn2-kXw2uULNZsyF@ifurita>,
>   [e-mail] (Alex Taylor) wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 01:09:28, [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)
> wrote:
> >
> > > > I get no picture with YADTV though, but I haven't taken the time
> > > > to figure out the user interface yet...  WTV.EXE is good enough
> for
> > > > most of my needs, though...
> > >
> > > YADTV/2 installs another "Digitalvideo" device for using DIVE and/or
> > > GRADD for the display. The "Device" drop down should be used
> > > to select the higher numbered "Digitalvideo" device. Then the
> > > display will work with DIVE. There is a DIVE display bug that shows
> > > ugly stripes on the screen unless the picture is displayed full
> size.
> >
> > Hey, I just tried it now, and discovered that if I hit "turn on"
> > before changing the DigitalVideo device to 3 (it defaults to the other
> > one, dv2), I get no picture, and will not no matter what I do (turning
> > it off again, changing the device, changing the device without turning
> > off, playing with other buttons)...  (It says "try again" once, then
> > produces a black window.)
> >
> > But if I start the app, immediately choose dv3, then hit Turn On, it
> > works, although the TV picture tends not to appear in the actual
> > window, but off to one side and up - until I move it around a bit.
> > (The picture's also split in the middle.)
> >
> > <after some more experimenting>
> > Hey, though - if I maximize the TV window, the picture quality is MUCH
> > better than WTV or StWTV produce - there's no pixellization at all!
> > (Although the colours still are kinda washed-out - the WCAST driver's
> > fault, probably - and it's not centred.)
> >
> > Of course, exiting that time flashed a brief & cryptic error message,
> > then a SYS3175...
> >
> > The widgets on the control panel tend not to paint themselves
> properly,
> > especially the volume slider...
> >
> > Don't think I'm complaining here!  You've been a great help, and it's
> > looking slowly better and better.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >  Alex Taylor                  BA - CIS - University of Guelph
> >  [e-mail]   http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~alex
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [e-mail]                          15-Oct-99 01:58:26
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 02:48:15
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: [e-mail] (Ilya Zakharevich)

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Doug Bissett
<doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net>],
who wrote in article <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-k0dKxC7R1Pqt@localhost>:
> > How an OS fix would affect a word processor?  Or do you mean that
> > DosGetTime() (or whatever it is named) API will start reporting wrong
> > time?
>
> It is possible that the date returned will be incorrect. It depends a
> lot on how the program handles the returned data.

I still do not follow.  DosGetDateTime() returns


 Date and time data structure.

 typedef struct _DATETIME {
   UCHAR      hours;       /*  Current hour, using values 0 through 23. */
   UCHAR      minutes;     /*  Current minute, using values 0 through 59. */
   UCHAR      seconds;     /*  Current second, using values 0 through 59. */
   UCHAR      hundredths;  /*  Current hundredths of a second, using values 0
through 99. */
   UCHAR      day;         /*  Current day of the month, using values 1
through 31. */
   UCHAR      month;       /*  Current month of the year, using values 1
through 12. */
   USHORT     year;        /*  Current year. */
   SHORT      timezone;    /*  The difference in minutes between the current
time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). */
   UCHAR      weekday;     /*  Current day of the week, using values 0 through
6. */
 } DATETIME;

 typedef DATETIME *PDATETIME;

It is either correct, or not.  From this description it looks that the
problem may be y65536, not y2000.  ;-)

As I said, I do not care if some M$-written (or similar) program does
some wrong things with USHORT year.  They all have bugs, and one more
or less does not make a difference.  All my mission-critical programs
are EMX-based, so do not know anything about USHORT year at all.  ;-)

Of course, if dates on OS2.INI start to be set wrongly, then no amount
of optimism will help.  :-(

Ilya

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From: rsanford@.REMOVEFIRST.telusplane...               15-Oct-99 06:05:14
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 02:48:16
Subj: Re: AOpen AW37 Pro.

Message sender: rsanford@.REMOVEFIRST.telusplanet.net

From: rsanford@.REMOVEFIRST.telusplanet.net (Ralph Sanford)

In message
<[e-mail]> -
[e-mail] (Ray Appleby) writes:
:>
:>Does anyone know where I can pick up an AOpen AW37 PRO ISA sound card
:>in Calgary?
:>
:>Best Regards,
:>Ray Appleby                     [e-mail]
:>[Team OS/2]                 Multitasking at OS/2 Warp4 Speed.


