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- OS/2 drivers for Sound Blaster series cards
- with Creative Mixer Support For the SBPro/Pro2 & SB16
- on OS/2 2.1 (MMPM2 ver 1.1)
- Feb 21, 1994
-
- The drivers provided are:
-
- for Sound Blaster - sbd2.sys
- for Sound Blaster Pro(OPL2) - sbpd2.sys
- for Sound Blaster Pro2(OPL3)- sbp2d2.sys
- for Sound Blaster 16 - sb16d2.sys
-
-
- ******************
- INSTALLATION
- ******************
-
- For All Drivers
- ---------------
- To use these new drivers, replace the corresponding driver in your
- \MMOS2 directory with that supplied here. The new drivers will be
- loaded the next time you reboot your system.
-
- Additional Note For SOUND BLASTER 16 Driver
- -------------------------------------------
- If you would like to have simultaneous WAVE and Midi playback on your
- Sound Blaster 16, please follow these steps:
-
- 1. Replace the SB16D2.SYS driver in \MMOS2 with the new one supplied
- here.
- 2. Copy SOUNDB16.dll to \MMOS2\DLL.
- 3. Make sure the following lines, in \MMOS2\mmpm2.ini are the same as
- they appear here:
-
- in [ibmampmixsb01] section:
- ...
- RESOURCEUNITS=2
- RESOURCECLASSES=2,1,1
- VALIDCOMBINATIONS=1,2,2,1
-
- PARMSTRING=TREBLE=50,BASS=50,PITCH=50,GAIN=70,BALANCE=50,VOL=100,
- INPUT=LINE,OUTPUT=SPEAKER,RESOURCEDLL=SOUNDB16,RCID=4
- ...
-
- 4. reboot the system.
-
-
- **************
- NEW FEATURES
- **************
- SOUND BLASTER Driver (sbd2.sys)
- o multi-instance
-
- SOUND BLASTER PRO & PRO2 Drivers (sbpd2.sys & sbp2d2.sys)
- o multi-instance
- o Creative Mixer support
-
- SOUND BLASTER 16 Driver (sb16d2.sys)
- o multi-instance
- o Creative Mixer support
- o Simultaneous WAVE & MIDI playback
- o software IRQ, DMA, HDMA programmable
-
-
- Multi-instance
- --------------
- You can open multiple digital audio or MIDI players on the desktop,
- and play the music sequentially as you switch focus from one player
- to another.
-
- Creative Mixer
- --------------
- The Creative Mixer program (available separately on the Creative BBS),
- together with these drivers, allows you to adjust the various settings
- (like volume and input source) on your Sound Blaster Pro, Pro 2 or 16.
-
- Simultaneous WAVE & MIDI Playback On the Sound Blaster 16
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- This feature allows you to play a WAVE and a Midi file simultaneously.
- Please refer to the "Additioanl Note" under the INSTALLATION section
- above for installation procedure.
-
- Software IRQ, DMA & HDMA setting programmable on the Sound Blaster 16
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- This new driver allows user to set the IRQ, DMA & HDMA channel on the
- SB16 without having to remove or set the jumper on the SB16 cards.
-
- AC022194
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