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- Sound Blaster AWE32 Device Driver
- For OS/2 2.1 (MMPM2 ver 1.1)
- Jul 13, 1994
-
- The driver, sbawed2.sys, provided is for the Sound Blaster AWE32.
-
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- NOTE
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- YOU MUST HAVE INSTALLED OS/2 MMPM/2 SOUND BLASTER SUPPORT (FOR ANY CARD IN
- THE SB FAMILY) BEFORE RUNNING THE DRIVER INSTALLATION PROGRAM PROVIDED HERE.
-
- You could install Sound Blaster support in MMPM/2 by selecting any card from
- the SB family in OS/2 MINSTALL program.
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- WARNING
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-
- IF YOU DOWNLOADED THE PACKAGE FROM COMPUSERVE OR OUR BBS, PLEASE MAKE SURE
- THAT YOU RESTORE THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE STORED IN THE ZIP FILE WHEN YOU
- UNZIP THE PACKAGE. IF YOU ARE USING PKUNZIP TO DECOMPRESS THE FILES, USE
- THE -d OPTION. REFER TO YOUR DECOMPRESSION PROGRAM FOR THE EXACT OPTION.
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- INSTALLATION
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- 1) To install this beta driver, change directory to the diskette containing
- the installaion package, and type "INSTALL".
-
- 2) Double click on Sound Blaster AWE32 Driver from Available features:
- list box. The Sound Blaster AWE32 Driver would appear in the Features
- to be installed: list box.
-
- 3) Choose Install pushbutton to start installation.
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- 4) Sound Blaster AWE32 drivers would be copied to the MMPM/2 base directory.
-
- Note: The Target Directory: field in the installation window might display
- C:\BLASTER. This is the default for Sound Blaster packages and hence it
- is displayed so. You can ignore this as audio drivers are copied to MMPM/2
- base directory.
-
- 5) After copying the drivers the installation progran would prompt you to
- proceed only if you have Sound Blaster support installed in MMPM/2.
-
- 6) If you choose to proceed, the installation program would update the
- config.sys to use Sound Blaster AWE32 drivers just copied.
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- Additional Note For Simultaneous WAVE & MIDI Playback
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- If you would like to have simultaneous WAVE and Midi playback on your
- Sound Blaster AWE32, please follow these steps:
-
- 1. Copy the supplied SOUNDBLS.dll to \MMOS2\DLL.
- 2. 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=SOUNDBLS,RCID=4
- ...
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- 3. reboot the system.
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