From: John Kim (jokim_at_CHS.CUSD.CLAREMONT.EDU)
Date: Fri Dec 10 1993 - 02:44:39 EST
Well, I couldn't wait so I got the drivers off the IBM BBS. :)
The sound is a little strange through the built-in speaker. I'd like to
fiddle with the bass and treble settings, and I ran across what looks like
bass and treble settings in the mmpm2.ini file so who knows. Make sure you
read the readme and install the new mouse.sys driver -- even though the docs
say the sound stops working if you suspend and resume, on my machine the
mouse died and I had that ctrl-alt-del w/o flushing cache happen again.
If you want to use the drivers for games, you're going to be disappointed.
They soak up way too much CPU time for the latest games like flight
simulators or virtual 3D-ish games. They're passable for most of the other
games I've tried. They just need to have the bass and treble controls
tweaked. :)
I did run across one problem - If I try to run Wolfenstein 3D in a DOS box
with the SB emulation, it'll eventually hang or trap OS/2 requiring a power
off/on. Still, for a version 1.0 (for OS/2 at least) I'm happy. It can
only get better from here (unless they don't make any new drivers).
Another thing that's confusing is the volume settings. What I've think is
happening is that there's a hardware volume setting (the fn-F5/fn-F6
setting), a general OS/2 software volume setting (in the sound object in
the settings folder), and the app's particular software volume setting.
They seem to act independent of each other, although their effect is
cumulative.
The opening/closing window sound is more effective if you have animation
enabled.
Now to go and make a sample of Homer Simpson saying "Doh!" to use as an
error sound... :)
Did you want to try uploading it to ftp.cdrom.com again Sean, or did you
want me to?
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