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From: lturner3@gmu.edu                                  15-Oct-99 18:05:07
  To: All                                               16-Oct-99 04:21:28
Subj: SB16 WavEffects installed okay, but what's with the winos2 error?

From: "Lowell O. Turner" <lturner3@gmu.edu>

Hello,

  A few months ago I was able to pick up a SB16 WavEffects for ~$25 from
the local computer superstore closeout/returns pile.  The install went
flawlessly (aside from the fact that the PnP mgr took the modem's IRQ5
and gave it IRQ10) and with a few adjustments to the config.sys device
line, I was in business.  I used the winstall.cmd utility to set up the
WinOS/2 part of the install.  Now, whenever I start up a windoze app, I
get an os2 error window saying "Sound Blaster 16 ERROR Incorrect
MIDIPORT Setting in the SYSTEM.INI File  [ok]".  I have a MIDI
synthesizer.  However, it will probably be at least another seven months
before I will ever have time to connect it to this machine.  I mention
this because I have no other problem with the system.  I can play CDs,
*.mid and other sound files from winos2.  I just don't want to have to
put up with this annoying dialog every time I run a windows app.

  The instruction manual (for win 3.1 installation) mentions that two
files should be in the system.ini [boot] section, mmsystem.dll &
msmixmgr.dll.  Instead, the files mmsystem.dll & winmm16.dll are there.
It calls for two devices in the [386enh] section, vsbpd.386 which is
there, and vsbawe.386 which isn't.  I don't know if this has anything to
do with anything, but I thought I'd provide the information just in
case.  I have already fiddled with the "MIDIport=" setting to no avail,
the error message remains.

  Any help, pointers, suggestions, constructive comments would be
greatly appreciated.




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EE wanna be
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

lturner3@nyx.net
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From: htravis@ibm.net                                   15-Oct-99 22:06:18
  To: All                                               16-Oct-99 04:21:29
Subj: Re: RMVIEW 

From: htravis@ibm.net (Harry Travis)

In <7u5tpb$n3t$1@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net>, on 10/15/99 
   at 12:50 AM, frank_mckenney@mindspring.com (Frank McKenney) said:

>In <38056ddd$2$ugenivf$mr2ice@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, htravis@ibm.net
>(Harry Travis) writes: >In <7tvfmn$e89$1@nntp5.atl.mindspring.net>, on
>10/12/99  >   at 02:13 PM, frank_mckenney@mindspring.com (Frank
>McKenney) said: --snip--
>>>RMVIEW only reports back what Resource Manager-aware drivers report to
>>>it - a driver that doesn't tell the OS/2 Resource Manager that the
>>>driver plans to use (say) IRQ15 can still use the IRQ, but RMVIEW won't
>>>report it ("Hey!  Nobody told ME!").  Since RM was introduced in Warp
>>>(3.0), any pre-3.0 driver fits this description; unfortunately, I
>>>understand it's also true for some post-3.0 drivers (sigh).
>>
>>Not so.  RMVIEW does report it, but not with the /irq option, as it
>>would be reasonable to expect. Instead, try rmview /d  . Then search the
>>output for "irq", and I think every device claiming one  will show up.
>>Dunno why. ..

>Harry,

>What you're saying seems odd...  and does not match either my
>expectations or my experience.  Would you mind posting the output from
>your RMVIEW /IRQ and the IRQ lines from RMVIEW /D back here so I can
>see what you're talking about?

>          ST506/IDE Controller


<snip >



>Neither of these listings show my "NE2000 clone" LAN adapter using 
>IOA=0x300 and IRQ10.


>Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
>Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
>E-mail: frank_mckenney@mindspring.com
I am obviously wrong, but here is the basis for my surmise.

This from rmview /irq

RMVIEW: Physical view
  IRQ Level =  0  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    TIMER_CH_0 
  IRQ Level =  1  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    KBD_0 Keyboard
Controller
  IRQ Level =  2  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    PIC_1 
  IRQ Level =  3  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_1 Serial
Controller
  IRQ Level =  4  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  SERIAL_0 Serial
Controller
  IRQ Level =  6  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  FLOPPY_0 Floppy
Controller
  IRQ Level =  7  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  PARALLEL_0 Parallel
Port Adapter
  IRQ Level =  8  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    RTC 
  IRQ Level =  9  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    Crystal
Semiconductor Audio
  IRQ Level = 11  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = SHARED       AIC7870_0  Adaptec
AIC7870
  IRQ Level = 12  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    AUX_0 PS/2
Auxiliary Device Controller
  IRQ Level = 14  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  IDE_0 ST506/IDE
Controller

Notice that IRQ 15 isn't shown. It has a cheapie symbios  isa scsi card
on it, assigned with a /override /irq=15 option. 

