From: David.Norman@ttlg.UUCP (David Norman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Proaudio Spectrum 16 help with Speaker jack & SCSI jack
Date: 8 Oct 92 06:17:08 GMT

Hello -Unknown-!

02 Oct 92 13:00, -Unknown- wrote to All:

 -> From: glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov
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 -> comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Proaudio Spectrum 16 help with Speaker jack &
 -> SCSI jack Organization: N.I.S.T Reply-To: glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov
 -> @Message-ID: <5899@dove.nist.gov>
 -> Date: 2 Oct 92 13:00:33 GMT
 ->
 ->
 ->
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 -> Yesterday in a thrifty mood I went out to buy a sound board.  What I
 -> came back with was the ProAudio Spectrum 16.  The installation went
 -> fine, and since I forgot my speakers at work I decided to hook up the
 -> internal speaker to the board (as per instructions).  When I turned the
 -> PC (386/40) on all the nice clicks and beeps were gone.  I went ahead
 -> and installed the DOS drivers and that installation went fine (it
 -> passed the configuration test).  I then tested it with some of my
 -> favorite games and that went great.  But all of the warning beeps and
 -> clicks that I've come to know and love are gone.  I can get them back
 -> by rehooking the speaker cable to the motherboard, but the manual
 -> "says" that hooking the cables to the PA board will still allow the for
 -> the clicks and beeps.
 ->
 -> I'm guessing, but could it be the CMOS or BIOS.  I remember that the
 -> CMOS has a question as to whether you want some of the clicks and beeps
 -> so somehow the CMOS knows to control signals to the speaker jack on the
 -> motherboard.  Does this have to be rerouted and if so how?
 ->
 -> My next question deals with the PA SCSI jack.  I have a 3 year old Sun
 -> SCSI 1 drive (327 MB) lying around not being used.  I have configured
 -> some cables so I can hook the drive up.  What would be the next step?
 -> Do I need a driver?  Will the system be able to automatically pick up
 -> that this drive exists so I can format and partition it?
 ->
 -> As a final note, are there any opinions on this board?  I still have my
 -> receipt and would have no problem taking it back if it doesn't live up to
 -> my expectations. I'll gladly post a summary of responses in hopes that I
 -> can help others with the information I receive.
 ->
 -> Thanks in advance,
 ->
 ->
 -> Rob G.
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Yes you will need a driver from Proaudio. You should give them a call to see if the drive will work with the Proaudio card, there may be some linitations within the card (Max number of Cyl's ETC.)

David

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