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- From: affie@earley.sns.neuphilologie.uni-tuebingen.de (Ralf "Affie" Hauser)
- Subject: Soundblaster Pro and ADAPTEC 1542b - URGENT!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.140737.28304@softserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de>
- Sender: affie@earley (Ralf "Affie" Hauser)
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:07:37 GMT
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- In article <79583@ut-emx.uucp> in newsgroup comp.periphs.scsi (!)
- vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) writes:
-
- |> After MONTHS of attempting ALL possible combinations of jumpers and technical
- |> support (hehe) I have finally found a grim solution for using the Sound Blaster
- |> Pro and the AHA1542B in the same machine.
- |> You see, a bit of background is in order; the sound blaster pro (and ONLY
- |> the PRO) does not like bus mastering controllers, specifically the AHA1542b.
- |> Neither company seems to care that they don't work together, although Creative
- |> Labs tells you this through ignorance and Adaptec tells you it through silence.
- |> And NO combination of jumpers or software will save you, period.
- |>
- |> My solution? I sold my soundblaster and bought a Spectrum Pro Audio 16, which
- |> is made by Media Vision, and has a sound blaster (not pro) emulator built in.
- |> Not only that, but it does 16-BIT SOUND in STEREO at 44.1 kHz!!!!! Okay,
- |> enough hype. Anyway, it costs about $40 more than the SB Pro, and the SB
- |> emulator is seperate, but on the same card as the 16bit sound, so they can
- |> play CONCURRENTLY! Oh, and it hasn't hung up yet.
- |>
- |> I could go on and on about how the card looks super cool with 200+ surface
- |> mounted components, but I think I'm already stretching the limits of most
- |> comp.periphs.scsi reader's interest. Sorry about that, this seemed to be
- |> the best place to post to save other people's time.
- |>
- |> GIVE UP. SELL YOUR SB Pro. Besides, the SBPro 16 comes out in October.
- |> LEARN FROM MY 100+ HRS OF WASTED TIME (and phone bill).
- |> I empathize with all people stuck in this predicament.
-
- Does anybody have experiences with
-
- SOUNBLASTER PRO
- and
- ADAPTEC AHA 1542b
-
- controller with two disks and two floppies attached?
- Does this combination run or not? (My other equipment: 486/33, 16mb, ami-bios)
-
- Please answer as soon as possible and contact me via e-mail or in this newsgroup!
-
- It is very urgent because I have already ordered the SB PRO and it waits at the
- post office for me. I have to know whether I should return the package or not.
-
- affie.
-
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