Here is some of the output from rmview /d


  IRQ Level =  2  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    
  IRQ Level =  0  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    
  IRQ Level =  8  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    
  IRQ Level =  1  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    
  IRQ Level =  7  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  
  IRQ Level =  9  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    
  IRQ Level =  6  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  
IRQ Level = 15  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  
  IRQ Level = 11  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = SHARED       
  IRQ Level = 14  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  
  IRQ Level = 12  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = EXCLUSIVE    
  IRQ Level =  4  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  
  IRQ Level =  3  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  

Above each of the lines in this excerpt are the gory details of the
device which claims the irq. 


Maybe this selective recovery is foiled by network cards. Haven't there
been numerous reports of challenges to OS/2 presented by some network
cards? 


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From: nate@lcs.mit.edu                                  16-Oct-99 13:21:06
  To: All                                               16-Oct-99 14:29:07
Subj: Re: Dual Soundcard Saga / PCI Soundcard

From: nate@lcs.mit.edu (Nathan Liskov)

If I open  mmos2>sounds and double click on a .mid file, I get sound. 
It is at a much lower volume than the .wav sounds and I must turn up 
the volume to hear it.   My readme also says that midi is not 
supported.  I am using fixpak 12 on warp 4.

On the other hand, I have not got sound in winos2 working.   Control 
panel > sound > test reports "cannot play the selected sound".  I'm 
not sure why as control panel>drivers reports both crystal drivers are
installed.   Also I cannot play an mp3 file under os2.  Z (dink's mp 
player) reports 
"mci error 5134: no device driver found".   Any suggestions?

	Nate Liskov


On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:25:56, t_am@gmx.de (Timo Maier) wrote:

> Hi e-frog!
> 
> >Well, if someone got the AW320 working with OS/2 MIDI (not WinOS2), I'd
> >like to know about it!
> Maybe Nathan Liskov (nate@lcs.mit.edu) can tell us more.
> 
> >that OS/2 MIDI is not working right now. And it doesn't appear to be
> >working in my system, as advertised.
> I've read this, too
> 
> TAM
> -- 
> OS/2 Warp4, Ducati 750SS '92
> http://www.privat.toplink.de/homepages/thunder
> Remove "_" for eMail reply

nate@lcs.mit.edu   http://nateliskov.ne.mediaone.net

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From: rjfreem@ibm.net                                   16-Oct-99 10:08:03
  To: All                                               16-Oct-99 16:44:01
Subj: Re: Hard crash of Matrox 2.31 driver and G400 MAX

From: rjfreem@ibm.net

In <10D8588CD76594B0.19DE8CB324947B8D.6B2DAC9DACBC9ADF@lp.airnews.net>, on
10/14/99 
   at 03:59 AM, Darryl Sperber <sperber@airmail.net> said:

One thought is heat. Get thermoprotect to monitor CPU and board temps. RJF

>I just upgraded a fair bit of hardware, so the direct cause of the
>problem is going to be a bit hard to pinpoint.  

>But the actual symptom is a crash of BMGAX64.DLL at boot time, right
>after the OS/2 logo (either from Warp Connect or from Warp 4) finally
>disappears.  I'm now running the latest 2.31 driver for my new G400 MAX
>(AGP) card.

>Error is:  c0000005, BMGAX64.DLL  0005:0000c4b1

>This is the failure under a freshly installed Warp Connect system,
>upgraded through Fixpack 37.  Under Warp 4, the crash still occurs but
>with slightly different presentation that doesn't actually say it is
>BMGAX64.DLL.


>Now for the curious part...  this does NOT happen all the time.

>I actually think this has something to do with disk cache (from my SCSI
>drives and Adaptec drivers) interacting somehow with the Matrox video
>drivers for the G400.  Something about whether the operating system (or
>parts of it) is in cache seems to be relevant.

>I say this because once the crash occurs, if I try re-booting repeatedly
>I will continue to get the crash over and over again.  But if I power the
>machine off and let it "sit for a while", when I turn it back on and
>reboot... sure enough I have no problem whatsoever!  Both Warp Connect
>and Warp 4 will now boot cleanly with no crash!

>To my way of thinking, this seems directly related to what's in disk
>cache.