Try ICS, Intelligent Computer Solutions, located at Centre St and
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From: [e-mail]                               15-Oct-99 10:53:03
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 14:34:17
Subj: Re: Hard crash of Matrox 2.31 driver and G400 MAX

From: Marty <[e-mail]>

Darryl Sperber wrote:
>
> I just upgraded a fair bit of hardware, so the direct cause of the problem
is
> going to be a bit hard to pinpoint.
>
> But the actual symptom is a crash of BMGAX64.DLL at boot time, right after
the
> OS/2 logo (either from Warp Connect or from Warp 4) finally disappears.  I'm
> now running the latest 2.31 driver for my new G400 MAX (AGP) card.
>
> Error is:  c0000005, BMGAX64.DLL  0005:0000c4b1
>
> This is the failure under a freshly installed Warp Connect system, upgraded
> through Fixpack 37.  Under Warp 4, the crash still occurs but with slightly
> different presentation that doesn't actually say it is BMGAX64.DLL.
>
> Now for the curious part...  this does NOT happen all the time.
>
> I actually think this has something to do with disk cache (from my SCSI
drives
> and Adaptec drivers) interacting somehow with the Matrox video drivers for
the
> G400.  Something about whether the operating system (or parts of it) is in
> cache seems to be relevant.
>
> I say this because once the crash occurs, if I try re-booting repeatedly I
> will continue to get the crash over and over again.  But if I power the
> machine off and let it "sit for a while", when I turn it back on and
reboot...
> sure enough I have no problem whatsoever!  Both Warp Connect and Warp 4 will
> now boot cleanly with no crash!
>
> To my way of thinking, this seems directly related to what's in disk cache.
>
> Furthermore, once I get the boot process to go without crashing, both OS/2
> systems will continue boot without a problem... until I boot Win98 (which
> always boots and runs just fine with its version of the new Matrox driver).
> But when I finally get back to OS/2, sure enough the crash reappears!

Sounds like plug n play IRQ assignment conflicts to me.  Make sure your
video IRQ does not conflict with anything else and that its assignment
doesn't change.  Booting to windoze and back often causes pnp settings
to change.  Take note on bootup if your BIOS says "Updating ESCD..." or
some such thing after booting windoze.

- Marty

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From: [e-mail]                             16-Oct-99 02:57:23
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 21:58:14
Subj: Re: Yamaha YMF724 driver problem

From: Masaru Nomiya <[e-mail]>

Hello,

YMF724 driver works only with YMF724E, whose Device ID is 0004.
Device ID 000D means your YMF724 is F version, that is YMF724F.

Regards

 Masaru Nomiya


Lorne Sunley wrote :

> Hello All,
>
> I recently purchased a YMF724 chip sound card and I am
> having problems getting it to operate with both Warp 4
> and WSeB.
>
> The installation of the drivers goes OK but when the system
> boots up there is no sound. I placed a /V switch on the
> device= statement to hopefully obtain some more
> information.
>
> The error message that appears indicates that the
> driver could not locate the YMF724 PCI card
> with Vendor = ???? Device ID 0004
>
> The card shows on the boot up device screen as
> Vendor ???? (the same as that requested by the driver)
> and Device ID 000D
>
> I assume that this is why the driver does not work.
>
> The card is a Hi-Wave PCI Sound Card. The chip on
> the sound card is a Yamaha YMF724F-V and the
> silk screen on the card calls the card a BTI DS-1.
> This appears to be the right kind of card but it
> does not work.
>
> Has anyone else tried one of the YMF724 based
> cards? If so, what does it report itself for the
> PCI Vendor and Card ID?
>
> Lorne Sunley

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     15-Oct-99 18:06:26
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 21:58:14
Subj: Re: RMVIEW

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 00:50:51, [e-mail] (Frank
McKenney) wrote:

..snip...
> What you're saying seems odd...  and does not match either my
> expectations or my experience.  Would you mind posting the output from
> your RMVIEW /IRQ and the IRQ lines from RMVIEW /D back here so I can see
> what you're talking about?
>
> From my system:
>
..snip the details...
>
> Neither of these listings show my "NE2000 clone" LAN adapter using
> IOA=0x300 and IRQ10.
>
>
> Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
> Richmond, Virginia / [phone]
> E-mail: [e-mail]
>

I agree. I have an Intel LAN card, that uses IRQ11. I NEVER see that
listed anywhere, as being in use. In fact, the only reference I ever
see about IRQ11, is in the DOS utility, where it is set. It does have
trouble, if I try to use IRQ11 on anything else, so I know that it is
there, and being used.

Hope this helps...
******************************
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From: [e-mail]                           15-Oct-99 18:53:19
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 21:58:14
Subj: Re: Yamaha YMF724 driver problem

From: [e-mail] (Lorne Sunley)

Thanks for the information.

