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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2002 10:19:07 PST7
From:	"Info2SYNass.NET" <Info@SYNass.NET >
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Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Sound card falls short under OS/2

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Hi HCM
why do you suggest a download of this old version 3.06 ...
... while Jordan has the most accurate of version 3.11 ???

It's correct: It's for Cristal CS4280 & CS4614 chipset.

The version 3.11 is provided by IBM's sites !

Cheers, svobi

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Jordan,

The AOpen 320 soundcard is not toooooo bad. I have not had any
problems
with it. But then, I'm not a music or sound perfectionist! A
couple of
things I have noticed, however:

1. I was not able to install wavetable MIDI driver support for
the
card, only FM MIDI. The wavetable MIDI sounds much better. I don't
recall exactly what I did in my attempt for wavetable MIDI (I
think I
tried to install the the MM Pack from Theta Band Software), but
it did
not work

2. The sound levels for wav and MIDI are noticeably different. I
have
not been able to figure out how to get them to be closer together.

Yes, the AOpen installation documentation is pretty skimpy (it's
geared
more towards the Windows installation). Also, that image of the
soundcard is pretty bad. It's hard to distinquish/recognize the
various
sections of the card that they are referencing in the
instructions.

I believe that the card comes with the Crystal Semiconduction
driver
installation instructions. Right? Those instructions are pretty
good,
even though they are in the form of an ASCII file (no
illustrations).
Follow them.

I went to the Cystal Semiconductor website and installed the
drivers for
the CS4280 and CS4614 chipsets. They are better/more up to date
than the
drivers that come with the soundcard. You'll want to go to the
following
website:

http://www.cirrus.com/drivers/audiodrv/os2.cfm

You can go directly there, putting that address in your browser.
Download the cwos2306.zip file, which contains the drivers you
want.

You should also review some documentation that Tim Timur's has on
the
Internet for OS/2 soundcaards and sound system. Go to:

http://www.ionet.net/~colin/awe32.html

and:

http://www.tabi.org/timur/crystalos2.html

He knows a lot about this!

Sorry, I cannot help you on your hardware question with regard to
the
legacy SB
support for DOS games, etc. (PC/PCI sideband cable)

Good Luck!
HCM
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"J. R. Fox" wrote:
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> Harry wrote:
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> > I also have an AOpen 320 soundcard.
>
> How do you like it ? (And compared to other soundcards you may
have
> tried.)
>
> > The Crystal Semiconductor OS/2
> > installation program claims that you do not need to
deinstall/reinstall
> > OS/2 multimedia before installing the crystal drivers
>
> > The installation program claims to use undocumented OS/2
techniques to
>
> > cleanup OS/2 multimedia and avoid deinstall. It worked for me
>
> Good for them ! That will be a whole lot more convenient.
>
> > Additionally, Mr. KIA claims to have a way to clean up OS/2
multimedia
> > without requiring a deinstallation (February 2000 Mr.. KIA).
>
> Steven mentioned this past article. I've now printed it out
for later reference.
>
> > One more thing. Use the "Multimedia Application Install"
application to
> > install the new Crystal drivers. It's in the "System Setup"
and
> > "Install/Remove" folders. There is a bug in the "Multimedia
Application
> > Install" application. You have to place it half way off of
your monitor
> > screen before you press the button to install. If you don't,
it will not
> > work correctly.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Svobi was kind enough to send me a rev. of these drivers that I
had not seen
> before. They appear to be a couple years later vintage than
the ones I had
> installed with poor results. If they improve the situation,
I'll report that here.
> I certainly hope they do, as I'm not that enthusiastic about
returning to use of
> the SB-32, esp. since I now have just one ISA slot (already
occupied) instead
> of two.
>
> I have a hardware question in this regard. Those cheap Aopen
folks don't bother
> to provide a real manual, not even as a downloadable file.
What they give us
> instead is some very skimpy HTML thing. It states that if you
want legacy SB
> support (e.g., for DOS games), you need to connect a "PC/PCI
sideband cable"
> (items # 10 & 11 on the diagram) between the soundcard and the
motherboard.
> I know about the audio cable you need to connect between the
soundcard and
> the CD-Rom, but not what other cable they are talking about
here. More to the
> point, I find nothing on the schematics for my Asus main board
indicating where
> such a connection might be made.
>
> Jordan
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