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The "SONYBLASTER CD ROM BUNDLE" sold by COMARK/USA FLEX PERIPHERIALS consists
of a Creative Labs Soundblaster 16 card with an integral interface for a SONY
CDU31A CD ROM drive. Apparently, the CDU31A interface is also compatible
with the CDU33A CD ROM drive.
Getting the card and drive up and running under OS/2 2.1 and WINOS2 took me
three days. My main problems were 1)there was no OS/2 documentation in the
bundle and 2)the diagnostic software (supplied for DOS) was not only unfriendly
and gave erroneous information on interrupt and other conflicts, but frequently
locked up the system to the extent of requiring a re-boot. My system is now
working fine but SBCONFIG.EXE AND TESTSB16.EXE (supplied with the installation
software) still indicate problems.
My Soundblaster 16/SONY CD ROM works fine now in both OS/2 2.1 and WINOS2.
Here is a procedure that may save you some time:
1. Install the Soundblaster card with the default settings.
2. Install the DOS software from the installation diskettes. It will add
some lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file which are necessary for WINOS2.
3. Open the OS/2 SYSTEM SETUP folder and bring up SELECTIVE INSTALL. In
the list of types of CD ROM select OTHER and follow the directions.
4. Run the MINSTALL program from the OS/2 Multimedia diskettes supplied
with OS/2 2.1 and select the SOUNDBLASTER PRO 16 (I think this is a
misprint since it works for the Soundblaster 16). You will be offered
the opportunity to select parameters for base address, interrupt, etc.
Be sure that the same conditions are selected for this as are selected
on your Soundblaster card.
Now you must do some fiddling. The SONY driver supplied with the hardware
is a Beta version (SONYB31A.ADD). A newer version is supplied here in this
bundle (SONY31A.ADD). It must be copied to the C:\OS2 directory and the
line BASEDEV=SONY31A.ADD /A:0 /P230 added to your CONFIG.SYS file as shown
below. Be sure to check this if you have CD ROM problems; some of the
installation software may have arbitrarily changed the /P230 (Base Address)
parameter to /P330. If this happens, OS/2 will be unable to find the CD ROM
drive (drive D: on my system).
After re-booting to put the new drivers in place, OS/2 should be happy with
both the sound card and the CD ROM. This will be indicated by the "CHARGE"
fanfare on boot and the "APPLAUSE" on shut down. My sounds were "cut off"
but Terry Roller's tips (downloaded from the OS/2 Shareware BB) suggested
changing the "8" to a "2" in the CONFIG.SYS line:
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SB16D2.SYS 1 1 5 5 220 8 /N:SBAud1$
The new line is:
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SB16D2.SYS 1 1 5 5 220 2 /N:SBAud1$
And it worked!
Here is a copy of the Soundblaster 16 and SONY CDU33A section of my
CONFIG.SYS file:
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
REM SB16 Drivers
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
REM *** Set by MINSTALL ***
REM
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SB16D2.SYS 1 1 5 5 220 2 /N:SBAud1$
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\AUDIOVDD.SYS SBAud1$
SET MMBASE=C:\MMOS2;
SET DSPPATH=C:\MMOS2\DSP;
SET NCDEBUG=4000
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SSMDD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\ADSHDD.SYS
REM
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
REM End of SB16 Drivers
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
REM CD ROM Drivers
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
BASEDEV=SONY31A.ADD /A:0 /P:0230
DEVICE=C:\OS2\OS2CDROM.DMD /Q
IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
REM End of CD ROM Drivers
REM -----------------------------------------------------------------
Now for WINOS2.
1. Bring up WINOS2 in a full screen. You will be asked if you want to run
WINSETUP. Do it.
2. Now run the SBPMIDI.EXE program (included in this bundle) on a diskette
which will self extract some drivers and instructions. Follow the
instructions which call for removal of the Voyetra FM synthesis driver
and its replacement.
3. Exit and bring up WINOS2 again and you should be in business. Try out
the MIDI tunes in the \sb16\playmidi directory.
If there is still a problem, call Creative Labs help line (405) 742-6622.
All of their Tech. Reps. are not familiar with OS/2 so if you leave a
message that you are having an OS/2 problem, you should get a call from
someone familiar with OS/2.