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Subject: Zenon Computers/SB Install problem
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Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Keywords: Zenon, Soundblaster, SB, Install, Conflicts, FM

Recently I purchased a Zenon VLB machine, it's a full tower
with an Orchid 32-bit IDE Controller, an Orchid Farenheit VLB,
16M RAM, a 540M Connor IDE, and:

a) a tape backup
b) a vanilla 8-bit soundblaster

Well, I couldn't install the tape backup because I found out
that the VLB controller was too fast for the Colorado tape backup
machine (your good ol' 250M tape backup.. fast 80 I think).
I found out I will need a tape controller card (another $90).

Now here's where I am completely annoyed.. the Soundblaster doesn't
work!  This is a regular 8-bit Soundblaster (2.0), and I tried
*more than one* Soundblaster card in the port.  I tried changing
it to irq 5 and 7 using the jumpers, and I tried changing it
from port 220h to 240h.  When I run sb-test, FM voice fails.
Only the digitized output seems to work.  Any suggestions? 
I am really stuck on this one and need any hints or techie
support.

Please email me at tictac@wam.umd.edu.

I will post in a a few weeks as to my initial feelings about
the Zenon computer and how it is coming, and whether or not
I was able to solve the tape backup problem and the soundblaster
problem.  And I also already tried installing a GUS in the machine,
but it acted strangely (well, hehe, SBOS can do weird things <: )

Anyways, please email me with what you think may be a solution..
I dont know why, but the soundblaster doesn't work in the machine
and trying to run FM hangs it.

A. Almeida
tictac@wam.umd.edu