>Furthermore, once I get the boot process to go without crashing, both
>OS/2 systems will continue boot without a problem... until I boot Win98
>(which always boots and runs just fine with its version of the new Matrox
>driver). But when I finally get back to OS/2, sure enough the crash
>reappears! 


>So, this doesn't look like so much a problem with the 2.31 driver
>(although the location of the failure is constant) as much as some
>negative interaction with all the other new hardware in my system.

>The relevant hardware upgrades are:

>	P-II 400mhz  to  P-III 500mhz
>	128meg  to  192meg
>	Adaptec 2940UW  to  2940U2W, new Adaptec driver
>	Matrox Millennium  to G400 MAX,  2.22 driver to 2.31

>I've added a Western Digital 18300 LVD disk drive to the system, but it's
>for Win98 (FAT32)... unseen by OS/2.  The other drives (3) are IBM
>Ultrastar 9LP UltraWide SCSI and are unchanged from my previous
>environment.


>Any thoughts?


>--
>//
>//   Darryl Sperber  (sperber@airmail.net)
>//

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From: jspringf@pro-ns.net                               16-Oct-99 18:19:12
  To: All                                               16-Oct-99 16:44:02
Subj: SB-16 IDE

From: jspringf@pro-ns.net

Is anyone using this combination?

What are your config.sys lines for this setup.  I have been
using  a proprietary setup until now, but just received this
new card, and would like to set it up without doing a full
reinstall of MMOS2.

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Plymouth, MN
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From: frank_mckenney@mindspring.com                     16-Oct-99 23:37:10
  To: All                                               16-Oct-99 21:21:03
Subj: Re: RMVIEW 

From: frank_mckenney@mindspring.com (Frank McKenney)

 [Followups set to comp.os.os2.setup.misc - sorry I missed this before]

    ...On IRQ use reported by RMVIEW with no associated driver...

In <3807dde0$1001$ugenivf$mr2ice@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, htravis@ibm.net
(Harry Travis) writes:
>In <7u5tpb$n3t$1@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net>, on 10/15/99 
>   at 12:50 AM, frank_mckenney@mindspring.com (Frank McKenney) said:
--snip--
>>What you're saying seems odd...  and does not match either my
>>expectations or my experience.  Would you mind posting the output from
>>your RMVIEW /IRQ and the IRQ lines from RMVIEW /D back here so I can
>>see what you're talking about?
--snip--
>I am obviously wrong, but here is the basis for my surmise.
>
>This from rmview /irq
>
>RMVIEW: Physical view
--snip--
>Notice that IRQ 15 isn't shown. It has a cheapie symbios  isa scsi card
>on it, assigned with a /override /irq=15 option. 

>Here is some of the output from rmview /d

--snip--
>IRQ Level = 15  PCI Pin = NONE  Flg = MULTIPLEXED  
--snip--

>Above each of the lines in this excerpt are the gory details of the
>device which claims the irq. 

Harry,

I believe you're seeing what you're seeing... I just wish I could 
make some sense of it. (;-)

>Maybe this selective recovery is foiled by network cards. Haven't there
>been numerous reports of challenges to OS/2 presented by some network
>cards? 

The only NIC-related problem I remember was with the OS/2 hardware 
detection software "probing" address 0x300 for (IIRC) CDROMs and 
managing to mess up some NE2000 clones so badly the system would lock up
hard. As far as I know all that affected was the _choice_ of driver to 
be installed, not the specifics of how that driver worked after it was 
loaded.

Is there anything helpful in the RMVIEW /D output surrounding its IRQ15
entry?  I can come up with a few ideas of what might be happening (but
nothing I'd care to be quoted on (;-)):

 1) The ROM BIOS probe is detecting the use of IRQ15 but isn't sure how 
    it gets used.

 2) Card has Shrug'n'Pray support and _that_ is being detected by that 
    probe.

 3) The SYMBIOS driver reports its IRQ use to RM (Resource Manager) but 
    not its name (???).

 4) IBM1S506 checks both IRQ14 and IRQ15 and gets responses back for 
    both... then realizes that only the first IDE channel is "active".

And I'm sure others can come up with even more ideas. Bottom line is, I 
just don't know.

Sorry... anyone else?


Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates
Richmond, Virginia / (804) 320-4887
E-mail: frank_mckenney@mindspring.com

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From: ilya@math.ohio-state.edu                          17-Oct-99 05:25:15
  To: All                                               17-Oct-99 03:47:12
Subj: Re: Good sound card for os/2

From: ilya@math.ohio-state.edu (Ilya Zakharevich)

[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to Doug Bissett
<doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net>],
who wrote in article <SKfw30zmCGmZ-pn2-qo07nViFjdFs@localhost>:
> All I can say, is that IBM put a LOT of resources into fixing Y2K 
> problems within the OS/2 operating system (and others).

