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- OS/2 2.1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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- 1. What Media Vision sound boards are supported by OS/2 2.1 ?
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- a. ProAudio Spectrum 16
- b. ProAudio Studio
- c. Fusion CD 16
- d. ProAudio Spectrum Plus
- e. Fusion CD
- f. Fusion CD 16E
- g. CDPCXL
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- 2. How to enable Media Vision sound support in OS/2 2.1 once the
- operating system has been installed.
-
- a. For CD version: Access the OS/2 2.1 CD and change direcotry
- to the MMPM2 directory. From the MMP2 directory, type
- MINSTALL and press enter. This will invoke the MultiMedia
- Presentation Manager setup. From the list of opetions to
- install, choose "Software Motion Video", "ProAudio Spectrum
- 16" and "CD Audio". This will install the appropriate driver
- files, modify the CONFIG.SYS, create the MMOS2 directory,
- and create the MultiMedia icon on the OS/2 desktop.
-
- b. For the diskette version: Place the first MultiMedia Presen-
- tation Manager diskette into the appropriate disk drive and
- ypte MINSTALL. Choose the same options listed above unless
- the system does not contain a CD ROM drive. The "CD Audio"
- option is not necessary for systems that do not have a CD-
- ROM drive. If the system does have a CD-ROM drive, CD-ROM
- support should be installed during the initial OS/2 2.1
- installation. If a CD-ROM is added to the system after
- OS/2 installation, CD-ROM support is enabled by running
- "Selective Install" in the OS/2 System icon. In "Selective
- Install", choose CD-ROM support. For instructions on instal-
- ling a CD-ROMwith the ProAudio Spectrum 16, ProAudio Spectrum
- Plus, or Fusion CD, see the README.DOC with TMV1SCSI.EXE.
- For instructions on installing CD-ROM support for the Fusion
- CD 16, see the README.DOC with SONYB31A.EXE.
-
- 3. How to install Media Vision sound support in an OS/2 2.1
- DOS session.
-
- a. Open a full screen or DOS window and run the DOS install
- diskette that comes with the board. This will create the
- ProAudio, ProStudio, or Fusion directory with supporting
- files, just as if the install were being run in standard
- DOS.
-
- b. Click on the chosen DOS Session icon with the right mouse
- button which will bring up a menu containing "OPEN". Click
- on the arrow in the "OPEN" box which will invoke the "Session
- Options" window. Click on "Settings" and from the next
- group of options, click on "Session". From the "Session
- option, click on "DOS Settings", which will display a list
- of features available.
-
- c. Click on "DOS Device" which will bring up an options command
- line. IN the command line, type in the path and driver
- parameters. Example:
-
- C:\PROAUDIO\MVSOUND.SYS D:3 Q:11 S:1,220,1,5 :0 j:1 T:1 W:1
-
- This will load the MVSOUND.SYS driver when the DOS session
- is invoked. DOS software that utilizes sound can be run
- in the window with full access to the sound board.
-
- 4. How to install Media Vison Sound Support in a WIN-OS/2
- Session.
-
- a. If a separate Windows driver diskette is available, such as
- Windows Drivers version 1.45, open the WIN-OS/2 session, bring
- down "FILE" and choose the "RUN" option. In the command
- line, enter A: or B: setup. When prompted for the Windows
- directory, use the path C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 substituting "C"
- for the drive letter in your system OS/2 is installed on.
-
- b. If the provided install diskette in DOS and Windows combined,
- open a DOS session and run the install program. When
- prompted for the Windows directory, ensure that the path
- used is C:\OS2\MSDOS\WINOS2. After installation is complete
- return to the OS/2 desktoip and start a WIN-OS/2 session.
-
- c. If the Media Vision tool group is not present, create the
- group file with the "FILE" and "NEW" options. The Group
- file is MV.GRP and is located in the ProAduio/ProStudio/
- Fusion directory. If the individual tools icons are not
- created by this, make them individually by using the "FILE"
- and "NEW" options and program items. Pocket Mixer is
- PMIX.EXE, Pocket Recorder is PREC.EXE, Pro Mixer is
- PROMIX.EXE and Pocket CD is PKCD.EXE. These files will be
- located in the respective Media Vision directory.
-
- d. Verify that the Media Vision drivers are listed under
- "Drivers" section of the "Control Panel". if they are not,
- go to "Add" and then "Updated or Unlisted Drivers". When
- prompted for the path, use C:\PROAUDIO or C:\FUSION,
- depending on the directory name which insall created. This
- will bring up a list of drivers which can be added. From
- the list, choose Media Vsion ProAduio Spectrum Mixer,
- Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum WAV/MIDI/AUX and the Voyetra
- OPL3 drivers. If the driver names are not brought up by
- this procedure, they can be manually added to the SYSTEM.
- INI file. Under the [MCI] group, add MIXER=MCIMIXER.DRV.
- Under the [DRIVERS] group, add:
- WAVE=MVPROAUD.DRV
- AUX=MVPROAUD.DRV
- MIDI=OPL3.DRV
- MIDI1=MVPROAUD.DRV
- MIXER=MVMIXER.DRV.
- Then add the following new groups:
- [MULTIMEDIA.SETUP] under which you put
- AUDIO=MVPROAUD.DRV 0,0,0
- and
- [MVPROAUD.DRV] under which you put
- DMA=3
- IRQ=11.
- Using the same IRQ that MVPRODD.SYS is using will work well.
- This will install full Media Vsion Sound Support in WIN-OS/2
- sessions.
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