Do you know if there is any difference between the parts that
would keep the driver for a YMF724E chip (the IBM driver one)
from working with a YMF724F chip?

Time to get out a magnifying glass when buying PCI sound cards.

Lorne Sunley

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 17:57:47, Masaru Nomiya <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> YMF724 driver works only with YMF724E, whose Device ID is 0004.
> Device ID 000D means your YMF724 is F version, that is YMF724F.
>
> Regards
>
>  Masaru Nomiya
>
>
> Lorne Sunley wrote :
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I recently purchased a YMF724 chip sound card and I am
> > having problems getting it to operate with both Warp 4
> > and WSeB.
> >
> > The installation of the drivers goes OK but when the system
> > boots up there is no sound. I placed a /V switch on the
> > device= statement to hopefully obtain some more
> > information.
> >
> > The error message that appears indicates that the
> > driver could not locate the YMF724 PCI card
> > with Vendor = ???? Device ID 0004
> >
> > The card shows on the boot up device screen as
> > Vendor ???? (the same as that requested by the driver)
> > and Device ID 000D
> >
> > I assume that this is why the driver does not work.
> >
> > The card is a Hi-Wave PCI Sound Card. The chip on
> > the sound card is a Yamaha YMF724F-V and the
> > silk screen on the card calls the card a BTI DS-1.
> > This appears to be the right kind of card but it
> > does not work.
> >
> > Has anyone else tried one of the YMF724 based
> > cards? If so, what does it report itself for the
> > PCI Vendor and Card ID?
> >
> > Lorne Sunley
>


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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     15-Oct-99 18:06:27
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 21:58:14
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 01:58:53, [e-mail] (Ilya
Zakharevich) wrote:

> As I said, I do not care if some M$-written (or similar) program does
> some wrong things with USHORT year.  They all have bugs, and one more
> or less does not make a difference.  All my mission-critical programs
> are EMX-based, so do not know anything about USHORT year at all.  ;-)
>
> Of course, if dates on OS2.INI start to be set wrongly, then no amount
> of optimism will help.  :-(
>
> Ilya
>

All I can say, is that IBM put a LOT of resources into fixing Y2K
problems within the OS/2 operating system (and others). I agree, the
returned data should be adequate to handle the Y2K thing, but what
else is going to screw you up? Other things could really be a problem,
and I don't even want to speculate on what those problems might be, or
whether they might, or might not, affect what you do, or do not do,
with your system. If you choose not to update to a Y2K fix pack level,
your system may work, without any problems (I did, originally,
indicate that "nothing" might happen), but I wouldn't bet on it.

All the speculation in the world won't tell you your answer. The only
way to find out, for sure, is to set the date ahead, and try
EVERYTHING, to see what happens (make sure you have a good backup
first <g>).
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doug.bissett at attglobal.net
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     15-Oct-99 18:06:28
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 21:58:14
Subj: Re: New Matrox Driver overload!

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:42:54, "David T. Johnson"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> I don't think even IBM has any idea how many OS/2 desktops are out
> there.
>

They don't want to know. If they did, they might feel compelled to
start supporting it properly <g>.
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From: [e-mail]                                15-Oct-99 13:47:08
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 21:58:15
Subj: Re: Print to graphic [was Re: METAFILE CONVERTION]

From: bruno schwander <[e-mail]>

the best in my opinion is to print to a postscript file using a postscript
printer
driver.
then use ghostscript to create an EPS file from it.

I love postscript, if anything goes wrong, you can always look at the source
code :-)

bruno

Mat Kramer wrote:

> A more general question: is there a printer driver that will allow
> output to be saved as a file and then imported into Word 97 as a
> graphic?  Word will import HPGL -- which driver should I use for that?
>
> bv wrote:
> > You could get the Windows metafile into an OS/2 metafile format simply by
> > printing it under WinOS/2 and intercepting the spoolfile. The spoolfile is
an
> > OS/2 metafile, but it is probably not in a format your application will be
able
> > to handle.
> >
> > I think the best way is to convert them to a format like EPS, and exchange
> > that. This should work for some types of metafiles.
>
> --
> Mat Kramer [MekTek] [e-mail]
> VyperHelp: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mek/vyper.htm

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From: [e-mail]                                    15-Oct-99 19:46:01
  To: All                                               15-Oct-99 21:58:15
Subj: Yamaha 6416sz no CD-DA?

From: [e-mail] (Pierre Jelenc)

I cannot read tracks off my Yamaha CRW6416sz. The grabbers I've tried all
seem to agree that it does not support CD-DA (Digital Transfer) even
though the drive documentation claims it does. What gives?

I can play CDs off the drive normally with CDPM.EXE.

Pierre
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