This is not any indication of the seriousness of the problems.
Frankly speaking, I was suspected that Y2000 issues addressed by IBM
have any significance for *anybody*, and so far whatever I've heard
kinda confirms this.  IBM had some obligations to address some bugs in
OS/2, and it probably did.  But do not worry, there are thousands of
other bugs waiting to bite you... ;-)

> I agree, the 
> returned data should be adequate to handle the Y2K thing, but what 
> else is going to screw you up?

No changes to OS will help if it is an *application* what is breaking...

I do not consciously use any *applet* provided by IBM (well, I use the
Launchpad of WPS, but not the rest of WPS).  This basically means that
if the core functions correctly, and if the hardware functions
correctly, (two BIG ifs) then I'm pretty safe.  Still thinking about
it...

Thanks for your delibirations,
Ilya

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From: mcbrides@erols.com                                17-Oct-99 12:49:18
  To: All                                               17-Oct-99 16:35:05
Subj: Re: Yamaha 6416sz no CD-DA?

From: mcbrides@erols.com (Jerry McBride)

In article <3809B3DD.B5D7FA78@virgin.net>,
Mark Brooker <mark.brooker@virgin.net> wrote:
>>
>> I cannot read tracks off my Yamaha CRW6416sz. The grabbers I've tried all
>> seem to agree that it does not support CD-DA (Digital Transfer) even
>> though the drive documentation claims it does. What gives?
>>
>> I can play CDs off the drive normally with CDPM.EXE.
>
>I've had a similar problem with Yamaha CD-4416S, Teac 532S and an IDE
>CD-ROM drive. leech and about 3 other common grabbers report the drives
>support CD-DA but give repeated read errors and won't grab anything.
>Using cdda2wav works for me. I got it from the cdrecord package (I think
>from Leo but maybe it was Hobbes).
>

This is an odd problem... I'm able to do cd-da access via scsi drives without
problems. I'm using a Toshiba 6201, scsi, x32, Yamaha 4416s and an old Adaptec
AHA1522b. Also attached to the scsi card is a Microtec E6 scanner, Tecmar
QT-525es tape drive and any number of scsi hard drives... Flawless...

If anyone desires a copy of my config.sys, just ask... It's a bit wordy to
post
here in the news group... :')



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From: rcpj@panix.com                                    17-Oct-99 21:22:27
  To: All                                               17-Oct-99 19:56:07
Subj: Re: Yamaha 6416sz no CD-DA?

From: rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)

Mark Brooker  <mark.brooker@virgin.net> writes:
> > 
> I've had a similar problem with Yamaha CD-4416S, Teac 532S and an IDE
> CD-ROM drive. leech and about 3 other common grabbers report the drives
> support CD-DA but give repeated read errors and won't grab anything.

Actually some of the grabbers I tried (can't remember which ones) even
said the drive does not CD-DA. Of the others, one grabbed 44 bytes, and
one grabbed what looked like the whole track, except that it was all zeros
(a flat line of silence.)

> Using cdda2wav works for me. 

Good suggestion; this seems to work. Now I have to wade through pages of
options... The manual does not seem to indicate the defaults for any of
the options! (The manual mentions the Makefile, but it does not seem to be
there.)

Pierre
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From: rcpj@panix.com                                    17-Oct-99 21:24:28
  To: All                                               17-Oct-99 19:56:07
Subj: Re: Yamaha 6416sz no CD-DA?

From: rcpj@panix.com (Pierre Jelenc)

Jerry McBride <mcbrides@erols.com> writes:
> 
> This is an odd problem... I'm able to do cd-da access via scsi drives
without
> problems. I'm using a Toshiba 6201, scsi, x32, Yamaha 4416s and an old
Adaptec
> AHA1522b. Also attached to the scsi card is a Microtec E6 scanner, Tecmar
> QT-525es tape drive and any number of scsi hard drives... Flawless...
> 
> If anyone desires a copy of my config.sys, just ask... It's a bit wordy to
post
> here in the news group... :')

There isn't anything that can be modified in config.sys, is there? The
device drivers for the CD don't seem to take optional arguments except for
the /W.

Pierre
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From: mark.brooker@virgin.net                           17-Oct-99 12:32:22
  To: All                                               18-Oct-99 02:24:12
Subj: Re: Yamaha 6416sz no CD-DA?

