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- From: cvadr014@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: MMPM and SBPRO
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.223701.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 06:37:01 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.133502.27376@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1992Nov15.122725.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> <1992Nov16.172807.19381@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.172807.19381@midway.uchicago.edu>, sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov15.122725.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> cvadr014@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes:
- >>> Can anyone with experience tell me how to get MMPM to recognize my
- >>> SBPRO. I've tried everything (including the manuals (well sorta)) and It
- >>> still won't do it. Something about the device already being in use.
- >> Well - i'm running an opl/2 level soundblaster pro, and the drivers by
- >>creative labs, bluntly put, stink. I've tried every irq, base address, and dma
- >>channel, i've booted my ystem with a video card, hadr drive controller, and
- >>sbpro, and the STILL lock my system up. I've drived droping my cpu speed, i've
- >>tried bus speeds, i've tried wait states, i've tried EVERYTHING. I've called
- >>them, on MANY occasions. I've tried EVERYTHING. Their tech support is uselsss,
- >>all they do is tell me that that'll call me back. (this has been going on since
- >>they released the 'drivers'. I'm about ready to sell my card, and get something
- >>else, mainly because their tech support, is uselss, and the card, IMHO is a
- >>pile. I'm finding many dos games (starconII is the latest) will lockup with the
- >>sbpro.
- >> I'm waiting for Mediavision to release their drivers, then i'll think
- >>about gettting one of theirs.....
- >
-
-
- > Naive question, but are you trying to use the beta MMPM/2 SoundBlaster
- > drivers without MMPM/2?
- >
- > There are two sets of drivers. One is a third party effort which does
- > not operate with MMPM/2. You can use the driver to play sound files
- > under OS/2 2.0, primarily. The other works in conjunction with
- > MMPM/2. If you don't have MMPM/2, don't use the MMPM/2 driver.
- >
- > If I'm missing something, please feel free to followup.
-
- I've got MMPM/2 - And i patiently waited for CL to get their drivers
- out. I've used their drivers from the start. but I ran into the problems I
- flamed about above. They just will not, flat out, work. I'm using the third
- party ones right now, just to play .mod files, and other things, and it works
- without a hitch. Havn't had a crash, or lockup due to those drivers. I even
- mentioned them to CL Tech Support last time i talked to them (Today) and they
- said We'll belive that when we see it -
- Is it just me? or is anyone else having problems with the SB / SBPro
- drivers from Creative Labs for MMPM/2? Cause i've just about reached the end of
- my chain on this one - I'd like to ahve sound, and I'd like to play around with
- MMPM/2, and possibly program to it a bit, but if I can't even get it to stay
- stable with the basics, I can't do anything with it - its rather annoying to
- say the least -
-
-
- >
- > --
- > Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0g, available from
- > sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
- > Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
- > of Chicago, 60637 | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
- --
- ---
- Nick Steel
- Email: cvadr014@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu
- Phone: 714-594-8201
-
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