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- SC16-3D PnP Sound Card v1.20
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-
- C o n t e n t s
- ===============
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- 1. Overview
- 2. Release Notes
- 3. System Requirements
- 4. Driver Installation
- 5. Mixer Application
- 6. Resource Configuration Under MS-Win3.1x
- 7. Resource Configuration Under DOS
- 8. Volume Control Under DOS
- 9. Playing DOS Games
- 10. Installing in Windows 95
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- 1. O v e r v i e w
-
- This README.TXT contains instructions to install and configure the MS-Win3.1x
- driver and mixer applet for the sound card.
-
- See Section 10 for instructions to install the sound card under Win95.
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- 2. R e l e a s e N o t e s
-
- This release of the MS-Win3.1x driver supports the following features on the
- sound card:
-
- 1. MPC Level 3 Mixer
- 2. Digital Mixer
- 3. Windows Codec
- 4. SBPro Codec
- 5. Game Port
- 6. MIDI Port
- 7. 3D Sound Control
-
- Note: See Section 9 for important release information on DOS games.
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- 3. S y s t e m R e q u i r e m e n t s
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- - 80486 PC-AT compatible or faster machine.
- - 4 MB DRAM or greater.
- - 1 free 16-bit ISA-bus expansion slot.
- - 400 KB free hard disk space for minimum software installation.
- - Microsoft Windows 3.1x
- - DOS 6.2 or higher
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- 4. D r i v e r I n s t a l l a t i o n
-
- 1. Turn on the computer and start MS-Win3.1x. Remove all previously installed
- sound card drivers. Make sure that all references to these drivers are
- removed from the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS and SYSTEM.INI files.
-
- 2. Switch off the computer and remove all other sound cards.
-
- 3. Insert the sound card firmly in an available ISA bus expansion slot and
- close the computer. Connect a speaker pair to the Line_Out or Speaker
- connector on the sound card's face plate.
-
- 4. Turn on the computer, and start MS-Win3.1x. In the PROGRAM MANAGER, select
- File|Run. Insert the driver installation diskette in the A: drive, and type
- A:\SETUP.EXE. Click on OK, and follow the instructions.
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- 5. M i x e r A p p l i c a t i o n
-
- No mixer application is bundled with installation disk under Windows 3.1x.
- Environment. Please use the mixer application from the supplied Audio
- Application that comes with the sound card (Audio Applicatrion software is
- optional).
-
- For Windows 95 user, a mixer was created and located at the right bottom
- corner on the Task Bar. This mixer application can be used to control the
- volume outputs of the sound card under windows 95 environment.
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- 6. R e s o u r c e C o n f i g u r a t i o n in M S - W i n 3 . 1 x
-
- A Windows 3.1 based Resource Configuration Utility was bundled in {\DRIVERS}
- under Win3.1 environment for reconfiguration of the I/O base addresses, IRQs
- and DMAs of the various devices on the Audio Controller. It can be used to
- setup the resources for the:
-
- 1. Windows Sound Codec
- 2. SoundBlaster codec
- 3. MPU-401 driver
- 4. Gameport/Joystick driver
- 5. OPL3 (FM) synthesizer
-
- These resources, except for the IDE CD-ROM controller, can also be setup
- through the driver SETUP utility from the CONTROL PANEL|DRIVER configuration
- panel. The driver SETUP utility allows in addition the configuration of:
-
- 1. 3D sound
- 2. I2S input formats **(not used in SC16-3D series of products)
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- 7. R e s o u r c e C o n f i g u r a t i o n U n d e r D O S
-
- Included with this relaese is a simple, but functional DOS resource
- configuration manager, called DOSCFG.EXE, for the sound codec, the
- gameport/joystick, the FM synthesizer, the midi port and the IDE controller.
- DOSCFG.EXE is installed by SETUP.EXE in its default sound card software
- directory (if you did not change it at installation).
-
- DOSCFG.EXE is the equivalent of the MS-Windows3.1x RESOURCE CONFIGURATION
- utility. DOSCFG.EXE gives the user the ability to setup the sound card
- entirely from the DOS command line.
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- 8. V o l u m e C o n t r o l U n d e r D O S
-
- Included with this release is a simple, but functional DOS mixer, called
- MIXER.BAT. The mixer is used to control playback volumes for application
- with DOS games. You should use it to set the playback volume to a desired
- level before starting a DOS game. The following volume controls are provided:
-
- 1. Master volume control
- 2. LineOut volume control
- 3. FM (OPL3) volume control
- 4. Wavetable (Aux2) volume control, etc.
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- 9. P l a y i n g D O S g a m e s
-
- Important:
-
- Playing DOS games in an MS-Win3.1x DOS box can sometimes be problematic.
- To get around this, follow the instructions below:
-
- 1. Exit from MS-Win3.1x
-
- 3. Invoke MIXER.BAT to set volume levels appropriately
-
- 4. Run the DOS game.
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- 10. I n s t a l l i n g I n W i n d o w s 9 5
-
- Condition 1:
- ============
-
- This installation of Win95 driver only works on system which has already have
- Win95 Operating System properly loaded.
-
- To install the driver, first, power off the system before inserting the sound
- card and secure it in any of the available 16 bit ISA bus slot. Power On the
- system, when win95 boot-up it will auto-detect the newly insert sound card and
- will be prompted for "driver from disk provided by manufacturer...". Please
- insert the installation disk that come with this sound card into the A: drive
- and hit the <Enter> key to complete the installation.
-
- Note: If you do not have Win95 Multimedia Applications installed previously,
- system will prompt you to complete the installation of the Multimedia
- Applications prior to the copying of the Audio drivers. Just follow the
- on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Multimedia
- Application and the sound card drivers.
-
-
-
- Condition 2:
- ============
-
- Installation of Win95 OSR2
- ==========================
-
- If you are installing WIN95 OS (OSR2) on a system which has been pre-
- installed with the above Sound Card, please take note that the sound card
- inside your system will not be properly installed after the installation of
- Win95 OS.
-
- To correct this problem,
- 1. Open "Control Panel" and double-click the "System" applet.
-
- 2. Open "Device Manager" and double-click at the "Other Devices" option.
-
- 3. Select all entries maked with "ADSxxxx PnP SOUND Device" and delete them
- by pressing the <Delete> key one at a time.
-
- 4. Restart WIN95 OSR2.
-
- 5. Upon rebooting, Win95 OSR2 will auto-detect the deleted devices and
- prompts for the Sound Card Driver Disk #1.
-
- 6. Insert the Sound Card Installation Disk #1 into the diskette drive
- and click [OK] to complete the installation and restart the system to
- take effect of the newly installed drivers.
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