From: Mark Brooker <mark.brooker@virgin.net>

> 
> I cannot read tracks off my Yamaha CRW6416sz. The grabbers I've tried all
> seem to agree that it does not support CD-DA (Digital Transfer) even
> though the drive documentation claims it does. What gives?
> 
> I can play CDs off the drive normally with CDPM.EXE.

I've had a similar problem with Yamaha CD-4416S, Teac 532S and an IDE
CD-ROM drive. leech and about 3 other common grabbers report the drives
support CD-DA but give repeated read errors and won't grab anything.
Using cdda2wav works for me. I got it from the cdrecord package (I think
from Leo but maybe it was Hobbes).

Good luck.

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From: djohnson@isomedia.com                             17-Oct-99 15:27:28
  To: All                                               18-Oct-99 03:19:22
Subj: Re: SB16 WavEffects installed okay, but what's with the winos2 error?

From: "David T. Johnson" <djohnson@isomedia.com>

Lowell O. Turner wrote:
> 
>  I can play CDs,
> *.mid and other sound files from winos2.  I just don't want to have to
> put up with this annoying dialog every time I run a windows app.
> 
I'm probably missing the point here but my question is: why would you
want to play CDs, .mid and other sound files in Winos2 rather than in
OS/2?

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From: lturner3@gmu.edu                                  17-Oct-99 20:27:15
  To: All                                               18-Oct-99 03:19:22
Subj: Re: SB16 WavEffects installed okay, but what's with the winos2 error?

From: "Lowell O. Turner" <lturner3@gmu.edu>

  Actually, the point is to have my windows aplications that use/manipulate
sound be allowed to do so.  An important use would be for MATLAB and using
the sound card as an input device for my  digital signal processing
experiments (I am "still" an engineering student), and other such sound
related applications.

  Mostly, I'd like to get rid of the error when winos2 starts.  I misspoke
in my previous post.  Once this windows error shows up, os2 system sounds
stop.  only a reboot seems to bring them back.


"David T. Johnson" wrote:

> Lowell O. Turner wrote:
> >
> >  I can play CDs,
> > *.mid and other sound files from winos2.  I just don't want to have to
> > put up with this annoying dialog every time I run a windows app.
> >
> I'm probably missing the point here but my question is: why would you
> want to play CDs, .mid and other sound files in Winos2 rather than in
> OS/2?

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EE wanna be
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

lturner3@nyx.net
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From: jogood@attglobal.net                              18-Oct-99 00:45:04
  To: All                                               18-Oct-99 03:19:22
Subj: Movies won't play with Matrox G400

From: jogood@attglobal.net

I've upgraded to a PIII and replaced the Millenium with a G400 and think I got 
all the G400 drivers loaded correctly.  Everything works fine, but the movie
player won't play anything but the sound.  I'm running Warp 4 with the latest
fixpack and upgrades.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Thanks.

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From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com                               18-Oct-99 12:18:05
  To: All                                               18-Oct-99 16:32:03
Subj: Re: Movies won't play with Matrox G400

From: Marty <mamodeo@stny.rr.com>

jogood@attglobal.net wrote:
> 
> I've upgraded to a PIII and replaced the Millenium with a G400 and think I
got all the G400
> drivers loaded correctly.  Everything works fine, but the movie player won't 
play anything 
> but the sound.  I'm running Warp 4 with the latest fixpack and upgrades.
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Play with your DIVE/EnDIVE settings in the Matrox control panel and see
if it helps.  If it is enabled, try disabling EnDIVE.  Also, if you're
running 16.7 million colors, try switching down to 64K.

- Marty

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From: t_am@gmx.de                                       18-Oct-99 23:41:12
  To: All                                               18-Oct-99 22:36:23
Subj: Happy TV

From: t_am@gmx.de (Timo Maier)

Hi!

Happy TV version 1.03 @ hobbes. GREAT picture! (Tvh_103R.Zip ~74KB)

TAM
-- 
OS/2 Warp4, Ducati 750SS '92
http://www.privat.toplink.de/homepages/thunder
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From: dljone9@ibm.net                                   19-Oct-99 05:27:24
  To: All                                               19-Oct-99 12:51:29
Subj: Re: ESS Maestro compatible sound driver

From: Daniel Jones <dljone9@ibm.net>

Follow this link:

http://www.os2ss.com/users/DrMartinus/Notebook.htm

Once you are there, go to "The Driver Page", then
to "Sound". In the ESS section you will find a link
to Maestro drivers for OS/2.


