From: jlo@sunee.uwaterloo.ca (Jason Lo)
Subject: Re: MMPM and SBPRO
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:49:36 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.223701.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> cvadr014@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes:
>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 - 
>
>
>> 
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>---
>Nick Steel
>Email: cvadr014@vmsa.is.csupomona.edu
>Phone: 714-594-8201
>
>  "Selling Skin, Selling God, the numbers are the same on the credit card"
>					- Queensryche


I am using MMPM/2 with the CL SB PRO drivers for MMPM/2. They work for me but itis not exactly the most stable piece of code to say the least.  The installationprocedure I used is as follows:
1. Install OS/2 2.0 GA
2. Apply SP
3. Install MMPM/2 base
4. Install MMPM/2 tool kit
5. Install the sbmmpm3.zip (from the IBM watson site)
A note of caution, DON'T EVEN bother to try "duet I" from the MMPM/2 folder, it
crashed my WPS so bad that I had to boot up from the boot up disk and destroy the mmpm directory.   This is because after I reset the machine and come up with WPS, the same DUET I comes back on right away.  Maybe, some IBMers can tell me what I am doing wrong, PLEEEEASE.