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- DOCUMENT:Q104401 28-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :MediaVision Fusion 16 CD May Not Be Compatible with Windows NT
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SUMMARY
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-
- Some versions of the MediaVision Fusion 16 CD kit are not compatible
- with Windows NT. Some versions of the kit come with proprietary CD-ROM
- drive interfaces and CD-ROM drives.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- The MediaVision Fusion 16 CD kit comes with a ProAudio Spectrum (PAS)
- sound card which has a CD-ROM interface built into it. MediaVision
- ships at least three different versions of the Pro AudioSpectrum 16
- sound card. Two have proprietary interfaces and are shipped with the
- MediaVision Fusion 16 CD kits. The third version of the card ships
- with the standard 50-pin SCSI interface. This card ships standalone or
- as part of the new DoubleSpeed Fusion 16 kits bundled with an NEC
- CD-ROM drive. The 50-pin SCSI is the only PAS interface supported
- under Windows NT. The other two Fusion CD kits and their respective
- cards do not function under NT.
-
- The easiest way to differentiate between the cards is to look at the
- connecting pin layout. The oldest PAS Fusion CD 16 kit came with the
- Philips/LMSI CM205 CD-ROM drive and has a proprietary 16-pin
- connection on the PAS 16 card. The interim version of the PAS Fusion
- CD 16 kit came with a Sony CDU-31a and also had a proprietary 34-pin
- connnection on the PAS 16 card. The only PAS 16 board that comes with
- the Fusion CD 16 and is supported under Windows NT is the 50-pin SCSI
- version that is shipping in the newest Fusion CD 16 kit with the NEC
- drive. Neither of the proprietary interfaces work under Windows NT.
-
- NOTE: Although the 50-pin SCSI version is the only one supported, in
- many cases to obtain CD-Audio output the user must plug into the jack
- on the front of the CD-ROM drive and into the LINE-IN on the back of
- the PAS 16. This is a known problem with the current driver. An
- updated version may be available soon. Data accessability should
- function normally.
-
- An additional way to tell the cards apart is to look in the CONFIG.SYS
- file and determine which CD-ROM driver is in use under MS-DOS. The
- Philips/LMSI CD-ROM driver is called DD250.SYS and the Sony driver
- is called SLCD.SYS. The standard SCSI driver for the PAS 16 board is
- TSLCDR.SYS.
-
- If at the time of purchase you are trying to decide which board and
- drive combination is in the box, both the Philips/LMSI and the Sony
- Fusion CD 16 kits are labeled on the box as having such drives.
- Additionally, it is only the newest version of the Fusion CD 16 kit
- with the NEC CD-ROM drives that are being shipped with the SCSI 50-pin
- PAS. At no time prior to this did the Fusion CD 16 kit ship with the
- 50-pin SCSI board.
-
- NOTE: The Windows NT supplied driver for the Sony CDU-31a will not
- work in conjunction with the PAS 16. The CDU-31a must be used with the
- proprietary board supplied with the drive in order for the Windows NT
- driver to work.
-
- Reference:
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- MediaVision Fusion 16 Instruction Manual
-
- The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of
- Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
- products' performance or reliability.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 W_NTAS 3rdparty
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- KBSubcategory: hrdwr
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