Roland Zalto wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> my notebook also has a ESS Maestro sound - but os/2 has no maestro in
> it.
> is there a compatible driver?
> 
> thanks - rol

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From: dljone9@ibm.net                                   19-Oct-99 05:30:28
  To: All                                               19-Oct-99 12:51:29
Subj: Re: TI PCI 1225 Socket service driver?

From: Daniel Jones <dljone9@ibm.net>

Follow this link:

http://www.os2ss.com/users/DrMartinus/Notebook.htm

Once you are there, go to "The Driver Page", then
to "PCMCIA". You'll find what are looking for...


Roland Zalto wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> my notebook had a Texas Instruments PCI 1225 PCMCIA chip, but I can't
> find any driver for this device so my question. Is there a compatible
> chip?
> 
> thanks - rol

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From: t_am@gmx.de                                       19-Oct-99 18:18:20
  To: All                                               19-Oct-99 16:46:05
Subj: Re: Happy TV

From: t_am@gmx.de (Timo Maier)

Hi Luistino!

>> Happy TV version 1.03 @ hobbes. GREAT picture! (Tvh_103R.Zip ~74KB)
>nice bike!
GREAT sound! - to stay on topic (:

TAM
-- 
OS/2 Warp4, Ducati 750SS '92
http://www.privat.toplink.de/homepages/thunder
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From: luistino@my-deja.com                              19-Oct-99 03:29:05
  To: All                                               19-Oct-99 23:36:02
Subj: Re: Happy TV

From: luistino <luistino@my-deja.com>

Timo Maier wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Happy TV version 1.03 @ hobbes. GREAT picture! (Tvh_103R.Zip ~74KB)
> 
> TAM
> --
> OS/2 Warp4, Ducati 750SS '92
> http://www.privat.toplink.de/homepages/thunder
> Remove "_" for eMail reply

nice bike!

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From: roland.zalto@ibm.net                              18-Oct-99 23:52:03
  To: All                                               19-Oct-99 23:36:05
Subj: TI PCI 1225 Socket service driver?

From: Roland Zalto <roland.zalto@ibm.net>

Hi,
my notebook had a Texas Instruments PCI 1225 PCMCIA chip, but I can't
find any driver for this device so my question. Is there a compatible
chip?

thanks - rol

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From: roland.zalto@ibm.net                              18-Oct-99 23:54:14
  To: All                                               19-Oct-99 23:36:05
Subj: ESS Maestro compatible sound driver

From: Roland Zalto <roland.zalto@ibm.net>

Hi,
my notebook also has a ESS Maestro sound - but os/2 has no maestro in
it.
is there a compatible driver?

thanks - rol

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From: Stefan.Milcke@t-online.de                         18-Oct-99 22:58:27
  To: All                                               20-Oct-99 19:50:27
Subj: StWTV 1.11

From: Stefan Milcke <Stefan.Milcke@t-online.de>

Hi.

There is a new version of StWTV available at
http://home.t-online.de/home/stefan.milcke/homepage.htm
It has a new Rexx-API entry called StWTVSetDriverVar()
With this function call placed in the script StartUp.STS you can solve
your problems with the S0_AMUX settings.
StartUp.STS is called by StWTV just when the frame window creation is
complete.

MfG Stefan Milcke
42 ;-)


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From: centus@coqui.net                                  20-Oct-99 19:40:15
  To: All                                               20-Oct-99 19:50:28
Subj: Crystal CS4280 works but NO Joystick, Help!

From: centus@coqui.net

Hi

I have a ceap Onspeed Crystal CS4280 PCI sound card.  The joystick 
that was working is a brand performer.  After installing the joystick 
drivers that came with MAME, there is no joystick detected!.

Any help will be appreciated

TIA

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From: shether@NOSPAMmed.unc.edu                         20-Oct-99 22:03:00
  To: All                                               20-Oct-99 19:50:28
Subj: CD write software

From: shether@NOSPAMmed.unc.edu (Seth Hetherington)

What is available for CD-R/RW software under OS/2.  The RSJ package is
extremely expensive.  I have an IDE CD-RW drive.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Seth Hetherington

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From: bruno.schwander@technologist.com                  20-Oct-99 22:49:06
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 03:14:02
Subj: truespectra graphics removed default viewer association..

From: bruno schwander <bruno.schwander@technologist.com>

I committed the error of installing truespectra graphics, and it added
associations for its supported bitmap formats.
Since I want the default os/2 viewer to be invoked when I double click
on a bitmap file, I went in the parameters of truespectra program object
and removed all those associations.

The problem I have now, is that although all my gif, tif, targa, etc
files are still associated with the default viewer, and it is the only
option showing in the "open" menu item of the context menu, it doesn't
have the little bullet marking it as the default handler, so when I
double-click on the file all I get is the properties notebook !
How can I make the default viewer active again ? I can go in each file
and change it in the menu tab, but this is not a solution, furthermore
every new graphic file created has the same problem..

Any suggestions ?

bruno

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From: roland.zalto@ibm.net                              20-Oct-99 03:23:03
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 10:33:27
Subj: Re: TI PCI 1225 Socket service driver?

From: Roland Zalto <roland.zalto@ibm.net>

thanks Daniel,
I know the supersite - and the PCMCIA links but there is not a
compatible driver for PCI 1225.

bye - rol

Daniel Jones schrieb:
> 
> Follow this link:
> 
> http://www.os2ss.com/users/DrMartinus/Notebook.htm
> 
> Once you are there, go to "The Driver Page", then
> to "PCMCIA". You'll find what are looking for...
> 
> Roland Zalto wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > my notebook had a Texas Instruments PCI 1225 PCMCIA chip, but I can't
> > find any driver for this device so my question. Is there a compatible
> > chip?
> >
> > thanks - rol

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From: vaugh82@attglobal.net                             21-Oct-99 11:53:28
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 10:33:27
Subj: Re: SB-16 IDE

From: vaugh82@attglobal.net

In <c1.2c.2SYxKq$06B@bozo.pro-ns.net>, jspringf@pro-ns.net writes:
>Is anyone using this combination?
>
>What are your config.sys lines for this setup.  I have been
>using  a proprietary setup until now, but just received this
>new card, and would like to set it up without doing a full
>reinstall of MMOS2.
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>Fred Springfield                       for e-mail remove 'xxx'
>Plymouth, MN
>-----------------------------------------------------------
I have a SB16 IDE with OS2 Warp 3 fixpak 40
and since dayone have never been able to get the IDE to work.
And believe me, I have tried everything!
Config.sys (IDE sets) IRQs changes and different software
installs for SB16

So I went out bought a Promise IDE Super Controller
disabled IDE and Joy on SB16 and now everything is just fine.

If you get IDE to work on Card...tell me how?


Vishanti

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From: khpeter@onr.com                                   21-Oct-99 08:29:28
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 14:39:11
Subj: Re: CD write software

From: khpeter@onr.com

In <2tX6kJ2p6UXT-pn2-ferMMdkdKljd@user-2ivf0hc.dialup.mindspring.com>, on
10/20/99 
   at 10:03 PM, shether@NOSPAMmed.unc.edu (Seth Hetherington) said:

>What is available for CD-R/RW software under OS/2.  The RSJ package is
>extremely expensive.  I have an IDE CD-RW drive.

>Thank you for your help in advance.

>Seth Hetherington

Can't help you with the money part, but from comments on the newsgroups,
you have the name of the best one already.  I have seen mention of others,
including Easy CD but don't know much else about them. Gear at one time
had an OS/2 version but I think they dropped it a year or so back.

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------
"Kurt Petersen" khpeter@onr.com
Happily warped from Austin TX.
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From: letoured@nospam.net                               21-Oct-99 03:14:29
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 14:39:11
Subj: Re: CD write software

From: letoured@nospam.net

>What is available for CD-R/RW software under OS/2.  The RSJ package is
>extremely expensive.  I have an IDE CD-RW drive.

If you use IDE, your choice is Windoze or RSJ.

RSJ has been worth every penny I paid. My Windoz friends ask me to copy
CDs because it is fast and works correctly.

_____________
Ed Letourneau <letoured@sover.net>

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From: whinkle@NOSPAMcomtecinc.com                       21-Oct-99 15:23:05
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 14:39:11
Subj: Re: truespectra graphics removed default viewer association..

From: whinkle@NOSPAMcomtecinc.com

In <380EA959.38C1E9FE@technologist.com>, on 10/20/99 
   at 10:49 PM, bruno schwander <bruno.schwander@technologist.com> said:

>How can I
>make the default viewer active again ? I can go in each file and change
>it in the menu tab, but this is not a solution, furthermore every new
>graphic file created has the same problem..

See if you have a file called \OS2\SETDEFV.CMD on your system; I think it
appeared in one of the early Warp 4 fixpaks.   I believe you can use this
command file to do just want you want -- reset the default view for a
whole class of objects.  Just run that command file in an OS/2 Window and
it will print out the details on how to use it.  (Note: I've not used this
script myself!)

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------
Bill Hinkle  <whinkle@NOSPAMcomtecinc.com>
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From: cv436@torfree.net                                 21-Oct-99 17:44:17
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 16:48:12
Subj: Trouble with OS/2 using SB16 PnP 

From: cv436@torfree.net (Jeffery Thomas)

Has anyone out there managed to get OS/2 Warp 3 working correctly with 
the Sound Blaster 16bit Plug'n'Play sound card?

I keep running into trouble with the drivers not being able to wake up 
the card.

I've downloaded the latest drivers, and they don't seem to work whether I 
enable or dissable PnP.  The only way to make things work is to go to a 
DOS box run CTCM.EXE, and then reboot the system.  This seems to have the 
effect of waking up the card.  It's an irritating process though.

Later...

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From: mamodeo@stny.rr.com                               21-Oct-99 17:23:16
  To: All                                               21-Oct-99 20:06:28
Subj: Re: Trouble with OS/2 using SB16 PnP

From: Marty <mamodeo@stny.rr.com>

Jeffery Thomas wrote:
> 
> Has anyone out there managed to get OS/2 Warp 3 working correctly with
> the Sound Blaster 16bit Plug'n'Play sound card?
> 
> I keep running into trouble with the drivers not being able to wake up
> the card.
> 
> I've downloaded the latest drivers, and they don't seem to work whether I
> enable or dissable PnP.  The only way to make things work is to go to a
> DOS box run CTCM.EXE, and then reboot the system.  This seems to have the
> effect of waking up the card.  It's an irritating process though.
> 
> Later...

Have you tried the undocumented /G switch on the DEVICE= line?

- Marty

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From: hunters@thunder.indstate.edu                      22-Oct-99 02:17:16
  To: All                                               22-Oct-99 02:30:01
Subj: Re: Trouble with OS/2 using SB16 PnP

From: hunters@thunder.indstate.edu

In article <FJyryB.BzF.0.queen@torfree.net>,
  cv436@torfree.net (Jeffery Thomas) wrote:

> Has anyone out there managed to get OS/2 Warp 3 working correctly
> with the Sound Blaster 16bit Plug'n'Play sound card?
>
> I keep running into trouble with the drivers not being able to wake
> up the card.
>
> I've downloaded the latest drivers, and they don't seem to work
> whether I enable or dissable PnP.  The only way to make things work

Do you mean enable or disable PnP on the card or in the driver?

Also, what FixPack level is this system at?

> is to go to a DOS box run CTCM.EXE, and then reboot the system.  This
> seems to have the effect of waking up the card.  It's an irritating
> process though.

Hmmm... Maybe you can add (where "x" is your boot drive letter):
run=start x:\setupsb.bat
(setupsb.bat would run CTCM.EXE and then exit)
to your config.sys before the SB drivers load...

This may or may not work... Shouldn't hurt to try! ;)

--
-Steven Hunter               *OS/2 Warp 4 * |
hunters@thunder.indstate.edu *AMD K6-2 400* |


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From: dbongo@ibm.net                                    22-Oct-99 16:03:13
  To: All                                               22-Oct-99 14:21:14
Subj: Sound card suggestion

From: dbongo@ibm.net

I looking into getting a new computer, and wanted some help with picking
out a sound card.  I'm currently using a SB16 PnP, and I'm reasonably happy
with it.

I don't want to spend a lot, and I don't really need a lot.  The big things
I need are joystick support, sound in a DOS box, and the ability to play MIDI
files
with SB16-quality MIDI synthesis.

Why do I want weak FM synthesis when I could get better quality sound? 
Simple.
It just sounds SO bad, it's entertaining.  Listening to MIDI versions of songs 
you
know can be quite...interesting.

Anyways, I would love to have great MIDI playback, with the ability to listen
to
cheezy MIDI whenever the mood hits.  If there's a way to fake the low-grade
MIDI (ala MIDIWAV, only working to reduce sound quality, rather than increase
it) under any OS (I don't mind using Windows or DOS to do this) I'd like to
know
about it.

I think that about covers it.  I'm confident an ISA card would work fine with
the
DOS box concern, but if a PCI card could do the trick, I'd consider it.  Also, 
I want
compatability with Windows and Linux (and BeOS, if possible, but Be isn't a
great concern right now).  And cost if an issue.  While I'd love to escape for 
$20,
I'll pay more if there is a convincing reason to.

Thanks in advance.

Dave

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